Trouble in Shangri-La Demo

[mikebise]

There are two demos for "Thrown Down" timed at 4:37 and 5:36. Both are complete songs, with the second one containing more Stevie overdubs, more guitar, more percussion. Both are very nice.

There is an outtake of "Thrown Down" from Trouble In Shangri-la, timed at 4:41. Not sure why this is always referred to as the "Wall of Sound demo", since it's not a "demo" and Phil Spector didn't produce it.

Anyway, this outtake of "Thrown Down" was on the original 16-track CD of Trouble In Shangri-la, along with "My Heart", "Touched By An Angel" and an alternate version of "Bombay Sapphires" (and different mixes of "Every Day" and "I Miss You"). This CD was playing at the party after Stevie's September 2000 Benefit in Arizona. Several of these 16-track CDs were given out to VIPs at the benefit as well. That is how "Thrown Down" and "My Heart" were circulated amongst fans. (A woman in Germany made copies for me and several other fans).

This outtake from Trouble In Shangri-la of "Thrown Down" does have Mick on drums and LB on guitar, but it's not a Fleetwood Mac recording. However, when it came closer to release date, it was decided to trim down TISL to 13 songs, so Stevie decided to pull "Thrown Down" so Fleetwood Mac could record it.