Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac (1LP + 3CD + 1DVD)
RARITY - SEALED
Drums, Percussion – Mick Fleetwood [click here to see more vinyl featuring Mick Fleetwood]
Vocals – Stevie Nicks
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Christine McVie
Guitar, Vocals – Lindsey Buckingham
Bass – John McVie
Rhythm Guitar – Waddy Wachtel (B4, CD1-10, DVD1-10)
1 LP, 3 CD, 1 DVD, Solid & Cardboard Gatefold sleeve containing LP on one side, then each CD and DVD in separate slots on the other ; 16-page booklet
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Record Press : Optimal Media GmbH
Label : Reprise Records
Original Label : Reprise Records Warner Bros Records
Recorded February–August 1976 at Criteria (Miami), Record Plant (Sausalito and Los Angeles), Zellerbach Auditorium (Berkeley), Wally Heider's Studio 3 (Hollywood), Davlen Studio (North Hollywood)
Engineered by Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
Mixed [5.1 Surround Mix] by Ken Caillat, Bill Inglot, Brian Kehew
Original session produced by Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
Mastered by Steve Hall
Remastered by Dan Hersch
Reissue Produced by Bill Inglot, Steve Woolard
Lacquer cut by Chris Bellman
Liner Notes by David Wild
Photography by Herbert Worthington
Originally released in 1975
Reissued in January 2018
Tracks :
Original Album - 2018 Remaster
Side A
- Monday Morning
- Warm Ways
- Blue Letter
- Rhiannon
- Over My Head
- Crystal
Side B
- Say You Love Me
- Landslide
- World Turning
- Sugar Daddy
- I'm So Afraid
The Original Album & Singles
CD1
CD1-1 Monday Morning
CD1-2 Warm Ways
CD1-3 Blue Letter
CD1-4 Rhiannon
CD1-5 Over My Head
CD1-6 Crystal
CD1-7 Say You Love Me
CD1-8 Landslide
CD1-9 World Turning
CD1-10 Sugar Daddy
The Singles
CD1-11 I'm So Afraid
CD1-12 Over My Head (Single Version)
CD1-13 Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) (Single Version)
CD1-14 Say You Love Me (Single Version)
CD1-15 Blue Letter (Single Version)
Early Versions & Live From The Warner Bros. Sound Stage
CD2
CD2-1 Monday Morning (Early Take)
CD2-2 Warm Ways (Early Take)
CD2-3 Blue Letter (Early Take)
CD2-4 Rhiannon (Early Take)
CD2-5 Over My Head (Early Take)
CD2-6 Crystal (Early Version)
CD2-7 Say You Love Me (Early Version)
CD2-8 Landslide (Early Version)
CD2-9 World Turning (Early Version)
CD2-10 Sugar Daddy (Early Take)
CD2-11 I'm So Afraid (Early Version)
CD2-12 Over My Head (live)
CD2-13 Rhiannon (Live)
CD2-14 Why (Live)
CD2-15 World Turning (Live)
CD2-16 Jam #2
CD2-17 I'm So Afraid (Early Take Instrumental)
Live From The Tour
CD3
CD3-1 Get Like You Used To Be
CD3-2 Station Man
CD3-3 Spare Me A Little
CD3-4 Rhiannon
CD3-5 Why
CD3-6 Landslide
CD3-7 Over My Head
CD3-8 I'm So Afraid
CD3-9 Oh Well
CD3-10 The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)
CD3-11 World Turning
CD3-12 Blue Letter
CD3-13 Don't Let Me Down Again
CD3-14 Hypnotized
DVD
5.1 Surround & 24/96 Stereo Mixes
DVD-1 Monday Morning
DVD-2 Warm Ways
DVD-3 Blue Letter
DVD-4 Rhiannon
DVD-5 Over My Head
DVD-6 Crystal
DVD-7 Say You Love Me
DVD-8 Landslide
DVD-9 World Turning
DVD-10 Sugar Daddy
DVD-11 I'm So Afraid
The Singles- PCM 24/96 High Resolution Stereo
DVD-12 Over My Head (Single Version)
DVD-13 Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) (Single Version)
DVD-14 Say You Love Me (Single Version)
DVD-15 Blue Letter (Single Version)
Awards:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 7/500!
Album of the Year at the 1977 Grammy Awards ; inducted in 2003 into the Grammy Hall of Fame
40 million copies sold worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time
Reviews :
"The band's two romantic couples - bassist John and singer-keyboard player Christine McVie, who were married; guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks, who were not - broke up during the protracted sessions for Rumours. This lent a highly charged, confessional aura to such songs as Buckingham's "Go Your Own Way," Nicks' "Dreams," Christine's "Don't Stop" and the group-composed anthem to betrayal, "The Chain." The Mac's catchy exposes, produced with California-sunshine polish, touched a nerve; Rumours, a landmark Seventies pop album, ruled Billboard's album chart for thirty-one weeks." Rolling Stone
“Rumours is the kind of album that transcends its origins and reputation, entering the realm of legend -- it's an album that simply exists outside of criticism and outside of its time, even if it thoroughly captures its era. Prior to this LP, Fleetwood Mac were moderately successful, but here they turned into a full-fledged phenomenon, with Rumours becoming the biggest-selling pop album to date. While its chart success was historic, much of the legend surrounding the record is born from the group's internal turmoil. Unlike most bands, Fleetwood Mac in the mid-'70s were professionally and romantically intertwined, with no less than two couples in the band, but as their professional career took off, the personal side unraveled. Bassist John McVie and his keyboardist/singer wife Christine McVie filed for divorce as guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks split, with Stevie running to drummer Mick Fleetwood, unbeknown to the rest of the band. These personal tensions fueled nearly every song on Rumours, which makes listening to the album a nearly voyeuristic experience. You're eavesdropping on the bandmates singing painful truths about each other, spreading nasty lies and rumors and wallowing in their grief, all in the presence of the person who caused the heartache. Everybody loves gawking at a good public breakup, but if that was all that it took to sell a record, Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights would be multi-platinum. No, what made Rumours an unparalleled blockbuster is the quality of the music. Once again masterminded by producer/songwriter/guitarist Buckingham, Rumours is an exceptionally musical piece of work -- he toughens Christine McVie and softens Nicks, adding weird turns to accessibly melodic works, which gives the universal themes of the songs haunting resonance. It also cloaks the raw emotion of the lyrics in deceptively palatable arrangements that made a tune as wrecked and tortured as "Go Your Own Way" an anthemic hit. But that's what makes Rumours such an enduring achievement -- it turns private pain into something universal. Some of these songs may be too familiar, whether through their repeated exposure on FM radio or their use in presidential campaigns, but in the context of the album, each tune, each phrase regains its raw, immediate emotional power -- which is why Rumours touched a nerve upon its 1977 release, and has since transcended its era to be one of the greatest, most compelling pop albums of all time.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
Allmusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs :