I got a promo copy of Crystal Visions today

RavenOfRhiannon · #1 03-05-2007, 08:41 PM

I don't know how many of you know, but I am a Book Buyer for a midsize chain of entertainment stores in the Western US. One of my couterparts on the Music Team gave me his promo copy of CV today. This did not include the dvd, or artwork, and it is watermarked to discourage copying.

The tracklist is the one floating around the internet and there is not much to report on the older tracks. Silver Springs is from the Rumours remaster, Dreams is the radio edit, Standback, ICW, and Planets are the album versions. (Planets is NOT the extended version). HAEWAFY is indeed missing.

Rhiannon, is good as far as live versions from the last 10 years goes. No big surprises.

The two tracks from the Melbourne shows are very nice. For those of you concerned with the repetition of EO17, let me just say that the reinterpretation for the orchestra makes the song fresh. Landslide for me has always been about Stevie and Lindsey alone onstage, her voice and his guitar. This version is probably the only solo version I will cherish. The girls on backing and the strings give it an ethereal feel that is totally different from the directness of the Mac live version.

What can I say about R&R but HELLA YEAH! I would never have pictures Stevie doing this song, but she tears it up!!

All in all, the cd will be great for those out there who don't have Enchanted or Timespace, but for the rest of us, the few new tracks give us something to hold on to.

foxyluva · #2 03-05-2007, 08:44 PM

Awesome! I've been hounding my Warner reps for weeks for a promo copy

RockALittle250 · #3 03-05-2007, 08:44 PM

Thanks so much for posting this! Your description of Landslide with the MSO makes me feel alot better about it being the 1st single.

foxyluva · #4 03-05-2007, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RockALittle250

Thanks so much for posting this! Your description of Landslide with the MSO makes me feel alot better about it being the 1st single.

You haven't heard it before? Its been available as a bootleg for almost a year...

Nixxxed · #5 03-05-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

You haven't heard it before? Its been available as a bootleg for almost a year...

True, but after overdubs and mixing I will bet that it sounds like a completely different performance.

foxyluva · #6 03-05-2007, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Nixxxed

True, but after overdubs and mixing I will bet that it sounds like a completely different performance.

Probably, but you still get the general idea from the bootleg

RockALittle250 · #7 03-05-2007, 08:52 PM

Thanks for the info! But i wanna wait till i hear the album version, although i plan on buying the promotional single on ebay.

BlackWidow · #8 03-05-2007, 10:40 PM

I'm nervous for her now..Lanslide???

michaelD · #9 03-05-2007, 11:03 PM

I miss the day of "promo" copies weeks before the actual release!
Was in the music business for years... got these things all the time...

Thanks for the review... looking forward to it!

MacMan · #10 03-05-2007, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackWidow

I'm nervous for her now..Lanslide???

Nothing to be nervous about... None of the tracks on this would get played on the radio... The slightest hope would be/is AC and going with Landslide is the obvious choice... And by the sounds of it, it sounds great!

HejiraNYC · #11 03-05-2007, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackWidow

I'm nervous for her now..Lanslide???

Of course... it's never been released as a single before. Um... wait... it's been released as a single by Smashing Pumpkins. By the Dixie Chicks. As a live track from The Dance. As a maxi-CD single of remixes.

Oh, never mind.

I'm sure a suit up in Warner Brothers probably thought to cash in on the Dixie Chicks phenomenon... which would have been a great idea, um, four years ago!

estranged4life · #12 03-06-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by michaelD

I miss the day of "promo" copies weeks before the actual release!
Was in the music business for years... got these things all the time...

thank God for small independent metal labels

catinthedark · #13 03-06-2007, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RockALittle250

Thanks so much for posting this! Your description of Landslide with the MSO makes me feel alot better about it being the 1st single.

are you KIDDING me?

are you KIDDING me???

who actually thought that would be a good idea? i find that quite depressing. it's like saying, please, help me ensure this album tanks.

on edit: well, lookie there. a whole thread on that very topic.

which i obviously missed.

michaelD · #14 03-06-2007, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

thank God for small independent metal labels

Got that right... Some of the best music I have heard came to me via promos from these labels...

Johnny Stew · #15 03-06-2007, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by catinthedark

who actually thought that would be a good idea? i find that quite depressing. it's like saying, please, help me ensure this album tanks.

Actually, if Warner Bros. wants a sure-fire song for radio to play, it is "Landslide." Radio stations love that song because listeners love that song.

Hopefully they'll also send out promos of "Rock And Roll," too, but it's unlikely that one would get as many spins as "Landslide." AC stations are Stevie's best bet for airplay these days. She could record the hardest rocking song of her career, and Rock stations aren't going to give it the time of day.