Bob Welch-era compilation?

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Originally Posted by snoot

Decca's Regent Sound A studios on Soho's Regent Street? I always had it PGFM was done at CBS Studios on New Bond. Wasn't it during their Mayall tenure that they called Decca Studios home, to wit the facility on Broadhurst Gardens in West Hampstead? Beyond that, didn't Mike Vernon first offer PGFM to Decca as a co-production, but they turned it down since Vernon and Green were insistent that Blue Horizon trump their label, and thus CBS entered the picture? Questions, Answers? Answers, Questions!

Every source I checked (including Vernon himself, in the liner notes for Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967-1969) agrees that the first album was recorded at CBS Studios.

You're right that Mick Fleetwood's recollections of events are not always a reliable source, but in this case he's backed up on at least part of his story. Huw Pryce, the band's first roadie, is quoted in Martin Celmin's biography of Peter Green "...it was Jeremy who had the idea to play through the PA to get a live blues sound in the studio. The first album was mostly DI'd [direct input into the tape deck] but for Mr. Wonderful we had speakers and amps all over the studio and Mike Vernon positioning microphones."

Originally Posted by snoot

In any case, I'm a bit surprised BT was cut in but "a few days" time (though I always heard it was done in an expeditious manner), in fact I almost find a span that short hard to believe considering what they produced. If that's really the case, that's quite an accomplishment, as I never heard of Kiln House or Future Games being brought to full circle quite that quickly. Based on MF's comment, this most likely can be dated from January 1972 then (and not late '71) as the album was released in March (afaik), and from the Wembley area merely confirms it was done at De Lane Lea Music Centre.

EDIT: If you (or anyone else) have any additional specifics regarding the Bare Trees production from published or online sources, kindly furnish them.

No further info on how long the sessions lasted, but Peter Lewry's book "Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Recording Sessions 1967-1997" shows the Bare Trees recording as being done in "early 1972" at De Lane Lea. Interestingly, it looks like the album was released in the US before the UK - March in the US and not until August in the UK.

Lewry's book states that Future Games was recorded in June-August 1971 at Advision Studios in London. Is that the same as what you've heard about these sessions, snoot? What we really need here is for Bob Welch to join in the discussion here...are you out there, Bob?