"Soundstage Sessions" Billboard Chart Debut Predictions

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by Musicman408

I have a question you all:

What exactly is on the CD- I'm hearing that it isn't just audio from the DVD, or is it????

It's 10 tracks from the DVD, but they are produced to sound like studio tracks (with the audience noise completely removed) and they also added additional vocals and instuments in the studio a few months after filming the show.

[darla]

Hey there,
They didn't have much Stevie or FM there, after 14 hours, I thought I not
going to listen to Stevie for about a month....Oh not so, I put the new cd in
my car the next day...LOL
Darla

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

It is.

However, I am a little sick of it and TISL after hearing for like 7 hours straight last Tues. I remarked at the event that I now realize how my friends feel when they come to my house

[starshine]

Well I could be wrong & for Stevie's sake I hope I am but I picked the very last one....the under 40 but in the top 200 --hope I'm saying that right since I can't see the list right now. Even though I just bought it this weekend at Mejiers suprisingly there wasn't many cds left --I got the last one & the dvd's there was only 2 left but it had been out 5 days already. I'm sure Mejiers doesn't get much 'new' stuff coming in....not like they used to anyway. Plus they were selling it at $1.00 less for each one. I thought actually the the cd/dvd thing would've been released like CV cd/dvd set but its not...guess she gets more $$ this way?? (I opted not to buy it at the WB site this time even though I'll miss out on the litho but oh well....at least I don't have to pay the postage either......)
I guess I'd be surprised if it cracks the Top 40 really....cd or dvd.....Just because even if theres a couple of 'new' versions....to me its still the same songs....yes 'live' but still nothing totally & completely 'NEW'.....thats not a slam it is what it is.....Now maybe if it was some really 'NEW' songs than that would be great. I was surprised Mejiers had them cause they 'never' got any of Lindsey's stuff in so I still have to get GOS and his cd/dvd thing yet....I'm behind really........I will just haven't yet......
Now as far as the Eagles going country.....well they did start out as 'country/rock' band....really to me more country...they really didn't get rocking til Hotel California...IMO....so its not a 'stretch' for them to do country.....now FMac or Stevie totally country would be interesting.....but not sure how it would be recieved of either of them. Who knows. I think Stevie could do it better than Mac IMO.
To me as a long time Stevie fan....TISL doesn't rank 'up there' as my favortie by her......it'll not ever be BD or WH....those are my 2 favorites followed by Mirror than TISL than RAL than SA.....of the comps....hard I'd have CV's just for the DVD alone with all the video's & esp the BD video stuff....not so much for the cd. Than Enchanted than TS....well....I won't comment on the 'new' live set til I've listend to it all and watched the full dvd......I'm sure there good and yes its great to have a 'live' cd......but yes call me selfish if you want I wish maybe it had been the full setload of songs...instead of just 10.....cds can hold lots of music.....(I have some Russian cds--not Stevie or Mac mind you--but they are mp3 cds and there are full lps too. I never knew you could put that much on cds ever. I have one on the Eagles and its there whole catalog to GH2--Same for Sarah Brightman...I have 2 cds mp3 all her musice to a point I think hers goes to 2002 or something. WOW)......Just think if we had all of Stevie's Masters to her solo stuff etc....like that wow....There are no Stevie /Mac cds like this yet cause I've asked. I'll keep checking though......
Anyway, this is only an opinion.....no offence really.......its all good.....I do hope the best for Stevie & Mac.....whatever will be will be......

[Jondalar]

Does anyone really think that Stevie expects the live CD to do well? It seems to me that the live CD was an afterthought. She's really promoting the DVD here and I think it is her true hope for gold status.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

Right, and because it only takes 50,000 discs for a DVD to sell in order to reach platinum status, 32K * 2 = 64K. The sampler CD that came with that was, i.m.o., such a waste of time...there were no songs on there from SYW, and the rest were forgettable. It was a complete afterthought.

*Edit: There was one SYW song on there, Come, but...yawn.

Your wrong. It takes 100,000 dvds to reach platinum status in video sales. It only takes 50,000 to reach gold status.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Does anyone really think that Stevie expects the live CD to do well? It seems to me that the live CD was an afterthought. She's really promoting the DVD here and I think it is her true hope for gold status.

We know, U hope the thing tanks. For some reason you choose to bad mouth the cd every chance you get. And yes, alot of us like it, and yes, she thinks and hopes it could do well. You dont like her voice now, you didnt like it on TISL, we know,we know WE KNOW. It in stevies own words was a cd that she wanted to put songs that are not typically preformed. The CD seems to go along right beside the dvd. I see no problem with that.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

She's really promoting the DVD here and I think it is her true hope for gold status.

I bet if you were to ask her, she wouldn't even know what it takes to
achieve gold status (video). She seems very proud of the DVD/CD and
I imagine she does hope the fans like it too. Plus there's always that other
reason to promote new music....................$$$.

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Your wrong. It takes 100,000 dvds to reach platinum status in video sales. It only takes 50,000 to reach gold status.

Ok, i made a mistake...w/e. Who the hell cares anyway.

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

We know, U hope the thing tanks. For some reason you choose to bad mouth the cd every chance you get. And yes, alot of us like it, and yes, she thinks and hopes it could do well. You dont like her voice now, you didnt like it on TISL, we know,we know WE KNOW. It in stevies own words was a cd that she wanted to put songs that are not typically preformed. The CD seems to go along right beside the dvd. I see no problem with that.

