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Postby bellairepark73 » Tue Oct 06, 2020 3:48 am

This CD was set to come out this month. The date is pushed back to 12/4/2020. Unknown reason as to why. It seems to be a CD with completely new sketches (acoustic) and mixes. Not bootleg even though the label itself hasn't put any word out on it. I ordered myself...even though it is pretty pricey but I want to have a physical unit in my hand to help promote and boost TRACES sales.
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby Art Vandelay » Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:13 pm

A Google search shows that it's available on other CD import websites as well, and at a cheaper price than FYE. No specific information about the CD on any of the sites, though, other than it being a Japanese import.
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby STORY_TELLER » Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:21 am

I've been keeping this experience under my hat, but I've known about the acoustic recordings for a looong time and was hesitant to say anything.

The reason is because I heard it first hand from Steve Perry himself and I was unsure if I was allowed to share.

Funny story for you.

My sister called me at work. I don't answer. She calls again immediately. I'm thinking it's an emergency so I answer. She sounds panicked tells me she has someone with her who I must speak with. She puts a guy on the phone who says “hi, I hear you're a really big fan of mine.”

I'm like... Huh? There's something familiar about this guy's voice but I can't place it.

I'm at work under deadline so I'm a little short with the guy. I ask who I'm speaking with.

He asks me, "who am I a fan of?" Now I'm recognizing the voice. It's Steve.

I say his name and he laughs says surprise.

My sister ran into him in West Hollywood (back in early February). When I say ran into, I mean she accosted him, lol... He was at an eatery they both frequent. No I won't tell you which one. She said he sat a table near her and she recognized him instantly. He was rather surprised by that, said a lot of people come up to him thinking he's Jon BonJovi (if you can believe that).

She started by gushing about her own fandom. Talked about being introduced to Randy Jackson by a work relationship. Told Steve how she wasn’t interested in Randy for American Idol, she was interested in his time in Journey. They took a selfie together, then she went on about me and how I was responsible for her exposure to Journey and that her first concert was going with me to see Steve’s FTLOSM tour at the beacon in NYC. Steve said call your brother so i can talk to him.

We spoke for about 4 minutes.

Steve thanked me for my support on Traces. AT THAT TIME, he told me about his plans for his next release was acoustic recordings of 7 songs from that album, and then he was moving on from it. He said he’s releasing on Vinyl, but will also be available in other formats. Really pushed the vinyl though.


This can be corroborated by Laura. I sent her a private message back in February. Much of what you just read was cut and pasted from it with a few alterations. It's still sitting unread in my private message outbox so I'm pretty sure she never saw it. It's date stamped though. She can still read it if she wants now. Of course I have the selfie she took with him and I can visually prove she's my sister too, lol... Crazy this all happened before Covid changed the world...

The reason I reached out to Laura was to find out if it was okay to speak about the release publicly. Steve didn't say either way on the phone but I didn't want to betray a confidence if one was implied.

Anyway, it was absolutely surreal to speak with him. He was incredibly kind and gracious. I think he really liked surprising me like that. I certainly liked that he did it. My sense of him is he's a very deep and introspective person. He puts a great deal of thought into things.

Good guy, I hope I get to talk with him again someday.
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby bellairepark73 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:01 pm

Would love to see that picture. Congratulations on that phone encounter. Cool!
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby bellairepark73 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:08 pm

STORY_TELLER wrote:I've been keeping this experience under my hat, but I've known about the acoustic recordings for a looong time and was hesitant to say anything.

The reason is because I heard it first hand from Steve Perry himself and I was unsure if I was allowed to share.

Funny story for you.

My sister called me at work. I don't answer. She calls again immediately. I'm thinking it's an emergency so I answer. She sounds panicked tells me she has someone with her who I must speak with. She puts a guy on the phone who says “hi, I hear you're a really big fan of mine.”

I'm like... Huh? There's something familiar about this guy's voice but I can't place it.

I'm at work under deadline so I'm a little short with the guy. I ask who I'm speaking with.

He asks me, "who am I a fan of?" Now I'm recognizing the voice. It's Steve.

I say his name and he laughs says surprise.

My sister ran into him in West Hollywood (back in early February). When I say ran into, I mean she accosted him, lol... He was at an eatery they both frequent. No I won't tell you which one. She said he sat a table near her and she recognized him instantly. He was rather surprised by that, said a lot of people come up to him thinking he's Jon BonJovi (if you can believe that).

She started by gushing about her own fandom. Talked about being introduced to Randy Jackson by a work relationship. Told Steve how she wasn’t interested in Randy for American Idol, she was interested in his time in Journey. They took a selfie together, then she went on about me and how I was responsible for her exposure to Journey and that her first concert was going with me to see Steve’s FTLOSM tour at the beacon in NYC. Steve said call your brother so i can talk to him.

