GYPSY MOON

Happy Birthday, Stevie! (1948)

Stevie's essential demos and outtakes:

 S - songs, Part 1.

* indicates unreleased songs.

Sable On Blonde - ever since the Deluxe Edition of The Wild Heart was released in 2016 I've been obsessed with this outtake.

Sanctuary * - a great song from the Bella Donna recordings, for some reason Stevie has never recorded it again.

She Loves Him Still - this is from the Rock A Little recordings in 1984. Stevie rerecorded it in 2014 for 24 Karat Gold.

Secret Love - cute demo from the Tusk recordings that became the lead single of the In Your Dreams album in 2011.

Smile At You - probably Stevie's angriest song. This is from the Mirage sessions but there's also a beautiful demo from the Tusk sessions. A toned down version was eventually recorded for Say You Will in 2003.

Sisters Of The Moon - I went with the piano demo because it's absolutely wonderful but every version of this song is great, like this other demo with background vocals by Christine. And just in case someone hasn't seen it yet, here's the absolutely epic live version from 1982.

Stevie's essential demos and outtakes:

 P-R - songs

* indicates unreleased songs.

Planets Of The Universe - beautiful demo from the Rumours sessions. The song ended up on Stevie's solo album in 2001.

Rhiannon - dramatic piano demo from 1978 when Stevie wanted to rerecord the song for her movie project. Lots of rambling at the beginning ("Lindsey, don't you think Rhiannon is a beautiful name?")

Rich Old Lady (Mystical Love) * - a kind of rough take from the Bella Donna sessions, Stevie is sort of figuring out the structure of the song while playing the piano.

Running Through The Garden - from the Rock a Little sessions, it would've been great on the album but instead it ended up on Fleetwood Mac's "Say You Will" album from 2003. The album version pales in comparison to this demo but I do like the one time they performed it live.