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Originally posted by Johnny Stew
I'm not really sure why we're even debating this. I'm also not sure how the existence of another mix featuring both vocals, necessarily "proves" your point and "weakens" mine.
You stated that it was "highly unlikely" Stevie removed her voice from the mix, which I assume to mean that you believe Lindsey must have recorded his vocal separately... therefore there would be no need to remove another vocal.
(And perhaps it should be noted here that Lindsey's voice is noticeably more prominent on the left channel, even on the album version.)
I have three versions of "When I See You Again."
The album version; the mix where they're both singing the "If I see you again" coda; and a third where the ending is merely more repetitions of the line "what's the matter, baby," as the song fades.
Given that it's common practice to make safeties (backup copies) of the various takes, why is it so hard to believe that a copy could still exist of the mix that featured both Stevie and Lindsey, while also believing that Stevie could have "removed" her vocals (a task which probably really only amounted to dropping her voice out of the mix) from the master to create the version the band used for the album?
Stevie has had a hand in remixing various tracks over the years, and has produced or co-produced some others... so surely she has enough knowledge of the soundboard to be able to drop her vocals out of a mix.
So what causes the improbability in your mind? And what would make it such a hard pill to swallow if she had?
It was 17 years ago, and it's not like it really matters one way or the other if she had.
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Down, boy! Methinks you're getting waaaaay too defensive here. I'm not questioning whether your beloved Nicks can push up a f*cking slider on a soundboard. You'd have to be an idiot not to figure that out. What I am saying is that because of the very nature of how recordings are approached, it is highly unlikely she could get away with "wiping out" her voice from the mix. You addressed that issue yourself: There are safety copies and sound engineers/producers don't tend to erase things from the mix; they merely hide them. Is it possible that she touched a slider? Of course. I'm merely arguing that she didn't wipe out the vocal nor was it her final decision.
In the quote you used, "took my voice off" are the words she uses, as if to imply that sneaking into the studio to "take off" her voice from the mix is as simple as that. As if Lindsey wouldn't have noticed before the mix was mastered. That's why I called it a tall tale. Even if she did that -- which is unlikely because she was in the studio for, what, three days? -- chances are Lindsey would have noticed the very next time he played the mix. Her quote implies she pulled one over on him, and I contend it's simply not believable.
Take a deep breath now.