The Record Plant Studio , Sausalito, CA, July 27, 1981 (Monday)
Beautiful Visions Outtakes
Source: Studio Recording Sessions
Lineage: CDR >EAC (secure/offset correct) > WAV > Flac Frontend v1.1.1a (level 8) align on sector boundaries > Flac
Artwork Included
01. Scandinavia (Instrumental)
02. Daring Night 1
03. Daring Night 2 (Instrumental)
Cleaning Windows (1) removed because it was used on the commercial release
04. Down The Road I Go
05. Celtic Ray
06. All Saints Day (Instrumental)
07. Instrumental
08. Cleaning Windows (2) (Dirty Old Man or Ladder Version)
OU: These are demo recordings from the Beautiful Vision sessions in 1981 by Van. Interesting and rare collection of demo recordings. Mark Knopfler and Rob Wasserman plays on at least track 7 but probably also on some other songs. Interesting collection of demo recordings, and noteable that some of the songs that were left out of the album are better than some of the ones that were released
Very good sound quality.
Sometimes track order and names circulates like this
Tracks
01. Daring Night [2]
02. Down The Road I Go [4]
03. Scandinavia [1]
04. Instrumental [6]
05. Celtic Ray [5]
06. Instrumental [7]
07. Cleaning Windows [8]
08. Instrumental [3]
[ ] - current track number to match artwork and name of track
PLEASE NOTE
I changed and renamed the track numbers to match the order of the Outtakes Artwork. Also notice Cleaning Windows (1) is removed because it is on the commercial release. See recording notes below you are not missing much because Mark Knopfler is not as audible as Michie's on the final release
Musicians
Van - guitar, electric piano and vocals
Chris Michie - guitar
Chris Hayes - guitar
David Hayes - bass
Tom Donlinger - drums
Mark Isham - synthesizer, trumpet
John Allair - organ
Pee Wee Ellis - tenor saxophone and baritone saxophones, flute
Pauline Lozana - backing vocals
Annie Stocking - backing vocals
Bianca Thornton - backing vocals
Guest Appearances
Herbie Armstrong - acoustic guitar on "Scandinavia"
Peter Van Hooke - drums on "Scandinavia"
Sean Fulsom - uilleann pipes on "Celtic Ray"
Rob Wasserman - bass guitar on "Cleaning Windows"
Mark Knopfler - guitar on "Cleaning Windows"
Gary Mallaber - drums on "Cleaning Windows"
Michele Segan - percussion on "Cleaning Windows"
Recording Notes: The first recording session started in May 1981 at The Record Plant studios, Sausalito, California, near the Golden Gate, San Francisco. Although only "Scandinavia" was released on Beautiful Vision from this session, "Cleaning Windows" and "Celtic Ray" were re-recorded for Beautiful Vision in later sessions. All the other songs or instrumentals were included on one of Van's later albums: the instrumentals "All Saints Day" and "Daring Night" appeared with lyrics on the albums Hymns to the Silence and Avalon Sunset and "Down the Road I Go" was renamed "Down the Road" and was used as the title track on Down the Road. These recordings were dropped because Morrison wanted to take the album in a different direction. Keyboardist Jef Labes, who contributed to this session but did not appear on the album, said the session was mostly "early versions of songs that he later re-recorded, [he was] just trying various things". However guitarist Herbie Armstrong believed that the sessions were much more focused. He remembered that they spent "quite a while in San Francisco recording ... [before Van decided] to go a different direction and ... change things around a bit."
On July 27 Morrison entered the recording studio to record "Cleaning Windows" and "Aryan Mist". Van brought in different musicians for this session, including his former drummer Gary Mallaber and guitarist Mark Knopfler. Morrison concluded recording in the summer, when he recorded the rest of the songs for the album. Four songs were not used from this session, including the future singles "Real Real Gone" and "Tore Down a la Rimbaud". Neither Knopfler nor Herbie Armstrong were able to produce the guitar tone Morrison wanted, so engineer Jim Stern suggested Chris Michie: "I got the call when I was doing a session in San Francisco. Van's producer Jim Stern said 'Can you get to the Plant [in Sausalito] in twenty minutes?' I said 'Yeah.' I walked into the studio with my gear as the band and Van were doing ... basic tracks. I was set up and playing before the end of the song 'She Gives Me Religion'". Michie later added lead guitar overdubs to "Cleaning Windows" and "Aryan Mist". Knopfler's contributions were still featured on the final release, but are not as audible as Michie's
added notes by happy jack; received in 2005? with removed track and artwork; added info. text
added flac fingerprint; SBEs checked and passed
A Must Have for Fans - just for the Cleaning Windows (Dirty Old Man) alone is Fantastic
Awesome sound Do NOT Sell !!!!!
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