Poet made awful early recording (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

demo tape

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'early recording' is the definition.
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'poet made awful' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'poet'+'made'='poetmade'
'poetmade' is an anagram of 'DEMO TAPE'.

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