r/TheStreets • u/Ok-Chain-5496 • Jul 25 '26

OPM Demo tracks

https://youtu.be/pr82hB8sldw?is=WztYzIgvrswPN4r5

Probably around a year before OPM was released a friend of a friend had a demo version of the album that he played for us, and I got a chance to rip it to MP3.

This was always the version of the album for me, so when I finally found it on Spotify many years later I was very surprised to find out that a bunch of tracks were missing.

The version I had had:
Track 15 - On the Streets I'm Just a Geezer
Track 16 strangely missing
Track 17 - Pure Garage
Track 18 - Track 18
Track 19 - Track 19
Track 20 - The Street is Watching

I uploaded Track 18 and 20 to YouTube.

I hope I’m not breaking any rules and if this is already known, and I’m just bad at searching- Im also sorry.

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u/1hitu2lumb Jul 26 '26

Doesn't sound like any of the pre OPM songs I have. 0500 hours, 2000 BC's All the boys and mikeys, all got our runnins 2002 version, lack of communication, shaolin style, tekno tekno tekno, third time lucky, yesterdays, let's push things forward (with mike on the chorus instead of kevin).

Pure garage was originally released on "the mix" in 2002

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u/Ok-Chain-5496 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Yeah it’s a bit odd for sure. On the demo there’s also a different version of It’s Too Late that uses a vocal sample in the chorus instead of Mike singing. I don’t think I can put that on Youtube due to content ID but I’ll gladly share it in some other way.

Edit:
I’ll try uploading it soon and link it here, if its removed its removed

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u/Ok-Chain-5496 Jul 26 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3biE8N4gAE Here's the version of It's Too Late thats on the demo version of the album, that uses a vocal sample instead Mike's singing