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Originally Posted by chriskisn
Well ok if you want to get picky then McVie was the first bass player, left the band, Brunning was the next guy and then McVie came back.
However I would suggest that including Fleetwood Mac the instrumental (and whatever the other song was called) as being by Fleetwood Mac the band would be stretching it just a little.
Actually that scenario would give more weight to Brunning being a member as he would have replaced John McVie who had LEFT!!!
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That argument doesn't really washed for me. Those sessions certain laid the foundation for Fleetwood Mac, and could have legitimately been placed on Fleetwood Mac albums. However, those songs were recorded by the Bluesbreakers, not Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac, as an entity, did not exist at that point in time.
Brunning was the original bassist, and in the band with the understanding that if/when McVie wanted in, he was out.
What lends credibility to the question of him being an actual member of Fleetwood Mac is the
Kiln House tour after Jeremy left. Peter Green was brought back, though it's generally not considered an official incarnation of the band, as it was understood that he was out at the end of the tour.