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Old 06-18-2006, 04:04 PM
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A while back, I put together a compilation of Fleetwood Mac's post-Green/pre-Buckingham & Nicks singles, along with some of my favorite album tracks.
I wanted to include benchmark songs like "Future Games," "Woman Of A Thousand Years" and "Sands Of Time," but the length of the tracks was limiting the amount of songs I could include... so I used Audacity to prune the tracks a little. I tried to remain true to the "vibe" of the original songs, mainly just editing down long instrumental passages, but also, in some instances, editing repeated verses or choruses.

Anyway... I also decided to edit the long instrumental opening to "Why". But as I working on it, I decided to try something... I always thought the coda should have been longer (similar to the live versions), so I worked on lengthening it a bit.

Now that I have a high-speed connection, I figured I'd post it in case anyone was interested in hearing it. I can also post the edits for the other songs too, if anyone wants them.

Let me know what you think -- love it or hate it.

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Old 06-18-2006, 04:10 PM
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Sounds really nice! Sometimes I'll skip over the guitar intro if I'm in an impatient mood and need to hear Chris, but I like the guitar work in this song.
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Old 06-18-2006, 04:32 PM
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Thanks, Stewy! I'll listen to it when I am done downloading this "Coriolan"!
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Old 06-18-2006, 06:22 PM
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Hi all,

Long-time lurker here. I've just never gotten around to posting on this forum as I hate to hit & run.

Posting on boards can be so addictive and I am way overextended already so I've resisted the temptation but Why is my all-time favorite Mac song and I'm very protective of this composition.

Enough about me, my 2 cents:
The end is very well done but the atmosphere just isn't the same without that bluesy intro. How about an extended version?
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Old 06-18-2006, 08:33 PM
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I'm glad you came out of lurkerdom, Dr. Brown (even if only briefly), and I'm happy to oblige your request. Enjoy!

EDIT: Oops, I goofed and uploaded one of my "work in progress" files. So if anyone already downloaded it, please delete the first file and download this one in its place.

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Old 06-19-2006, 12:11 AM
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Perfection!

Stewey, thanks for the great work on the extended version.

I'm sure this song will be on the setlist in that great rock concert in the sky.

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Old 06-19-2006, 01:39 AM
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Hi all,

Long-time lurker here.
It's nice to see you posting! I've seen your name on the current users list MANY times in the middle of the (my) night. I always wondered why you never posted.

Why is the greatest FM song!
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Old 06-19-2006, 06:01 AM
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Johnny Stew, it's beautiful! It did make me a little nervous when I saw the title of this thread, but you added to the song. I love the guitar intro. The song is perfect from the first note to the last note. I think it's the best thing Fleetwood Mac ever did.

And, Johnny Stew it's nice to hear that you finally have a high speed internet connection. As someone else who also finally just got a broadband connection, isn't it great?
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Old 06-19-2006, 07:50 AM
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As someone else who also finally just got a broadband connection, isn't it great?
I've had broadband since January and I was surprised at the difference.

Unfortunately I have been downloading all sorts of crap simply because I can!

dontcha just love itunes?

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dontcha just love itunes?

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You're not kidding. A few years ago, I downloaded Brian Wilson's Smile from iTunes. This was when I was on dial-up. It took me over 4 hours to download it. I just recently(while on DSL) downloaded 2 Paul Simon albums & it took me less than 20 minutes to download both of them!!
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it's beautiful!
I'm so glad you liked it!

I also extended the ending to "Who's Dreaming This Dream"... anyone interested?

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it's nice to hear that you finally have a high speed internet connection. As someone else who also finally just got a broadband connection, isn't it great?
It's out of this world! I can't get over how quickly I can download things now. Plus, I've been watching movie trailers, videos on YouTube, and episodes of old TV shows (on in2TV)... all of the things that were futile endeavors while I was on dial-up.
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To this day, Why remains in my opinion one of the 10 best songs Fleetwood Mac had ever done.
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I also extended the ending to "Who's Dreaming This Dream"... anyone interested?
I'd like to hear "Who's Dreaming This Dream".
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