Rock A Little ~ Outtakes, Demos & Alternates
 

This thread is for posting Rock A Little outtakes, demos, remixes, alternate versions and live performances, in hopes of compiling a resource for fans of the era, as well as perhaps finding upgrades. Many of the recordings we have have been copied and dubbed so many times on cassettes in the Eighties and Nineties, that sound quality is dismal in quite a few cases. However, an upgrade may always be around the corner, as i've learned on this Board several times.

Not all of these are great sound, but maybe we can find some upgrades! And some of these are very much improved sound from what I used to have. I will label the ones from the Masters; there aren't that many from Rock A Little, unfortunately. Here're a few to get this party started:

"Rose Garden"
http://www.mediafire.com/?t0k8bnmffr110cv

"Night Gallery"
http://www.mediafire.com/?ag1sk2qn94hqhhe

"Thousand Days"
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5anc3scc0jelyj5

"Thousand Days" (demo)
http://www.mediafire.com/?amnsnb5u1xr57z1

"The Nightmare" (alternate from the Masters)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mwhjzjmzqfm

"Ooh Ooh Baby"
http://www.mediafire.com/?gm4nym2eg0y

"I Can't Wait" (Outtake/extra lyrics)
http://www.mediafire.com/?dhu05zcvidam01q

"Joan Of Arc" (demo)
http://www.mediafire.com/?gm4nym2eg0y

"At The Fair"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BMOJNOCV

"Mirror, Mirror"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SOMRY9R3

"Lily Girl"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4M7JUDLJ

"It's Not A Dream"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I179CAVP

"Running Through The Garden"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XWXMCT0N

"Talk To Me (alternate)"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XKPHBCA7

"Tied Up In Promises"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EPP0TYC2

"Rock A Little" (UK b~side version/extended outtake)
http://www.mediafire.com/?uwl55c3t0bc6tdb

"Rock A Little" (alternate outtake)
http://www.mediafire.com/?gy3i5ss92hc28rr

"Rock A Little" (1981 song writing session #1)
http://www.mediafire.com/?6g255ks14n4mf3o

"Rock A Little" (1981 song writng session #2)
http://www.mediafire.com/?3uil5eomtxko5oe

"Some Become Strangers" (outtake; from the Masters)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mv5jywdmeyw

"Love Is Like A River"
http://www.mediafire.com/?c68idslazvc3b60

Remember, if you have a better quality sounding version, you're supposed to post it! :wavey:

WHOA Mike!!! i've been collecting Stevie demos and outtakes for DECADES and i've NEVER heard that outtake of Rock a Little!!! THANK YOU!!!:xoxo:

Hey guys!
Kinda new around here, so this is my first post.

Thank you so much for starting this up! I kind of lost all my Stevie demos/outtakes throughout the years. But I shall post whatever I still have :)

Here's a really good acoustic demo of Are you Mine


Are You Mine (Acoustic Demo):
http://www.mediafire.com/?37dd75posc1kzk9


I have a really really HQ version of What Has Rock & Roll Ever Done For You but I've yet to find it... I will post it as soon as I come across it though :)

Lily Girl from RAL?

Deffo sounds like a RAL demo, but I could be wrong :p

Damen's Stevie Comp
I made this for my friend Damen about 6 or 7 years ago:

Bella Donna:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sc4ijuudisz0i6c

Bombay Sapphires:
http://www.mediafire.com/?awb3thwemw2yp28

Fall From Grace (live at the Blockbuster Awards):
http://www.mediafire.com/?0yus9mygt3z9uy4

I Can't Wait:
http://www.mediafire.com/?52otdpnsopoqemq

I Sing For The Things:
http://www.mediafire.com/?b5rszv1pho79o3i

Kind Of Woman:
http://www.mediafire.com/?7y74b4d2xyej62g

Long Way To Go:
http://www.mediafire.com/?g77g4xlgaze9msa

Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind:
http://www.mediafire.com/?cossc679mw98s1q

My Heart:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9nqoid2o3wdgao2

No Spoken Work (live at Red Rocks):
http://www.mediafire.com/?964jvsgz6vavnr4

Sleeping Angel:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lq11k8y5vouwkdy

Smile At You:
http://www.mediafire.com/?r3kanon0ne4x12v

Some Become Strangers:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mr8bowalab58um8

Talk To Me:
http://www.mediafire.com/?8qrdinkh33mc46x

"One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star" (full length)
http://www.mediafire.com/?pj3nwdo40bs9tzb

"All Over You"
http://www.mediafire.com/?1nq29gcdrqefnra

"All the King's Horses"
http://www.mediafire.com/?q19tn94lzyipvbm

All Over You
 

Here's a somewhat better sounding copy of "All Over You"... it's pretty bright sounding in the treble, but when I tried playing around with equalization, it seemed to only take away from the natural sounding hi-hats and the vocals became too noisy in the mid-range. So here it is, unaltered from the CD I had it on, with the exception of a cleaned up intro and fade-out:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jm4bzbn88z8h4aj

I thought it was confirmed that "All Over You" is indeed not Stevie. It was mislabelled often saying it was done with Prince but was confirmed by both sources that it's not Stevie singing in it.

