As a follow-up to my recent post from The Cardigans, the demo that I mentioned that the band recorded in their flat was eventually released as two limited edition EP's, 'In Search Of Pooh' and 'The World According To...', both consisting of four tracks each, and being released in Sweden in 1992 on the appropriately named Flat Records label. This left three recordings which were not available for general consumption, but luckily the whole demo is available if you know where to find it, and so here is the very first appearance on tape of The Cardigans, recorded in late 1992, and with Nina Persson providing lead vocals on about half of the tracks. It might not sound very much like the band that we know and love today, but it was good enough to get them a record deal, and so we should be thankful that A&R man Ola Hermanson heard something in them that he liked.
Track listing
01 Rise & Shine
02 Happy Here
03 Wrapped
04 Hard
05 Treasure
06 The Rescue Of The Man Next Door
07 Pooh Song
08 Dig My Earth
09 Simon Says
10 Celebration
11 Fine
Thankyou
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