The Soundstage Sessions Explained

The Soundstage Sessions
Type:	live
Artist:	Stevie Nicks
Cover:	Stevie Nicks - The Soundstage Sessions.png
Released:	March 31, 2009
Recorded:	Oct. 2007–2008
Venue:	Grainger, Chicago
Studio:	Ocean Way, Nashville
Genre:	Rock
Length:	54:25
Label:	Reprise
Producer:	Joe Thomas Stevie Nicks Waddy Wachtel
Prev Title:	Crystal Visions – The Very Best of Stevie Nicks
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	In Your Dreams
Next Year:	2011

The Soundstage Sessions is the tenth album released by American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Although it is the first live album of Nicks' solo career, it was produced to sound like a studio album.

Album information

The Soundstage Sessions was recorded in October 2007 before an intimate audience at WTTW's Grainger Studio in Chicago, with the set list containing 18 songs. In early 2008, Nicks went to Ocean Way Studio in Nashville with director/producer Joe Thomas to add "Nashville strings" and additional vocals to the songs that were to go on the CD. Nicks wanted the CD to sound perfect, and when asked about the project has said "I am as proud of this as anything I’ve ever done in my entire career." ^[1] The album reached #47 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 13,052 and as of February 2011, the album has sold 46,000 copies.^[2]

A cover of Dave Matthews, "Crash Into Me" was released as the lead single.

Deluxe edition

Reprise Records released a Deluxe Edition exclusively through the Warner Bros. Records Store, which is called The Soundstage Sessions: Live in Chicago. The Deluxe Edition is a CD/DVD set, and includes new cover art, a lithograph of Nicks, and free mp3 downloads of "Rhiannon" and "The One".^[3]

DVD and Blu-ray editions

The DVD edition of this performance was released by Reprise Records as Live in Chicago. The Blu-ray edition of this performance has been available exclusively at Sears since December 1, 2008 and features a total of 16 tracks in high-definition. It does not include the performances of Dreams or the orchestral version of Landslide, both of which are included on the DVD edition.

Personnel

• Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine
• Vanessa Carlton – vocals, solo verse on "Circle Dance"
• Sharon Celani – backing vocals
• Lori Nicks – backing vocals
• Jana Anderson – backing vocals
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar, backing vocals
• Ricky Peterson – keyboards
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Darrell Smith – keyboards
• Carlos Rios – guitar
• Al Ortiz – bass
• Jimmy Paxson – drums

Orchestra

• Eric Roth – conductor
• Janice MacDonald – flute
• Deb Stevenson – oboe
• Greg Flint – horn
• Christine Worthing – horn
• Guillaume Combet – violin
• Jennifer Cappelli – violin
• Carmen Llop-Kassinger – violin
• Christine Keiko Abe – violin
• Carol Cook – viola
• Jocelyn Davis-Beck – cello
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Joe Thomas – keyboards

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	47
US Billboard Top Current Rock Albums	15
US Billboard Top Digital Albums	55
US Billboard Top Internet Albums	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stevie Nicks DVD And CD On The Way – What Joe Writes.
2. Ask Billboard: Historic Hot 100 No. 1s, Continued. Billboard.
3. Web site: Pre-Order Stevie Nicks Limited Edition CD/DVD Set . www.jammfactory.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090324064011/http://www.jammfactory.net/wbr/stevienicks/pre-order.html . 2009-03-24.