Sara [Archive] - The Ledge

pontiac6k

01-10-2007, 12:51 AM

TheWILDheart

01-10-2007, 10:13 AM

From what I've heard...the original version of Sara was summert like 19 minutes long but I don't think this version ever surfaced. I would love to hear it Sara is my fav song of all time

JazmenFlowers

01-10-2007, 10:20 AM

I just joined up here. Looks like a great place. I searched around and found some old topics on Sara but I thought I'd start my own.

What was the longest version released? Does anyone know how or where I can get it? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

It's such a great song and I'd love to hear the most unedited form available.

Thanks!
the longest version released is probably the demo on the Tusk re-issue.

as mentioned above, the full, unedited demo has never surfaced...though there are other demos that are longer than what's been released.

danax6

01-10-2007, 10:33 AM

The longest unreleased version of Sara that exists is between 8 and 9 minutes long. And it's superb. :nod: I'm at work now but I will post it later if nobody else does in the meantime.

DavidMn

01-10-2007, 12:52 PM

Does anyone remember the version Daniel posted on his site that was about 12 minutes long?

pontiac6k

01-10-2007, 03:20 PM

The longest unreleased version of Sara that exists is between 8 and 9 minutes long. And it's superb. :nod: I'm at work now but I will post it later if nobody else does in the meantime.

Thank you so much.

Villavic

01-10-2007, 05:17 PM

The longest unreleased version of Sara that exists is between 8 and 9 minutes long. And it's superb. :nod: I'm at work now but I will post it later if nobody else does in the meantime.

I got an mp3 from some ledgie.. it's exactly 10:44 and it's not the same in the Tusk reissue. I've heard also about the 17 or 19 minutes version but never got the song.

danax6

01-10-2007, 05:30 PM

I got an mp3 from some ledgie.. it's exactly 10:44 and it's not the same in the Tusk reissue. I've heard also about the 17 or 19 minutes version but never got the song.I used to have that one also, but I can't find it anymore. The only other demo of Sara that I have that is not the Cleaning Lady demo is 8.18 minutes.

pontiac6k

01-10-2007, 05:53 PM

I'd like to hear whatever you guys have if you're willing to send it. I don't have anything but the finished version.

Sahara

01-10-2007, 06:03 PM

19 minutes?! Holy Moses! :eek:

I'd love to hear some of these .... Sara is one of the best songs for loooong demos. It never gets boring.

Thanks in advance for posting!

Villavic

01-10-2007, 06:09 PM

I'd like to hear whatever you guys have if you're willing to send it. I don't have anything but the finished version.

No problem to me but it's a 10MB file, not sure jhow to send it, my email does not support that size

Sahara

01-10-2007, 06:14 PM

No problem to me but it's a 10MB file, not sure jhow to send it, my email does not support that size

YouSendIt if your connection is up for it!

michelle2677

01-10-2007, 07:00 PM

I used to have that one also, but I can't find it anymore. The only other demo of Sara that I have that is not the Cleaning Lady demo is 8.18 minutes.

that's the longest one I have. It is gorgeous. The whole wind becoming crazy. That ol' crazy wind!! :laugh: and the "no sorrowful sorrow, and you can have no..more" awwwwwwww.....

also, I just like the way she says "I don't wanna be cleaning lady!" :laugh: :o

You go girl!! i don't either!!! haha..

oh-and on edit. I don't think I could take 18 minutes of sara. i love it, but after 15 I'm sure it gets tiring :lol:

danax6

01-10-2007, 07:05 PM

oh-and on edit. I don't think I could take 18 minutes of sara. i love it, but after 15 I'm sure it gets tiring :lol:With all the new lyrics? No way, I'd kill to hear that version!

pontiac6k

01-10-2007, 07:41 PM

Agreed. I can listen to the regular version of Sara for 20 times over.

gldstwmn

01-10-2007, 08:09 PM

Let the Sara - thon begin! Here's the remastered demo with slight lyric change (Said you'd give me light, but you never showed me about the fire). This one runs 10:44. Enjoy!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7yribc

gldstwmn

01-10-2007, 08:43 PM

Some live favorites:

Melbourne 3/12/80 Sara ("down through the night")

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rkptkn

Austin 8/31/83 Sara - I think she says something like "Do you know when it's love? I do" at the begining.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/tb6osc

pontiac6k

01-10-2007, 08:59 PM

That first one is incredible! Thank you! :D

gldstwmn

01-10-2007, 09:57 PM

Sara #2 from the Tusk Raw Mixes 7:10:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F63F313F44B4644B

gldstwmn

01-10-2007, 10:47 PM

Sara 8:25

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=121BE0DA6E8E7985

gldstwmn

01-10-2007, 11:00 PM

Sara instrumental 2:35:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C8F6C2EA52D7E43A

