Talk Talk "Chameleon Days" (2021) [BOOTLEG ALBUM]

 

(UPDATE <9:35 PM> : I flipped the First Born mix with the Super Sanremo Mix of Why Is It So Hard? since First Born came out in 1984 while the Super Sanremo Mix came out in 1985. So First Born Mix is track 7 and Super Sanremo is track 8. 

I fixed it now but in case the track listing isn't correct, make sure to just change it. 

Also, some of the later tracks like "Piano" and "Stump" have a 1 after the title, idk why but make sure to delete those.)

(UPDATE <11:07 AM>: The files for Stump and 5:09 somehow had poor audio quality so I made sure to replace them with tracks that have better sound quality. I truly apologize for the inconveniences, I really try to make sure these things are perfect but no art ever comes without its flaws :/ Thank you for your patience and make sure to download the newer versions of both of those songs.)

Hello everyone! :)

After two years of working on this album, I wanted to finally show one of my favorite bootleg albums!

"Chameleon Days" is a collection of rarities, remixes, and demos previously unreleased by the band.
The album features two sides; one side (Side A) includes singles and remixes, while the other side (Side B) features unreleased early demos from 1981 and 1983, outtakes & b-sides from 1988’s Spirit of Eden and 1991’s Laughing Stock, and a solo piano piece by Hollis himself titled “Piano” from the 1998 album "AV 1".

I've been a big Talk Talk fan for almost nine years now and due to new Talk Talk content coming out from unreleased demos to a documentary that got made about a year or two ago, I thought about making my very own bootleg album for the band.

I didn't mix any of the tracks as it wasn't necessary but I did do the track listing and make the album art, taking a painting of a chameleon done by James Marsh himself who had worked with Talk Talk from 1981 to 2002 with Missing Piece. 

I made sure that the album art looked as close to a Talk Talk album as possible and I truly wanted this to be the sister album to "Asides Besides" which is probably my favorite album by Talk Talk disregarding their official studio albums. 

As a longtime fan of Talk Talk, I hope all TT fans enjoy the album! It took a long time to complete it but now the wait is over!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-fn7GkHp1yqU108SkzX1rcxlquIzcyG6?usp=drive_link

TRACKLIST:

Side A:

1. Talk Talk (Single Version)
2. Such a Shame (Single Version) 
3. It’s My Life (Early Mix) 
4. It’s My Life (Acoustic Mix) 
5. It’s My Life (12” Mix) 
6. Why Is It So Hard? (12” Mix) 
7. Why Is It So Hard? (First Born Mix) 
8. Why Is It So Hard? (Super Sanremo Mix)
9. Life’s What You Make It (Early Mix) 
10. Life’s What You Make It (Dub Mix) 
11. Living in Another World (Single Version) 
12. I Believe in You (Single Version) 

Side B:

1. Renee (Demo)
2. Strike Up The Band (Demo)
3. Such a Shame (Demo)
4. Without You (Demo)
5. Tomorrow Started (Demo)
6. Living in Another World (Demo)
7. Dum Dum Girl (Outtake)
8. Eden (Outtake)
9. After The Flood (Outtake)
10. Stump
11. 5:09
12. Piano