"What if..." -- alternate versions

[daniellaaarisen]

As a collective group of what I presumably consider the biggest Fleetwood Mac fans around, I'm sure we've all considered the following questions. I want to know your responses! If you could magically unleash new, high quality recordings, tell me about what you'd choose as an alternative version of a released or unreleased song?

For example, I want an a capella version of "Crystal" with nothing but Lindsey and Stevie's voices together.

Also, I would have loved if "Smile At You" on Say You Will more closely resembled the angry version. And finally, I would KILL for a high quality version of the piano demo of "Silver Springs" that I requested a while ago.

[nailatixela]

I'd like soundboard quality shows to magically appear and fall into my lap of every show Fleetwood Mac ever played.

(or atleast for the entire Mirage tour)

LOL not like that will ever happen.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by nailatixela

I'd like soundboard quality shows to magically appear and fall into my lap of every show Fleetwood Mac ever played.

(or atleast for the entire Mirage tour)

LOL not like that will ever happen.

Hmmm great idea but I'll change that a little. I'd like a soundboard recording for every live performance of "Rhiannon", "Sisters of the Moon", and "I'm So Afraid", "Gold Dust Woman" and "Angel." Can't be too picky

[David]

Originally Posted by nailatixela

I'd like soundboard quality shows to magically appear and fall into my lap of every show Fleetwood Mac ever played.

(or atleast for the entire Mirage tour)

Nail, do you have all the soundboards from 1982 that are circulating at least?

Here's what I know about from the sound mix board:

tour rehearsal 8-16-82
tour rehearsal 8-19-82 (with "Straight Back")
tour rehearsal ("Sisters of the Moon")
US Festival 9-05-82
East Rutherford 9-14-82 ("Sara")
Memphis 10-12-82
Baton Rouge 10-13-82 ("Sara," "Hold Me")
Baton Rouge 10-13-82 (entire show)
Denver 10-15-82
Oakland 10-20-82

[nailatixela]

Originally Posted by David

Nail, do you have all the soundboards from 1982 that are circulating at least?

Here's what I know about from the sound mix board:

tour rehearsal 8-16-82
tour rehearsal 8-19-82 (with "Straight Back")
tour rehearsal ("Sisters of the Moon")
US Festival 9-05-82
East Rutherford 9-14-82 ("Sara")
Memphis 10-12-82
Baton Rouge 10-13-82 ("Sara," "Hold Me")
Baton Rouge 10-13-82 (entire show)
Denver 10-15-82
Oakland 10-20-82

I don't have quite all of those. Not sure if soundboard is the best word - for example my US Fest show is only B quality, even though, I guess, it is considered soundboard since it wasn't an aud. recording. Maybe I should change my first request to A+ quality. There are some very high quality aud. recordings out there.

[David]

Originally Posted by nailatixela

I don't have quite all of those. Not sure if soundboard is the best word - for example my US Fest show is only B quality, even though, I guess, it is considered soundboard since it wasn't an aud.

Yep, the soundboard designation doesn't always mean the audio quality is fantastic. It only characterizes the technical method with which the performance was recorded -- direct line via the mix board, no mic.

Here's the best audio quality I have from my US Festival soundboard -- Dreams is the example:

www.sendspace.com/file/9bc4s6

There's also an audience recording of the US Festival. It runs all the way through Songbird.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by nailatixela

I'd like soundboard quality shows to magically appear and fall into my lap of every show Fleetwood Mac ever played.

Well, a pretty decent recording has surfaced of Fleetwood Mac's VERY FIRST gig, so anything's possible.


But, wouldn't the shows get kind of redundant during the Rumours (latter legs), Tusk, Mirage, The Dance & Say You Will tours?

I could see wanting shows back when each show was fairly fluid and song choices changed pretty much from show to show (from 1967-76)...but from the mid-summer of 1977 onwards, once the set was static, DAMN!!, it was static. Maybe having two or three recordings from different legs of each tour (when they'd tweak the set slightly...EVER SO SLIGHTLY) would be good, but jeez, from hearing recordings from The Dance and Say You Will tour, one would suffice just nicely.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Well, a pretty decent recording has surfaced of Fleetwood Mac's VERY FIRST gig, so anything's possible.


But, wouldn't the shows get kind of redundant during the Rumours (latter legs), Tusk, Mirage, The Dance & Say You Will tours?

I could see wanting shows back when each show was fairly fluid and song choices changed pretty much from show to show (from 1967-76)...but from the mid-summer of 1977 onwards, once the set was static, DAMN!!, it was static. Maybe having two or three recordings from different legs of each tour (when they'd tweak the set slightly...EVER SO SLIGHTLY) would be good, but jeez, from hearing recordings from The Dance and Say You Will tour, one would suffice just nicely.

