"24 Karat Gold Songs From The Vault" Billboard article

BlueDenimLamp · #1 05-14-2014, 04:02 PM

"24 Karat Gold" Billboard article

It's proving to be a very busy year for the legendary Stevie Nicks. Not only is she about to head out on tour with a reunited Fleetwood Mac, but she's also in the midst of finishing up her own new solo album.

Tentatively titled "24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault," Nicks' forthcoming collection includes lost and stray tracks that she's written and recorded through the years, but never made it onto an album. The selections for "24 Karat Gold" were all newly recorded, and co-produced by Nicks, Dave Stewart and Waddy Wachtel.

Nicks' publicist, Liz Rosenberg, says that Nicks hopes to release the album in October on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records. She recently recorded the "24 Karat" tunes in Nashville, and will continue working on the album in Los Angeles.

(The album title presumably refers to Nicks' song "24 Karat Gold," which is widely available on YouTube as a bootleg.)

Nicks says that she just recorded "18 tracks in three weeks" for the album -- saying that it's the "fastest I have ever recorded."

She made those comments last night during her acceptance speech at the BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles, where she was honored with the BMI Icon award for her songwriting achievements. Nicks has written or co-written many of her solo hit singles, including "Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)" and "Stand Back." As part of the band Fleetwood Mac, Nicks wrote or co-wrote such favorites as "Landslide," "Rhiannon" and the No. 1 the Billboard Hot 100 hit "Dreams."

"We went onto YouTube and we found all the songs that, somehow, were taken from my house or picked up or loaned out or whatever ... and we went to Nashville (and recorded them)," Nicks told the Associated Press. "So they're like all starting from like 1969 maybe? I call them my 24 karat gold songs."

There's no word on if "24 Karat Gold" will feature any special guests, however, with Nicks having been in a collaborative mood lately, one never knows who might turn up on the set. Recently, Nicks performed with Lady Antebellum on the Academy of Country Music Awards (April 6) and on "CMT Crossroads" (Sept. 13, 2013), as well as with Dave Grohl on the "Sound City" soundtrack (2013).

"24 Karat Gold" follows Nicks' last studio effort, 2011's "In Your Dreams," which was also co-produced by Stewart. It debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold 199,000 in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Fleetwood Mac, meanwhile, is also working on new music and will kick off a concert tour starting Sept. 30 in Minneapolis. It will be the band's first trek with singer/songwriter Christine McVie since The Dance Tour in 1997.

pauls90 · #2 05-14-2014, 04:04 PM

Billboard has posted about the info we got last night:

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It's proving to be a very busy year for the legendary Stevie Nicks. Not only is she about to head out on tour with a reunited Fleetwood Mac, but she's also in the midst of finishing up her own new solo album.

Tentatively titled "24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault," Nicks' forthcoming collection includes lost and stray tracks that she's written and recorded through the years, but never made it onto an album. The selections for "24 Karat Gold" were all newly recorded, and co-produced by Nicks, Dave Stewart and Waddy Wachtel.

Nicks' publicist, Liz Rosenberg, says that Nicks hopes to release the album in October on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records. She recently recorded the "24 Karat" tunes in Nashville, and will continue working on the album in Los Angeles.

(The album title presumably refers to Nicks' song "24 Karat Gold," which is widely available on YouTube as a bootleg.)

Nicks says that she just recorded "18 tracks in three weeks" for the album -- saying that it's the "fastest I have ever recorded."

She made those comments last night during her acceptance speech at the BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles, where she was honored with the BMI Icon award for her songwriting achievements. Nicks has written or co-written many of her solo hit singles, including "Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)" and "Stand Back." As part of the band Fleetwood Mac, Nicks wrote or co-wrote such favorites as "Landslide," "Rhiannon" and the No. 1 the Billboard Hot 100 hit "Dreams."

"We went onto YouTube and we found all the songs that, somehow, were taken from my house or picked up or loaned out or whatever ... and we went to Nashville (and recorded them)," Nicks told the Associated Press. "So they're like all starting from like 1969 maybe? I call them my 24 karat gold songs."

There's no word on if "24 Karat Gold" will feature any special guests, however, with Nicks having been in a collaborative mood lately, one never knows who might turn up on the set. Recently, Nicks performed with Lady Antebellum on the Academy of Country Music Awards (April 6) and on "CMT Crossroads" (Sept. 13, 2013), as well as with Dave Grohl on the "Sound City" soundtrack (2013).

