Fleetwood Mac

This is the next door neighbor complilation of Fleetwood Mac. You borrowed it to play, maybe cassette tape your favorite songs. otherwise you would have bought the essential LPs from which these songs were culled.

Nothin' sweeps across the mid/late '70's like "Don't Stop", "You Make Lovin' Fun", "Dreams", "Go Your Own Way".

This is a wrong-headed swirl of cuts/hits from "Fleetwood Mac" (1975) "Rumours" (1977) "Tusk" (1979) and various so-called rarities. There is no historically true timeline of compostion and no booklet that explains the intrigue of the songs.

The sound is embarrassingly mediocre, the old scratched LPs have a better sense of depth and detail. This CD is for those who pop it in the Toyota and travel back....

This is a great collection of the Buckingham-Nicks Fleetwood Mac era!!! 36 great songs!!! Almost all of the great stuff from that period is HERE!!! The only true ommissions here seems to be with Warm Ways,Blue Letter and the studio versions of I'm So Afraid and Big Love(they are presented in live versions from The Dance)but thats a very small quibble,pretty much all the great stuff is here,like I sais before!!! And the remastered sound is awesome courtey of pros Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch!!! A great collection of songs from 1975-97!!! Two thumbs up!!! A+

What more can I say? I LOVE Fleetwood Mac, and I still havent thought of ONE song missing!!! ITS GREAT

When Fleetwood mac took a longshot chance on an obscure Los Angeles duo named Buckingham/Nicks, even they probably had no clue just how greatly their fortunes would turn. But the creative chemistry was almost immediate: the Fleetwood Mac album made huge inroads in the US and "Rhiannon" became the greeting card that marked the arrival of Stevie Nicks.

That is where this double CD Best Of picks up the story. For all you whiny purists who grouse that the pre-Buckingham/Nicks material is not here, this is a HITS compilation. It covers a quarter century of a band that centered on the core members (even as they revolved in and out) from 1975 on. While Bob Welch and Peter Green each contributed, they came and went quickly and the alchemy that gelled when the band entered the studio for Rumours, frankly, didn't happen until this line-up was in place. Nicks' sensual spaciness balanced Christine McVie's earthiness, Buckingham's guitar playing brought new spark to the band, and his sonic ingenuity prodded Mick Fleetwood and John McVie to new heights.

Which means that most of these songs are from that incredible one/two punch of "Fleetwood Mac" and "Rumours," with the band baring themselves even as their emotional lives were splintering. It makes songs like "Dreams" drip with emotion, even as "Go Your Own Way" cajoles the lover on the way out the door. It was impossible not to relate to at least something there, making "Rumours" one of the best selling albums of all time.

After that, where would anyone go? Since the relationships had hit their peaks of instability already, the band took advantage of their status to experiment with the wildly ambitious (but overblown) Tusk. Featuring one of the most bizarre top ten singles from a star band ever in the title track, it also has to claim responsibility for the wave of pop songs incorporating marching bands. The mad tinkering was balanced by the hits, which included Nicks' "Gypsy."

By now, the band was also feeling their own personal creative powers, which meant just about all members hitting the solo spotlight (and the bona-fide superstardom of Nicks once Bella Donna emerged). When the band reconvened for Mirage, the results were still pretty...but not revelatory. The album hit number one, both Nicks' "Gypsy" and McVie's "Love In Store" captured the sound, but the fire that burned in "The Chain" was nowhere to be found. Same for Tango in the Night, which often felt like Buckingham's solo work with "Family Man" and "Big Love" leading the parade. Even so, Nicks and McVie balanced things out with "Seven Wonders" and "Little Lies." Buckingham split at this point, and his creative sense was missed on Behind the Mask (represented here by only one song). Even though the band reunited once President Bill Clinton asked them for a performance of "Don't Stop," the only album they recorded together was the live The Dance, and three songs are from that (including Buckingham's solo "Go Insane"). The studio versions would have been better, hence the four star ranking.

However, if you were listening to the radio from the mid-70's through the end of the 80's, these were the songs and sounds that filled the airwaves. For many of us in our 40's and 50's, a great part to the soundtrack of our lives. To this day, "The Chain," "Don't Stop" and "Rhiannon" can lift memories from the past.

Wow, listening to these songs never gets old. They are in many ways musical masterpieces deep with meaning, provocative, and deliver outstanding rock still over thirty years.

This is a great CD to bring to the beach - it's good and long, there are a LOT of [excellent] songs. Actually they are ALL excellent.

Stevie Nicks (one of my favorite female singers) still delivers her one-of-a-kind voice that is as unique and special as she is. If you want a real treat, check out her site at nicksfix.com

Pure timeless rock - 10 Stars!

