Wikipedia: Mirage Remastered

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

...but maybe those B-sides I heard about (anyone know what are they?)

Ricky
Down Endless Street
You & I, Part 1
Book Of Miracles (the instrumental backing track for a song that eventually became "Juliet")

[MissLadyLoki]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Ricky
Down Endless Street
You & I, Part 1
Book Of Miracles (the instrumental backing track for a song that eventually became "Juliet")

That was it! I always swore there were more B-sides, but I might be getting some Mirage tunes mixed up too

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

That was it! I always swore there were more B-sides, but I might be getting some Mirage tunes mixed up too

The B-side of the "Gypsy" single is the non-LP track, a cover of the Sons Of The Pioneers' "Cool Water".

[LukeA]

Pretty crazy that "Goodbye Angel" wasn't tacked on as a b-side to one of those "Mirage" singles. Lindsey must have wanted to keep it for himself?

[MissLadyLoki]

Originally Posted by chiliD

The B-side of the "Gypsy" single is the non-LP track, a cover of the Sons Of The Pioneers' "Cool Water".

That was it! I always seem to turn non-album B-sides for bands into a huge mess and think they're these lost, mysterious things and that more exist than actually do (sorry, I grew up in the age of buy CDs or download)

Anyways, a random theory here, but I noticed that those TITN B-sides all seem to have originated from Lindsey. Were they tracks that would've been on the album if it was a Bucky solo album and when it became a Mac album, they got removed and left to be B-sides?

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

Anyways, a random theory here, but I noticed that those TITN B-sides all seem to have originated from Lindsey. Were they tracks that would've been on the album if it was a Bucky solo album and when it became a Mac album, they got removed and left to be B-sides?

"Ricky" is a Christine McVie song.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by LukeA

"Ricky" is a Christine McVie song.

I love the drum track on Ricky

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I love the drum track on Ricky

But the song itself, still sounds like a demo. It's a little monotonous, and just needs some "fleshing out".

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I love the drum track on Ricky

There isn't much else to love there...An uncharacteristically bad Christine song and performance.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by LukeA

"Ricky" is a Christine McVie song.

Lindsey and Christine share the credits on it.

Michele

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Lindsey and Christine share the credits on it.

Michele

Vocally though, it sounds like mostly Christine.

[RickRobert]

Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

Anyways, a random theory here, but I noticed that those TITN B-sides all seem to have originated from Lindsey. Were they tracks that would've been on the album if it was a Bucky solo album and when it became a Mac album, they got removed and left to be B-sides?

Like Luke said, Ricky is a Christine song, and Book of Miracles is Lindsey's instrumental arrangement of Juliet which was written by Stevie. There's a really good Tango outtake of Juliet, stylistically pretty much like Think About Me mixed with Angel or something. That would make a great bonus track if they remaster it!

[MissLadyLoki]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

But the song itself, still sounds like a demo. It's a little monotonous, and just needs some "fleshing out".

Where can I hear Ricky without having to go hunting for 45s and whatnot? Does anyone have a MP3 of it?

Originally Posted by RickRobert

Like Luke said, Ricky is a Christine song, and Book of Miracles is Lindsey's instrumental arrangement of Juliet which was written by Stevie. There's a really good Tango outtake of Juliet, stylistically pretty much like Think About Me mixed with Angel or something. That would make a great bonus track if they remaster it!

So wait, Juliet was a colaboration between Lindsey and Stevie? Based on what I heard so far, Juliet was almost a Mac song, but we got the instruemental version Book of Miracles instead and the full Juliet ended up on Other Side of the Mirror(sorry, haven't really paid attention the album after Rooms on Fire and Long Way to Go)?

I don't mean to ask so many questions folks. This era has me intrigued now

[RickRobert]

Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

Where can I hear Ricky without having to go hunting for 45s and whatnot? Does anyone have a MP3 of it?

http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/bn/MP3/ricky.mp3

So wait, Juliet was a colaboration between Lindsey and Stevie? Based on what I heard so far, Juliet was almost a Mac song, but we got the instruemental version Book of Miracles instead and the full Juliet ended up on Other Side of the Mirror(sorry, haven't really paid attention the album after Rooms on Fire and Long Way to Go)?

I don't mean to ask so many questions folks. This era has me intrigued now

Juliet was written by Stevie alone, Book of Miracles is just Lindsey's own instrumental arrangement of it. I don't like OSOTM much at all but I love Juliet and Book of Miracles!

http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/bn/MP...ofmiracles.mp3