Welcome to a world of worlds

Here you will find demos of the swedish band UNICORN. Feel free to comment the demos and enjoy them. Progressive rock at it's finest. This website is dedicated to Dan Swanö and the members of Unicorn, and all the fans that couldn't hear these demos. Enjoy. All the images and mp3s were sent to me by Dan Swanö himself, back in 2003, when i uploaded all the mp3 and video files for swano.com. Back in those times i was so busy, that i could only upload the files to Dan's server. Later, he contacted another man to build his website, and the mp3s were shared, until the site shut down. I guess there's nowhere else for Unicorn fans to find these demos i'm about to share with you. I hope you like the site, and please leave a comment about unicorn or the site.
Members: Dan Swanö - Lead Vocals ,Drums Peter Edwinzon - Keyboards, Bass, Vocals Anders Mareby - Guitars, Vocals

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Artwork


Well, i now share with you all the artwork and photographs that Dan sent me back in 2003. I hope you like them, they include all sorts of pictures, so be prepared for nude rock!

Enjoy!

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A Collection of Worlds II (1990)





This is their best demo according to Dan. It has lots of magic and rythm, all the songs are catchy and it's is a very very good record. The production isn't that nice, but it doesn't really care when you listen to "The Dumb" or "Visage". Just sit down and listen this awesome demo. Rating 10/10. I'm sorry but i have no artwork for this one, just stuff related to it.
My fave tracks: The Dumb, Exhibition of Souls, Visage


Tracklist:
  • 1. The Czarina of Vermillion
  • 2. Exhibition of Souls
  • 3. Times of Change
  • 4. The Dumb
  • 5. Lake of Time
  • 6. Visage
  • 7. Yellow & Greg
  • 8. Tears of Joy
  • 9. Outro
Running Time: 39:10


Enjoy!!!

After Before (1992)

The After Before demo is the last one. After this, Unicorn recorded "Ever Since", their first album on Mellow Records. I think it's a great demo, and all of the songs here reached an album. Wonderful music and sound, this is the perfect end for the Demo-era of Unicorn. Besides, i find the artwork simply awesome.



My fave tracks: Suddenly, After Before.

Tracklist:

  • 1. Liquefy
  • 2. Suddenly
  • 3. The Likes of Noone
  • 4. When the World came Watching
  • 5. After Before

Running Time: 29:17


Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NP0OBV57

Enjoy!!

The Weirdest of Tales (1991)

This is another very very good demo. The sound here is more mature, and you can tell the experience that these guys had acquired over 2 years. For me, it's the best demo of this unique band, the guitars are the highlight in this demo i think, Anders made a great job. Also, the artwork in this demo is absolutely great. I posted the cover artwork, and the original artwork which had been modified for the release art. A must-have.
My fave tracks: The Fibsters Fictionland (yeah), Tunes for The Stork.

Tracklist:
  • 1. Your Last Denial
  • 2. Tunes for the Stork
  • 3. The Azimuths of a Brash
  • 4. Messenger
  • 5. The Fibsters Fictionland
  • 6. Zoetrope

Running Time: 31:06


Original artwork.


Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IYULD5O1

Enjoy!!

A Collection Of Worlds I (1989)

This is the first of four demos made by Unicorn. If i remember well, i once read Dan said they recorded this album by the age of 15. The production is fine for a first demo. I give this a 7/10 rating, because of the great sound achieved in this demo.

A quite rare stuff i found nowadays is that the into song, is named "Luscinia megarhynchos". I found quite odd this name, so i went to google to search for it. It results that Luscinia megarhynchos is a bird, actually a "Nightingale", the name of the band that Dan will create 6 years later by himself. Cool eh?.




This is a very good demo, lots of expression in here. Highlighted tracks: Fly Eagle, Fly; Mr. K just left the circus.



Tracklist:

  • 1. An introduction to a world of worlds (Luscinia megarhynchos)
  • 2. Times of Change
  • 3. Message from a Distant Sky
  • 4. Fly Eagle, Fly
  • 5. Dreamland
  • 6. Mr. K just left the Circus
  • 7. An outroduction from a world of worlds

Running time: 28:03


Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YXGF66V7





Enjoy.