We spoke for about 4 minutes.

Steve thanked me for my support on Traces. AT THAT TIME, he told me about his plans for his next release was acoustic recordings of 7 songs from that album, and then he was moving on from it. He said he’s releasing on Vinyl, but will also be available in other formats. Really pushed the vinyl though.


This can be corroborated by Laura. I sent her a private message back in February. Much of what you just read was cut and pasted from it with a few alterations. It's still sitting unread in my private message outbox so I'm pretty sure she never saw it. It's date stamped though. She can still read it if she wants now. Of course I have the selfie she took with him and I can visually prove she's my sister too, lol... Crazy this all happened before Covid changed the world...

The reason I reached out to Laura was to find out if it was okay to speak about the release publicly. Steve didn't say either way on the phone but I didn't want to betray a confidence if one was implied.

Anyway, it was absolutely surreal to speak with him. He was incredibly kind and gracious. I think he really liked surprising me like that. I certainly liked that he did it. My sense of him is he's a very deep and introspective person. He puts a great deal of thought into things.

Good guy, I hope I get to talk with him again someday.


Thanks for sharing that. That was very kind of you. I saw CD format but no vinyl...yet. Maybe that's why the date was pushed backed to 12/4?

Once again...with the sadness of today, thank you for that.
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby UrbanCoyote » Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:42 am

found this on a couple sites

Most of All (Radio Mix)
No Erasin' (Acoustic)
I Need You (Acoustic)
No More Cryin' (Acoustic)
Most of All (Stripped)
We're Still Here (Acoustic)
You Belong to Me (Stripped)
Sun Shines Gray (Acoustic)

https://www.cdenlp.eu/a-61177056/pop-ro ... escription

https://www.imusic.dk/music/08880721747 ... ketches-cd
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby STORY_TELLER » Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:46 am

bellairepark73 wrote:Would love to see that picture. Congratulations on that phone encounter. Cool!


Trying to post it but the board is saying "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."? There is no other attachment on this board that I see.

I tried to send to you via PM but I got two error messages: "the extension jpg is not allowed" and "the extension png is not allowed".


Maybe Andrew can help?
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby STORY_TELLER » Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:52 am

bellairepark73 wrote:
STORY_TELLER wrote:I've been keeping this experience under my hat, but I've known about the acoustic recordings for a looong time and was hesitant to say anything.

The reason is because I heard it first hand from Steve Perry himself and I was unsure if I was allowed to share.

Funny story for you.

My sister called me at work. I don't answer. She calls again immediately. I'm thinking it's an emergency so I answer. She sounds panicked tells me she has someone with her who I must speak with. She puts a guy on the phone who says “hi, I hear you're a really big fan of mine.”

I'm like... Huh? There's something familiar about this guy's voice but I can't place it.

I'm at work under deadline so I'm a little short with the guy. I ask who I'm speaking with.

He asks me, "who am I a fan of?" Now I'm recognizing the voice. It's Steve.

I say his name and he laughs says surprise.

My sister ran into him in West Hollywood (back in early February). When I say ran into, I mean she accosted him, lol... He was at an eatery they both frequent. No I won't tell you which one. She said he sat a table near her and she recognized him instantly. He was rather surprised by that, said a lot of people come up to him thinking he's Jon BonJovi (if you can believe that).

She started by gushing about her own fandom. Talked about being introduced to Randy Jackson by a work relationship. Told Steve how she wasn’t interested in Randy for American Idol, she was interested in his time in Journey. They took a selfie together, then she went on about me and how I was responsible for her exposure to Journey and that her first concert was going with me to see Steve’s FTLOSM tour at the beacon in NYC. Steve said call your brother so i can talk to him.

We spoke for about 4 minutes.

Steve thanked me for my support on Traces. AT THAT TIME, he told me about his plans for his next release was acoustic recordings of 7 songs from that album, and then he was moving on from it. He said he’s releasing on Vinyl, but will also be available in other formats. Really pushed the vinyl though.


This can be corroborated by Laura. I sent her a private message back in February. Much of what you just read was cut and pasted from it with a few alterations. It's still sitting unread in my private message outbox so I'm pretty sure she never saw it. It's date stamped though. She can still read it if she wants now. Of course I have the selfie she took with him and I can visually prove she's my sister too, lol... Crazy this all happened before Covid changed the world...

The reason I reached out to Laura was to find out if it was okay to speak about the release publicly. Steve didn't say either way on the phone but I didn't want to betray a confidence if one was implied.

Anyway, it was absolutely surreal to speak with him. He was incredibly kind and gracious. I think he really liked surprising me like that. I certainly liked that he did it. My sense of him is he's a very deep and introspective person. He puts a great deal of thought into things.

Good guy, I hope I get to talk with him again someday.


Thanks for sharing that. That was very kind of you. I saw CD format but no vinyl...yet. Maybe that's why the date was pushed backed to 12/4?

