THEY were one of the last hold-outs on the digital music revolution and Cold Chisel are opening up their vaults to appease diehard fans and win new ones with their online album campaign.
The legendary rockers will also remaster their six studio and four live records for the biggest archival release by a band in Australia’s music history on July 22.The bonanza for Chisel trainspotters is the digital release of 56 live, demo and bootleg recordings, some of which were sourced from fans’ private collections.One of the more precious cuts is a 1977 demo of Four Walls which is listed as Four Walls, Washbasin, Double Bed. The recorded version which made it East features the lyrics “Four walls, washbasin, prison bed”. Frontman Jimmy Barnes said trawling through Chisel’s past for the historic rollout was as much an education for the band.“There are songs and performances we’d completely forgotten about; there were times we said, `did we really play that’?” Barnes said.“Some tracks here we only ever played once or twice and there are demos of songs that turned into something else.”Chisel fan Michael Lawrence said one of the reasons the band continued to inspire loyalty and turn on new generations of fans is their legendary live reputation.Lawrence contributed the bootleg of Chisel’s version of The Doors’ classic Light My Fire for the digital release.“Heaps of people believe they had seen the greatest Cold Chisel gig ever because they couldn’t believe they would play with that power and intensity every night,” he said.As well as recorded music, the band will unleash three hours of live footage from as early as 1977.They continue to work on a new record – with drummer Charlie Drayton filling in for the late Steve Prestwich – for release later this year and are expected to announce a tour in the coming weeks.AC/DC remains the last band standing against making their music legally available for download because they don’t want their albums available as separate songs.
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