I remember reading somewhere a looong time ago that the third was something
called "40,000 Years Come Home".  It was in a magazine somewhere, at about
the time of the Diesel release.  What that song was I have no idea, it quite
possibly later became one of the other songs mentioned.

Certainly I wouldn't expect "Warakurna" as we know it to have been written
before they went there on the 1986 tour - it's unlikely they'd even heard of
it, and it only got onto the tour at the last minute when the people there
pleaded to be included!  But perhaps the third song was something which then
became Warakurna.

"You May Not Be Released" was certainly around back then, as a short snippet
of them playing the song live was included in the original ABC documentary
on the Blackfella Whitefella tour, before Diesel and Dust was even recorded.
The version which later turned up on some copies of "Blue Sky Mine" (on the
cassette version only, I believe, as well as the b-side of the single) was
listed as a "rough mix" so I don't think it was a serious contender for
inclusion on the album proper.

The settlement at Utopia was also Rob's inspiration for "The River Runs Both
Ways" on the Hirst and Greene album.

Other songs that may have had earlier lives include Don't Wanna Be The One,
which was demoed for Head Injuries, and Bakerman (with lyrics!) demoed for
Place Without A Postcard.  The Earth and Sun and Moon interview disc also
talks about In The Valley having "nearly made it" to the previous two
albums, although anyone who's heard the 1992 live versions of that song
knows it was quite a different beast to the one they eventually recorded.

Going back to the BF/WF tour, "Strict Rules" also mentions a performance of
"Runaway Bay" which eventually turned up on the first Ghostwriters album.
And in the other direction, "Last of the Diggers" was performed regularly by
Ghostwriters in 1999 before turning up on The Real Thing.



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