The Uncirculated Rumours Project - Page 3

UndoingTheLaces · #31 05-31-2011, 04:37 PM

This may not seem like much of an upgrade but it's huge if you are a fan of this track. The first version of Castaway on UR, the one with the keyboards, bass and multi-tracked vocals, has been floating around The Ledge for years but this mp3 has one major issue, about two thirds of the way through the pitch changes. I could never figure out why. Maybe the cassette player went out of synch or the belt on the turntable was bad. I dunno. But it always frustrated me. Some nice Ledgie on here sent me this mp3. It's still from the album so it's not any better as far as that goes but it does keep a consistent pitch. So it's a much better rip. So for me it's a really big deal.

I don't know what I'd do if someone found a better version of this from the original recording because I've only ever heard this UR version and it's my absolute favorite Stevie bootleg. I would love for her to dust this off and give it another go. Anyway, here's the best Castaway UR1 mp3 I have.

http://www.mediafire.com/?c7i09vdnt2dg4d1

mikebise · #32 05-31-2011, 05:12 PM

Thanks for sharing! Yes, I LOVE that version so much! Much, much more than I do Stevie's other demos of "Castaway".

Thank you very much!

UndoingTheLaces · #33 05-31-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

Thanks for sharing! Yes, I LOVE that version so much! Much, much more than I do Stevie's other demos of "Castaway".

Thank you very much!

You're welcome. I do too. I love her harmonies. And while I love the stuff her background singers do, there's something so special about the way she harmonizes with herself. And I love what she does with this.

HighPassion · #34 05-31-2011, 08:13 PM

Thanks to everyone for the upgrade on this compilation! I had a thread going for old school compilations that got lost in the crowd.

Just a side note, I really dont think there's going to be a better version of the live Silver Springs out there. But good luck. I hope someone proves me wrong!

mikebise · #35 05-31-2011, 08:47 PM

I added in the pitch adjusted "Castaway" (THANK YOU AGAIN, UndoingTheLaces!!!).

If anyone has better copies to add, please do so.

STILL needing that second take of "Forest Of The Black Roses", if anyone has it. Any vinyl owners out there with transfer capability? I have the records, but no turntable.

Aussie W/Heart · #36 05-31-2011, 09:05 PM

Thanks Brad, Ive just d/l FOTBR a much clearer version than i once had.. much appreciated x

mikebise · #37 06-01-2011, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by HighPassion

Thanks to everyone for the upgrade on this compilation! I had a thread going for old school compilations that got lost in the crowd.

I took a lot of your suggestions seriously and implemented them this time when starting a thread. Thanks for the input and helping me make it better!

holidayroad · #38 06-01-2011, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

Just did it! I had the place holding while I uploaded. I'm redoing ALL of my Stevie CDs... a BIG project, so I started here!

Thanks! I actually have the LP, but no working record player at this time!

mikebise · #39 06-01-2011, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

This may not seem like much of an upgrade but it's huge if you are a fan of this track. The first version of Castaway on UR, the one with the keyboards, bass and multi-tracked vocals, has been floating around The Ledge for years but this mp3 has one major issue, about two thirds of the way through the pitch changes. I could never figure out why. Maybe the cassette player went out of synch or the belt on the turntable was bad. I dunno. But it always frustrated me. Some nice Ledgie on here sent me this mp3. It's still from the album so it's not any better as far as that goes but it does keep a consistent pitch. So it's a much better rip. So for me it's a really big deal.

http://www.mediafire.com/?c7i09vdnt2dg4d1

You know, I've been jamming to this version all morning!!! It's SO good!!! People slam "Castaway" and say "It's not a song! It's random phrases Stevie strung together!" Well, this version is defintiely a song, and a great one at that!

GoldDustOrphan · #40 06-01-2011, 10:41 AM

A DJ friend - who has high-end turntables in his home studio set-up - is going to rip the tracks from my recently acquired 12" vinyl of "Stand Back" (DJ Promo, 1983), so I will ask him to rip the tracks from my copy of the "Last of the Uncirculated Rumours," which I think I listened maybe twice.

I did notice that 3 record sets have been popping up on eBay with an increasing frequency. They've been selling for about $100 bucks a set.

mikebise · #41 06-01-2011, 10:48 AM

Great that you have the black vinyl! I thought the sound was far superiour on the black versus the coloured vinyl. And should the coloured vinyl have been emerald green, snow-white and golden?

randydesertrat · #42 06-01-2011, 01:06 PM

Here is a longer version of Castaway #2 from the Uncirculated Rumours album (the last track). The version that you posted Mike is 2:21 in length. This one is 3:10 and has more beyond where yours cuts off. This one also has a cutoff ending. The original source wasn't all that great so I converted it to WAV to prevent any further loss. I also did a very minor 1% pitch adjustment as the speed was slightly fast. I matched it to the piano track from "Sara" since Stevie uses a lot of Sara style piano chords and rhythms in this song.

Castaway (Uncirculated Rumours Piano Demo)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9vc162mc8xi27ma

mikebise · #43 06-01-2011, 01:33 PM

Randy, I'm at work, but I'm wondering if that "Castaway" piano demo is the re-edit I did circa 1994. Where the Uncirculated Rumours vinyl cuts off, right in the middle of Stevie singing, I edited back on a chorus, and then had it fade out before the second verse. Stevie pauses a lot in the song, so it was easy to make an edit.

I made hundreds of copies on cassette from 1994-1998 or so, and sent them all over the world in my Master Stevie Outtakes & Demos Collection. I wonder if this is my edit, and I hope so, since I thought I did a good job!!!

But my cassettes are all missing or lost and I don't have a way to convert it anyway. But maybe it's not my edit.

I guess I'll find out later when I DL it! AND you fixed the sound!!!

jeffd8382 · #44 06-01-2011, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by randydesertrat

Castaway (Uncirculated Rumours Piano Demo)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9vc162mc8xi27ma

Thank you for that, Randy! Nice work!!

And thanks to everyone else here too for sharing/contributing!

jeffd8382 · #45 06-01-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

Randy, I'm at work, but I'm wondering if that "Castaway" piano demo is the re-edit I did circa 1994. Where the Uncirculated Rumours vinyl cuts off, right in the middle of Stevie singing, I edited back on a chorus, and then had it fade out before the second verse. Stevie pauses a lot in the song, so it was easy to make an edit.

When I looked at the spectrum, it looks identical with the exception of being longer... and now that I listen closely, I think you're probably right, Mike, that this must be your edit. Nice job with that!!