Would You Buy A Remastered BELLA DONNA w/ Bonus Tracks?

[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by mitzo

I would not buy a remastered/repackaged BD. It has never been an album I have liked, as a solo debut I thought its production and song choices took Stevie to low-rent territory.

Gone was the goddess with the ethereal aura. Hooking up with Heartbreakers harsh and tacky and, to my ears, totally unsuited to her voice and talent.

Maybe if the songs were all totally redone it would be more worthy of a listen.

Wow, it's not often you hear criticism of BellaDonna. I like it when we mix things up.

[bluefox4000]

Nah....I don't like to re-buy albums I have.....new tracks or not.

Mick

[Christopher]

Absolutely. But not only for the unreleased bonus tracks, all of Stevie's 80's albums are in dire need of dusting off and re-mastering. Only the hits have gotten the remastered treatment as on "Crystal Visions". I would happily buy remasters of Stevie's entire 80's catalog from Bella Donna through TOSOTM in a heartbeat!

[Macfanforever]

As I was going to say.I don't mind buying dups of CD's.My BD CD is shot.

I want the freaking HBO concert on Blue-ray.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by mitzo

I would not buy a remastered/repackaged BD. It has never been an album I have liked, as a solo debut I thought its production and song choices took Stevie to low-rent territory.

Gone was the goddess with the ethereal aura. Hooking up with Heartbreakers harsh and tacky and, to my ears, totally unsuited to her voice and talent.

Maybe if the songs were all totally redone it would be more worthy of a listen.

I DEF agee on SDMHA. Ethereal aura was still there for OTR, and Bella Donna though.

[On Ice]

Gone was the goddess with the ethereal aura

As someone who prefers Stevie's Fleetwood Mac contributions over the solo work (at least her early Mac) that thought does provoke some reflection, but I think Bella Donna was actually a good move on Stevie's part, if only to get some of the backlog of material recorded. I liked the collaboration with the Heartbreakers and felt that it didn't take over the album's flow, although it is heard on some of the other tracks like Outside the Rain. I wouldn't have been disappointed if the solo career took a back seat after the Wild Heart and she concentrated on the group that made her a star. None of us can change history but it would have been so wonderful if Fleetwood Mac would've been able capture and expand on the direction it took with Tusk, taking some risks musically and finding their way as a collaborative team again. If they'd done that, then Mirage may have been a blockbuster and we could've seen some impressive work through the 80's, but then there were the drugs, and Rock a Little and Stevie's disastrous outing on Tango. Sigh

[Machu]

Yes! Her CDs need to be remastered. I can't understand why they haven't been.

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by Machu

Yes! Her CDs need to be remastered. I can't understand why they haven't been.

I'm thinking it comes down to a cost-to-benefit ratio. Would they sell enough to pay for the cost of the remastering, production and distribution? Probably not. Even so, I don't think this is a good reason for not doing it.

What I would like to see is a remastering of her first four albums, with them being widely available in CD, vinyl and digital formats, and a bonus disc being included with the CD and digital versions.

To make the project more cost effective, a limited run (perhaps 5,000 of each album) of deluxe boxed versions could be produced at a price point of about $85-$100 each, with the remastered album, a bonus disc with demos, outtakes, alternate mixes, a one-time use code that could be redeemed online for an additional exclusive download of more bonus tracks (Depeche Mode has done this with some box sets, offering alternate mixes that are not commercially available), a book that includes lyrics, tons of photos, stories and musings from Stevie on each and every song (including bonus tracks), postcards and even a small 11x17 lithograph rolled up in the box of the cover art, or a Herbert Worthington photo from the era of the album. Again, Depeche Mode did something similar for their most recent album that is a virtual gold-mine for fans.

http://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-...elease/1734706

Of course, the bonus tracks would soon be shared online - but so what? They already are, in often-poor quality.

I just worry that Stevie isn't getting any younger, and I'd much prefer to see her take advantage of her musical legacy before she dies and someone else makes a ton of cash off of her name and works.

[whitesoxx]

It doesn't cost that much to remaster an album (and pressing it is dirt cheap). Especially when it's someone like Stevie Nicks, where you are guaranteed sales of at least several tens of thousands of copies. There are many many reissue labels out there that remaster and rerelease albums by artists that only have a limited audience and would sell a few thousand copies at the most.

So there is no excuse for her 80's albums not to come out as remasters! And don't forget "Mirage" and "Tango In The Night"!