"24 Karat Gold" follows Nicks' last studio effort, 2011's "In Your Dreams," which was also co-produced by Stewart. It debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold 199,000 in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Fleetwood Mac, meanwhile, is also working on new music and will kick off a concert tour starting Sept. 30 in Minneapolis. It will be the band's first trek with singer/songwriter Christine McVie since The Dance Tour in 1997.

Link: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6084948/stevie-nicks-solo-album-24-karat-gold-title-release-details?utm_source=twitter

BlueDenimLamp · #3 05-14-2014, 04:09 PM

It looks like Stevie will try and have her solo record out BEFORE or shortly after the Fleetwood Mac tour starts

BlueDenimLamp · #4 05-14-2014, 04:14 PM

.@StevieNicks preps her new "24 Karat Gold" album: http://t.co/moBzbe60oJ
— billboard (@billboard) May 14, 2014

tothegypsy · #5 05-14-2014, 04:19 PM

Interesting. I would assume that she's going to ask Fleetwood Mac to perform at least one of these songs, since she'll essentially be promoting a solo record while on a band tour?

BlueDenimLamp · #6 05-14-2014, 04:21 PM

Now we know why Mick was hoping Stevie's new record would be done quickly...

KarmaContestant · #7 05-14-2014, 04:25 PM

I hope this is only the first time she does this; revisits the 'vault' that is. It allows her to produce an album so quiclky because the songs are essentially written and mostly fleshed out musically.

I'm pretty darn excited, moreso than I've been for a Stevie album since probably 1989.

BlueDenimLamp · #8 05-14-2014, 04:27 PM

Stevie Nicks BMI ICON awards AP interview AP interview

Stevie Nicks on the material for her upcoming solo album:

"We went on to YouTube and we found all the songs that, somehow, were taken from my house or picked up or loaned out or whatever, and we picked up all the songs that like -- there was like 25 songs that the fans really wanted me to record, and we picked 18. And we went to Nashville and we recorded 17 songs. So they're like all starting from like 1969 maybe? I call them my 24-carat gold songs.

NICKS GETS ICONIC, TALKS FLEETWOOD MAC REUNION, NEW SOLO ALBUM AND 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY'

There's a solo album on the way, with 17 so-called "trunk" songs -- things Nicks had written and, in some cases, performed over the years that fans requested be properly recorded and put into an album. A new Fleetwood Mac album is coming, too, as well as a big Mac tour, beginning 30 September in Minneapolis.

mitzo · #9 05-14-2014, 04:44 PM

Seventeen tracks!

pattyfan · #10 05-14-2014, 04:48 PM

-[/QUOTE] things Nicks had written and, in some cases, performed[QUOTE]

Really??? When???

I LOVE logging onto this site nowadays. I log on at work, check stuff, out, log on an hour later, and find out that Stevie's new CD will be out in October and already has a name

Kevin

BlueDenimLamp · #11 05-14-2014, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by pattyfan

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things Nicks had written and, in some cases, performed

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[B]Really??? When??? ]/B]

I LOVE logging onto this site nowadays. I log on at work, check stuff, out, log on an hour later, and find out that Stevie's new CD will be out in October and already has a name

Kevin

Gold And Braid for one...

tothegypsy · #12 05-14-2014, 04:52 PM

The sometimes performed part leads me to assume that Gold And Braid is on the album. I can't think of anything else that would be true for. I assume she wouldn't put Fireflies on a solo album.

mitzo · #13 05-14-2014, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by tothegypsy

The sometimes performed part leads me to assume that Gold And Braid is on the album. I can't think of anything else that would be true for. I assume she wouldn't put Fireflies on a solo album.

I am terrified of Gold and Braid and such taking up room on this album.

pattyfan · #14 05-14-2014, 05:06 PM

I love Gold and Braid, but since it has been released (albeit a live version) I never really considered it a demo that hadn't been released.

Anyway, I can't wait to hear an updated studio version.

Kevin

James89 · #15 05-14-2014, 05:07 PM

I think the fact that 'In Your Dreams' has sold 200,000 copies in the U.S. is pretty fantastic!!! I made a thread saying if anyone knew anything about recent sales figures for the album, let me know and now I know!!! The DVD definitely boosted sales as it has sold another 12,000 copies in a year which isn't bad. At this rate and the current climate of the music business, I wouldn't be surprised if Stevie cracks the top 5 this time on sales of less than 40,000. This is an exciting time to be a FM and Stevie Nicks fan!!!