Sandy Stewart - Cat Dancer & Blue Yonder

Occasionally there are albums that are so hard to come by that they need to be uploaded onto this blog, even if the link to Fleetwood Mac is minimal.

Sandy Stewart was a friend (at least some of the time) of Stevie Nicks', and Stevie even appears doing backing vocals on Sandy's first album Cat Dancer (from 1984). Plus, Sandy did write most of the lyrics to Seven Wonders and contributed to songs on Stevie Nicks albums. The link to Cat Dancer was posted by a couple of people on the Ledge.

The second album by Sandy - Blue Yonder from 1987- is almost impossible to find as it is long out of print. This copy came from John (jrpjr) off the Ledge (no not the usual John who has contributed before).

I personally think that Sandy sounds like Pat Benatar, but others have said she sounds like Martha Davis. You can make up your own mind on this and feel free to drop me a line to let me know what you think.

It is fair to say that this music has dated a little bit since the 1980's but it is still very listenable and enjoyable. It is a sad reflection on the 80's that music from that period is instantly recognisable as such. You can hear stuff from the 1970's or even the 1960's and it can sound as fresh today as it did then.

Don't take this as a criticism of these albums though, dated they may be, but I like them and maybe you will too!

Thanks to everyone who provided links and hopefully putting it up here on the blog will enable more people to hear it.

CAT DANCER
Source: Posted on the Ledge
Bitrate: weird - varies between 128kbps to 205kbps depending on the track
Further Info: http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=283

BLUE YONDER
Source: Emailed to me by Jrpjr from the Ledge (Thanks!!!)
Bitrate: 192kbps (was a .wma file - I converted it to MP3 @ 192kbps)
Further Info: http://www.aor-fm.com/bands/1370_BLUE_YONDER.aspx

http://rapidshare.com/files/177730316/Cat_Dancer.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/177730317/Blue_Yonder.rar