"Fireflies" Full-Length Remix?

[Meowi]

Thankyou!

[LittleCharmer]

Originally Posted by mikebise

Outtake version with completely different vocals by Stevie and the rest.

Ooh.. Are you in a sharing mood?

[mikebise]

Tomorrow, I will try to upload the outtake "Fireflies" to mediafire and post it here. I LOVE to share!!!

I would share more, but uploading takes so long here. I CAN'T WAIT 'til I move in June!

[vermicious knid]

Here is the outtake.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/86xnrn

[LittleCharmer]

Thank you both!

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by mikebise

Did you mean that, like "Farmer's Daughter" appears to be, that "Fireflies" was a studio track or demo, and "performed live in front of..." means in front of the engineers and whatnot?

"Performed live in front of..." means that they recorded the basic track LIVE at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Then took that basic track back to the studio and did various overdubs and remixes to get the different "versions" (album, 12" single, 7" single, etc) that were released. The main basic "performance" of all those versions is the same one on all versions...the only differences are how they mixed the overdubs and how they edited the song.

[David]

Originally Posted by chiliD

"Performed live in front of..." means that they recorded the basic track LIVE at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

That's right. It's my belief that the Santa Monica Civic was where they rehearsed in July 1980 for the final leg in August.

People have sometimes called it a soundcheck, but the band wouldn't soundcheck in a venue where they weren't actually performing a gig. The only two soundchecks on the album are supposed to be "Dreams" & "Don't Stop," both according to the liner notes in Paris & both in '77. But what's slightly mysterious about those is that we've all seen the matching videos to both those tracks, & the band is fully dressed for performance.

[ragrsrocalot]

Thanx for posting

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by David

But what's slightly mysterious about those is that we've all seen the matching videos to both those tracks, & the band is fully dressed for performance.

It's possible that due to circumstances, their soundcheck was delayed until right before the house doors were opened, after they'd dressed for the show. I saw them in '76 at Loyola Marymount Univ gym....they delayed opening the doors until FMac finished their soundcheck (we could hear them from outside playing bits & pieces of songs for about half an hour).

[priestofnothing]

Here is the Crying in the Night Single

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jm1cuz

[mikebise]

Thanks, Jeff!