A definite change from the group's blues past, Rumours is the second album released by the band featuring the classic line up which included, female singer-songwriters, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. The two girls contribute a number of songs here as does the band's front man, Lindsey Buckingham. This line up is seriously different from that of the original group. Originally a blues outfit, things almost got out of hand for the band when guitarist Peter Green left due to metal illness. Instead of calling it a day, they continued on while changing their sound to reflect the growing California soft rock scene. While Green was indeed a blues guitarist, Buckingham took on his role but as a more conventional pop-rock player. This does not mean that Buckingham couldn't play well: just listen to his solo on "Go Your Own Way" for proof that he is still a master of the fret-board.

Even though they are presented as well-produced soft rock numbers, the songs often have deep-meanings. The lyrical complexity of "Oh Daddy", and "Gold Dust Woman" rival that of a lot of progressive rock. This was somewhat rare as alot of soft rock from the 70s had superficial lyrics to match the gloss of the production. And when it comes to 70s soft-rock, Fleetwood Mac was the cream of the crop. Many bands were very much inspired by Mac's sound and approach to songwriting but few, however, reached Mac's height. Maybe it was because they were the best at what they did or maybe it was because of the reputation they had already built as a blues group but Fleetwood Mac quickly became one of the most popular groups of all time. Rumours alone has sold countless copies and is on many "best of" lists. Fleetwood Mac has rightfully taken its place amoung the giants of rock-n-roll even if it took them years and several line up changes to do it. The fact that this band made it through such hardships is what really makes them rock greats.

This is a classic album--really the best of Fleetwood Mac. We had it as a record as a kid and it was time for me to own it. A great one!

I can't think of a better release by any other band. 30 years of listening and it is the only album I can still stand. I remember so many times claiming that a different album is the best of all time. Such as the Wall, Styx's Pieces of 8, Foreigner's Head Games, Journey's Escape. I'm just naming a few but there are many others. Maybe Sgt. Pepper or Pet Sounds would beat out Rumors but I would walk away with Rumors if I had to chose. Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds were before my time anyway.
Lindsey Buckingham really put together a masterpiece here. My favorite song on the album is "Go Your Own Way". What a great breakup song that is! The reason I was checking out the reviews is I was curious who the $#!^ would give Rumors less then 5 stars? The Amazon average is 4.5 stars so some of you turkeys don't know good music. Maybe you put on the Britney Spears on by mistake instead of Rumors. :-)

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as i sit, listening to this album, i'm immediately cocooned in the struggle of the feelings surrounding lost love. the songs on this CD hold you, drain you, move you. after 30 years, it still possesses the power to bring me back to the original struggles i experienced in losing my first love and finding myself, or, at least, finding "not myself". this CD brings you back to the 70s and all that came with it. fantastic classic piece!!!

Fleetwood Mac was one of the most popular bands of all times and this Greatest Hits shows why. Putting it on bought back all of the memories on first hearing the songs. "You Can Go Your Own Way", "Rhiannon" and others you will start humming or singing with right away. Though I was not a big fan when I first heard "Tusk" it is better than I remember and an interesting song. Very good album.

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Glancing through the 100 reviews (so far) on this item, it's obvious that those who are devoted fans of Fleetwood Mac are ready to accept anything sent their way without questioning the title of the album, and hence assign 5 stars, while some others tend to be a little too critical. The only 1-star review was given that assessment because the customer got the wrong CD in the mail! Sort of defeats the purpose of the system wouldn't you say?

Another assigns 2, lamenting the lack of their "hits and great songs from 1967-1974" while another claims that "the only good song is Tusk ... the rest of it is fluff." I tend to agree with most that give it 3 stars and for much the same reasons. First of all, the two pages of liner notes, written in 1988 by Stephen Davis, are rather "lame" - as one reviewer accurately puts it - focusing not on the "greatest hits" aspect of their career but rather on the goings-on at a 1988 concert a Wembley Stadium in London!

As for the contents, to be fair they did do a somewhat decent job of covering their "greatest hits" if you keep in mind that, to most out there, a "hit" denotes the Billboard Pop Hot 100 singles that got them heard on radio/TV, in juke boxes, and sold as 45 rpm singles at record shops (or perhaps those that made the Adult Contemporary (AC), R&B, and Country charts, depending upon the genre and artist). And since their first big such hit didn't come until late 1975's Over My Head (# 20 Hot 100/# 32 AC), I'd say this 1988 release does a fair job of presenting their other 21 hits that followed to that point.

One track - No Questions Asked - is misplaced in a volume so titled since it never was either a "hit" or the B-side to one. They also omit a minor hit (# 55 Hot 100) that came out on Reprise 0883 in early 1970, which is too bad really because that WAS their first charted single, with Part 1 of Oh Well becoming the hit side. It was primarily an instrumental culled from their album Then Play On, containing about 20 seconds of vocal over close to 9 minutes, counting both sides. Their first four hits, in fact, were on Frank Sinatra's Reprise label, the others being Over My Head (mentioned above) - which emerged over five years after Oh Well - along with Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) and Say You Love Me (respectively, # 11 Hot 100/# 33 AC in Spring 1976 and # 11 Hot 100/# 12 AC in late summer 1976).

