Running Through The Garden Demo

[Christopher]

Yes, Thank U Mike!! Looking forward to those downloads. I love the Wild Heart "Destiny" outtake it has such a heartfelt vocal. And who doesn't LOVE "All The Beautiful Worlds"?? I have to say that outtake must be one of Stevie's most beloved songs that never made it to a record, judging from all the love it has received on fan boards through the years. There was even a rumor that FM recorded it for SYW, but I think that was just wishful thinking.

I had read somewhere that Jimmy Iovine didn't care much for "Julia" and choose not to include it on Bella Donna, and she re-recorded it again hoping it would make the cut for Wild Heart, which of course it didn't. Jimmy has a shrewd and impeccable intuition about what makes a great record, but I think in retrospect he miscalculated in eliminating what would become 2 of Stevie's most loved outtakes. "Julia" is just epic, in that Stevie grand tradition of songs like "Sara", Bella Donna" , "Edge of 17, "Wild Heart" or even "Rhiannon"

And I'd take "All The Beautiful Worlds" any day over "Gate and Garden", and think it makes "The Wild Heart" a stronger record by a mile, not even mentioning that this could have easily been a hit single for Stevie! When I 1st heard this song off a bad bootleg in 1998, I though WTF, This has a fantastic vocal, melody, and killer hook in the chorus, that you can't get out of your head...So why on earth was this sitting in the vault somewhere?? What a missed opportunity, though Stevie has had many in her solo career.

Stevie really needs to have all of her 1st 3 Solo records remastered and these songs added. But I am doubtful that the time has already come and passed for this opportunity to happen.