Correct me if I'm wrong :)

Enhanced demos
 

"Are You Mine?" (with Billy Burnette) (original = mp3 128kbps)
http://www.mediafire.com/?4gbr23taexb9hq5

"Greta" (RAL demo) (original = lossless)
http://www.mediafire.com/?7wymoiv91ubpvtr

"Lady From The Mountain" (RAL version) (original = mp3)
http://www.mediafire.com/?l6g3xv23ybuytkf

"She Still Loves Him" (original = lossless)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ucityix23ic8d9o

"Tied Up" (1st demo version) (original = mp3/lossy?) - enhanced 2.0 & speed-adjusted
http://www.mediafire.com/?l1p20226oo526iz

"Whole Lotta Trouble" (1986 demo) (original = mp3)
http://www.mediafire.com/?d24t7iii0nebaiu

"What Has Rock 'N Roll Ever Done For You?" (original = mp3)
enhancement 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?7ykdw23r32e51no
enhancement 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?0j481zj9usj1283

I'm really looking forward to this... If at all possible, it would be awesome if you could share in lossless form (WAV or FLAC, etc.) :thumbsup: Thanks in advance!

Also, if anyone has lossless versions of any of their postings that are in mp3 form and can share them, that would be terrific! Most of us have mp3s, because they are the ones heavily circulated... but for archival purposes, lossless would be ideal. :)

As far as I know, Lily Girl was an outtake from TOSOTM; if it's got Kenny G on sax, then it's definitely from TOSOTM, not RAL.

I'd love some better-sounding versions of I Call You Missing and Running Through the Garden.

Thanks so much, Jeff, as always!!! :woohoo:

I had a few more to post today, but mediafire finally started giving me problems: "Prettiest Girl In The World" and "Rock A Bye Baby". Maybe tomorrow.

Again, thanks for cleaning up "All Over You"! It's even clearer!!!! :]

Wouldn't we all? That's the point. :) Hopefully, this thread will rustle up some amazing upgrades! :] The upgrades I've gotten of "Greta", "Ooh Ooh Baby" and more have been from threads like this on here, so maybe this will catch someone's eye, and they'll go, "I've got better quality than that!" and post it!

Well, it's my dream... ;)

That's my dream, too. Here's a great uninterrupted Stevie Nicks Live at Red Rocks recording I remastered if anyone's interested. Sounds much better than what's available.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kkd61b...20Remix%29.m4a

Ooh, thanks!!! I Can't Wait to download this tomorrow!!!!! :woohoo:

I found one of the versions of What Has ... but I'm sure I have one way clearer than this. This is from the "tango sessions" compilation.
It's ripped at 192 kbps straight from the LOSSLESS format (Unfortunately I don't have the lossless version...)

What Has Rock & Roll Ever Done For You:
http://www.mediafire.com/?paaz66a7sarh9bd


Even though it's from a Tango compilation, it's very Rock a Little. Just misplaced I guess

I CALL YOU MISSING

I only have ONE copy of this song, it's decent, but not the best. If anyone has better quality than what I have posted below, PLEEEEEASE upload it ;)

http://www.mediafire.com/?r8dt4z0nfj2118z

I heard a long time ago that this song was her "divorce song" to Kim Anderson & that it was intended for Rock a Little, but maybe she didn't have the room & held it over for Tango, but decided ultimately against it? Who knows... there's so many demos that have different versions from different periods of time/albums, that still never ended up being used, so this is yet another I guess...

Yeah that's true. I heard before that there's a RAL era version of "Sorcerer" floating around.
But vocally on this What Has Rock & Roll Done For You, it sounds more like it was recorded in the Rock a Little era - and like, I guess being as none of these compilations were made professionally, someone might've bunched it in with other Tango demos. :shrug:

Not like it really matters anyway lol. Although I thought I should put that in because some people around here seem to be really condescending about what-stevie-demo-belongs-where :P

I've posted these before, but this is a good place to put them again. This folder has the best sounding Mirror Mirror alternates that I've heard - and they're lossless. A great Thousand Days demo is in there as well. The sound quality is really amazing on these!

http://www.mediafire.com/?l4z520f6fbv95

:blob1::blob2::eek::lol::woohoo:


I am going to soon have enough LOSSLESS Rock A Little demos for a whole CD!! Where do these things show up?!