They also leave out three straight charters from 1980/81, the first being Think About Me (# 20 Hot 100/# 39 AC in spring 1980), Sisters Of The Moon (# 86 Hot 100 in June 1980), and Fireflies (a live recording that hit # 60 Hot 100 in March 1981). As with Sara (# 7 Hot 100/# 13 AC in late 1979/early 1980) and Tusk (# 8 Hot 100 in late 1979, recorded at Dodger Stadium with The USC Trojans Marching Band), both Think About Me and Sisters Of The Moon were culled from the album also titled Tusk.

Other omissions are: Love In Store (# 11 AC/# 22 Hot 100 in late 1982), Oh Diane (# 35 AC in May 1983), Seven Wonders (# 13 AC/# 19 Hot 100 in summer 1987), and Family Man (# 23 AC/# 90 Hot 100 in April 1988). These, along with Big Love (# 5 Hot 100/# 23 AC in spring 1987), Little Lies (# 1 AC for 4 weeks/# 4 Hot 100 in late summer 1987), and Everywhere (# 1 AC for 3 weeks/# 14 Hot 100 in late 1987) were all taken from their album Tango In The Night.

All their hits after Say You Love Me came out on the Warner label and, as the years wore on, and the personnel changed, they became much more popular on the Adult Contemporary, or Easy Listening, charts than on the mainstream Hot 100. In fact, they would have three AC # 1's (the two mentioned above plus As Long As You Follow, which registered late in 1988), but it could only manage a # 43 Hot 100. Their one Hot 100 # 1 was Dreams in May/June 1977, and it also made it to # 11 AC.

The so-called "classic lineup" of Fleetwood Mac consisted of drummer Mick Fleetwood, bassist John McVie, vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie, guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham, and vocalist Stevie Nicks, and this is the gathering that was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1988. You don't get in there by doing "fluff."

If I had to take 1 album with me onto a deserted island, it would be this. It is a great compilation of Fleetwood's best.

Greatest in the case of "Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits" actually epitomizes what a greatest hits album should be all about: ALL hits, no add-ons. This particular CD is thoroughly enjoyable and definitely a must for enthusiasts of true music who, like me, did not purchase their albums when the group was in its prime many years ago. For me, I became a Fleetwood Mac fan after hearing Nikki McKibbin attempt to sing a Stevie Nicks song, Edge of Seventeen, on American Idol a couple of years ago. Nicks was an essential member of Fleetwood Mac and has produced some memorable songs as a solo artist. However, it is Fleetwood Mac - collectively - that has recorded some of the best sounding music ever!!

I stumbled across this little gem (my vinyl copy) cleaning out a cabinet last weekend. Even though I'm a big Buckingham/Nicks fan, "Mystery to Me" will always be my favorite Fleetwood Mac album, even though it pre-dates all the record-breaking records that followed.

The raw creativity is unbelievable, particularly for the early seventies. Ironically, this may explain why it didn't sell more copies. The timing and rhythm of most of the tracks, in particular, make this collection stand out from other music being released at the same time. In most bands you would attribute the percussion and bass (writers McVie and Fleetwood) for defining and holding the rhythms, but clearly the Bobs (Weston and Welch, on guitar) and Christine Perfect McVie (keyboards) were way out there too. I'd love to know who to credit, but thats probably better left to Fleetwood Mac historians.

Its amazing when you think about what happens to musicians when they are hired by Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. First was Peter Green, one of the finest "British Blues" performers of his time ("Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac"), before leaving the band and fading away. Next, (some might disagree) "Mystery to Me" seems to have been the high water mark for Welch and Weston as well, before they left the band. And everyone knows what happened when the unknown duo of Buckingham-Nicks were hired. In a way, the Bobs may take credit for paving the way for (by leaving) one of the greatest pop bands in music history.

"Hypnotized" is a hugely undervalued drug song. I would put it up there with the Byrds "Eight Miles High," and the Beatles "Lucy in the Sky." "Emerald Eyes" and "Just Crazy Love" are two great songs about infatuation. The album ends with my favorite of Christine McVie's many wonderful soft ballads, "Why." And "The City" is a legitimate predecessor to the indy/alternative work that was so popular in the 90s.

Anyway, with "Mystery to Me," its all good. If you want to take a very worthy sniff of where all that creativity was lurking before the McVies and Mick Fleetwood went on to sell 100 million copies, don't cherry pick "Mystery to Me." Buy the whole album. I highly recommend you do.

I really wasn't familiar with early Fleetwood Mac but heard that track "Hypnotized" on a deep tracks radio hour.Had to have it & am still looking for time to hear the rest. I haven't had a chance yet for anything but a quick scan thru but it sounds like I'm really liking the sound of the album tracks overall.

