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All Inside Our Crazy Dreams (Dog N Cat DAC-021)

Start Me Up, Hang Fire I,  Slave (long version), Little T & A, Black Limousine I, Neighbours, Worried About You, Tops, Heaven, Ain’t No Use In Crying I, Waiting On A Friend, Claudine (long version), Start Me Up (early version), Hang Fire II, Black Limousine II, Ain’t No Use In Crying II, Hang Fire III, Still In Love. 

DAC’s All Inside Our Crazy Dreams is a total copy of the 2LP set All Inside Our Crazy Dreams  (TATTOO 1/2/3/4) released back in 1986, right down to the duplicated artwork.  It documents several interesting and not so interesting alternate mixes of the tracks that appeared on the 1981 album with the addition of the Emotional Rescue outtake “Claudine”.  The sources of the tracks taken from the liner notes are: 

“Start Me Up” date from Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France January 5th – March 2nd, 1978 sessions. 
“Hang Fire” comes from Pathé Marconi Studios, June 10th to October 19th, 1979. 
“Slave”, Pathé Marconi Studios,  October 11th, 1980 to November 12th, 1980.  This is the third extant take that contains an elongated guitar solo / jam session at the end. 
“Little T & A” Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas January 18th, 1979 to February 12th, 1979. 
“Black Limousine 1″ Pathé Marconi Studios, June 10th to October 19th, 1979. 
“Neighbours”  Pathé Marconi Studios October 11th, 1980 to November 12th, 1980.
“Worried About You” Pathé Marconi Studios June 10th to October 19th, 1979. 
“Heaven”  Pathé Marconi Studios October 11th, 1980 to November 12th, 1980.
“Ain’t No Use In Crying 1″ Pathé Marconi Studios June 10th to October 19th, 1979. 
“Waiting On A Friend”  Pathé Marconi Studios June 10th to October 19th, 1979.   This is an older track with its initial conception dating from the sessions at Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, Jamaica November 25th – 30th and December 6th – 21st, 1972.
“Claudine” Pathé Marconi Studios, October 10th – December 21st, 1977.  This is the long first take clocking in at seven and half minutes.  ”Claudine” tells the story of the Las Vegas dancer Claudine Longet and remains unreleased to this day. 
“Start Me Up”  (long version) Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France, January 5th – March 2nd, 1978 sessions.  This is a demo version without the chorus and later verses.   
“Hang Fire 2″ comes from Pathé Marconi Studios June 10th to October 19th, 1979.
“Black Limousine” take 2 Pathé Marconi Studios June 10th to October 19th, 1979. 
“Ain’t No Use In Crying 2″ Pathé Marconi Studios June 10th to October 19th, 1979. 
“Hang Fire 3″comes from Pathé Marconi Studios June 10th to October 19th, 1979. 
“Still In Love” Compass Point Studios,Nassau, Bahamas January 18th, 1979 to February 12th, 1979.

All Inside My Crazy Dreams is a nice effort by Dog N Cat although all this material has been released before.  The sound quality is pretty good despite not being from master tapes.  I think this could have been a much better release had they been more comprehensive and include all of the various demos and outtakes for this album instead of simply copying the LP.  Since most Stones collectors already have this material this is not essential.

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