Songs → True Love Waits
Released on A Moon Shaped Pool. True Love Waits was already written and had been performed live by Thom and Jonny in December 1995, before the time period covered by the MiniDiscs.
The song can be heard on the MiniDiscs in a variety of band rehearsal recordings as well as a programmed instrumental demo.
Recording Chronology
March - April 1996: On Tour
May - July 1996: Ideas + Rehearsals
Recordings → True Love Waits {MD111}
Recorded during soundcheck on an unknown date in March or April 1996.
Discs → MD111 → True Love Waits {MD111} *
Transcription
I'll drown my beliefs / To have your babies / I'll dress like your niece / And wash your swollen feet / Just don't leave / Don't leave / I'm not living / I'm just killing time / Your tiny hands / Your crazy kitten smile / Just don't leave / Don't leave / And true love waits / In haunted attics / And true love lives / On lollipops and crisps / Don't leave / Don't leave / Just don't leave / Don't leave / Just / ([?]) / (We done?) / (Yeah.)
Recordings → True Love Waits (prog)
A programmed instrumental demo recording.
Discs → MD114 → True Love Waits (prog)
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Recordings → True Love Waits (drums)
Full band rehearsal. They appear to be working on the arrangement here rather than rehearsing the full song. Different drums than the earlier soundcheck version.
Discs → MD120 → True Love Waits (drums)
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(That's right. Right.) / ([?] one chord like --)
Recordings → True Love Loop
Full band rehearsal, working on the song's arrangement. The band is rehearsing a section of the song instrumentally in this recording.
Discs → MD120 → True Love Loop {part 1}
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(-- just returned to rehearsal.)
Discs → MD120 → True Love Loop {part 2}
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Recordings → True Love Bass Riff
Full band rehearsal. Slower version with a completely different arrangement.
Discs → MD120 → True Love Bass Riff {part 1}
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I'm just killing time / Your tiny hands / Your cra--
Discs → MD120 → True Love Bass Riff {part 2}
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Just don't leave / Don't leave / And true love waits / In haunted attics / And true love --
Discs → MD120 → <tape blip: fast-forwarding True Love Bass Riff>
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