Soundstage aired last night - any reviews?

[David]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I know when they filmed 'The Dance,' I remember reading that they knew they had to shorten some of the lengthier songs, with an eye towards releasing the album as a single disc.

For example, the long guitar outro during "The Chain," just after the "Chain, keep us together/Running in the shadows" part, was dropped.
And they went fairly quickly into the end of "Rhiannon," bi-passing the extra piano & guitar parts that used to be there.
For some reason, they decided to stick with those two arrangements, even beyond 'The Dance' filming.

I think Lindsey brought that arrangement of The Chain over from his solo tour. In the case of Rhiannon, the instrumental vamp used to be three or four minutes of "Stevie" ballet, so there was just no point to it if she wasn't going to undulate. By 1997, she was post-undulative.