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This album has lots of special memories for me. Back in the day when I would, how shall we say, "self-medicate" myself and throw a stack o' wax on the turntable, this was one of the albums that found it's way on the platter more often than not. MYSTERY TO ME has to be the most soothing album Fleetwood Mac ever put out. "Hypnotized" IMO is one of the best Mac songs EVER! Mention also to the opener, "Emerald eyes", "The city", and "Miles away". This album is Bob Welch's shining moment with Fleetwood Mac, with Christine starting to gain more confidence in her writing. A classic pre Stevie and Lindsey Mac album, perfect for a rainy Saturday afternoon or a fall drive. Get it already!

This album is a kind of in - between album, not longer following their roots. Agree, every change in the band results automatically in a different style and different songs. The following album were heroes are hard to find, (the last album with BOB WELCH) and now Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks joined the band. There first album was called Fleetwood Mac, and sold over 4.500.000 copies, NOT TO CONFUSE with the same titled album inn 1968.
This first album showed the path they left and could be easy compared with RUMOURS.

Before there was Rumours, Fleetwood Mac released their more unknown re-debute, which displayed their new-found pop style, in contrast to the blues rock of the Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac. While not as classic as their smash album, Rumours, this album stands on it's own, actually. It's hardly a developing relic of the sound of Rumours, it doesn't feel like a cheap prototype, nope, it's just more great music, different enough to stand on it's own from Rumours (I don't prefer the music as much as I do from Rumours, but that's not because of style, it's simply a matter of preference).

Aside from the very bland and boring Crystal, your looking at ten great tracks here, no bad songs, but nothing but great pop music. Like the smash hit Rumours, you can tell the different styles of each. As usual, Mcvie writes upbeat, a bit melancholy pop songs, and she still sings in that stunning voice she has. When she slows it down for Warm Ways and Over My Head, it's just as stunning as she is in songs like Say You Love Me. Stevie Nicks, actually gives her absolute best, as her smaller contributions make up for amazing songs. Buckingham is the master of making those bouncy pop songs, and with this album, throws the fantastic I'm So Afraid at the end of the album. While were on the subject of Buckingham, he plays some of his most passionate solos here, from bluesly licks, to sensual, scorching, I agree with the people who say that his playing is underrated (same goes for John's bass playing).

Monday Morning, starting the album, feels like a Monday song, and it does not disappoint with that, while the aforementioned Warm Ways breaks it up with early morning beauty, then is broken up with the emotional Blue Letter. Stevie Nicks gets her first spotlight with Rhiannon (a character from a novel), and she sings in the immortal witch voice that got her in trouble. Mcvie gets two songs in a row, the lovely, easy, gliding Over My Head, that gives the aura of a night carnival, at least for me (probably conjured by the Ferris Wheel simile or whatever), and the poppiest song on the album, Say That You Love Me.

While it might be a cliche to name it so, Landslide is arguably Nicks' best composition. The immortal lyrics, immortal, organic shimmering, the introspection, it's a masterpiece, especially for an acoustic song. World Turning features some of Buckingham's best playing. Scaling some of the tastiest blues licks, like a Jimmy Page but less sexual and bombast, it then goes into a thumping, pulsing beats that will make you move. It kind of fades into mediocrity during the final parts of it, but the first part is not to be mist. Mcvie gets her last song, the poppy Sugar Daddy, with soulful organ and piano. Sure, the lyrics are pretty pedestrian, but considering the marriage problems she was going through, it makes sense she wants a "Sugar Daddy". It's a great song, actually.

They, however, perhaps, save the best for the last. I don't know exactly why I get so much musical value from I'm So Afraid, but it's such a damn good song. Backed by tom-tom like pounding, the organ shimmers and conjures up a mood of melancholy, like Buckingham is singing in the desert, with the sunset in the distance, It seems to give the mood of that, and with absolutely wrenching guitar solos from Buckingham, it turns out to be quite a closer, and great touch with the gongs! Great way to bring this heck of an album home!

It is tempting to label Fleetwood Mac with the rest of the forgettable AOR _______ that, if it disappeared off the face of the Earth, I wouldn't give a _____ (Boston, Journey, Peter Frampton, The Eagles, Styx, Foreigner, etc.), but considering these guys still sound incredibly fresh today, they deserve higher status.

8.5/10

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This album is really . Rumors imho, but sadly, Amazon has yet to rip it for download.

PLEASE PROVIDE THIS FOR DOWNLOAD

Thank you =^.^=

I bought this CD specifically for 'Monday Morning' and the original rendition of 'Rhiannon' and I was not dissapointed. While this isn't their *best* work in my opinion (See 'Rumours' for that!), the music is great...as I say in the title, a good additional for any true fans of Fleetwood Mac!

