Stripped mixes

[dougl]

Cool stripped mixes of Future Games (the song), Sentimental Lady and Hypnotized.

https://youtu.be/BSBNkspBa9I?si=3CrQdnlR5u0HCYF4

https://youtu.be/4aVieCMZ9PA?si=lz4faqOxmBL5IAh0

https://youtu.be/-DHEB7CNMJY?si=hOMG0roVee-BKgs-

Enjoy!

[Villavic]

Sentimental Lady is a beautiful song. Thanks to share it, Christine's voice really shines there.

I was reading Bob’s version reached the top ten in 1977. I wonder if it was a hit in 1972, I didn’t find any info except that Bare Trees reached #70 in the US 200 list and #37 in the Australian Ken Music report. So it seems the song didn’t reach a top list, but it’s a beautiful version, and not so different from Bob's. Unlike, for example, Carpenter's Close to You or Tina's What's Love Got to Do with It, which are considerably different (and better) from their original versions (by other singers). In cases like those it's easy to understand why some covers were much more successful than the originals.

No doubt that Lindsey, Christine and Mick being involved in the French Kiss album helped to impulse its reception, but it is curious how different factors (beyond the talent, or the song itself) can help or hinder to get success. The personnel, the release year, being from the same or different country, the positioning/mental perception of a name (which somehow becomes a brand), etc.

Two very different presences on the charts, but if you ask me which version I like more, I can't choose.

[David]

Originally Posted by dougl

Cool stripped mixes of Future Games (the song), Sentimental Lady and Hypnotized.

https://youtu.be/BSBNkspBa9I?si=3CrQdnlR5u0HCYF4

https://youtu.be/4aVieCMZ9PA?si=lz4faqOxmBL5IAh0

https://youtu.be/-DHEB7CNMJY?si=hOMG0roVee-BKgs-

Enjoy!

You can hear that Combo Pianet chugging overtime in the third strip mix, with a heavy dose of tremolo wobble and reverb. I had to play that keyboard part once for a set in Las Vegas, and I remember enduring both tedium and tranquility — or more like zonk. Thanks for passing these along, Dougster.

[jbrownsjr]

Great to hear these! Thank you for posting.

[LesPaul7]

I've actually been doing this with a lot of songs lately, except I am separating all the stems and analyzing the guitars.

"Oh Well", absolutely dense mono mix with layers of guitars, including a resonator.

"Rattlesnake Shake" has at least three guitars and a 6-string bass.

The controversial "King Bee" BBC recording is indeed Fleetwood Mac. You can hear it's a duet with Green and Spencer. Green plays harmonica, Spencer plays guitar w/ slide, and of course Fleetwood and McVie.

"Future Games" is indeed Welch on the right and Kirwan on the left. Excellent parts you can't really hear. I will share soon. There's two overdubbed guitars down the middle, layered a la the Allman Bros. Then an obvious Welch overdubbed lead on the left which pans around at points. Anyway, a lot of guitars!

"Sentimental Lady" has a beautiful acoustic guitar and a couple layered electric guitars. I can't tell who they are. The solo is played through a Leslie speaker. It's possible Kirwan isn't on this song.