When are you going to post FM's very first gig?
Also you have to admit that Rhiannon was performed differently every time they played it from 1975-1982.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by vivfox

When are you going to post FM's very first gig?.

It's readily available on line for those who search for it. And, it doesn't take much searching.

Originally Posted by vivfox

Also you have to admit that Rhiannon was performed differently every time they played it from 1975-1982.

Ummm...disagree...it was played pretty much the same from show to show on a particular tour, but it had a slightly different arrangement each tour during those years.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Well, a pretty decent recording has surfaced of Fleetwood Mac's VERY FIRST gig, so anything's possible.

I just realized you are not referring to the El Paso gig with Stevie and Lindsey.

[GoldDustOrphan]

I think a few of these came up as requests:

From Tusk rehearsals:
Fleetwood Mac - Sisters of the Moon (Live Rehearsals, 10-18-79).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/mzmftnyrqnx

From Mirage rehearsals:
Fleetwood Mac - Straight Back (Live, Mirage Tour Rehearsals).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/jomm0wdwdze

From Mirage Tour, Aug. 20, Oakland:
Fleetwood Mac - Sisters Of The Moon (Live, Aug. 20, 1982).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/qkezyqnjmtz

Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy (Live, Aug. 20, 1982).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/z3y33omrdjk

Fleetwood Mac - Sara (Live, Aug. 20, 1982).mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/z34yzqtiulc

From Tusk Tour - Live in Yokohama, Japan 1980 (192 kbps)
Entire show

Fleetwood Mac - Angel.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/dvyxh3jmyn2

Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/zqjy0mnomco

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/vczdzdnkxt2

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/2mmv1eiywmg

Fleetwood Mac - I'm So Afraid.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/gmwyml2ycam

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/1xz30l4zm2y

Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/mllvmt3yoyd

Fleetwood Mac - Not That Funny.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/t5ywgbuim2z

Fleetwood Mac - Oh Daddy.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yijmmjjjkng

Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/oztmmzkywdn

Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/j5o0doadwji

Fleetwood Mac - Sara.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/j2hntttzeyz

Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yjrz2yggmdy

Fleetwood Mac - Sisters Of The Moon.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/nlhnmzqtzqd

Fleetwood Mac - Songbird.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/lvmqmngmmzz

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ajerjnyo2vh

Fleetwood Mac - World Turning.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/gmyqywgmjnz

Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/mc2t2muz0oy

Fleetwood Mac - What Makes You Think You're The One.mp3
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/rqcjtehwynw

[Lala]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

For example, I want an a capella version of "Crystal" with nothing but Lindsey and Stevie's voices together.

Woah...that would be amazing.

Um...I would like the infamous 16 minute version of Sara...but produced exactly like the album version...NOT just the demo.

A nice, high quality version of If You Were My Love, ala Mirage Sessions, but taken to the next level, would be amazing.

I'd also request higher quality versions of Down Endless Street and You & I Part 1...but I guess they were B-Sides, correct? My 12-inch single is a misprint though...I have Part 2 instead. The versions I have are from the Tango Sessions, and I just feel like the quality could be better.

[Lala]

Two others I just thought of...

You Make Loving Fun with both the "it's all I wanna do" and "beginning to wonder why/feeling it's time to try" lines at the end.

Edge of Seventeen with "I know what it sounds like...when the doves cry" at the end, as an homage to Prince. Yes, I know, she hated Purple Rain and now they don't speak. I just always thought it would be the appropriate ending to that line. I sometimes sing it that way, and I always think...it must've crossed her mind...at least once.

Ooo...this is fun!

[daniellaaarisen]

Ugh I TOTALLY want that version of "Sara".

I also want like a 15 minute long soundboard recording of a super emotional, coked out Rhiannon live. Like, 2 minutes of the verses and 13 minutes of "dreams unwind...", getting taken by the sky, listening to Stevie wail like a lunatic and finish the song crying....

Omg I'd give both of my kidneys for that.

[Lala]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Ugh I TOTALLY want that version of "Sara".

I also want like a 15 minute long soundboard recording of a super emotional, coked out Rhiannon live. Like, 2 minutes of the verses and 13 minutes of "dreams unwind...", getting taken by the sky, listening to Stevie wail like a lunatic and finish the song crying....

Omg I'd give both of my kidneys for that.

With "Is this what you want?"...better than Mobile, AL 8-11-80

I'd keep at least one kidney, but still