I intended to purchase the MP3 for Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac (white cover). When I clicked to buy the entire album, the Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac came up, whatever that is. I downloaded the latter by mistake and it IS NOT the Fleetwood Mac that I have in vinyl. In my opinion, it's junk.

By the release of this 1972 record, the mighty Mac had gone through many changes. With their 1971 LP: "Future Games" a new path was taken by these seasoned veterans of music. They had all but abandoned the: 'Heavy' Blues that they were famous for playing, and toned their music down into melodic Folk/Dreamscapes that drifted into new and different places of seashores and wispy breezes. The guitar was as brilliant as ever with Danny Kirwan and American, Bob Welsh's tasty and spooky lead runs.

"Bare Trees" the 1972 Record by Fleetwood Mac is one of their very best from the: "Middle Period" of FM {After Peter Green and before the arrival of Buckingham/Nicks.} There was a problem here, Danny Kirwan, was now the frontman and center of the Group. He was very wary of the Spotlight, and was near the edge emotionally, not your average Rock Star, by any means.

With ten selections here, 5 of them are Danny's, Bob Welch has 2, and the ever wonderful Christine McVie penned 2 as well. The final cut is a poem by Mrs. Scarrot called: "Thoughts On A Grey Day" which fits the Album's mood perfectly, as this record is about colors and dark shades.

It's the songs that make: "Bare Tress" such a great record. "Child Of Mine" is a Rocker from Danny, that takes it's musicial cues from Peter Green, as you can almost feel him in these grooves. "The Ghost" is one of those tunes from Bob, that fill a certain mood, with lot's of echo and a haunting flavor, laid-back and cool. Christine is up to bat with: "Homeward Bound" and it's an uptempo rocker with great piano and organ {Cowbell, included at no extra cost!} "Sunny Side Of Heaven" is an instrumental from Danny, and it is a bit Cinematic in scope {well, I see pictures when I listen to it!}

The Title Track: "Bare Trees" is one of Danny's finest compositions, the guitar interplay here is fantastic. "Sentimental Lady" is Bob Welch's most famous song. This one would hit the charts more than once, and help him to establish a Solo career, after leaving Fleetwood Mac in 1974. Christine, scores again with: "Spare Me A Little Of Your Love" another great song from a great writer, Christine was the secret weapon of Fleetwood Mac as she always delivered quality material to the Big Mac.

Danny's, final track is called: "Dust" and it's a mellow Folk/Rocker with more of that 'Spooky' double-tracked guitar, and lot's of echo in his voice, this sound is common to Fleetwood Mac music in 1971-72, and it's a very distinctive sound that suits the Band well. At The end is Mrs. Scarrot's reading of her poem: "Thoughts On A Grey Day", and that's is all, as "Bare Trees" comes to a close. This is one of Fleetwood Mac's better recordings, and the last one to feature Danny. As this is still only 1972, there would be so much more Drama to this story called: "Fleetwood Mac" over the next three and a half decades that were to follow this LP entitled: "Bare Trees."
Four Stars.

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This is a very overlooked album from the "middle years" of Fleetwood Mac. Post British Blues band and yet pre mega super band with Stevie and Lindsey in the lineup. The album does feature Christine McVie who delivers big with Homeward Bound (nothing like the Simon & Garfunkel song) and Spare Me A Little Of Your Love. Perhaps the main attraction on this album is an earlier version of Bob Welch's Sentimental Lady which he would record as a solo artist for a hit a few years later. I like this early version better as it sounds more stripped down or "bare" compared to the slick production it was given for a late 70's sound. Sentimental Lady is mostly what Welch has become known for over the years, but he delivers another great song here with a sort of brooding yet still upbeat track called The Ghost. His smoky, almost Kermit-like vocals work very well in the songs he is featured in. Danny Kirwan get the title track as well as a great acoustic number called Dust. This is one of the best tracks on the album, and I've been surprised that it doesn't show up on compilations. Really, I've only ever seen Sentimental Lady appear anywhere else, and I think that's a travesty because all of the songs I've mentioned in this review deserve to be heard. The album only pales in comparison to some of the enormous hits produced by other Fleetwood Mac albums. If you didn't know who this band was and had nothing else to compare it to, I think it would stand to be received much more favorably. I have always regretted seeing this album lost as a sort of middle child in the Fleetwood Mac family. It deserves much better. For a start, it should be listened to and judged on its own merits; not compared to other Fleetwood Mac albums.

This is the first Fleetwood Mac recording that I listened to, and it captured me immediately, way back when. In some ways, it's an oddity -- between the earlier blues-band and the later breakout popsters, it captures some of the finest playing and songwriting Mac has ever produced. I particular like Christine McVie (or Perfect, if you prefer, not sure when she switched names), her husky controlled voice works so well on several of these tracks.

Highly recommended.

Lovely guitar work and moody melodies make this very different than the Fleetwood Mac that would soon surface with personnel changes. I like Bob Welch's work on this one.

