While I love to hear the alternative versions, I think FM usually makes the right decisions about what to put in the album.
The album versions of Oh Daddy and YMLF are smarter inclusions in the context of the record. There are a couple of exceptions: the first version of Second Hand News (amazing bass part) and the single version of Think About Me are better, I think, as is the extended ending version of Love in Store.
Demos are another story. I have found a number of demos or early roughs that are more enjoyable than the album versions. Everywhere, That's Alright, Smile at You, Bella Donna, the Mac's bluesy version of Beauty and the Beast, Hold Me, Planets of the Universe....
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I think most of the 1974-76 live versions of Spare Me a Little far surpass the album version....
And with Christine solo, the acoustic version of Friend is one of her best sings ever. It's a crime that version isn't on the record.
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