TheWILDheart

01-11-2007, 06:42 AM

OMG! :eek: *is overwelmed by the Sara-ness* **** this is totally my fav song EVER!!! THANKS FOR POSTING!! One question tho...wot's the cleaning lady version?? I'll upload the White Wing Dove live version from '81 later tonight I'm at college at the moment. I love the whole HBO concert but Sara really was a highlight. It also has the DEFINITIVE version of Edge on it :D

trackaghost

01-11-2007, 06:50 AM

If you buy the remastered Tusk album, the second disc has the demo referred to as the Cleaning Lady version of Sara because Stevie begins the song saying "I wanna be a star, I don't wanna be a cleaning lady."

TheWILDheart

01-11-2007, 05:32 PM

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rz5n08

my personal favorite version of Sara from the Bella Donna tour.

pontiac6k

01-13-2007, 12:27 AM

Wow thanks so much! They are great!

Does anyone have anymore? How about the Cleaning Lady version?

HomerMcvie

01-13-2007, 03:22 AM

Wow thanks so much! They are great!

Does anyone have anymore? How about the Cleaning Lady version?

You do know that it's FOR SALE, in stores, right?:confused:

foxyluva

01-13-2007, 03:59 AM

Anyone got one from the SYW tour?...

trackaghost

01-13-2007, 08:35 AM

Wow thanks so much! They are great!

Does anyone have anymore? How about the Cleaning Lady version?

We don't tend to post commercially available tracks here and that one is on the remastered Tusk album.

Anyone got one from the SYW tour?...

Michael, this one is from Charlotte in 2004. I think I also have one from Madison somewhere if you want that one too.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6gzq79

gldstwmn

01-13-2007, 03:00 PM

Anyone got one from the SYW tour?...

Sure Michael. Let me see if I can find a particularly good one for you. :)

pontiac6k

01-13-2007, 03:58 PM

We don't tend to post commercially available tracks here and that one is on the remastered Tusk album.

Ah okay. I haven't seen that in any stores though, only online. Having a heck of a time finding it.

gldstwmn

01-13-2007, 04:04 PM

Sara - Champaign IL 8/9/04

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xw4j9s

foxyluva

01-13-2007, 07:18 PM

^^You guys rock :cool:

gldstwmn

01-13-2007, 07:28 PM

/\

I listened to several different SYW tour boots but there wasn't a whole lot of variation in the vocal so I thought I'd post that one.

elie

01-14-2007, 12:16 PM

I would just like to thank everyone for posting this. I am overwhelmed from all this fabulousness (and driving my husband crazy).
My personal favorite would be the one from the Bella Donna tour. It's such a bittersweet performance- cheerful , almost.

MirrorInTheSky

01-14-2007, 05:38 PM

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rz5n08

my personal favorite version of Sara from the Bella Donna tour.

WOW....this is an awesome version. :)

TheWILDheart

01-14-2007, 06:34 PM

WOW! It seems that the WWD version has gone down a treat. I really love this version. It has to be my favourite. It was one of the first I heard to. I think it was a chearful version because u can tell when you watch the video that Stevie was happy singing it..I think she was sorta looking back whilst she was singing it.

pontiac6k

01-15-2007, 01:58 AM

I love the one from the Bella Donna Tour. THe video is on YouTube by the way.

Thanks sooo much!

Sahara

01-15-2007, 11:55 AM

Fantastic!
I have some traded disks full of different demos and live versions of Outside The Rain and Gold and Braid ... does a similar disk exist for Sara?

gldstwmn

01-15-2007, 01:00 PM

Fantastic!
I have some traded disks full of different demos and live versions of Outside The Rain and Gold and Braid ... does a similar disk exist for Sara?

I don't think so. That would be a cool compilation.

Sahara

01-15-2007, 03:38 PM

I have a similar type of thing that was uploaded on a site called something like "SaraRhiannon." It just had some demo versions and some live versions from around 78-86, then the snippet of her playing "Sara" during the Storytellers concert. I can upload it if anyone's interested, though I have no clue what the individual songs' proper labels are.

That sounds like just what we need! If you get the chance to upload it I'd be super-grateful. :xoxo:
We can make our own disks!

TheWILDheart

01-16-2007, 11:39 AM

I love the one from the Bella Donna Tour. THe video is on YouTube by the way.

Thanks sooo much!

So It Is:

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I have this concert on DVD :D! Enjoy!

mylittledemon

01-17-2007, 07:53 PM

anyone got an MP3 of that awesome Go Your Own way on YouTube? you know the one where Lindsey has the fro, the blue silk shirt and the Rumours "tree" back drop behind them?

gldstwmn

01-17-2007, 08:31 PM

I'll look and see if I have that on my computer. Meanwhile, where the hell did this come from? I don't recall seeing it before.

