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Originally posted by Johnny Stew
It seems that the "Cleaning Lady" version of "Sara" is basically Stevie's demo (recorded in Dallas, TX. with Lori Perry and Carolyn Brooks on backing vocals), as it went thru the process of being overdubbed by Fleetwood Mac with their instrumentation (drums, guitar and bass... it also sounds like there are some additional keyboard parts, but the basic piano-line is actually Stevie playing).
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That doesn't make sense to me. It may be possible, but I don't think it's practical. Generally, you need to lay down the drum tracks first. How on earth could Fleetwood Mac record over a "demo"? Where did the demo meter come from? And where did you learn that Lori Perry & Carolyn Brooks are vocalizing? On the Nicks Fix singers page, Carolyn just says that she remembers Lori & Gordon doing some vocals for some Stevie demos a few years before "The Wild Heart" was being recorded. Other fans think it's Lori & Sharon. When we're listening, how do we know which witch is which?
The "cleaning lady" thing is, to my ears, a Fleetwood Mac work in progress. You can hear Mick Fleetwood's brushes & kick, John's bass, Lindsey's guitar & Stevie's lead vocal -- most of which are all still there on the finished track. The "demo" nomenclature is beyond me at this point; it's like salt in a frozen dinner -- it's thrown on everything.