A diary of Manics recording sessions

[nimrod]

I've just been reading a book called 'The complete recording guide to the Rolling Stones' which is basically a chronological record of all their recording sessions. This got me wondering whether anything like this exists online for the Manics?

I recall reading an interview with Nicky in Select magazine in Autumn 1999 where he talked about two new songs they had been working on in the studio - 'Pedestal' and 'Paul Robeson' - which suggests that Know Your Enemy sessions started pre- millennium, and there have been other hints that some songs were worked on/recorded long before they ended up on an album - 'Removables' was also allegedly a THB era track that they re-recorded for EMG but presumably they must have demoed it in 93/94?

A bit nerdish I know but I find it quite interesting to get an idea of when songs were first worked on/took shape as it can give an idea of how an album started and developed.

If no such diary exists then I might start one!