Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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This is a compilation of audio, probably from 2002, of rehearsals for Dance Of The Vampires by Michael Reed. This comes from a couple different sources and has been improved as much as is possible, and I think it's sounding rather alright compared to before. It's probable that a couple others feature on this recording also, as one 'Rene' is mentioned in metadata, if anyone has any inkling on the history of these recordings, please let me know. As always, enjoy!
00:00:00 Original Sin
00:04:51 Garlic
00:07:38 A Girl As Beautiful As She
00:14:54 Invitation To The Ball (Rehearsal #1)
00:25:12 Invitation To The Ball (Rehearsal #2)
00:32:40 Logic
00:37:15 Braver Than We Are
00:39:51 Come With Me
00:41:32 Total Eclipse Of The Heart
00:45:40 Books
00:48:23 Confessions Of A Vampire
00:54:22 The Ball
00:59:05 The Ball (Rehearsal #2)
Piano, Vocals - Michael Reed
Vocals - Rene Auberjoinois?
Vocals - Michael Crawford?
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This is a compilation of audio, probably from 2002, of rehearsals for Dance Of The Vampires by Michael Reed. This comes from a couple different sources and has been improved as much as is possible, and I think it's sounding rather alright compared to before. It's probable that a couple others feature on this recording also, as one 'Rene' is mentioned in metadata, if anyone has any inkling on the history of these recordings, please let me know. As always, enjoy!
00:00:00 Original Sin
00:04:51 Garlic
00:07:38 A Girl As Beautiful As She
00:14:54 Invitation To The Ball (Rehearsal #1)
00:25:12 Invitation To The Ball (Rehearsal #2)
00:32:40 Logic
00:37:15 Braver Than We Are
00:39:51 Come With Me
00:41:32 Total Eclipse Of The Heart
00:45:40 Books
00:48:23 Confessions Of A Vampire
00:54:22 The Ball
00:59:05 The Ball (Rehearsal #2)
Piano, Vocals - Michael Reed
Vocals - Rene Auberjoinois?
Vocals - Michael Crawford?
![Meat Loaf - Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back (Live in Zurich, 1994)
A very energetic version with lots of improv and screaming from Meat here, this is from the first night of the 2nd leg of the Everything Louder Tour, which began only 3 nights after the end of the 1st leg (the touring and promotion was continuous from September 1993 until December 1994) and as a result Meats voice was heavily damaged by this leg, however there are still many great performances that I shall post in due time.
Recorded September 3rd 1994 at the Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lead Vocals - Meat Loaf [RIP]
Lead Vocals, Percussion - Patti Russo
Lead Guitar, Vocals - Pat Thrall
Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals - Kasim Sulton
Bass, Vocals - Steve Buslowe
Drums - John Miceli
Piano, Keyboards, Vocals - Mark Alexander
Backing Vocals - Pearl Aday Meat Loaf - Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back (Live in Zurich, 1994)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ow_HpoTQldg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Over The Top - Live At Joes Pub, 2005 (Upgrade)
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00:00:00 1. Prey Lewd
00:03:24 2. Heaven Can Wait
00:08:26 3. Medley Monologue [Spoken Word - Live]
00:09:01 4. Left In The Dark
00:15:49 5. A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste*
00:21:00 6. Total Eclipse Of The Heart
00:27:44 7. What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most - Debut Performance
00:33:12 8. Read Em And Weep
00:39:40 9. Id Do Anything For Love (But I Wont Do That)
00:47:03 10. Its All Coming Back To Me Now
00:53:24 11. Braver Than We Are - Debut Performance
00:59:56 12. Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through
01:07:24 13. For Crying Out Loud
01:14:03 14. Not Allowed To Love - Debut Performance
Piano - Steve Margoshes
Keyboards - Adam Ben-David
Guitar - Alex Skolnick
Vocals - Rob Evan
Vocals - Elaine Caswell
Vocals - Mandy Gonzalez
Vocals - Rodrick Covington
Saxophone (Track 12) - Lenny Pickett
This is the debut concert of Over The Top, originally meant to be a one-off, a larger band was compiled a few months later and performances continued in June in Uncasville, CT. This concert was the live debut of three songs, and notably features a fantastic rendition of Its All Coming Back To Me Now featuring original pianist Steve Margoshes and original vocalist Elaine Caswell. I will gradually restore the other recordings of Over The Top and the later iteration from 2006, The Dream Engine, but until then enjoy this treat from January 31st 2005 at Joes Pub @ Public Theatre, New York.
All music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, music to A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Note: reupload to fix mistake. Over The Top - Live At Joes Pub, 2005 (Upgrade)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P1UEDfhaR2g/mqdefault.jpg)


![Jim Steinmans BATMAN - 1998-2002 Demos (Deamplified and Reordered)
Ive been meaning to post this for about uhh... three years - but here it is, better late than never I suppose - life has been stressful - these demos were recorded in the early 2000s until 2002, I personally reckon the Steinman snippets at the start of Not Allowed To Love (which Ive taken from the 2 remixes you can find on the Steinman website) were probably taken from an earlier demo he recorded in 1998.
