"Gold Dust Woman" - 8-Track Version?

[Old Man Wise]

Hi Mike:
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
I loved the 8-track version of GOLD DUST and I played that in my car until 1979/80.
It is the BEST version and I have purchased EVERY Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits CDs hoping to get THAT special mix... but no luck! I though the 1992 BOX-SET would have that version!

I also hoped that the Audio DVD of RUMOURS would have THAT version... OH WELL!

[mikebise]

Wow! Me, too!!! I keep hoping every single Fleetwood Mac compilation/re-release will finally have that amazing "Gold Dust Woman" on it, and they never do. Some mixes are better than others (some are atrocious), but nothing compares to that 8-track version!

I was really expecting it on the never-happened Rumours Boxed Set that was to accompany the Unleashed! Tour.

[soul_drifter333]

I used to have both FM & Rumours on 8-track, but I do not remember there being any different mixes on them. Of course, most of my memory from that period went up in a cloud of smoke.
I do have a 8-track player (recorder no less) and a way to transfer to mp3, I just do not own the tapes anymore.

[estranged4life]

when my Mom passed in March 2005, I inherited her music collection, which included "Fleetwood Mac", "Rumours" and "Tusk" on 8-track tape. All are in mint (Which is a family habit when it comes to preserving music) and when I get the time I'm going to copy the 8-track versions to CDR for ****s & giggles and do my usual comparisons of the mixes.

[Old Man Wise]

Mike, please help me out...
I don't remember the version of GOLD DUST to be a different mix, it was just LONGER with no fades... so we could really HEAR the spectacular ending, right?
Some are saying it is a different mix, I just remember the track being complete with NO FADE. Brilliant!

Too bad I last heard it (!!) thirty one years ago! No wonder I'm called Old Man Wise!

[mikebise]

Well, mix-wise, I mean that the Stevie wails and wolf howls are more prominent than in the Rumours CD mix, as well as the NO FADES ENDING.

And some versions/mixes have the fade intro and some don't, and the 8-track does have the slow fade intro.

[UndoingTheLaces]

I seem to recall from Mick's book that they had recorded all of Gold Dust Woman and then a tape machine eating the master and they had to record it all over again. Am I right about this? If so, were there any mixdowns of the lost version floating around?

[UndoingTheLaces]

Whatever happened with this? Was anyone able to find this 8-track version on mp3?

[Travis]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

Whatever happened with this? Was anyone able to find this 8-track version on mp3?

I have a brand new 8-track of Rumours that I purchased because of this topic but now it's a matter of finding a way to convert it. I haven't forgotten, just not on the top of my list. I'll make a note to see if I can find a way soon.

[Old Man Wise]

This 8-Track version REALLY is worth the wait. I just hope someone could do this. Thank you to those who are trying!

[mikebise]

Keep trying!!!! It's amazing!!!!

[UndoingTheLaces]

I'm really surprised that with all the bootlegs, and master reels, and cd reissues and box sets that this doesn't seem to exist anywhere but on 8-track. That's wild.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

I'm really surprised that with all the bootlegs, and master reels, and cd reissues and box sets that this doesn't seem to exist anywhere but on 8-track. That's wild.

There are so many mislabled tracks floating around in the FM/SN trade world that it could be sitting there and noone knows about it.

Always a possibility.




I looked through the various versions I have on 'actual physcial compact discs' (Both bootlegs and officially released versions, Including the 2009 Japanese Import SHM version on Warner Bros Records Catalog #WPCR-13249) and I could only find one that has a slow fade-in and a near stop at the end (Actually a quick fade out without a sudden stop).

Don't know if this the version referenced in this thread, and I have no 8-track player to play my 8-track copy upon, so let me know your opinion:

Gold Dust Woman:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lm3k5xuv557yc49

[SuiteShangriLa]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

There are so many mislabled tracks floating around in the FM/SN trade world that it could be sitting there and noone knows about it.

Always a possibility.




I looked through the various versions I have on 'actual physcial compact discs' (Both bootlegs and officially released versions, Including the 2008 Japanese Import SHM version on Warner Bros Records Catalog #WPCR-13249) and I could only find one that has a slow fade-in and a near stop at the end (Actually a quick fade out without a sudden stop).

Don't know if this the version referenced in this thread, and I have no 8-track player to play my 8-track copy upon, so let me know your opinion:

Gold Dust Woman:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lm3k5xuv557yc49

Im familiar with the 8track version of GDW...even though i havent heard it in many years...i went thru what i have and didnt find it. i'm d/ling the version you posted and will listen in a bit to see if its it...im playing the STREET ANGEL album thru right now and don't want to cut in.

[SuiteShangriLa]

Gold Dust Woman:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lm3k5xuv557yc49[/QUOTE]

no...thats not it