Once again...with the sadness of today, thank you for that.


Honestly, I have no idea either way. I just know what he said of his plan at the time. He also said it would be 7 songs specifically, but it looks like he added the radio mix of "most of all". That does track with what he said about 7 acoustic versions. Looks like he added the non-acoustic most of all after consideration. More is always better of course. :) We talked a bit about the difference of sound experience between CD/download and Vinyl, which is his preference. I told him I didn't have a turntable but I'd buy one now. After that conversation, how could I not?

I will say, based on what he said, Traces is VERY important to him. VERY personal. I don't think commercialism drove him on any level in crafting these songs.
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby bellairepark73 » Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:56 am

STORY_TELLER wrote:
bellairepark73 wrote:
STORY_TELLER wrote:I've been keeping this experience under my hat, but I've known about the acoustic recordings for a looong time and was hesitant to say anything.

The reason is because I heard it first hand from Steve Perry himself and I was unsure if I was allowed to share.

Funny story for you.

My sister called me at work. I don't answer. She calls again immediately. I'm thinking it's an emergency so I answer. She sounds panicked tells me she has someone with her who I must speak with. She puts a guy on the phone who says “hi, I hear you're a really big fan of mine.”

I'm like... Huh? There's something familiar about this guy's voice but I can't place it.

I'm at work under deadline so I'm a little short with the guy. I ask who I'm speaking with.

He asks me, "who am I a fan of?" Now I'm recognizing the voice. It's Steve.

I say his name and he laughs says surprise.

My sister ran into him in West Hollywood (back in early February). When I say ran into, I mean she accosted him, lol... He was at an eatery they both frequent. No I won't tell you which one. She said he sat a table near her and she recognized him instantly. He was rather surprised by that, said a lot of people come up to him thinking he's Jon BonJovi (if you can believe that).

She started by gushing about her own fandom. Talked about being introduced to Randy Jackson by a work relationship. Told Steve how she wasn’t interested in Randy for American Idol, she was interested in his time in Journey. They took a selfie together, then she went on about me and how I was responsible for her exposure to Journey and that her first concert was going with me to see Steve’s FTLOSM tour at the beacon in NYC. Steve said call your brother so i can talk to him.

We spoke for about 4 minutes.

Steve thanked me for my support on Traces. AT THAT TIME, he told me about his plans for his next release was acoustic recordings of 7 songs from that album, and then he was moving on from it. He said he’s releasing on Vinyl, but will also be available in other formats. Really pushed the vinyl though.


This can be corroborated by Laura. I sent her a private message back in February. Much of what you just read was cut and pasted from it with a few alterations. It's still sitting unread in my private message outbox so I'm pretty sure she never saw it. It's date stamped though. She can still read it if she wants now. Of course I have the selfie she took with him and I can visually prove she's my sister too, lol... Crazy this all happened before Covid changed the world...

The reason I reached out to Laura was to find out if it was okay to speak about the release publicly. Steve didn't say either way on the phone but I didn't want to betray a confidence if one was implied.

Anyway, it was absolutely surreal to speak with him. He was incredibly kind and gracious. I think he really liked surprising me like that. I certainly liked that he did it. My sense of him is he's a very deep and introspective person. He puts a great deal of thought into things.

Good guy, I hope I get to talk with him again someday.


Thanks for sharing that. That was very kind of you. I saw CD format but no vinyl...yet. Maybe that's why the date was pushed backed to 12/4?

Once again...with the sadness of today, thank you for that.


Honestly, I have no idea either way. I just know what he said of his plan at the time. He also said it would be 7 songs specifically, but it looks like he added the radio mix of "most of all". That does track with what he said about 7 acoustic versions. Looks like he added the non-acoustic most of all after consideration. More is always better of course. :) We talked a bit about the difference of sound experience between CD/download and Vinyl, which is his preference. I told him I didn't have a turntable but I'd buy one now. After that conversation, how could I not?

I will say, based on what he said, Traces is VERY important to him. VERY personal. I don't think commercialism drove him on any level in crafting these songs.


Story Teller, it has been publicly confirmed! Thanks for sharing with us: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-p ... J1nuhO1q2Y
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby STORY_TELLER » Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:39 am

bellairepark73 wrote:Story Teller, it has been publicly confirmed! Thanks for sharing with us: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-p ... J1nuhO1q2Y


Yep. When we spoke he said this was the last output for Traces and after this he was moving on. He repeated that here in this interview:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ste ... 15121.html

Bellaire, I made a sincere attempt to post and PM the selfie I mentioned but I keep getting error messages from the board. Even reached out to Andrew but he didn't respond. If you want you can PM me your email address and I can send it to you there.
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby bellairepark73 » Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:42 am

STORY_TELLER wrote:
bellairepark73 wrote:Story Teller, it has been publicly confirmed! Thanks for sharing with us: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-p ... J1nuhO1q2Y


Yep. When we spoke he said this was the last output for Traces and after this he was moving on. He repeated that here in this interview:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ste ... 15121.html

Bellaire, I made a sincere attempt to post and PM the selfie I mentioned but I keep getting error messages from the board. Even reached out to Andrew but he didn't respond. If you want you can PM me your email address and I can send it to you there.


