I'm trying to do a little write-up of Stevie Nicks gems for my friends who are curious but not in the know, and one song I'm promoting is the "angry" version of "Smile At You." I tried using the search function for some info but I couldn't find everything I was looking for, so I was wondering if people could help fill in some blanks for me and correct me where needed:
The song was originally written in the 1970's, during the making of
Rumors? Was it also recorded then, or was it recorded for
Bella Donna? Or was it just that general time period? Is it known which album it was originally for? On
this page there's an mp3 called 'Smile at You ("Non-Angry" Demo)' which sounds a lot like young Stevie's voice. Is that the
Uncirculated Rumours version? If so is that all we have from the 70's?
The
"angry demo" is a
Mirage sessions outtake? Is
this "studio demo" also from the
Mirage sessions (quite honestly this one sounds really similar to the first one but slower and lower ...)? Or could it be from
Tusk or earlier (as her voice sounds pre-
Mirage to me)? Is there a recording from the
Tusk era at all?
The reason Lindsey didn't want "Smile At You" on
Mirage was because the arrangement at the time was done without him and Fleetwood Mac (by Iovine and the Bella Donna crew) and Stevie refused to let him change it. Yes?
Thanks for any help and I'm sorry for any mistakes.