Expert: Alan Munshower - 12/22/2004

Question
I'm looking to pretty much have all the recorded stuff I can find from Ben Folds - I have all the albums, the live DVD, the EP's, the b-sides and have started trying to find demo's.
I have:
Cool Whip, Guilty, Half Asleep, Kalamazoo, Lydian Song, My Dog, Rocky, Song for the Dumped, Underground, Tom and Mary and Where's Bohemia.

What other demo's are there out there?
And where can I get them?!

Also, where can I get hold of live performances?
I have Foellinger '04, Weselyn '04, some of Tokyo '99 and some of the Ziggy's '04 stuff..

Answer
wow ally, that is a pretty involved question.  hmmm, first off you must understand that I used to be a HUGE fan of Ben Folds Five, and since the band broke up in 99, my interest in Ben Folds' solo stuff career has dwindled.  I have seen his solo act multiple times and have seen the band he toured with for his first solo record, but I don't extensively collect his new material.  
It seems as though you have managed to snatch all of the officailly released stuff.  Now that you are looking for demos you are going to have to consider that all of the demos out there were essentially made before BF5, some in 1990, and some in 1994-95.  The demos you have made reference to are what I call the 'Early Solo Demos', recorded in 1990 in Greensboro, NC and Nashville, TN.  These demos are just Ben plus some background singers on a few songs.  I received my copy of these demos from Ben brother five years ago, and that is how they got out.  Below is the official information as I received it.
2/90 - 3/90 Ben Folds solo project, recorded in Greensboro, NC 30 min
Underground / Emaline / Lydian Song / Sports and Wine / Where's Bohemia / I Paid My Money

9/90 - 11/90 Ben Folds solo project, recorded in Nashville, TN 45 min
Best Imitation of Myself / Kalamazoo / Uncle Walter / Clueless / My Dog / Fair / Burning / Video / Jackson Cannery / Tom and Mary / Half Asleep / Situation

If you are getting these demos one by one as mp3s, I would be concerned about the quality and legitimacy.  The best way to get live recordings and demos is to plug yourself into the online music trading network.  You need to be somewhat tech savvy to do this.  If you want to try it, you can e-mail me back and I can go into length on that subject (believe I could talk for a while).  here is my trading page as an example http://members.aol.com/Qualitease/boot.html

You haven't mentioned anything about wanting Ben Folds Five stuff.  Please let me know if you are interested in their material, for to me it is the best Ben Folds has ever done.  And there is so much great stuff out there.  Thanks for your question.