I got some masters recently in the mail, and these were on a CD that was labeled as something else - I think it was a mistake, but the person never wrote back when I asked about them. I was pleasantly surprised, and the sound quality really is a drastic improvement.

No kidding. I never really bothered listening to the other versions of Mirror Mirror solely because they were too muffled.
Where do you find these masters that you can buy? Because I've looked on e-bay and can't really find any.

I would love to get my hands on some of the original tapes of demos if possible. Like, the compilations (ex: Uncirculated Rumours, Rocking a Little on the Other Side of the Mirror) because I'd like to upload them in lossless format just to preserve quality. All mine totally SUCK now. And a lot of them are starting to skip towards the end....

There are reels on eBay every now and then, but the best way to get masters is just by trade, or online sites like this.

Many of those demo compilations are hard to find in lossless quality because they've been traded so many times. Every now and then you'll get lucky.

It's working for me but if you want I'll try posting it on Megaupload.

Thanks for posting these again, Mathew! These are excellent and definitely worth downloading for anyone that hasn't heard them yet. :thumbsup:

You know?

I see no evil... and I speak no evil...
I'M IN LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I don't think I should say anything to anyone... ;)

Yes, I CAN!

Here's another Greta from the Rock A Little era.

Greta #2
http://www.mediafire.com/?krsfsik4gn1kc9m

I think this might be just a tiny bit better sounding than what was already posted??

I Call You Missing (RAL)
http://www.mediafire.com/?akubr66pogjla1c

Likewise! Thanks much, Mike. :angel:

Happy to share and help upgrade. Yes, I can...

"Well I thought that there was a connection...
Well I’m almost there
And I think it’s right...
There you go again
Well I think I meant
'Give me a little time'...

Well she sees no evil, and she speaks no evil
I don’t think that they say anything to anyone
But you…"

No Spoken Word - Outtake (Be Aware...)
http://www.mediafire.com/?8er1911jybyb6p7

No Spoken Word - Outtake/Alternate
http://www.mediafire.com/?84syg7g74zz58qb

Battle of the Dragons w/Tom - #1
http://www.mediafire.com/?fu0h8nh850689h0

Battle of the Dragons w/Tom - #2
http://www.mediafire.com/?fd4y9dqwc4c2mje

Imperial Hotel - With Full End Lyric
http://www.mediafire.com/?3y23a2fr1v51qi4

Chanel, Chanel
http://www.mediafire.com/?9mt7fmqp5ya831f

Ooh, thanks for posting those, Mathew! I'm downloading them tomorrow. I wonder, will there be some upgrades????

There she goes again, and she says,
“Do you think that this could be the one?”

Well she sees no evil, well she’s in love!
And he speaks no evil, she’s in love!
I’m afraid they say anything to anyone...

More Enhanced Versions
 

:wavey:
Here are 3 more enhanced versions from demos posted in this thread...

"Joan of Arc (Take 9 - 03_09_1986)" (original = lossy/mp3?)
http://www.mediafire.com/?8gfn8y82abgs9ok

Notes:
This one had excellent fidelity, but was really soft and very treble-y (imo), so I did some re-equalization, boosted the overall volume, and played with the stereo image a bit.

"Rose Garden" (RAL demo version) (original = mp3 160 kbps)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ycou3azydsa20da

Notes:
This one really sounded good to begin with... I just lowered the intro volume to match the rest of the track, tried adding some high frequency details with a plug-in I use, re-equalized a little, and edited fade-out.

"Love Is Like A River" (RAL demo version) (original = mp3 320 kbps)
http://www.mediafire.com/?96za82eqb3exabu

Notes:
This one was a tough one... the sound had been boosted to the point where there was EXTREME clipping/distortion in the sound (particularly in the right channel). So luckily I found the mp3 I had of this, I opened it in MP3Gain to try and figure out what the right volume level should be. Then I used a plug-in that can shape the waveform (add punch to loud noises) to try and add some dynamics back into the sound. I then tried playing with the stereo image some, re-equalized, light noise reduction, etc... It still doesn't sound too great, but I think it's a little better.

Enjoy!

Oh, thanks for doing that, Jeff! Poet, as always, of technology.... Thank you!

"Oh, just remember when you are alone
That I at least have a right to say I miss you!
I miss you..."

You're welcome! Right at the moment I was posting, there was a huge bolt of lightning and I got a shock on my computer and it restarted... kinda creepy! I wasn't sure if the post had gone through or not... glad it did so I didn't have to remember what I typed lol!

"Everything all around me is electric now!" AH!!