A Day In The Life (Hawthorne Heights) Demo

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A Day In The Life (Hawthorne Heights) Demo Jan 4, 2023 1:21:37 GMT

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Post by megaman on Jan 4, 2023 1:21:37 GMT

There was a missing demo tape by Hawthorne Heights under their original name, A Day in the Life, that was found and released (relatively) recently with little fanfare.

Here's the backstory: A Day In The Life had already released their first album in 2001. 1-2 years later, they went back and recorded some demos and released those on a self-pressed CDr release called Paper Chromatography: The Fade From Dark to Light. This release was extremely rare, only popping up on eBay once and selling for around $120 (where the sole image of it originates from).

Fortunately, 5/6 of these tracks were released on a more widely available CD compilation called From Ohio With Love. This release is still pretty rare in physical form but has been ripped and readily available online for years now.

That only left one track, "Mean Machine" unaccounted for. In March, the YouTuber behind the linked video (I Have Dreams Too) shared the complete demo with mp3 rips available for download. Listen and enjoy.

Also, I tried to clean up the album art since there's only one extremely low quality image of it online (from the eBay auction). Not great, but something:

Last Edit: Jan 4, 2023 1:22:11 GMT by megaman

cricketsandclovers New Member Posts: 1	A Day In The Life (Hawthorne Heights) Demo Jan 6, 2023 2:39:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cricketsandclovers on Jan 6, 2023 2:39:38 GMT honestly i feel like hawthorne heights would be the last band i expected lost media from
	put me in da lost media, boss

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A Day In The Life (Hawthorne Heights) Demo Jan 6, 2023 15:52:33 GMT megaman likes this

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Post by springrot on Jan 6, 2023 15:52:33 GMT

Jan 4, 2023 1:21:37 GMT megaman said:

There was a missing demo tape by Hawthorne Heights under their original name, A Day in the Life, that was found and released (relatively) recently with little fanfare.

Here's the backstory: A Day In The Life had already released their first album in 2001. 1-2 years later, they went back and recorded some demos and released those on a self-pressed CDr release called Paper Chromatography: The Fade From Dark to Light. This release was extremely rare, only popping up on eBay once and selling for around $120 (where the sole image of it originates from).

Fortunately, 5/6 of these tracks were released on a more widely available CD compilation called From Ohio With Love. This release is still pretty rare in physical form but has been ripped and readily available online for years now.

That only left one track, "Mean Machine" unaccounted for. In March, the YouTuber behind the linked video (I Have Dreams Too) shared the complete demo with mp3 rips available for download. Listen and enjoy.

Also, I tried to clean up the album art since there's only one extremely low quality image of it online (from the eBay auction). Not great, but something:

Wonderful to hear that more music has been found. Hopefully we can catch the bigger fish like The Carnival of Light by the Beatles.

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A Day In The Life (Hawthorne Heights) Demo Jan 10, 2023 21:27:55 GMT via mobile megaman likes this

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Post by teege on Jan 10, 2023 21:27:55 GMT

Awesome find OP!

I'm a huge emo fan too, some I'm glad to see someone our there hunts for this kind of stuff.

Curious, do you know of any other lost music in the same vein? I have some vinyl stuff that doesn't appear to be out there when I look around to check.

Off the top of my head are some obscure releases from The Bled, Anthony Green, and Copeland that I've never seen online. At least on the private music tracker I'm a part of, and based on Google.

I'd love to really dig into these kind of searches, but I guess the wiki picks and chooses what is worthy of an article?

forlornjackalope Lost Media Guru I just wanted to be Steve McQueen, with my horses of English racing green. Posts: 881	A Day In The Life (Hawthorne Heights) Demo Jan 14, 2023 2:49:56 GMT megaman likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by forlornjackalope on Jan 14, 2023 2:49:56 GMT Excellent find. You just sent me back to my Myspace days and I have no idea how to feel about it.

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A Day In The Life (Hawthorne Heights) Demo Feb 2, 2023 23:02:31 GMT

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Post by megaman on Feb 2, 2023 23:02:31 GMT

Jan 10, 2023 21:27:55 GMT teege said:

Awesome find OP!

I'm a huge emo fan too, some I'm glad to see someone our there hunts for this kind of stuff.

Curious, do you know of any other lost music in the same vein? I have some vinyl stuff that doesn't appear to be out there when I look around to check.

Off the top of my head are some obscure releases from The Bled, Anthony Green, and Copeland that I've never seen online. At least on the private music tracker I'm a part of, and based on Google.

I'd love to really dig into these kind of searches, but I guess the wiki picks and chooses what is worthy of an article?

Unfortunately there isn't too much currently on my radar, though I know I wrote a lot about lost Offspring songs on the old Wiki. It's helpful that Discogs now allows digital releases to be documented as well to retain the history of songs that never received physical distribution; I often use that as a tracker.

As for your finds, were mods deleting the pages you were making on the Wiki? There's plenty of trivial stuff on there, I don't think lost songs are too much of a stretch to include.

Also, to cap off the original topic, the person who bought the CD on Discogs provided us with the first ever clear scan of the cover:

www.discogs.com/release/25167352-A-Day-In-The-Life-Paper-Chromatography-The-Fade-From-Dark-to-Light
Of course I couldn't resist orienting, upscaling, and cleaning

Post by megaman on Jan 4, 2023 1:21:37 GMT

Post by cricketsandclovers on Jan 6, 2023 2:39:38 GMT

Post by springrot on Jan 6, 2023 15:52:33 GMT

Post by teege on Jan 10, 2023 21:27:55 GMT

Post by forlornjackalope on Jan 14, 2023 2:49:56 GMT

Post by megaman on Feb 2, 2023 23:02:31 GMT

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