How much of The Dance was re recorded or "sweetened" in the studio?

[secondhandchain]

At 2:11 in this video you can clearly see Stevie step away from the mic (during he line..."whole thing gonna work out right") yet her vocal keeps going. Makes me wonder how much was done after in the studio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5BZzkWXcwc

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I always thought she stepped away during that part because of the high note...to me it sounds like her voice leaves the harmony when she steps away

[secondhandchain]

No you can clearly hear her still singing. I've also heard 2 Stevie harmonies (silver springs) on the dance stuff. Overdubbing galore!!!

[UndoingTheLaces]

Something else to consider. Often when shooting live concert footage they shoot more than one night, or they shoot some songs more than once. So it might just be the audio is from one night and that particular shot and the video is from another performance.

edit: now that I watch it her voice does leave when she walks away. She's doing a medium harmony, not the high one.

[redtulip]

Most live albums receive a bunch of doctoring before release. There aren't many true live albums.

[secondhandchain]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

Something else to consider. Often when shooting live concert footage they shoot more than one night, or they shoot some songs more than once. So it might just be the audio is from one night and that particular shot and the video is from another performance.

edit: now that I watch it her voice does leave when she walks away. She's doing a medium harmony, not the high one.

That could be true, you are right. I still think there is a lot of doctoring going on. If you listen to the Dance track you can hear a thousand Stevie's on some of the tracks. The harmonies on Silver Springs for example.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by secondhandchain

That could be true, you are right. I still think there is a lot of doctoring going on. If you listen to the Dance track you can hear a thousand Stevie's on some of the tracks. The harmonies on Silver Springs for example.

I don't hear more than one Stevie on that recording. I do hear Christine, Lindsey, and Stevie's girls.

Some doctoring might have gone on, particularly with little layers of instrumentation, but the vocals are pretty accurate in their gloriously imperfect ways.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Originally Posted by secondhandchain

That could be true, you are right. I still think there is a lot of doctoring going on. If you listen to the Dance track you can hear a thousand Stevie's on some of the tracks. The harmonies on Silver Springs for example.

Oh yeah, def some doctoring..However, it's not as obvious as Live in Boston. There are so many moments there when things don't match, mostly regarding video...different hair styles in the same song, shawl off the shoulder and then right back magically..etc lol

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

Something else to consider. Often when shooting live concert footage they shoot more than one night, or they shoot some songs more than once. So it might just be the audio is from one night and that particular shot and the video is from another performance.

edit: now that I watch it her voice does leave when she walks away. She's doing a medium harmony, not the high one.

I totally agree.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

Something else to consider. Often when shooting live concert footage they shoot more than one night, or they shoot some songs more than once. So it might just be the audio is from one night and that particular shot and the video is from another performance.

Yes, Stevie has talked abou the 2 nights for this one. And how she saved her SS performance until the end.

And ChiliD has talked about the two nights for the taping of the Mirage dvd and how they were all aloof one night and lovey dovey the other.

Michele

[nicolasjz]

Ken Caillat in Making Rumours said The Dance was completely reworked in the studio and didn't have much "live" to it. Then again, he sounded pretty bitter about not being picked to produce it...