(Upon reflection and subsequent inquiry I have amended the track list to include the almost certain year of recording on each of the tracks, thank you, as always I very well may be wrong!)
Anyway, they were almost peaking so I sorted out the volume, reordered the tracks based more on the brief info Steinman gave us on his blog back in the day - made the songs fade into each other smoother, etc. - and I think its come out quite nice, so enjoy :) These were first released around 2006 although havent been widely shared on here, so I thought Id give my take on them.
Therell be more Meat stuff soon!
00:00:00 Vespers [2000]
00:01:12 Angels Arise (The Song of Gotham City) [2000]
00:04:37 Vespers (Reprise) [2000]
00:05:29 Graveyard Shift [2000]
00:12:44 Wonderful Toys (The Jokers Song) [2002]
00:18:29 In The Land of The Pig, The Butcher Is King! [2002]
00:23:00 Not Allowed To Love (inc. Steinman Intro and Outro) [Intro/outro from 1998]
00:28:28 I Need All The Love I Can Get (Catwomans Song) [2002]
00:37:29 Cry To Heaven [2001]
00:39:44 Were Still The Children We Once Were [2002]
Recorded 1998-2002
Released 2006
Music and lyrics by Jim Steinman
Piano, Lead Vocals on The Graveyard Shift, Wonderful Toys, and Were Still The Children We Once Were, Backing Vocals on Angels Arise, Spoken Intro on I Need All The Love I Can Get - Jim Steinman
Piano Overdubs on The Graveyard Shift - Steve Margoshes
Lead Vocals on Vespers and Angels Arise - Emily Pulley
Lead Vocals on In The Land of The Pig - Rob Evan
Backing Vocals on In The Land of The Pig - Elaine Caswell
Lead Vocals on Not Allowed To Love - Marcus Lovett
Lead Vocals on Not Allowed To Love and Catwomans Song - Karine Hannah
Lead Vocals on Cry To Heaven - Kyle Gordon Jim Steinmans BATMAN - 1998-2002 Demos (Deamplified and Reordered)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q4vq-P_hTjM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Meat Loaf - Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (Live in Orlando, 1993)
An incredible performance of Objects from the History Of Meat Loaf Live TV special by MTV/VH1 recorded on November 14th 1993 at Universal Studios, Orlando. This is from my restoration of the VH1 broadcast which will be appearing on my channel soon, although the audio here is not restored.
Lead Vocals - Meat Loaf [RIP]
Lead Vocals, Percussion - Patti Russo
Lead Guitar, Vocals - Pat Thrall
Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals - Kasim Sulton
Bass, Vocals - Steve Buslowe
Drums - John Miceli
Piano, Keyboards, Vocals - Mark Alexander Meat Loaf - Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (Live in Orlando, 1993)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q6x8ukSeHZw/mqdefault.jpg)
![Jim Steinman and Thomas Babes KID CHAMPION - 1975 Recordings (Restored)
This is the common version of these recordings that has been shared around since it was initially unearthed. I have not had to do much work here at all as the lossless rip of the tape is so great in quality anyway. In the timestamps, I have labelled the tracks as they are labelled on the tape but have also included the alt. names of tracks where applicable, and small notes about each track below.
Unfortunately the lineup for these recordings is still unknown, except for Jim Steinman on backing vocals, and almost certainly piano. Steve Margoshes was musical director so its possible he is present here as well. The vocalist and other musicians alas remain obscure to us. The first three songs are very delicious instrumental covers.
These recordings come from the 1975 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Kid Champion, with book and lyrics by Thomas Babe and music and lyrics by Jim Steinman. There was another production in 1979 but all of the audio we have dates to 1975. The instrumental part of this tape would have played while audiences were entering and exiting, with the songs including vocals being featured in the play, dubbed a multimedia experience.
00:00:00 1. Candy Rock [Montrose - Rock Candy]
00:02:36 2. Crazy [Queen - Stone Cold Crazy]
00:05:22 3. Space Station [Montrose - Rock The Nation]
00:07:23 4. [Entracte]
00:10:03 5. Spice Dog [The Storm / When Your City Is Burning]
00:14:05 6. Chinko [Chinkachain]
00:15:56 7. Gadzooks [Song Of The Gods]
00:19:16 8. A Minor
00:23:02 9. Ending [Kinda Like An Angel]
00:25:09 10. For Crying Out Loud
00:32:55 11. Yogi
00:36:45 12. Bosco False Start [For Crying Out Loud (Reprise)]
00:41:58 13. Donnys Guitar
The long instrumental piece was played as the audience was entering and taking their seats, the other tracks used as incidental music within the play. The vocalists identity is sadly unknown. - jimsteinman.com
Demo recordings of various instrumental music and song tracks used for NYSF production of Kid champion. These demos were unearthed by bellminer from the New York Public Library in 2011. No performers are known, apart from Jim, who at can be heard singing backup vocals on For Crying Out Loud. With what we know today, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that sections of the opening track sounds sound very familiar. - mljs.evilnickname.org
1-3 are instrumental versions of covers.
