Stevie Ray Vaughan – THE SOUL TO SOUL REHEARSALS (2CD) Compact Disc Double

FASCINATING EARLY VERSIONS & INSTRUMENTAL TAKES OF SRV’s THIRD ALBUMStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s third studio album, Soul To Soul, was released on September 30, 1985, by Epic Records. Vaughan wrote four of the record’s ten tracks; two songs were released as singles. The album went to #34 on the Billboard 200 chart and the music video for ‘Change It’ received regular rotation on MTV. In 1999, a reissue of the album was released, which includes an audio interview segment and studio outtakes. Recording sessions and rehearsals for the album  took place between March and May 1985 at the Recording sessions and rehearsals for the album  took place between March and May 1985 at the Dallas Sound Lab in Dallas, Texas. And it was during this period that the material now included on this new double CD collection was laid down. While the completed album remains a dynamic and wholly enjoyable listening experience for those SRV enthusiasts who remain satisfied with the final choices of takes decided upon by the group, the producer and no doubt the record company too, for those of us who would like nothing more than to delve a little deeper and to hear – probably for the first time – the recording process as it occurred almost 40 years ago now – this collection will serve us well.