Here's 'Pretty Baby', the OAV (original album version), y'know, the one VC [and her producer/arranger Ron Fair] made b/f the radio/video version, which I'll work on next. I'll never forget that time when someone said -- I think it was over here around these parts a while back -- that they almost cried when they saw the official notation of this song (in VC's BNN songbook) b/c they were so disappointed in how crappy it was, Lol.
So I decided to do something about it by cooking this up, and in so doing came up with this, since I've wanted to do it for years. I did it as close to the actual song as possible -- which was kinda difficult b/c VC improvises (on the piano, which I believe was Ron Fair's brainchild) more in this studio recording then she does any other song [I can think of] during her career as a recording artist -- but I finally got it done, fortunately. Moreover I derived the piano melody from the guitar (similar to what Sobriquet has done also for one of her arrangements, lol), since the piano isn't used quite as much in this song... which is kind of a good thing b/c it made the job easier. I also believe that Ron Fair plays the keyboards (it sounds like the glockenspiel) during the bridge [if not, then it was VC], like he did in much of 'Twilight' -- perhaps except the small piano parts at the end of the choruses, which VC also does -- on VC's debut record.
This arrangement is also done in a way for those of you that either can't or don't wanna sing along while playing so that it won't sound so boring and monotonous, whether to you or anyone within earshot.
If there's any problems lemme know and I'll correct them later on. But in the meantime I have a bunch other (transcription & notation) projects to get to & work on, so with that said, I hope y'all enjoy this one.
