David, thanks for the info, I've always been curious myself how the "insider network" worked. even tho I have been a devoted fan since Rumours, I would only hear Stevie/FM demos at concerts and usually by eavesdroppin' on other people's tailgate parties and I always wondered how they got all that great demo stuff. This was how I heard about 'Mirror, Mirror", "Smile at You", "If You Were My Love" and probably many others... but for some reason I always felt shy about just going up to these people and saying "hey, where did you get this music?" so I suffered and remained an Outsider.
, until I got online!!! Yeah!!! then I started to collect and collect, making up for lost years!!! I know Stevie and the gang are not thrilled about all the demos and bootlegs but I don't think they would begrudge the hard-core fan their private collections.
It's just one can't differentiate between a good fan and a greedy opportunist who likes to rip-off the "outsider" fan!!
I think Stevie has come to terms with the fact some of her stuff is out there since she has quoted her demo lyrics (ex: Enchanted and just recently her Sept 11th journal entries). I also think all the demo/outtake stuff has kept her career alive and vibrant during it's lull/quiet and low points. My little sister is a Sarah McLauglan fan and has often commented that she wished she could have demo/outtake stuff from Sarah like I have with Stevie especially now that Sarah's been on a big break herself...'course my little sister is also a big Stevie fan...