Heart of Stone (acoustic and vocals)
 

Since there have been several posts of Gothic Trunk’s remixes of pre-Rumours and Rumours-era songs, I thought I’d post this post-Rumours gem—an acoustic guitar and vocals-only mix of “Heart of Stone.” The results are unbelievably good—

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcNuztXibe4

And this is the vocals-only version:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z1QLTS2ZPXo

This put a tear in my eye. Thanks.

On the chorus, does anyone else notice the straggling vocal that goes LATER(longer) THAN EVERYONE ELSE? Drives me nuts, from a production standpoint. Sure sounds like Stevie. Always has to have the last word. Chhhhaaaaaiiiiinnnnnnnnnnn,yyeeeaaaahhhhh...

[QUOTE=aleuzzi;1293300]Since there have been several posts of Gothic Trunk’s remixes of pre-Rumours and Rumours-era songs, I thought I’d post this post-Rumours gem—an acoustic guitar and vocals-only mix of “Heart of Stone.” The results are unbelievably good—

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcNuztXibe4

Love it! Is it me or this is better than the box set version?

[QUOTE=Villavic;1293307]I think the vocals-only version is definitely better. When all of the voices come in on the chorus, it's magical.

Hearing the vocals-only version is really interesting. I really like Billy's vocals on this. They might be his best on a song that isn't his in FM.

It's great to hear this bit of magic. I remember thinking at the time that Heart of Stone was a much better song than Love Shines which occasionally seemed to plod a little, particularly in the pre-chorus when Billy chimed in. The squeaky frets seem to have been toned down on this edit and I was mystified that some people on earlier threads claimed that they couldn't hear Stevie on this track. She's a bit monotonal here and there, but I'm glad she participated on it. I'm an LB fan, but I think he might have actually spoiled this one a little if he had got his hands on it.