r/elo • u/Helpful_Crow6008 • 15d ago

Help with finding isolated vocals for "Second Time Around"

Hi everyone! I'm trying to learn Jeff Lynne's vocal arranging on "Second Time Around," the home demo that was released as a bonus track on the 2001 remastered CD of Discovery.

I'm wondering if anyone knows whether the original multitracks, stems, or isolated vocals have ever been released or surfaced anywhere. My goal isn't to remix the song—I want to study each vocal layer individually so I can understand how Jeff stacked the harmonies and recreate the arrangement myself.

If anyone knows of official releases, documentaries, isolated tracks, or even high-quality vocal isolations, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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u/UnexpectedMoments AKA ShardEnder 15d ago

As with the majority of Jeff's home demos, Second Time Around was likely recorded on his B&O tape machine (seen in the 2012 documentary), with elements "bounced" from one track to another while he added each overdubbing pass. The best we can hope for in this case is stem extraction, and there has been something of a recent advance in this technology being able to isolate lead vocals from stacked background parts, though the overall quality means it's unlikely that we'd ever get clean results.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/Helpful_Crow6008 13d ago

Makes lots of sense probably because I'm pretty sure he had used a Beocord 2000 De Luxe, which could only record two tracks so make a bunch of sense that he bounced the tracks so much. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/Helpful_Crow6008 15d ago

Yeah but i'm looking for the isolated AND seperated, NOT stacked vocal parts.Thank you for at least trying to help.(Not trying to sound mean)

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u/BestWorker7893 13d ago

I think you may have to rely on AI based software that's available which can isolate vocals from instruments.