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re: Vaults of Heaven re-visited

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Jan 05:50 pm UTC 09/11/13
In reply to: re: Vaults of Heaven re-visited - Scaramouche 04:24 pm UTC 09/11/13


> > This version has now become my favorite song of Milady/Fur
> > Sarah melody.
>
> This is probably his best ever melody. Gorgeous! The music
> arrangement is perfect on FUR SARAH, and I think lyrics
> are best on VAULTS, although I think 'all these damn
> memories are so cruel and relentless, they'll just haunt
> forever...' is pretty cool!
>
> > Rory's singing is amazing. The way he sings "the rim of the sky" and the last line "free", just beautiful...
>
> As always. Shame a Steinman written/produced Rory Dodd
> album didn't emerge in the 80's, as I think there was talk
> about it, sometime after Bad For Good.

Yeah, I really wish that Jim & Rory would have made an album together after 'Bad For Good'. I mean, 'A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste', 'Making Love' and now 'Vaults Of Heaven'. All brilliant. I have a suspicion that there's probably an album worth of these Rory demos in the "vaults"...

> > Think the piano intro melody works best in 'Rainbow'
> > (Druid's Head) though, because it's so strong a melody on
> > its own. Here it's out of place in my opinion.
>
> Agreed. It could/should be used on something new?
>
> > Had to look what Ray Errol Fox said in 'Confidence Man' cd
> > about Jim's attempt to record 'Milady'. Couldn't agree
> > more with the following.
>
> He also said Jim produced a 9 minute version with Barry
> Manilow, which would be great to hear (someday).

That's what I remembered too ("Steinman's Ninth") but now that I read Ray's text on the cd booklet again it actually says:

"Barry briefly sang it in his act, but objecting, quite reasonably, to the leviathan production it had become, never recorded it..."

So, it seems it was never finished...Still, even a some kind of rough version of the nine minute version would be great to hear (if it exists).


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