Does what it says on the tin: lot of great album tracks (Rattlesnake shake, Oh well parts one AND two)

Most by Peter Green, but the rare standout single like Dragonfly, which Green also thought highly of

Someone's gonna get their head kicked in tonight if they don't get this one!

Nice to have the Christine McVie track (Chicken Shack's I'd rather go blind, which is an Ella James track I believe). I like the guitar solo on that

Speaking of guitar players, all 3 of the Mac guitar players (Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Peter Greenbaum) are very well represented herein. Shake your moneymaker (it was a hit in Sweden!) is a hoot - from the first album of the Macs (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, 1968)

I'm leaving a star off cos String a long's not on it; oh, who cares? Great stuff. Albatross, Man of the World, Oh Well, Dragonfly: these are all great tracks to sample if you haven't heard the early group before

WARNING: this is Mac up to 1971 (Dragonfly single) so no Buckingham/Nicks on this package! The Chain is what you want for a compilation of that bands material!!

I'm with David W. Darby (see his "Nice compilation, but not complete or flawless" review) on this one. While this set is easily the best single disc compilation of Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac released to date, hitting nearly all of the highlights with inclusions from several different record labels, it nevertheless still falls ever-so-short of being the perfect set that it could have been. For starters, I would gladly dump the Chicken Shack tune and the re-make of "Albatross" in exchange for "Long Grey Mare," "Show-Biz Blues," and "Love That Burns," which, in my estimation, was the best track on the second album. And "Homework," it could be argued, was the highpoint of the double Blues Jam in Chicago LP, with absolutely smokin' lead guitar from Greeny, yet unfortunately was not included. And how about "Jumping At Shadows," one of my very favourite slow blues tunes with more exquisite guitar from Mr. Green? I realize that one can't have everything, but I'm guessing most long-time fans of the band would make the same trade and ditch those fairly meaningless tunes stuck at the end of this disc.

I am the same age as Peter Green. I was a fan way back when he was leading the British blues band called Fleetwood Mac. I had purchased tickets to see the Mac at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis--this would have been about 1969 or 1970. Unfortunately, they never made it. The tour had to be called off after both Jeremy Spencer and Peter Green went off the deep end out on the west coast. Disallusioned with success and perhaps with the criticism he had received--British white kid plays black American blues; how presumptuous!--Green got religion and dropped out of the scene. This was a gigantic loss to music.

It's great he's back playing again, and I am very happy for him.

If you want to hear what he could do at the top of his game, this is the disk for you. There is an entire pantheon of British guitar gods, and Peter Green belongs there up near the top. Not slighting any of the other greats like Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, Gary Moore and Clapton and so on, but for my money, when it came to blues, "Greeny" was the greatest of them all. I cannot think of a single person who possessed so much talent and feeling, such great vocal ability, and so much sheer technical virtuosity. The great BB King once stated that Peter Green was one of the best he'd ever heard (or was it THE BEST he'd ever heard?? I don't remember. Oh well.....).

And he was not simply a "blues guitarist"; his amazing composing ability is demonstrated in such diverse classics as Albatross, Oh Well, Green Manalishi, Black Magic Woman, etc., as well as the fabulous Then Play On LP.

The late sixties Mac was quite a lineup with three lead players and so on, but they did not really reach huge success until Peter's departure. The band grew, and evolved, moved away from the blues foundation which they had established. This is a good thing; one should grow and change and mature; it's the mark of a true artist.

Peter Green has grown and matured as well. He chose to do it away from music. That he's returned to us is a true blessing.

Where's "Love That Burns"? That is a track that is every bit as important as the others, and should have precluded the Chicken Shack cut. Not to mention "Homework", "Shake Your Money Maker", "Long Grey Mare, Show-Biz Bluesand a slew of other great tracks. Its a nice start, but you will find yourself wanting more. That said, when it comes to Fleetwood Mac, it's good to be Green. Keep 'em coming!

I am a new fan of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (after being admonished by my older brother that the Fleetwood Mac I knew of wasn't the REAL Fleetwood Mac); now I know what he meant; enough said.

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A beatiful record despite the sound quality (cd). After more than 250 plays (both vinyl and cd)it's still is a magical album. Where is the re-mastered version?

I've been listening to this one on my iPod since I got it and have no intention of taking it out of rotation. This is dynamic--it would be great with the inclusion of "Oh Well" alone. It's a real pity that the Buckingham/Nicks era of Fleetwood Mac has all but buried the fine accomplishments of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan. "Then Play On" is every bit as sophisticated and adventurous as "Rumours", just a lot more blues-based. Check out "Hollywood Blues" for example. Or "My Dream" for something more gentle. This album also shows off the prowress of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie; no holding back here! The one questionable element is Jeremy Spencer--is he present? (Some reviewers say he is not, but I'm not sure). Still, this should be an essential part of any collection. As far as the quality of the transfer--it doesn't sound that bad to me, but maybe that's something to be left to the audio experts. If there's a better version out there, great, but get a copy somehow. A worthwhile investment.

