As mentoned in the recent Cud post, in 1995 bassist William Potter left the band and was replaced by Mick Dale, and this new line-up began working on material for their sixth studio album. Around 80 songs were written and demoed, but A&M repeatedly rejected the demos, urging the band to write "mid-paced, lyrically simple pop". None of the songs were commercially released, and neither did they feature in any live performances at that time, and as the band broke up later that year then that sixth album was never going to materialise. On 21 November 2001, Carl Puttnam returned to the music scene, selling a mail order only CD titled 'Donkey With A Fez On', being made up of the previously unreleased demo material which was intended for release after the 'Showbiz' album. Being mail order only, this CD is now extremely hard to find, and so for fans of the band who have always craved a sixth studio album, this will give you some idea of what it could have sounded like.
Track listing
01 Stay
02 Living Changing
03 In My Confidence
04 Two Speed
05 L.O.V.E.
06 Apollo
07 Lighthouse Of Love
08 Only One For Me
09 Everything's Alright
10 How Far
11 Let You Down
12 In My Confidence (Acoustic)
13 Up In The Light (For The First Time)
14 High And Dry
15 Eyesore
16 Why Does It Feel So Cold
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