TimeSpace~ 20 Years!

[mikebise]

I can't believe I missed the 20th Anniversary of the release of TimeSpace on September 03, 1991! I can't believe it's been twenty years!!!

I have to say, when I got it on release date then in College Station, Texas, I was so thrilled at the crisp new mixes, especially for "Rooms On Fire"~ sounds like a completely different version!

Originally, of the new singles, I liked "Love's A Hard Game To Play" much more than "Sometimes It's A Bitch". I thought it sounded more like something Stevie would write. However, as the years have passed, I just love "Sometimes It's A Bitch" so much more! Stevie's voice is terrific on it, and it is very upbeat.

The best thing about the collection for me was Stevie's personal notes to every song. So much revealed, so much left a mystery...

Nowadays, CDs are packed to capacity (witness Crystal Visions), so there is room for 3 more songs on TimeSpace. Using the rule of only being able to add anything that had been released up to August 1991, what would you round out your own version of TimeSpace with?

We know that in October 1990, Stevie had Chris Lord-Alge remix "Violet And Blue", "Blue Lamp", "Battle Of The Dragon" and "Sleeping Angel" for possible inclusion on TimeSpace. Would some of them make it on your disc? Other singles like "After The Glitter Fades", "Long Way To Go", "Nightbird" or "Two Kinds Of Love"? Stevie wanted the Rumours version of "Silver Springs" put on TimeSpace (nixed by Mick at the time), although she finally did put it on Crystal Visions in 2007.

Official track listing 09/03/1991:

1. Sometimes It's A Bitch
2. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
3. Whole Lotta Trouble
4. Talk To Me
5. Stand Back
6. Beauty And The Beast
7. If Anyone Falls
8. Rooms On Fire
9. Love's A Hard Game To Play
10. Edge Of Seventeen
11. Leather And Lace
12. I Can't Wait
13. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?
14. Desert Angel

Here's mine:

1. Sometimes It's A Bitch
2. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
3. Whole Lotta Trouble
4. After The Glitter Fades
5. Stand Back
6. Leather And Lace
7. Talk To Me
8. Beauty And The Beast
9. Rooms On Fire
10. Love's A Hard Game To Play
11. If Anyone Falls
12. Edge Of Seventeen
13. I Can't Wait
14. Nightbird
15. Long Way To Go
16. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?
17. Desert Angel

I'd love to have included the 1991 version of "Listen To The Rain", but it is an unreleased recording (officially). "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" just sounded out of place, sonically/music-wise, as did "Silver Springs" (although it works for me on Crystal Visions).

Ooh, I just hated that all three songs from The Wild Heart are lumped together in the middle of TimeSpace, so I had to spread them out ~ LOL!

Happy 20th, TimeSpace!!!!!