50 YEARS of FLEETWOOD MAC!!!
 

I'm not entirely sure because the sources don't agree, but I think that 50 years ago today, Fleetwood Mac was born; as Peter, John and Mick recorded a few studio tracks: 'Fleetwood Mac', 'First train home', ''No place to go' and 'Looking for somebody'.

What history!!! I mean, what band has this amount of changes and history that is still going??

The "50 years" single disc album......(an impossible task)
 

Oh Well
Black Magic Woman
Station Man
Sentimental Lady
Why
Hypnotized
World Turning
Rhiannon
The Chain
Dreams
Go Your Own Way
Tusk
Think About Me
Gypsy
Hold Me
Seven Wonders
Little Lies
Bleed to Love Her


.......this is extremely difficult but a good representation of their work and a "casual" or non fan would dig this(IMO)

Hmmm. A good concept BLY...but...

...17 studio albums (plus loads of non-studio album tracks) and yet 12 of your 18 songs are Rumours-era, i.e. representing 6 albums. The post-Rumours bands are not represented at all.

18 songs;

Albatross
Black Magic Woman
Oh Well
One Together
Sunny Side of Heaven
Sentimental Lady
Did You Ever Love Me
Hypnotized
Why
Rhiannon
Go Your Own Way
The Chain
Tusk
Gypsy
Little Lies
Love is Dangerous
Talkin' To My Heart
Sad Angel

I love your picks. It Really would need to be at least a 2 CD set. As you can see I have added a couple since my first post.😎

Yes, you threw my by changing it as I was typing. I had to edit it and think fast by adding Sad Angel and Oh Well :thumbsup:

If we made it a 2cd set I would add...

Albatross
One Together
Emerald Eyes
As Long As You Follow
In The Back of My Mind
Talking to My Heart
Sad Angel

My vote for a two-CD set


Shake Your Moneymaker
Stop Messin' Round
Black Magic Woman
Need Your Love So Bad
Albatross
Man Of The World
Oh Well
Rattlesnake Shake
The Green Manalishi
Station Man
Sentimental Lady
Spare Me A Little
Hypnotized
Over My Head
Rhiannon
Say You Love Me
Landslide
I'm So Afraid
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The Chain
Go Your Own Way
Dreams
Don't Stop
You Make Loving Fun
Gold Dust Woman
Songbird
Tusk
Sara
Think About Me
Hold Me
Gypsy
Love In Store
Big Love
Seven Wonders
Little Lies
Everywhere
Save Me

Yet again, the studio version of 'The purple dancer' has been left out. No excuse for that!
At all!!!

....so right. Ok we need a new 5 cd box set.

Hey Steve, I know its only a bit of fun and its a tough ask, but...
...representative of 50 years...?...

Only 4 songs from the 1970-1974 period.
Only one Danny Kirwan song.
The Time band didn't exist.
Only one song after '87.
Would people really need 2/3 of the Rumours songs again?

My formula was pretty easy. I went with the big hit singles from the Peter Green years, all of the top-40 singles from the classic years, the most essential from that middle period, and most of the staples from FM/Rumours. Time and SYW didn't have top-40 hits or concert staples.

Hah...let's go by musical quality...

Fleetwood Mac
Need Your Love So Bad
Albatross
Man of the World
Oh Well (Parts 1 &2)
The Green Manalishi
Station Man
Dragonfly
Future Games
Sunny Side of Heaven
Dust
Hypnotized
Why
Landslide
The Chain
Silver Springs
Tusk
Big Love
Tango In The Night

On the basis that the missing posts may not return, I'm re-posting my somewhat improbable playlist for a single 50 years of Fleetwood Mac CD for the record. Each of the 17 and a bit studio albums gets one track, plus a Peter Green representative single and Tusk (as a double album) and Rumours (well, because) get two. A rewarding and eclectic listen in my humble and biased opinion. It helps that Chris, Peter and Lindsey (twice) appear on tracks when they weren't part of the band.

The Chain
This is the Rock
Black Magic Woman
Rhiannon
Behind the Mask
Hypnotized
Although the sun is shining
Save me a place
Love that burns
Brown Eyes
Smile at you
Woman of 1000 years
Sentimental Lady
Little Lies
Go your own way
Nothing without you
Gypsy
Miss Fantasy
Caught in the rain
Safe Harbour
World keep on turning

For the 50 years anniversary of the band Mabon Elis created this very interesting infographic:


A infographic poster with a timeline of Fleetwood Mac's 50 year history.
The band Fleetwood Mac turns 50 years old in 2017. To celebrate this, I made an infographic poster to show some of their history between 1967 and 2017.

The main element of the poster is this timeline. I wanted to show how the lineup of the band has changed over the years. Fleetwood Mac has had a total of 15 band members. Its current lineup, comprising Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, has been its most popular and is behind the band's most successful albums.

I have also included some information about Fleetwood Mac's concerts, using data from setlist.fm. Their concerts and tours are included in the timeline, and separate graphs show how many times each of their most popular songs have been played in these concerts and where they took place.

Finally, I wanted to see how each band member and other songwriters had contributed to Fleetwood Mac's albums. Christine McVie is the band's most prolific songwriter, having written or co-written a total of 50 album tracks. She has also written more US Top 40 singles than any of the band's other songwriters, including Everywhere, Little Lies and Over My Head. Original band member Peter Green, who formed the band but left in 1970, has written the most UK Top 40 singles, including the band's only UK number one – 1968's instrumental song Albatross.

I wanted the poster's title and colour scheme to resemble the band's most recognisable album, Rumours.

https://mir-cdn.behance.net/v1/rendi...2b130a43c2.png



Single bigger graphics can be seen here: http://mabon.me/50-years-of-fleetwood-mac

My "Time" representatives on a project like this would be "Winds of Change" and "All Over Again"...and would be tempted to include "These Strange Times" as well.