Sure thing Story Teller and I appreciate the effort. Look for my pm
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby Andrew » Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:28 pm

STORY_TELLER wrote:
bellairepark73 wrote:Would love to see that picture. Congratulations on that phone encounter. Cool!


Trying to post it but the board is saying "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."? There is no other attachment on this board that I see.

I tried to send to you via PM but I got two error messages: "the extension jpg is not allowed" and "the extension png is not allowed".


Maybe Andrew can help?


Bugger knows mate...

But awesome story. How cool of Steve :)
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby Lora » Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:03 am

STORY_TELLER wrote:I've been keeping this experience under my hat, but I've known about the acoustic recordings for a looong time and was hesitant to say anything.

The reason is because I heard it first hand from Steve Perry himself and I was unsure if I was allowed to share.

Funny story for you.

My sister called me at work. I don't answer. She calls again immediately. I'm thinking it's an emergency so I answer. She sounds panicked tells me she has someone with her who I must speak with. She puts a guy on the phone who says “hi, I hear you're a really big fan of mine.”

I'm like... Huh? There's something familiar about this guy's voice but I can't place it.

I'm at work under deadline so I'm a little short with the guy. I ask who I'm speaking with.

He asks me, "who am I a fan of?" Now I'm recognizing the voice. It's Steve.

I say his name and he laughs says surprise.

My sister ran into him in West Hollywood (back in early February). When I say ran into, I mean she accosted him, lol... He was at an eatery they both frequent. No I won't tell you which one. She said he sat a table near her and she recognized him instantly. He was rather surprised by that, said a lot of people come up to him thinking he's Jon BonJovi (if you can believe that).

She started by gushing about her own fandom. Talked about being introduced to Randy Jackson by a work relationship. Told Steve how she wasn’t interested in Randy for American Idol, she was interested in his time in Journey. They took a selfie together, then she went on about me and how I was responsible for her exposure to Journey and that her first concert was going with me to see Steve’s FTLOSM tour at the beacon in NYC. Steve said call your brother so i can talk to him.

We spoke for about 4 minutes.

Steve thanked me for my support on Traces. AT THAT TIME, he told me about his plans for his next release was acoustic recordings of 7 songs from that album, and then he was moving on from it. He said he’s releasing on Vinyl, but will also be available in other formats. Really pushed the vinyl though.


This can be corroborated by Laura. I sent her a private message back in February. Much of what you just read was cut and pasted from it with a few alterations. It's still sitting unread in my private message outbox so I'm pretty sure she never saw it. It's date stamped though. She can still read it if she wants now. Of course I have the selfie she took with him and I can visually prove she's my sister too, lol... Crazy this all happened before Covid changed the world...

The reason I reached out to Laura was to find out if it was okay to speak about the release publicly. Steve didn't say either way on the phone but I didn't want to betray a confidence if one was implied.

Anyway, it was absolutely surreal to speak with him. He was incredibly kind and gracious. I think he really liked surprising me like that. I certainly liked that he did it. My sense of him is he's a very deep and introspective person. He puts a great deal of thought into things.

Good guy, I hope I get to talk with him again someday.


Sorry. I just saw this and hadn't seen the message you sent me. Like so many others, I have been trying to deal with the shitstorm of life these past months and haven't had much time to hang out here. I'm really happy for you and glad you were able to speak with Steve! Yep, he's a good guy. :)
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby STORY_TELLER » Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:40 am

Lora wrote:Sorry. I just saw this and hadn't seen the message you sent me. Like so many others, I have been trying to deal with the shitstorm of life these past months and haven't had much time to hang out here. I'm really happy for you and glad you were able to speak with Steve! Yep, he's a good guy. :)


No worries, I kind of figured it was something like that. 2020 has indeed been a shitstorm for all of us.

Could I trouble you to please look at the PM when you have time? There's some things in there that I left out of the public post. No rush :wink:
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby youkeepmewaiting » Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:25 pm

I like Traces but I don't know how need there is for a stripped back mellow version of what is already a stripped back mellow album
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Re: NEW TRACES Alternative CD

Postby bellairepark73 » Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:22 am

youkeepmewaiting wrote:I like Traces but I don't know how need there is for a stripped back mellow version of what is already a stripped back mellow album


From what I hear on the new acoustic version of MOST OF ALL, it seems lighter and brighter. The piano is more pronounced and his vocals really come through. I think you might enjoy it.
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