In a Special Place (The Piano Demos for This Is The Sea)

About In a Special Place (The Piano Demos for This Is The Sea)

In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea is a compilation album by British-Irish folk rock band The Waterboys. It was released in 2011 by Chrysalis (UK and Europe) and Capitol (US). The album reached No. 196 in the UK Top 200 Albums Chart. In a Special Place is a selection of thirteen demos recorded by Scott in the spring of 1985. For the band's third studio album, This Is the Sea, Scott wrote up to 50 tracks and booked himself into Park Gates Studio, Hastings, England, with engineer and producer John Brand, to record "simple piano/vocal demos" that would assist him in reviewing the songs and choosing which ones to develop further. The last two tracks on the compilation are considered by Scott to be "extras". The demo of "Old England" was recorded at Wallinger's home studio, with Scott on vocal, piano and guitar, and Wallinger on snare drum and synth bass. The final track, "Trumpets", is a remix by Don Jackson of the original This Is the Sea recording. more »