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WZHfSuSIjKY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WZHfSuSIjKY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

gldstwmn

01-17-2007, 08:58 PM

This is a good one:

Nashville 5/21/77

http://www.sendspace.com/file/od0hf8

gldstwmn

01-17-2007, 09:24 PM

This is probably closer to wht you're looking for:

Rosebud Go Your Own Way

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cdnzj3

mylittledemon

01-18-2007, 11:19 PM

This is probably closer to wht you're looking for:

Rosebud Go Your Own Way

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cdnzj3

Whoa! Thanks SO much! Cant wait for this old stuff to get released on DVD one day.

estranged4life

01-19-2007, 12:58 AM

I used to have that one also, but I can't find it anymore. The only other demo of Sara that I have that is not the Cleaning Lady demo is 8.18 minutes.

a version of the "Cleaning Lady" demo somewhere on CDR that is about 16 minutes long (It might be on one of the compilations I have with the 15 minute "The Nightmare" demo - I'll have to search it out.)

estranged4life

01-19-2007, 01:03 AM

Fantastic!
I have some traded disks full of different demos and live versions of Outside The Rain and Gold and Braid ... does a similar disk exist for Sara?

compilation in circulation, entitled "And the Wind Became…Crazy", which has various versions of "Sara" (I received this disc from one of the great traders J.G.)

Stevie Nicks-"And the Wind Became…Crazy"-Sara Compilation
1.Sara ("Cleaning Lady" version)
2.Sara (Instrumental)
3.Sara (Piano demo)
4.Sara (Single version)
5.Sara (VH1 Storytellers)
6.Sara (Live in Australia 1980)
7.Sara (Fleetwood Mac "Live" video version)
8.Sara ("Tusk" Album version)
9.Sara ("The Chain" Boxed set version)
10.Sara (Stevie Nicks-Live in Los Angeles 1981)
11.Sara (Live in Japan 1980)
12.Beautiful Child (Alternate #1)
13.Beautiful Child (Alternate #2)
14.Beautiful Child (Instrumental)

Edit: When I finally receive a PC later this year (My older brother is gonna give me his ol' PC since he has a new one), I am going to make available almost everything I have - which should keep alotta people busy for quite awhile!

TheWILDheart

01-19-2007, 08:10 AM

8.Sara ("Tusk" Album version)
9.Sara ("The Chain" Boxed set version)

What's the difference?

trackaghost

01-19-2007, 11:30 AM

What's the difference?

When Tusk was originally issued on CD it only had the shorter single version of Sara on it, where about a minute of the song was edited out, and the only place you could get the full version, that was on the original vinyl, was on The Chain boxset. That Sara compilation was made before the Tusk remaster was released.

I have that Sara compilation. It's pretty good too. I think it was on the Stevie Nicks Underground site a few years back.

TheWILDheart

01-20-2007, 03:19 PM

When Tusk was originally issued on CD it only had the shorter single version of Sara on it, where about a minute of the song was edited out, and the only place you could get the full version, that was on the original vinyl, was on The Chain boxset. That Sara compilation was made before the Tusk remaster was released.

I have that Sara compilation. It's pretty good too. I think it was on the Stevie Nicks Underground site a few years back.

What about "Greatest Hits"? My vinyl copy has the full version on it as does the CD.

UndoingTheLaces

01-21-2007, 06:07 AM

Did you guys notice in one of the two recent versions of Sara that were posted as she's singing the ad lib at the end she sings "and the wind became crazy". How cool is that??? And the audience goes nuts. I don't think she even did that in the Tusk days.

For me, Sara is all about the ad libs at the end. That's where the song really shines for me.

trackaghost

01-22-2007, 08:35 AM

What about "Greatest Hits"? My vinyl copy has the full version on it as does the CD.

No, you're right, the Greatest Hits CD has it too.
But my point was the original CD issue of the Tusk album had an edited version.

strandinthewind

01-22-2007, 09:50 AM

TheWILDheart

01-22-2007, 10:42 AM

In the original version on my vinyl of Tusk (which I bought when it came out LOL) -- she does say "and the wind became crazy" and "could you speak a little louder" -- they are just hidden in the dark swirling music at the end. Until I first heard the "Cleaning Lady" version of Sara, I had no clue what she was saying and thought it was "how could you stand to live without her?"

"and the wind became CRAZY. But there's a heart beat that never really died. It NEVER really died, would you SWALLOW all your pride!? ooh well could you speak a little louder? (and then Lindsey goes "WOOOOOOAHHHH") All I ever wanted, was to know that you were dreaming"

thats all i can make out from the actual album version of Sara