I'd also HAVE to include "Bermuda Triangle", too.

I've been playing around with another unlikely 2nd 80 minute CD to accompany the one above using broadly the same rules- out in the shops, soon no doubt...

Big Love
Show me a smile
Dust
Closing my Eyes
Sara
All over again
Albatross
Landslide
Man of the World
Did you ever love me
Never going back again
Lazy Poker Blues
Eyes of the World
She's changing me
Say you love me
Sad Angel
When the sun goes down
Say Goodbye
Mission Bell
Gold Dust Woman
I loved another woman
Why


Too bad nothing from the definitely-not-and-was-never-going-to-be-a-Mac- album-honest could find its way onto it...

Have you any dreams? No.
 

Hmm.. my final revised attempt at a 3 CD (how quaint!) (near-enough) 50 year retrospective look at the breadth of the Mac's music. Each 80 minute CD has to include at least one track from each studio album and the EP. Sometimes a writer's work has been passed over from a particular album which may seem unfair, but time constraints, stylistic choices and a need to try to balance their contributions from other albums forced hard choices. So Mr Wonderful is all Peter, Kiln House is all Jeremy, no Bob Welch from Future Games or Penguin, no Chris from HAHTF or Mirage, no Lindsey from the White album, no Stevie from Tango and the EP. And no Dave Walker or Bob Brunning at all... shoehorning anything in other than the title track from Behind the Mask seems fraught. The Second Time, to my ears at least is not as bad as everyone makes out (cowers in the corner). Its chief virtue is its brevity, however. Still, four hours agreeably spent listening to it and the sequencing works, at least for me .

1.
The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown)
Sisters of the Moon
Coming Home (HAHTF)
Dragonfly
Warm Ways
Sometimes
That's Alright
Spare me a little of your love
One Together
Bleed to Love Her
You Make Loving Fun
Second Hand News
Everywhere
Dreamin' the Dream
Remember Me
Stop Messin' Around
Shake your Moneymaker
Coming Your Way
Tusk
The Way I Feel
The Second Time
It Takes Time

2.
The Chain
This is the Rock
Black Magic Woman
Rhiannon
Behind the Mask
Hypnotized
Although the sun is shining
Save me a place
Love that burns
Brown Eyes
Smile at you
Woman of 1000 years
Sentimental Lady
Little Lies
Go your own way
Nothing without you
Gypsy
Miss Fantasy
Caught in the rain
Safe Harbour
The World keep on turning

3.
Big Love
Show me a smile
Dust
Closing my Eyes
Sara
All over again
Man of the World
Landslide
Albatross
Did you ever love me
Say Goodbye
She's changing me
Say you love me
Eyes of the World
Lazy Poker Blues
Sad Angel
When the sun goes down
Mission Bell
Never going back again
I loved another woman
Why
Gold Dust Woman

We don't need another compilation without the studio version of 'The Purple Dancer' included...

Well, I'm only doing it for my own amusement! I don't actually have the licensing agreement to market this...

Granted, if the original studio Purple Dancer ever does appear on CD I would be the first to try and fit it in somewhere but it might prove tricky. The version on the Madison Blues set is just too loud. It's a crying shame it's not available, I agree.

Is it the only commercially released FM track (other than the truly dire Lizard People) never to make it onto a CD or a digital download?

Fleetwood Mac 50/50
50 songs for 50 years


Disc 1

The Chain
I Loved Another Woman
Dreams
Miranda
Jewel Eyed Judy
Landslide
Hold Me
Behind the Mask
Albatross
Spare Me a Little of Your Love
Angel
Did You Ever Love Me
I Know I’m Not Wrong
Love Shines
Steal Your Heart Away
Future Games
You Make Loving Fun
Black Magic Woman
Crystal
Do You Know
Sad Angel
She’s Changing Me
Show Me a Smile
Down Endless Street
Songbird


Disc 2

Why
Silver Springs
Only You
Thrown Down
Looking for Somebody
Walk a Thin Line
Gypsy
One Together
Little Lies
Rhiannon
The Purple Dancer
Seven Wonders
Tusk
Hypnotized
Tango in the Night
Sentimental Lady
Love is Dangerous
Go Your Own Way
Sunny Side of Heaven
Sara
Emerald Eyes
Isnt it Midnight
Talkin' To My Heart
Oh Well
The Farmers Daughter (edit) not sure why I typed Farmers Daughter here... I meant to include Fireflies

I think this would be representative of the 50 year life of the band.
(Purple Dancer included)

Interesting choices, Fuzzy. I'm not sure you would be able to squeeze them onto two discs, though. Maybe I'll try listening to it to see how it hangs together as it seems a bit scattershot (although doubtless my selections do when you see them written down).

Nothing from Mr Wonderful and the original pressing of Then Play On seems a tad harsh though? I appreciate there are a couple of singles and rarities from that era included, though.

Which Angel, by the way?

Yeah, I wasn't sure either whether they'd fit on 2 discs or whether they'd need to be on 3. I'm not really sure how many songs can be put on a single disc these days... I just remembered The Beatles' 1 album has 27 tracks (though I know a lot of their songs were really short).

I'm not too disappointed about missing Mr W, though I was certainly conscious about Then Play On. Perhaps I could swap over one or two.

Angel...you've got me...???...Nicks' I think.

Aw, Love that burns is truly beautiful. In fact Christine's keyboard work on Peter's tracks on Mr Wonderful is great. The Peter-Chris-John-Mick lineup of Fleetwood Mac that almost existed...