Who is the beauty? Who, the beast?

[joe]

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Year? 1978? Skip to 4:23 for the start of the song or listen from the beginning and learn some background as I did...

[mitzo]

God, this is a beautiful song.

[mikebise]

Well, Stevie & Gordon Perry have both said that "Beauty And The Beast" was piano demoed here in Dallas, along with "Sara" in 1978. Whether this is 1978 or Dallas, I dunno. There could be several early piano demos. But it seems likely 1978.

As David made clear in another thread, the "Tom" that Stevie talks to/refers to in this demo session is not Tom Petty, but rather Tom Moncrieff, that guy who co-wrote the music for "Gold And Braid".