Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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00:00:00 1. If Only [Low-Res]
00:02:15 2. No Matter What [Low-Res]
00:06:36 3. Overture
00:08:53 4. When Children Ruled The World*
00:11:28 5. Cold
00:15:04 6. Try Not To Be Afraid [Low-Res]
00:17:09 7. Vaults Of Heaven [Low-Res]
00:20:10 8. Unsettled Scores [Low-Res]
00:25:41 9. Whistle Down The Wind [Low-Res]

BONUS TRACK:
00:29:03 10. A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste**

*Taken from Vaults Of Heaven II.
**Live from the 1996 Washington D.C. production.

(I opted to include the live version of 'Kiss' instead of the ALW 60 recording mostly from 1996 because that's in Vaults Of Heaven II as well.)

'Overture' performed by Martin Sheen.
'When Children Ruled The World' performed by Red Hill Children.
Vocals on 'If Only' and 'Whistle Down The Wind' by Irene Molloy.
Vocals on 'Cold' and 'Vaults Of Heaven' by Kyle "Scarpia" Gordon.
Vocals on 'Vaults Of Heaven' by Sandy Farina?
Vocals on 'Unsettled Scores' by Davis Gaines.

I have been meaning to restore these demos for a while now. Unfortunately only a low quality source exists for everything except for 'When Children Rule The World', as the demo in that instance is sourced from a commercial release. I'm glad I've finally sorted this audio out and I think it's sounding a bit better, it can't really be made much better than this as the source files are of very low fidelity. I have included as a bonus audio of the 1996 Washington productions' arrangement of 'A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste', enjoy!

More Steinman-related material will be on the way eventually, such as the Evening and Matinee recordings of MTYD from Jan 13th 1974, and the live recording of the 1986 production of The Confidence Man, and the rest of the Over The Top/Dream Engine live recordings, and much more... Meat will be the focus for the meantime tho :) - MLBF