(alternative) The Breeders - Pod - Demos [Bootleg] - 1988, MP3 (tracks), 192 kbps

A collection of rare demos that were never officially released. Features early versions of songs that would later appear on Pod and Last Splash.
There are a few different versions of these demos out there, quality-wise, with these posted below being the best I've found (sorry, don't have them lossless). I'm not exactly sure of the date (some sources say '88, some say '89), recorded by Gary Smith at Fort Apache. Says Smith of the demos: "I worked some demos which I thought were quite good, but I assume Kim and Tanya through little of them. they not only scrapped the whole thing and moved on to work with Steve Albini, but also changed the entire direction of the music. The versions which I worked on were very pop and very upbeat by comparison to the versions which 4ad/Rough Trade released. I’m still not sure which one I like more. Albini’s record is much moodier than the demos, and for that reason these times are much more better suited to the finished versions than the demos."
Notable "rare track" inclusions are the unreleased song "Overcome" (which was later re-worked into The Amps' "Bragging Party"), a nice unreleased instrumental known as "Rave On", and an early version of "Divine Hammer" known as "You Always Hang Around" (or "Stop Whispering").