Street Angel - the original version

[Phil]

Upon reflection, it's astounding to me that Stevie actually relegated the likes of "Thousand Days" and "Mirror Mirror" to b-sides when, by her own admission, she had delivered a rather lacklustre album. I can understand that she may have been keeping the likes of "I Call You Missing" and "Running Through The Garden" up her sleeve for future projects if she wasn't satisfied with the 1992 versions, but she actually sanctioned the release of "Thousand Days"' and "Mirror Mirror" (remember the 1992 recording was intended, not the 1984 version), yet didn't consider them superior to anything that made the released album? What further mystifies me about this decision is that she actually wrote these songs and still didn't consider them superior to the likes of "Docklands", "Unconditional Love", "Maybe Love", "Just Like A Woman" or "Inspiration" and "God's Garden" (both of which were included on the Japanese edition of the album). That's six songs written by others that made it to the final album release (one way or another) at the expense of her own compositions. Stevie really must have been devoid of confidence during that period. I simply can not imagine her allowing such a turn of events occurring these days.