Other Side of the Mirror: The Acapellas

[GoldDustOrphan]

These tracks are from the Safety reels, so they are unprocessed. The magic Auto-Tune wand was not yet employed.

Still, I don't think the vocals are bad at all. Compared to the purity and power of earlier vocals, yes, her abilities are diminished, but still compelling in my book.

Listen to the tracks all the way through. There are some throwaway/unused vocal bits here and there.

I really do think Ooh My Love needs to be reinvented. Eartha Kitt needs to cover Whole Lotta Trouble. I still love Juliet.

I will post some more acapellas just for fun. How about Think About It, Julia and Blue Denim? I will upload those later tonight.

(p.s. I'm fairly certain that I found that OSOTM out-take in SortaSavageLike's amazing on-line photo archive. His collection is one of the Ledge's greatest resources and the best defense against HWW's photographic paralysis. I did color adjust the photo and retouched the background with the intent to create a CD sleeve for OSOTM acapellas, but my crazy Brazilian boyfriend - who has grown increasingly agitated with my newfound preoccupation with The Ledge (joined in Jan.) - demanded I turn the computer off. When Brazilians get really mad, they go right for the face, so I'll get back the cover when he's absorbed in one of those stupid soccer matches.)
-Rick

[David]

Originally Posted by petep9000

Home now. Well, I made it through about 3 minutes each of 'Fire Burning', 'Long Way To Go' and 'Rooms On Fire'. Amazed, am I, that someone could change so drastically in 3 years (from '86 to '89). The nasal, phlegmy, wet-sounding noise from her nasal cavity was already creeping in her vocals, sadly. Very evident on the tracks that I could bear to listen to. I feel like perhaps Stevie and the girls didn't have much fun recording this. Call it a hunch. But, I guess in retrospect of the 10 minutes of my life that I can now never get back, I'd say it was very important that we all heard these. So thanks for posting them, lessons learned all around:

I've always sorta liked these vocal mixes. I used to like playing one right after the other & I could veg out fairly comfortably. I find the instruments on Stevie Nicks solo albums actually distracting, so pushing those tracks to the background is just what the doctor ordered.

I'm twice as found of the "Street Angel" vocal mixes, like BLUE DENIM, GRETA, ROSE GARDEN.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by David

I'm twice as found of the "Street Angel" vocal mixes

I guess this means you get lost in the music.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by GoldDustOrphan

When Brazilians get really mad, they go right for the face, so I'll get back the cover when he's absorbed in one of those stupid soccer matches.)
-Rick

We call it soccer but they call it football.

[GoldDustOrphan]

We call it soccer but they call it football.

True, but in my house soccer/football manifests as a whole lot of screaming in Portuguese, over-turned fruitcarts, hair-raising car-chases...okay, I'm exaggerating, but he overstates his dislike of Stevie just to provoke me.


Anyway, back to our scheduled program:

As promised, more acapellas.

Stevie Nicks - Forsaken Love (Scaled Down).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ojckxgygyol

Stevie Nicks - Gold & Braid (Scaled Down, Take 2).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?9tpm99wstlg

Stevie Nicks - Julia (Scaled Down, Take 4).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ecd4zm0njmh

Stevie Nicks - Julia (Scaled Down, Take 5).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?tsqeyt222hn

Stevie Nicks - The Dealer (Scaled Down, Take 10).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?mnigvntmlj1

Stevie Nicks -Think About It (Scaled Down).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?m1cdmsybzuo

Stevie Nicks -Think About It (Scaled Down, Take 3).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?t4xycyjwjgw

[GoldDustOrphan]

And one more...

Stevie Nicks - Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind (Scaled Down Acapella)
http://www.mediafire.com/?czueegxwqth

or download from Z-share:

Stevie Nicks - Maybe Love (Scaled Down Acapella)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/11723384577b4d45/
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[GoldDustOrphan]

Has anyone checked out the last batch of acapellas?

[JohnL]

AWESOME!! Is really wild to hear just her voice. You can tell her voice has improved over the last 10-12 years...although MLWCYM is one of my favorites. Didnt get the success it deserved.

[GoldDustOrphan]

The following is a minute-long studio out-take that I think is hilarious. 33 seconds into it Stevie delivers the punchline...

Stevie Nicks - You Keep Me Hanging On
http://www.mediafire.com/?t9bzzvmdg1w

Stevie Nicks - Golden & Braid (Take #1, scaled down)
http://www.mediafire.com/?jootjyhvpm0

Stevie Nicks - Golden & Braid (Take #2, scaled down)
http://www.mediafire.com/?le1w0bwmxaa


or...
Stevie Nicks - You Keep Me Hanging On
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1227979970fb64bd/

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[michelej1]

Vanilla Fudge indeed!

Michele

[GoldDustOrphan]

"We play the hits!" - Stevie Nicks

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by GoldDustOrphan

Has anyone checked out the last batch of acapellas?

Are you gunna remix the OSOTM acapellas?

[GoldDustOrphan]

I'm not skilled enough to actually produce a good remix, but it's very possible that new remixes of Rooms on Fire and Whole Lotta Trouble could happen. Two talented DJ/Remixers friends of mine now have the acapellas and are working on ideas. They could come up empty or actually employ the acapellas. Acapellas - especially of this quality - are not easy to come by, so DJs consider them to be gold.

I did just post a few more remixes in the Stevie Nicks Remix Project thread.

[totallycait]

Listening to these has been really interesting. TOSOTM was my favorite Stevie album for a long time, but I was surprised by these. There's a lot of darkness in the vocal arrangements that doesn't come through on the finished album aside from maybe the chorus of "Whole Lotta Trouble." pete said it sounds like the girls didn't have much fun recording these, and that's the quality 'm referring to. I just have a different impression.

I haven't listened to them all yet, but the chorus of "Rooms On Fire" really freaked me out the first time. Very eerie.

[priestofnothing]

Originally Posted by GoldDustOrphan

The following is a minute-long studio out-take that I think is hilarious. 33 seconds into it Stevie delivers the punchline...

Stevie Nicks - You Keep Me Hanging On
http://www.mediafire.com/?t9bzzvmdg1w
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Here is a clever mash-up that Jeremy made

The Supremes vs. Stevie Nicks
You Keep Me Hanging On

http://www.mediafire.com/?jdem4xiayod