Buckingham Nicks

This is a CD of 15 tracks of artists performing live on air to a two track DAT. One track contains overdubs, the rest features the musicians huddled around a couple of microphones, almost all of this music is acoustic.

The broadcasting station is KCRW, independent public radio for most of Southern California. The show is called: "Morning Becomes Electric", a very proper title. This is great radio, and it transfers to CD as an alternative to just about every other form of art, that you have been forced to undergo...this is a different experience for the ears...this is a pleasure.

With the exception of a couple performances that are a little harsh and disturbed, this is an easy flow, as if one artist finishes and another right by their side begins to play. And the artists? Well, with: Beck, Tori Amos, Lindsey Buckingham, X, Los Lobos, John Cale, Natalie Merchant and a spoken word prelude by Leonard Cohen, many different paths are explored herein over these 64 minutes.

Beck is weird, Los Lobos is cool as a night frog, Lindsey's nylon strings are outta-tune, Tori Amos & John Cale sound a world apart from each other on the exact same piano, Evan & Juliana are hangin' with their Drug Buddy, and Mark Isham sounds like Miles Davis chopped down his family tree!

The sound quality of this disc is as good as it gets, the performances are right in front of you from start to finish. This CD has been produced with great care and is well thought out. No, I don't care for every single song on this but, what I don't find pleasing might be your personal favorite. Some of this music may be of your past, but for me, most of this material is brand spankin' new to my ears.

This is one of the most unique discs that I have listened to in ages. Right here, on this disc...is my kind of radio!
4.5 Stars!!!

I used to listen to this while living in San Fran's Mission District with a houseful of bohemians. Most of us were supported by that city's municipal welfare program (General Assistance, or "G.A."). We did various things to have fun and feel better about ourselves, and this album was one of my favorite things. Someone had brought it home from her used-record store job... I think her name was Holly.

It's only just now, searching for it during this nostalgic evening of clicking-around, that it occurs to me why this compilation is so powerful. It's an album about addiction. This is perhaps most clear from the final track. Search for the lyrics to Wilcox's song. It's a powerful testament to the hope and sadness of recovery. The boat imagery there is wonderful. Take also the Dando & Hatfield track, which chants "I'm too much with myself, I wanna be someone else..."

There's a lot more on here about it beyond that... I mean, just scan the titles. Directly or sideways, this album is all about highs and lows. It's brilliantly compiled -- just wonderful. I could easily sit here for a few minutes and link every single song's title to the topic of substances and addiction. But won't. I have a full life to lead, now.

Natalie Merchant sings like an angel and this album is so cool
every song is a winner!

I bought this collection some ten years ago, and it has aged very, very well. The performances are great, and there's a real cohesion in them in terms of production. Whoever produced the CD really loves music, and must have made many mix tapes in his/her life, because it has the ebb and flow of a really excellent mix tape, with shifting moods and styles. I enjoy quite a bit of it, but the highlights for me are Lucinda Williams' cover of a Nick Drake song, the David Wilcox song, and the Peter Himmelman song, which also features an *amazing*, beautiful, lyrical guitar solo coming straight from the heart. In fact, "Always in Disguise" is really my favorite song overall from this collection. BUY IT TODAY!!!

This compilation is, at the time of writing, the best part of ten years old. And, in my humble opinion, it has never been bettered. Production quality is first rate, performances are almost flawless and the mix of music is spot on. You and yours can't fail to be sucked in by this one. John Cale's first poem blending seemlessly into Tori Amos doing 'Silent all these years', Beck's 'Mexico' is hilarious and wry even after all this time, The Modern's just don't want to end and you won't want them to, Lindsay Buckingham comes up with a magnificent arrangement for an old Fleetwood Mac tune (since copied badly by The Dixie Chicks) and a just wonderful ode to Chet Baker to finish. This is a CD that makes much of modern chill out laughable and shows what can be acheived by a group of people who really love music. It is a primer for the rest of the Rare on Air series and a great place to begin. Grab this while it is still in print.

I just got the CD and the LP and the quality of the music is fabulous. I was sent back decades to the first time I heard this incredible album. The songs are such an amazing blending of two incredible talents! Crying in the Night, Crystal, Long Distance Runner, these are songs that should be listened to over and over and that is exactly what I have been doing since I got it. If you are a Fleetwood Mac fan at all, you must have this compilation by two of their very best!

I found this album in a discount bin at a used record store in 1977. Wow what a find. This has been one of my favorite LP's for 30 years. Luckily my LP is pristine. I just digitalized it using a USB turntable and am enjoying it again on CD. If you ever get a chance to listen, don't pass this gem up. Stevie's voice is full of youth and has all the sweetness and none of the hoarseness that plagued her in later years. Crying in the Night and Races Are Run are highlights with the pre-Mac version of Crystal topping the later version.

I bought this album at a record store in Southern California in 1975 and I still have it! I would love to be able to listen to it on CD. It's a pity and a shame that it isn't available on CD because more people would get to enjoy the duo pre-Fleetwood.

It is true that as of 2007 the owners of this music - Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham have no intentions of releasing this album on CD. My review is merely for the music & potential buyers would be better to find a vinyl copy of the album and hope that the duo change their minds about a re-release. That being said, Buckingham Nicks is a beautifully crafted album. Written by future superstars when they were waiting tables and cleaning apartments, this debut album is as fresh and beautiful today as when it was originally released.
Nicks and Buckingham were in love, and their harmonies here soar differently than they have managed since their merger with Fleetwood Mac. Diehard Mac fans know that Crystal and Don't Let Me Down Again were originally on this album. "Stevi" (as misprinted on the LP) sang with beautiful youth - her trademark raspy voice more tender than in later years. Her songs "Crying In The Night", "Long Distance Winner", and "Races Are Run" are exquisite. Buckingham's guitar playing is exceptional and is showcased on instrumentals as well as extended solos - the highlight of which is on the incredible duet "Frozen Love" - The song which ultimately resulted in the duo being asked to join Fleetwood Mac. Why commercial success tends to come well after such a triumph is hard to understand. This album, however, is a success in every aspect. Thank you Ms. Nicks & Mr. Buckingham - "you're the winner."

As the previous reviewer said, this album has never been released on CD. It is a shame and there are, indeed, pirated CD's out there that were recorded on CD-R's. This means the right people aren't seeing a dime of the sales from it.

The digitization of the recording wasn't all bad but it could have been better in my opinion.

If you are a fan of Fleetwood Mac, you will enjoy this. Beautifully done and very soothing to listen to.

If you're into classical music and Fleetwood Mac then this album is for you! It's actually quite nice! I think this string quartet did a very nice job remaking Fleetwood Mac's masterpieces! It's quite interesting to listen to, especially if you're a big Fleetwood Mac fan! I would most definately recommend this album for big Fleetwood Mac and classical music fans!