Most of what's been said about this LP on CD is spot on. This LP represents the only hard rock edition of Fleetwood Mac (the previous LP's were as a blues band and the subsequent are pop).

This LP was issued in the UK with additional tracks - that had already appeared on the previous Epic LP "English Rose" and therefore US Reprise did not have the rights to include them here.

The US LP was originally issued without "Oh Well". Within a year, Reprise reworked the LP and added "Oh Well" and moved around the remaining tracks.

As regards "Oh Well", they simply includes both sides of the mono single. It has never been mixed into stereo and the ending of Part 1 is the same as the beginning of Part 2, so there's a section that's repeated.

Reprise should remaster the LP, restoring the original UK playing order, get rid of the hiss and produce a new STEREO mix of "Oh Well" as the last song, properly combining the songs into one continuous, seamless track without the repeated section.

Apparently, someone in the Fleetwood Mac office is stopping this from happening.

The CD came in a timely fashion and as advertised. It was purchased as a gift and has not been given yet.

A must for FM fans. My pick for ultimate Mac album. If you have nothing else in your collection you have to have this one. Great mood or road trip album.

PRODUCT WAS DELIVERED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IN THE CONDITION IT WAS DESCRIBED. GOOD SERVICE. WOULD DEAL WITH THIS VENDOR AGAIN

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The Dance by Fleetwood Mac was probably one of the best concerts ever but the final product doesn't sound so great on an audio cd. Standout live tracks include: Silver Springs, You Can Go Your On Way, You Make Loving Fun, Everywhere, Bleed To Love Her, and Don't Stop. I'm not sure if there is a way to buy the live concert on DVD but if there is I would go with that version instead.

First of all I want to say I'm only giving this 2 stars based on the content which has been cut from the cd compared to the DVD. The DVD I give 5 stars, how could any "Fleetwood Mac" fan not, but as for the cd release what's going on? Even the song order is different on the cd, for those who are not aware the missing songs from the DVD they are "Gold Dust Woman", "Go Insane", "Gypsy", "Over My Head" and "Songbird". Now you can understand why I'm pissed, especially leaving out "Gypsy" and "Songbird". If anyone knows why please let me know. Apart from that this is a magnificent concert, let's just hope the full and correct order version will be released one day.

It's sad when an album is released after an historical one and it bombs. How does this happen? Where did it go wrong? I'll tell you. Lindsey Buckingham. As a solo artist Lindsey Buckingham has a unique style all his own. Even a couple of solo hits. Not many. But still he can hold his own to a point. The great thing that makes fleetwood mac successful is Fleetwood Mac. The formula for making great and inspiring music is the efforts of this band as a whole. There is no recreating this magic. It is what it is. Take away or add from that formula and you have a disater waiting to happen. Sadly when ego's are not in check this happens. Such is the case with Lindsey. The band should have never let him get away with all the creative control he had. It was not fleetwood mac rather Lindsey's Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac. Everyone knows that this is why this album bombed. At least with Stevie Nicks she knows when to throw in the towel. She may offer up her songs, but she offers them to Fleetwood Mac as a whole and it turns out to be a work of Fleetwood Mac rather than just Stevie Nicks. This is important to note because i'm not some huge stevie nicks fan but she's great WITH or without fleetwood mac, she most definitely can hold her own. Need I remind everyone Dreams, which she wrote, was the only fleetwood mac song to go to number one...ever. She just knows how to seperate the two. Lindsey cannot. It's obvious he took his creative control to a level in which he should have saved for himself. I'm thinking it had to be because maybe the rest of the band feared he would have quit, another mistake. Remember when the ship is sinking you are all still going down with it. I blame all the other members of the band for allowing this to happen. Tusk had great potential. But only a few songs were worthy of that fleetwood mac style. Storms, Sara, and Sisters of the moon are the only stand outs. Yes most die-hard fans would disagree. But those are the only "fleetwood mac-ish" songs on the entire album. Considering that it was a double album that's not good. Others will say, "well it's way ahead of it's time", well Lindsey is NOT Frank Zappa. So don't put him in that catagory. Again, most die-hard Lindsey fans will be the first to disagree and respond in anger. The numbers do not lie and even most fleetwood mac fans will reluctantly admit that they hated this album and it was their worst one by far.

The MP3 download here is the first disk only, of two. It does appear to be the remastered version, and the sound is strong and delicate. Missing is disk two's inventive outakes and experiments along with the Beach Boys cover "Farmers Daughter" and the great 7-minute version of "Sara", which on the first disk here is the fine 4:40 edit version. Go beat your drum.

