Enchanted ~ What Might Have Been...

[mikebise]

Looking through some old Stevie fanzines, I found one from my good friend Aine Foley from Ireland with some interesting tidbits. In the February 1998 issue of Crystal(Issue 15), Aine posted an article from ICE magazine about Enchanted. Now, I had the next issue of ICE, which detailed the full track listing of the original CDs, which included "Real Tears" instead of "Kind of Woman", but I did not have this earlier article.

I just thought it was interesting, so I've transcribed from Aine's fanzine the cool parts of the ICE article:

B-sides included are:
"Edge of Seventeen" - The unedited 8-minute [live] version, only released promotionally.
"Garbo"
"One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star"
"Real Tears"

"The third disc contains all the collector's items, and its contents were still being finalized at press time. Tentative plans called for the following 15 tracks to be included:

"Crying In The Night" - From the coveted Buckingham Nicks album. This marks the first official release on CD of any track from that album, generally considered to be 'America's Most Wanted' missing CD. We asked a source closely inviolved with the project how this track was chosen: 'We sat down with the tracks that had the bulk of her lead vocals on them,' our source says, 'and we all agreed that this was the catchiest track, and the one that people would probably enjoy the most. It was also the first single off Buckingham Nicks back then.'

"Whenever I Call You 'Friend'"
"Gold"
"Blue Lamp"
Sleeping Angel"
"Gold and Braid" - Unreleased outtake from The Wild Heart. Fans may be familiar with it from Nicks' concerts, but this is the unreleased studio version.
"Violet and Blue"
"I Pretend" - Performed with Sandy Stewart, from the latter's album Cat Dancers. 'Sandy wrote and performed with Stevie during the The Wild Heart/Rock A Little era,' says our source. 'She co-wrote and performs on "Nightbird". So this duet, from Sandy's album which is out of print, is kind of a payback.'
"Battle of The Dragon"
"Thousand Days" - An unreleased performance.
"Somebody Stand By Me"
"Free Falling"
"Twisted" - Nicks' songwriting demo of the song that would up on the Twister motion picture soundtrack. 'It's her playing guitar, with something like a percussion loop, and Jesse Valenzuela of Gin Blossoms adding a little mandolin part,' says our source. 'It's structurally different from the version that ended up on Twister. It's really nice, kind of pure and sweet. Recorded in her living room, by her, on a 4-track.'
"It's Late" - A cover of Ricky Nelson's hit, also with Valenzuela on guitar. 'It's an unusual side of her,' says our source. 'It has kind of a rockabilly feel.'
"Reconsider Me" - An unreleased outtake from Rock A Little, written by Warren Zevon, with vocal parts added by Don Henley.


*** Interesting about "Gold and Braid", huh? Well, I thought this was cool!