Artist:Stevie Nicks
Song:Not Fade Away
Album:Complete Studio Albums & Rarities
Yesterday I talked about discography orphans. Today I have another discography orphan that shows what record companies will do to get money out of you. Most music fans should be familiar with Stevie Nicks from her Fleetwood Mac days and solo hits like Stop Draggin' My Heart Around. She hasn't been as successful in recent years. She last had a Gold album in 2001. But she still records occasionally and she tours solo and with Fleetwood Mac. Her 2011 recording of Not Fade Away is from the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly released by Verve Forecast Records. Of course tribute albums are one way for record companies to get money out of you. In fact Fantasy Records released a similar tribute album around the same time called Rave On Buddy Holly. And it has different artists. Listen to Me: Buddy Holly was produced by Peter Asher. He was one half of Peter & Gordon in the 60s and has been a successful producer since the 70s. This is a CD, DVD and a PBS TV special. Stevie Nicks leads off the album with Not Fade Away. Waddy Wachtel plays the guitar solo. Other musicians are Leland Sklar on bass and Russell Kunkel on drums. They are Los Angeles studio musicians. Other artists who appear on this album include Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, Ringo Starr and Lyle Lovett. The DVD has mostly different artists but Stevie Nicks is on both. The problem is the CD and the DVD are out of print. Recently Warner's Rhino label released the 10CD Stevie Nicks box set Complete Studio Albums & Rarities. This has all of Stevie Nicks' solo albums and two CDs of rarities. That's the only place you will find Stevie Nicks' recording of Not Fade Away. Sometimes labels release these kind of rarities albums separately. But Warners didn't do that. So rabid Stevie Nicks fans have to buy this box set to complete their collection. Other rarities include Blue Lamp from the 1981 film Heavy Metal and Sleeping Angel from the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I guess I would like to see Warners release the rarities CDs separately for collectors. But I don't see them doing it. Here's Stevie Nicks performing Not Fade Away on the Listen to Me: Buddy Holly DVD.
What a shame that you have to spend big bucks just to get one song or a couple of songs by an artist. I know this deal all to well. Been there, and done that. It's sad, but it's business for these people and they want to make money and that is how they go about it. Thanks so much Frank. I appreciate the information sir. David.
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