Studio Three different studio recordings of
Subways of Your Mind are known to exist. The first time the song was recorded was in June 1984, about a month before the NDR version, at the practice room building of the band, located in
Heikendorf. This recording is of worse sound quality than the later recordings due to have been recorded from a microphone next to a bass amp, and due to time. The bassist on this recording is Jörg Lemcke, who also provided the recording. Michael Hädrich was not present for this rehearsal, and as such does not play on this recording. The second recording of the song took place between the rehearsal and studio sessions. It was once believed to have been released in 1983 with Volker Schenk, the bassist who preceded Lemcke in Fex, due to his remembering about it and an alleged vinyl release, but this was proven false by Jörg Lemcke, who recalled the day Rückwardt first came up with the song and started rehearsing it with the band. This therefore debunked the possibility of the song being recorded in 1983 or with Volker, as he had left to join a jazz band before the song was composed. On 8 April 2026, new information about the session in which the song was recorded was revealed, proving that Lemcke was the bassist for this recording. It was also confirmed that an Ibanez Jazz Bass was used during the recording of those tracks. Prior to the discovery, it was rumored that the bassist was either Rückwardt or Lemcke. This recording, named "NDR recording" by the community, was recorded in "Löffel studio", a name used by Hase, Fex's sound engineer at the time, to qualify any place where he kept his mixing equipment, while the session took place in the same practice room as the rehearsal. This is the version of the song that was aired on NDR, although the band has no idea how it was broadcast there. The intro on this recording is shorter than the other two, and this recording has a fade-out ending. On one of the copies, the beginning of a new keyboard part can be heard. According to Hädrich, each copy of the song had an individual fadeout. The third and professional studio recording of this song, which is featured on their 1985 EP sold during their tour, was recorded in November 1984 at Hawkeye Studios in Ganderkesee, produced by Jeff Burke and mixed by Hase. The longer intro and ending from the Heikendorf recording are kept, with NDR keyboard parts being kept and developed. The bassist on this recording is Norbert Ziermann. which predates the Heikendorf rehearsal session, and was recorded during a performance in a show room named Lutterbeker. It features the same lineup as Heikendorf rehearsal, although Rückwardt's wife Ilona performs backing vocals on the recording, and Michael Hädrich appears on keyboard. It was revealed to have been found in Rückwardt's rack of tapes, which have yet to be released. The second live recording was recorded on March 20, 1985, during a performance in the town of
Uelzen, and features the same lineup as the one on the 1984 studio recording. It is planned to be released in May 2026. The third live recording was a performance made on May 25, 1985, at the Roxy in
Paderborn. The lineup here is the same as the previous performance. This particular recording was the first to surface online, after Hädrich provided it to the lostwave community in order to prove the authenticity of Fex, and was released on streaming in December 2024. The fourth live recording was an acoustic performance on NDR 1, performed on November 7, 2024, after the band had been identified and rediscovered. Sievers had not joined Fex at the time, and the recording does not have any drums. The fifth and most recent live recording was recorded at Lutteberker on 14 June 2025, and is the first live performance of the song since at least 1985. Sievers had left Fex by this point, and the drums are provided by Hädrich's drum machine. == Radio broadcast ==