4 seems to be an abbreviated version of Entracte from The Dream Engine.
5 is an early version of The Storm, basically a rearrangement of When Your City Is Burning, also from The Dream Engine.
6 is Chinkachain from Rhinegold.
7 is an instrumental version of Song Of The Gods that is identical to the version that went on to be performed on the Bat Out Of Hell Tour, from 1977-78.
8 was previously misidentified as originating from Rhinegold, it contains elements of what became the instrumental section in Let The Revels Begin, and later God Has Left The Building, as well as borrowing slightly from Song of The Golden Egg.
9 has an intro the same as Whod Do The Dirty? from Rhinegold, but is a unique song for this project, dubbed Kinda Like An Angel by fans. It satisfyingly ends with the intro riff from Hymn To Fire/Spice Dog/The Storm.
10 is of course a demo version of the iconic For Crying Out Loud, notice the intro and how its the same as The Future Just Aint What It Used To Be, the stem the tide of the rising waters part.
11 has nothing more to do with Jim Steinman than being on this tape, as contrary to popular belief, he did not write the music or lyrics. Nonetheless it is a very lovely song. [Edit - It is possible that the music is by Jim, but not the lyrics.]
12 is a reprise version of For Crying Out Loud, and the name on the tape leads me to wonder whether the mystery vocalist could have been nicknamed Bosco? Who knows, still its an interesting version, and rather polarising, some people really dig it and others loathe it. I enjoy it personally, especially the unique ending, a very beautiful piece of Steinman music indeed.
13 is possibly a repurposed instrumental demo of Yogi, and is a very sweet instrumental in my opinion.
Photos from https://slleiter.blogspot.com/2020/08/286-kid-champion-from-my-unpublished.html, and the Jim Steinman Wiki. Jim Steinman and Thomas Babes KID CHAMPION - 1975 Recordings (Restored)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RVJo0gMC--o/mqdefault.jpg)
![Meat Loaf - Original Sin (Live in Washington DC, 1999)
A nice short performance of this song, great vocals from Meat. One of the few recordings of this song and the only from the Storytellers Tour of 1999-2000. Live in Washington DC, at some point Ill have to post this full show.
Lead Vocals - Meat Loaf [RIP]
Lead Vocals, Percussion - Patti Russo
Lead Guitar, Vocals - Damona LaScot
Co-Lead Guitar, Vocals - Ray Andersen
Bass, Keyboards, Vocals - Kasim Sulton
Drums - John Miceli
Piano, Vocals - Tom Brislin
Backing Vocals - Pearl Aday Meat Loaf - Original Sin (Live in Washington DC, 1999)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RZsHzNCG-U8/mqdefault.jpg)

![Jim Steinmans THE DREAM ENGINE - 1972 Michael Kemon Session (Upgrade)
This session was recorded (apparently) on May 15th 1972 by Jim Steinman, a mysterious Brian, Bette Middler, and god knows who else. It was recorded at Hit Factory in New York and produced by Michael Kamen during the time of the aborted 1972 production of The Dream Engine. It gives an insight into early Steinmania and our first glimpse at what would eventually become the famous Heaven Can Wait, although the arrangement here is rather outrageous... Like everything else, this has been made to sound better... Enjoy!
00:00:00 Heaven Can Wait [Jim Vocals]
00:03:27 Train Of Love [Brian Vocals]
00:07:05 Who Needs The Young? [Jim Vocals]
00:10:42 Heaven Can Wait [Bette Vocals]
00:13:48 Train Of Love [Jim Vocals]
Piano, Vocals - Jim Steinman
Vocals - Brian
Vocals - Bette Middler Jim Steinmans THE DREAM ENGINE - 1972 Michael Kemon Session (Upgrade)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rf_sMfoUbVA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Closeup Clip of Meat Loaf starring in Hair, 1969 [Before The Bat]
DOWNLOAD BEFORE THE BAT HERE: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14RATCiZySmNXNbp65NrYdSM6dnptpeyM?usp=drive_link
Meat Loaf pictured in the West Coast Cast of Hair, late 1969 at the Grammy Awards. This is a bonus feature from the fan made box set Before The Bat which can be downloaded at the link above and catalogues Meat Loafs career from 1968-1977, prior to the release of Bat Out Of Hell. Included are all tracks with their original mix, any subsequent remixes and a few remixes of my own, enjoy :) Closeup Clip of Meat Loaf starring in Hair, 1969 [Before The Bat]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RiwZplOF4e4/mqdefault.jpg)