REVIEW: Coming after the unparalleled, worldwide success of "RUMOURS": the sonically twisted edginess of "TUSK" pushed Fleetwood Mac's musical sensibilities to the avant-garde limit. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham was the prime mover behind the record's skewered, "splatter paint" of a production (the group even went so far as to build a new studio in order to accomodate his artistic vision), and the end result cost over a million dollars to make. And even though it was a more "modest" commercial triumph ("only" going double platinum!!!) in comparison to "RUMOURS": time, critics, and the public alike have been kind to "TUSK", and now it is rightly hailed as a true pop/rock classic. Many artists have released double albums at the height of their careers (The Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, etc.), but few groups have possessed THREE first-rate songwriters capable of sustaining the huge demands such a project warrants. With "TUSK": Buckingham, Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks showcase their skills as never before. No matter if its the haunting love songs "Sara", "Storms", and "Never Make Me Cry"; the gentle, lulling opening notes of "Over & Over"; the wildly explosive rockers "The Ledge", "Think About Me", "What Makes You Think You're The One", and "I Know I'm Not Wrong"; the triumphant marching band venom of "Tusk"; or the sweetly percolating closer "Never Forget": you come away feeling that the Mac may very well be the greatest band in the world. HARSH LANGUAGE: none. VIOLENCE: none. SEXUAL REFERENCES: about 9 mildly suggestive moments.


THE MORAL COMPASS: although "TUSK" is a brilliant pastiche of itchy, modernist pop/rock: there are a few lyrical conceits that will put Christians a bit on edge (i.e. Stevie Nicks' "witchy woman" persona that crops up on "Sisters Of The Moon"). The intimations of casual sex prominent on several tracks (the phallic symbology of "Tusk" and the defiant "it's not against the law" declaration in "Think About Me" which echoes the truth that, yes, sex before marriage is not against any human law; but certainly doesn't hold up to the higher standards of Godly morality) are somewhat understandable when dealing with the emotional ups-and-downs of worldly romantic love. But because of the adult themes (and "Sisters Of The Moon") the LP deserves a mild CAUTIONARY rating for its content.


HIGHEST BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 4

HIT SINGLES:

"Tusk" (BILLBOARD: Number 8)
"Sara" (BILLBOARD: Number 7)
"Sisters Of The Moon" (BILLBOARD: Number 86)
"Think About Me" (BILLBOARD: Number 20)

I really like this cd. You have to be in the mood for it. It's great background music or for when you want something a little different, or just to relax and chill out.

Dreams is nice, a very relaxing feel to it. Don't Stop has never been a favorite of mine, same here on this cd, but I'm sure other people may like it. Go Your Own Way comes off well. Although nothing can replace Lindsey rocking this song out live, this string quartet version is really pretty cool. You Make Loving Fun sounds great, like it was meant to be played on strings ~ really beautiful. The Chain has a great feel to it, somewhat eerie, and one of my favorites on this cd. Gold Dust Woman is awesome, but makes you long to hear Stevie Nicks' voice chime in at any moment.....if only they had asked her to do some vocals for just this one song, or put her old, original vocals along with their remake of the music ~ or even just added some of her chanting and oohing and ahhing at the end..... But still, even as an instrumental, it sounds great on strings. Rhiannon is alright. Not my favorite on the cd, but it's okay. I guess it's just not the same as the original, or hearing Stevie Nicks do it live like in the 70's and 80's. This version makes me think of someone sitting at a music store, playing this on an organ, trying to sound really cool to get people to come into the store and browse and shop ~ or like some bad lounge act. It's probably the most disappointing song for me on this cd. Gypsy is beautiful. Little Lies also sounds great, but you keep wishing to hear Christine's voice along with the beautiful string arrangement, but still it makes a beautiful instrumental. Peacekeeper comes across very nicely too, and it's nice hearing a newer song, but most Mac fans would probably have many ideas of other songs that could have taken its place on here. Landslide is nothing exciting. But it's alright.

I don't entirely like the song selections they made. They did so many from Rumours, why not just do the whole entire Rumours album? We would have loved to hear Oh Daddy, Never Going Back Again, and even Silver Springs would have been a fun choice. Also, where's Songbird? If they were going to try and mix it up a little and not do the entire Rumours album, they could have done away with Second Hand News and I Don't Want to Know. Both sound good here, but there are other non-Rumours hit songs that could have been filled in those spaces. Where is Seven Wonders? And what about Say You Love Me, Over My Head, or Hold Me? I would have loved to hear Storms too, but they probably wanted to stick with the popular hits and singles. The last track on the cd, Tomorrow's Love Song, is nice. But most fans would rather have had it been replaced by yet another well-loved Fleetwood Mac song instead, like Sara, which is sadly left out.

All in all, I am glad I bought it and I really enjoy it when I am in the mood. I'd buy a volume II if they did another Fleetwood Mac one. A Stevie solo one would be fun too.

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