Stevie In The Mac : Demos & Outtakes

[omshiva]

HI EVERYBODY
SINCE I’VE BEEN COLLECTING STEVIE MUSIC, I HAVE MADE A LIST OF DEMOS AND OUTTAKES OF STEVIE SONGS IN THE MAC. HERE IT IS :

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART * DEMO OUTTAKE
ANGEL * ALT VERSION 1
ANGEL * ALT VERSION 2
BEAUTIFUL CHILD * ALT VERSION 1
BEAUTIFUL CHILD * ALT VERSION 2
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST * TUSK BLUES VERSION
CECELIA * TUSK OUTTAKE MASTER REEL
DREAMS * EARLY STUDIO DEMO
FIREFLIES * ALT MIX 4’12
FIREFLIES * REMIX 3’39
GOLD DUST WOMAN * ALT OUTTAKE 1
GOLD DUST WOMAN * ALT OUTTAKE 2
GYPSY * DEMO DRUM MACHINE
GYPSY * LONG PIANO DEMO 18’10
GYPSY * MIRAGE OUTTAKE WITH MICK TALKING
GYPSY * RAW MIX
IF YOU WERE MY LOVE * MIRAGE OUTTAKE 1
IF YOU WERE MY LOVE * MIRAGE OUTTAKE 2
JOAN OF ARC * TANGO IN THE NIGHT OUTTAKE
JULIET * TANGO IN THE NIGHT OUTTAKE
LADY FROM THE MOUNTAIN * TUSK STUDIO OUTTAKE
NO QUESTIONS ASKED * ALT MIX
PAPER DOLL * ALT VERSION
RHIANNON * MASTER REEL VERSION (3)
RHIANNON * ORIGINAL 45 MIX
SARA * EDIT VERSION TUSK CD
SARA * ALT EXTENDED VERSION 6’41
SARA * CLEANING LADY VERSION 8’53
SARA * INSTRUMENTAL
SEVEN WONDERS * ALT MIX
SILVER SPRINGS * ORIGINAL EDIT VERSION
SILVER SPRINGS * STUDIO DEMO 6’23
SISTERS OF THE MOON * ALT VERSION WITH CHRISTINE HARMONIES
SISTERS OF THE MOON * FULL LYRIC VERSION AKA LONG VERSION
SISTERS OF THE MOON * HEAVY ROCK OUTTAKE AKA 45 MIX
SISTERS OF THE MOON * PIANO VERSION
SMILE AT YOU * MIRAGE STUDIO 1 AKA RAW MIX
SMILE AT YOU * MIRAGE STUDIO 2 AKA ANGRY VERSION
SMILE AT YOU * TUSK OUTTAKE
STORMS * ACOUSTIC VERSION WITH DRUM
STORMS * ACOUSTIC VERSION WITHOUT DRUM
STORMS * LONG DEMO 14’34
STORMS * RAW OUTTAKE
STRAIGHT BACK * ORIGINAL LP VERSION
STRAIGHT BACK * OUTTAKE 1
STRAIGHT BACK * OUTTAKE 2 AKA RAW MIX
THAT'S ALRIGHT * MIRAGE OUTTAKE
THE DEALER * MISTRESS OF MY FAITH TUSK OUTTAKE
THINK ABOUT IT * TUSK OUTTAKE
WELCOME TO THE ROOM... SARA * ALT MIX
WHEN I SEE YOU AGAIN * ALT MIX STEVIE ONLY

WHAT DO I MISS ?
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF AN ALTERNATE VERSION OF LANDSLIDE EXISTS ?
(ALSO FOR THE SONG HAS ANYONE EVER WRITTEN ANYTHING FOR YOU ?)

THANKS
OMSHIVA

[ERigby818]

Wow. I don't know if you missed any. I only have about a dozen or so of the ones above.
I have others that may have been recorded in Mac sessions that may or may not have ever made it onto solo albums, but I can't tell unless they have a signature Lindsey guitar riff or something like that.
Also, some demos sound really early, but made it onto albums later sounding totally different so it's hard to figure out when all of them are from.
And to think...the list of Stevie solo demos is like ten times that long!
-Sonia

[BellaDonnaGypsy]

Well, I know there are various other mixes and alternative versions of Seven Wonders (I don't have the CD right now, so I can't give you the actual list). My brain isn't functioning properly right now so I can't help you out other than that... LOL! But I have a feeling the list might be longer overall.

Laura.

[estranged4life]

I have a rather large group of Remixes/Demos/Etc. listed on my "Demos" page on my Stevie Nicks Pictures Website...You can either access it from the link below or use this URL to access the "Demos" page directly...Brian

"Demos" Page:

http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Demos.html

[estranged4life]

but there are a ton of demos listed as "Alt. Mix" that are also listed on other cd's as "Outtakes"...Brian

[Sorcerer386]

Well, I don't really know if there is a difference between an outtake and an alternate version...I think an outtake is just a take that didn't work out well, so it's unintentionally there, while an alternate version is just screwing around with different buttons (like a remix), so it is intentionally there. But a demo is simply playing the song in it's rarest form, pre-production. That's what I understand about them...if anything's wrong, let me know.

[omshiva]

Hi Adam. Thanks to you, i have discovered this morning that there are minimum 5 diiferent versions of "Smile At You" !!!

The Soft Version of "Smile At You" is I think what I call the "Tusk Outtake" (4'20 minutes). You can get a crystal clear version on the GEMS cd. It seems that Stevie's Voice is from that era. Maybe I'm wrong ?
But I think there are also two others versions of the soft version. Two old mp3s (medium sound) that i have : Same singing but slight alternate mixes. One is 4'35 and the other 4'39 minutes. But these two are a little bit longer that the version on the GEMS cd .The mix is a bit different at the end !

There are two different versions from the Mirage era : one is 4'36 minutes (I call it "Raw Mix") and the other 5'40 minutes (known as "Angry Version"). The orchestration and the singing are completly different. I get the raw mix on Audiogalaxy. I think someone called "bjk3047" had it in its library. I don't remember exactly. So i was crazy to hear that version, it sounds more live

To resume here are the five versions :
1*tusk outtake or soft version 1 * 4.20
2*soft version 2 * 4'35
3*soft version 3 * 4'39
4*raw mix * 4'36
5*angry version * 5'40

I hope this song will appear on the new mac album. It's really one of my favorite and i think Stevie should deliver it properly.
Bye from now.
omshiva

PS . On a CD called "Amy's Stevie Comp-Ebony Eyes", there is apparently an outtake of "landslide". Is this real ?

[estranged4life]

said "PS . On a CD called "Amy's Stevie Comp-Ebony Eyes", there is apparently an outtake of "landslide". Is this real ?"...It's just a live version I would say from the 1975 era, I have that cd ("Amy's Stevie Comp"...) and wondered why it was listed as an "Outtake"...Brian

[Sorcerer386]

I never heard the Tusk, aka soft version of Smile at You, and I don't think I'd want to. This song has so much anger and energy in it that it SHOULD NEVER be soft. The Mirage version is great, and if this song DOES end up on the new album, I hope it's comparable to that. One thing I noticed on Smile at You, the beginning piano part sounds just like the piano part of Rhiannon at the beginning on the Dance. I wonder if Smile At You is one of those Rhiannon chord songs. Anyone know?

[ERigby818]

I think it's definitely worth hearing. The soft version is more sad, more piano-dominated than guitar, and the way she sings the melody is really beautiful. She's not "FLAMING" so much in this one.
The angry version definitely makes more sense and it's probably better sung that way, but both are gorgeous.

-Sonia