Yes, thank you. I 100% agree with everything you said.

[StandbackStevie]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Your wrong. It takes 100,000 dvds to reach platinum status in video sales. It only takes 50,000 to reach gold status.

I always though i could be wrong
that gold is 500,000 sold and platinum is 1,000,000 sold

[Musicman408]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

I always though i could be wrong
that gold is 500,000 sold and platinum is 1,000,000 sold

Those are the sales figures for CD!

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by starshine

Well I could be wrong & for Stevie's sake I hope I am but I picked the very last one....the under 40 but in the top 200 --hope I'm saying that right since I can't see the list right now. Even though I just bought it this weekend at Mejiers suprisingly there wasn't many cds left --I got the last one & the dvd's there was only 2 left but it had been out 5 days already. I'm sure Mejiers doesn't get much 'new' stuff coming in....not like they used to anyway. Plus they were selling it at $1.00 less for each one. I thought actually the the cd/dvd thing would've been released like CV cd/dvd set but its not...guess she gets more $$ this way?? (I opted not to buy it at the WB site this time even though I'll miss out on the litho but oh well....at least I don't have to pay the postage either......)
I guess I'd be surprised if it cracks the Top 40 really....cd or dvd.....Just because even if theres a couple of 'new' versions....to me its still the same songs....yes 'live' but still nothing totally & completely 'NEW'.....thats not a slam it is what it is.....Now maybe if it was some really 'NEW' songs than that would be great. I was surprised Mejiers had them cause they 'never' got any of Lindsey's stuff in so I still have to get GOS and his cd/dvd thing yet....I'm behind really........I will just haven't yet......
Now as far as the Eagles going country.....well they did start out as 'country/rock' band....really to me more country...they really didn't get rocking til Hotel California...IMO....so its not a 'stretch' for them to do country.....now FMac or Stevie totally country would be interesting.....but not sure how it would be recieved of either of them. Who knows. I think Stevie could do it better than Mac IMO.
To me as a long time Stevie fan....TISL doesn't rank 'up there' as my favortie by her......it'll not ever be BD or WH....those are my 2 favorites followed by Mirror than TISL than RAL than SA.....of the comps....hard I'd have CV's just for the DVD alone with all the video's & esp the BD video stuff....not so much for the cd. Than Enchanted than TS....well....I won't comment on the 'new' live set til I've listend to it all and watched the full dvd......I'm sure there good and yes its great to have a 'live' cd......but yes call me selfish if you want I wish maybe it had been the full setload of songs...instead of just 10.....cds can hold lots of music.....(I have some Russian cds--not Stevie or Mac mind you--but they are mp3 cds and there are full lps too. I never knew you could put that much on cds ever. I have one on the Eagles and its there whole catalog to GH2--Same for Sarah Brightman...I have 2 cds mp3 all her musice to a point I think hers goes to 2002 or something. WOW)......Just think if we had all of Stevie's Masters to her solo stuff etc....like that wow....There are no Stevie /Mac cds like this yet cause I've asked. I'll keep checking though......
Anyway, this is only an opinion.....no offence really.......its all good.....I do hope the best for Stevie & Mac.....whatever will be will be......

I'm astounded, confused and speechless!

[skcin]

So what did this thing end up selling? Or will numbers not be available until it's been a full week?

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

I'm not surprised.

Oh, so you don't like it either?

Seriously, I want to like it but I don't. Something's just not right to my ears - maybe it's the overdubs, or it's overproduced or something. Landslide & B&tB are particularly disappointing to me. I wouldn't play it for my friends who aren't into Stevie.

The Blu-Ray underwhelmed me at first too, but it's grown on me & definitely has its moments. Maybe I will change my mind about the CD too - time will tell.

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Ha. and I'm not surprised that you are not surprised that Paula is not surprised.

It will be in Top 150.

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

^^^

FM did an entire concert set for the AOL sessions and then released the songs SYW and Peacekeeper as videos

The problems were IMO, they sounded like crap live on several high profile public shows, like Leno and GMA (or was it Today?) .

I also disagree with you and think TISL was very well received and got her many new fans. i base this on my concert experiences, which were filled with new fans and the critics warm reception of TISL.

It was the Today show - the first in their "Summer Concert Series" in '03. Remember how it was freezing & we never thought they'd play outside? They did sound awful, I remember being upset because I didn't feel that the performances represented the band very well & that casual fans would think they sucked.

Originally Posted by chriskisn

Oh and just a question (because I haven't been keeping up with Stevie stuff), why do a lot of sites list this CD as being released on Jan 13th?

The release dates have been moved around several times, must be an old listing. The Blu-Ray was released weeks ago. I stopped trying to keep track of when any of it was being released.

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Does anyone really think that Stevie expects the live CD to do well? It seems to me that the live CD was an afterthought. She's really promoting the DVD here and I think it is her true hope for gold status.

It does to me too. It's odd. I can't put my finger on it. I'm honestly not sure why they bothered releasing a CD, unless they actually heard/read us fans saying that we'd love a good-quality CD of a live show instead of muffled bootlegs.

[Jondalar]

Are the sales figures for the PBS version going to be included into the sales versions of Live in Chicago?

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Are the sales figures for the PBS version going to be included into the sales versions of Live in Chicago?

I'm wondering if BluRay sales are thrown in w/DVD figures.