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Blue
This song was played at all Hat-concerts, but didn't make it on the
Urk-album. So I
guess it's nice to offer it here as a download.Brussel
14.04.1989Dennis
26.09.2004download
(4989 kb)One Eye Open
An extremely rare live version of this Dutch Mountain track. I only know
of this live version. It wasn't played at any of the In The Dutch
Mountains Tour concerts I have heard and certainly never after that tour.
It's great that the rare, probably one time only performance was
documented on this recording.Zürich
08.12.1987Dennis
25.09.2004download
(4038 kb)Yes Or No
A demo for the debut album. Some different things are going on in this
version. It sounds a bit warmer than the released version. There are lots
more songs from these sessions available, including many unreleased songs.
Maybe they will be uploaded at a later time.Demo 1977 Dennis
24.09.2004download
(3779 kb)Went To The Sea
An early version of Harrow Accident, very different arrangement and
several different lyrics. This was a demo for the debut album, but the
song wasn't used. Eventually it was released as the b-side to Tutti
Ragazzi and many years later as a bonustrack on the Tent CD.
Demo 1977 Dennis
23.09.2004download
(4040 kb)Tutti Ragazzi
A demo for the debut album. This version is much more basic and
piano-based. The lyrics and arrangement have differences. It is (of
course) closer to the debut album version than the later rerecorded Tent
version.
Demo 1977 Dennis
22.09.2004download
(3048 kb)Sugar River
From the radio broadcast of the June 14 2004 concert in the Fabrik in
Hamburg. The 1974 featured a very welcome return of many Giant Normal
Dwarf tracks. Sugar River was added about halfway through the tour as an
encore. Even though it's not the best known track, it always managed to
get audiences on their feet!
Hamburg
14.06.2004Dennis
15.09.2004download
(5566 kb)Doppelganger
From the radio broadcast of the June 14 2004 concert in the Fabrik in
Hamburg. This song is a good representation of this tour with lots of
little samples and sounds. The ending is a great duet between Rob and a
drum computer.Hamburg
14.06.2004Dennis
15.09.2004download
(6022 kb)Yokohama Station
This file is Yokohama Station, played live in Zürich on 06-10-94 at the
Spirgarten. This song is based on the song 'Sukiyaki' by Kyu Sakamoto
(1963). The Nits used the melody and replaced the Japanese lyrics by
English ones. It might have been performed a few more times, but this is
the only known recording.
Zürich
06.10.1994Dennis
15.09.2004download
(4207 kb)In The Dutch Mountains
Nits performed at the very popular Dutch TV show 'Kopspijkers' for the
first time on tv in the new line-up with Henk, Rob, Robert Jan and
Laetitia. The show has each week a band or artist that performs the song
that made them most famous and they asked Nits to play In The Dutch
Mountains.
Kopspijkers
27.09.2003Dennis
15.09.2004download
(3540 kb)Mask
During the Henk Tour the band played a great version of Mask. It was
usually played during the encores and is often missing form circulating
concerts.
Dennis
15.09.2004download
(4137 kb)Green Onions
A cover from the late '60s of a song by Booker T & The MG's. It was
recorded during the Kilo tour and it was played as an instrumental
introduction to Red Tape. The recording is from the soundboard, the pops
and clicks are unfortunately on the original recording.Geneva
31.03.1984Dennis
15.09.2004download
(1563 kb)Skateboard Boy
This song was written and recorded circa 1977-1978 by the Nits. It was
never put on an album, but it was played live a lot in the late '70s.
During the Nits (Debut Album) Tour of 1977-1979 they played it similar to
the studio version. During the 1979-1980 Tent Tour the song lost its
lyrics and it was played as an instrumental. The next incarnation of the
song was in 1980 on a demo version of Different Kitchen of New Flat, where
the music formed the basis of this song. Later on they scrapped that and
wrote new music for the song, but the rhythm is still very similar to
Skateboard Boy.
Then it was silent for 20 years for this song, until coverband LICE dug it
up and played it on November 19th 2000 at Greatest Nits INC, much to the
surprise of everyone in the audience (on the official website you can hear
the LICE version in the Mailbox section). Only a handful of people were
familiar with this song!
Dennis
15.09.2004download
(1954 kb)Strangers Of The Night
An interesting version of this song from the Margraten concert August 9th 1987. Possibly the very first time this song was recorded live. The concert is one of two which were given in the period during which In The Dutch Mountains was performed. The song is not quite finished. The main structure is there, but several parts, including the spoken sections are still missing.
From the tape collection of Dia Bravenboer.Margraten
09.08.1987Ria
13.09.2004download
(3333 kb)Museum Square
This song has a nice history. The music is the same as the song 'London Letters' from the debut LP, but with a slightly more updated and electronic arrangement. The band reintroduced it to the setlist after hearing friend-band The Tapes play it live in concert. The lyrics were completely rewritten and the song now tells of a man who wanted to cut up paintings in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It was performed regularly in this form during the New Flat Tour and in this form it definitely wouldn't have sounded out of place on the New Flat album.Gorichem
07.02.1981Dennis
10.05.2004download
(2776 kb)Let's Go To Australia
This song turns up on only one of the many available concerts from the New Flat Tour. It might have been performed a few times more, but this is definitely a very rare song! Unfortunately the song is quite stupid though. The title was given by me, so maybe it officially has another name.Gorichem
07.02.1981Dennis
10.05.2004download
(2113 kb)Gebroken Vleugel
During the beginning of the Nest Tour the song Broken Wing was played in more or less the familiar fast version. But it was difficult to recreate the CD version, so the band rearranged the song to a slow version. This was played for several weeks during concerts, but ultimately it was also dropped from the setlist. At the Leidsekade Live radio show they played the slow arrangement of the song, but even more uniquely: Henk wrote a dutch version of the lyric and this was the only time ever it was performed. Leidsekade Live
26.11.1995Dennis
02.05.2004download
(3155 kb)Zebra
A live version of Zebra, the strange 'ticking' song from the New Flat album. It was only played live during the New Flat Tour and it featured a completely different arrangement. This version is recorded in Lochem on January 31st 1981 in De Garve.Lochem
31.01.1981Dennis
20.04.2004download
(1792 kb)Walter And Conny
An amazing demo version of Walter and Conny: it features lyrics! Apparently they decided to remove the lyrics for the release. Another special thing is that lead vocals are alternated by Henk, Robert Jan and Michiel, each sings one or more verses. This is something which doesn't happen on any other Nits song. Demo Dennis
20.04.2004download
(3363 kb)Big Yellow Penguin Rooster
An early version of Pelican and Penguin, recorded live at the Open Air Festival in St. Gallen (Switzerland) on the 27th of June 1987, a few months before the release of the Dutch Mountains album.St-Gallen, CH
27.06.1987Dennis
20.04.2004download
(2384 kb)Hook of Holland
A rare, wonderfully warm version of Hook of Holland, recorded live in Breda on 27th december 1989, during one of the last shows of the Urk Tour.Breda, NL
27.12.1989Dennis
13.10.2003download
(4551 kb)