This is one of the most famous “releases” from the band. Ever. This was the aborted 2000 album with producer Steve Lillywhite. It was leaked to Napster and, eventually, lossless .shn files started making the rounds. While not happy with the leak, DMB accepted the fact that the album was out there and that it was a hit with fans. Eventually, they went back into the studio with Steve Harris to revisit many of the “Lillywhite Sessions” songs. It is a credit to DMB and their management that they permit their fans to trade this excellent demo. This truly is among their very best studio work ever. There are three forms of the Lillywhite material presented here. The first is the original Lillywhite Sessions as it was originally known and leaked to the fan community. The second is the so-called “Karmageddon Remaster” done by an indivudual in 2005. Finally, there are clips of “Demo #2” – actually an earlier demo which is not widely-circulated. Only low-quality MP3 files have been made available by the few that have it. If you love The Lillywhite Sessions, I would also encourage you to support the great songs and the band by purchasing Busted Stuff, which you can do via iTunes or Amazon here. (NOTE: I get absolutely nothing if you click through to purchase). Finally, for more information on the Lillywhite Sessions, check out this article.
The Lillywhite Sessions
01. Busted Stuff
02. Grey Street
03. Digging A Ditch
04. Sweet Up And Down
05. JTR
06. Big Eyed Fish
07. Grace Is Gone
08. Captain
09. Bartender
10. Monkey Man
11. Kit Kat Jam
12. Raven
The Lillywhite Sessions (Karmageddon Remaster)
01. Busted Stuff
02. Grey Street
03. Digging A Ditch
04. Sweet Up and Down
05. JTR
06. Big Eyed Fish
07. Grace Is Gone
08. Captain
09. Bartender
10. Monkey Man
11. Kit Kat Jam
12. Raven
MD5 File
CUE File
LOG File
Text File
The Lillywhite Sessions “Demo #2” (right-click and “Save As” to save)
1. Build You A House
2. Bartender
3. Busted Stuff
4. JTR
5. Build You A House (snippet)
6. Alternate Lillywhite Sessions Clips
#1 by Mats Tengner on November 18, 2013 - 2:16 pm
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Great stuff The Lillywhite Sessions. Can’t understand why it was’nt released as the original. Sweet up n down and JTR and Monkey Man is great songs. I really hope the band is listening to the fans all over the globe and finaly do release it. otherwise it really would be “Away from the world”.It would be a bestseller. well, before that might happen i’m listening to it here. Over n over again. # 1 fan in Sweden.
#2 by Nate Everingham on June 22, 2014 - 8:51 pm
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They did release it it’s called Busted Stuff
#3 by Alex Cook on January 22, 2016 - 5:39 pm
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Hey, thanks for keeping this online. You are doing important work! This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It’s nearly impossible to find via torrent right now and I accidentally deleted it from my Dropbox. Thanks for doing what you do.
#4 by RS on May 9, 2016 - 12:13 am
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I’ve had a copy of the “originals” in my big box of bootlegs for years and years, and a friend of mine’s 14 year old son showed some interest in Grace is Gone. Needless to say, after passing on my copy of the “originals”, I did a little poking around and stumbled across this remastered version that somehow I had never heard of. Thanks to you for hosting and Karmeggedo for the remaster! I agree with Alex Cook! This is great.
#5 by Theresa Carol on January 10, 2018 - 6:19 pm
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I feel like I just found a unicorn!!!! Thank you so much for posting this! The Karmageddon “remaster” sounds amazing! Many thanks for all that hard work. I never thought I would ever get to hear this after all these years. Thanks again, I feel like I’ve been given a very special gift.
#6 by dustin on July 19, 2018 - 1:04 pm
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thanks for keeping this up!!!! i had a cd version of this which was stolen out of my car and my computer just crashed that had my other copy. so this is a treat!!! thanks for what you do!
#7 by B P on July 24, 2018 - 10:38 pm
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Thank you sooooo much for all your hard work keeping up with this vast catalogue! iTunes ate my imported version of LWS and I’ve been missing it, desperately. This is my absolute favorite version of Digging a Ditch and JTR. Monkey Man is a lost gem that I keep coming back to time and time again.
I remember going to a listening party on the night Busted Stuff was released. I thought it was great…but it was no LWS…especially without JTR.
Anywho, thanks for keeping this up! 🙂
#8 by Joe on November 27, 2018 - 4:07 pm
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Unreal that they released Everyday instead of this … SO MUCH BETTER than Everyday
#9 by Bobby H on December 20, 2018 - 11:59 am
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How can I download these songs instead of just listening to them here?
#10 by sue Opsitnik on November 27, 2020 - 4:03 pm
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Thank you so much for doing this! Lily White has always been my favorite and I lost the file.
#11 by John C on August 16, 2024 - 11:30 pm
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Uh oh, looks like the song links are no longer active! Hopefully these can just be restored.
Thanks!
#12 by Tom on September 22, 2024 - 6:30 pm
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Please fix the link!