Christine 5/14/84 Beacon Theatre, NY

[macfan 57]

In another thread, someone requested a complete show from Christine's solo tour in 1984. I have a complete show. Since I have dial-up, I'll be posting just a few tracks every day until the entire show is posted.

Track #1 is Say You Love Me.



Track #2 is Love Will Show Us How.

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[GateandGarden]

I can look forward to downloading those when I go home this weekend! :nod: :) I really appreciate that you're uploading them for us; I know I'd never hear them otherwise. :xoxo:

[David]

You're a good lady, Mary Anne ... a little shy, reserved & subdued, but good. Thanks for posting music & sharing love & light & bringing us together in a big joy bong! Does this show have the Bug Song?

[golden braid]

Thank you! :D

[Gailh]

Thanks Mary Anne!

Gail

[HomerMcvie]

Thanks Mary Anne!:xoxo:

[GateandGarden]

You're a good lady, Mary Anne ... a little shy, reserved & subdued, but good. Thanks for posting music & sharing love & light & bringing us together in a big joy bong! Does this show have the Bug Song?Wow, okay. :lol: If I ever have the opportunity to do something like this, I'd like a character/personality assessment along with the words of gratitude directed at me, too, please. :laugh:

Had to go there

[macfan 57]

You're a good lady, Mary Anne ... a little shy, reserved & subdued, but good. Thanks for posting music & sharing love & light & bringing us together in a big joy bong! Does this show have the Bug Song?

Wow, thanks.:) Yes, the Bug Song is here.:D I believe I have this show in its entirety, unedited.

[GypsySongbird]

Wow, thanks.:) Yes, the Bug Song is here.:D I believe I have this show in its entirety, unedited.

wow! thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!! this is really lovely of you!!!:D :xoxo:

[goldustsongbird]

In another thread, someone requested a complete show from Christine's solo tour in 1984. I have a complete show. Since I have dial-up, I'll be posting just a few tracks every day until the entire show is posted.

Track #1 is Say You Love Me.



Track #2 is Love Will Show Us How.

[URL=]http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1GBLE365MEBGC0F63CSTUEZT2W (]http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2N18HDGIECTGV0ZQKHKLK08900[/URL)

*happily downloads* :) Thanks for these!

[Alexbt]

Wma? :(

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[HomerMcvie]

Wma? :(

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I believe it's Windows Media Audio. It plays for me on my Windows video player.

[jbrownsjr]

wow that's an awesome version of SYLM

[jbrownsjr]

i notice a little more ad lib with the drums and guitar and keys

solo tours are cool

[jbrownsjr]

wow they are jammin on this concert i love it!!!

thanks a lot

it sounds so much more crisp than the video concert

when i saw them in cleveland i remember it being a fabulous show despite seeing the mtv concert

[macfan 57]

I believe it's Windows Media Audio. It plays for me on my Windows video player.

It is Windows Media. I used Windows Media Player to rip the tracks from my CD onto my hard drive.

[jbrownsjr]

more more more!!!!

[HomerMcvie]

more more more!!!!
YOU, young man, need to calm down. Don't make me stop this forum!!!

[macfan 57]

more more more!!!!

They'll be coming. I have dial-up, so it does take a bit of time to upload the tracks. But, they'll all come, in due time.:)

[GateandGarden]

YOU, young man, need to calm down. Don't make me stop this forum!!!:laugh::lol::laugh:

[macfan 57]

Here are some more tracks.

Track #3 is The Challenge.



Track #4 is So Excited.

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Track #5 is Just Crazy Love.

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[jbrownsjr]

whoooo hooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[GypsySongbird]

thankyou!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :xoxo:

[GateandGarden]

Thank you so much!!! I finally got the 1984 album and I'm just in love with "The Challenge." It's a fantastic album in general.

It's great to have live versions of these songs. :blob2:

[macfan 57]

Thank you so much!!! I finally got the 1984 album and I'm just in love with "The Challenge." It's a fantastic album in general.

It's great to have live versions of these songs. :blob2:

You're welcome.:) Did you get the album on CD or did you finally get a turntable?

[goldustsongbird]

Thank you so much!!! I finally got the 1984 album...

:shocked: :shocked: *pretty colours expression takes over*

I'm jealous!!! Like Mac fan, I'm curious... CD or record?

[goldustsongbird]

Woohoo! I love "So Excited"... the original, anyway. I'm still sort of iffy about the way it transfers to stage. Some performances are better than others, but generally, that first high note, "Well I knoooooowwwww any minute..." kills my ears.

[David]

You're welcome.:) Did you get the album on CD or did you finally get a turntable?Mary Anne, do you know if anyone has REALLY GOOD rips from the laserdisc or something of the Country Club -- or even the radio broadcast of it should sound REALLY GOOD if it's first generation & taped properly.

[macfan 57]

Mary Anne, do you know if anyone has REALLY GOOD rips from the laserdisc or something of the Country Club -- or even the radio broadcast of it should sound REALLY GOOD if it's first generation & taped properly.

I have an original VHS copy of the Video Album & the laser disc documentary & concert transferred to VHS. I have the radio broadcast from Westwood One. It was called "An Evening With Christine McVie". I'd grade the radio broadcast an A-. The volume is just a tad low. Don't you have the radio broadcast of the Reseda show?

[GateandGarden]

You're welcome.:) Did you get the album on CD or did you finally get a turntable?I got the CD as a late birthday present. My favorite songs right now are "The Challenge," "So Excited" and "Ask Anybody." And of course "Got a Hold On Me" is addictive and I can't imagine ever really being tired of it.

[GateandGarden]

:shocked: :shocked: *pretty colours expression takes over*

I'm jealous!!! Like Mac fan, I'm curious... CD or record?I have the record, too. My mom found it at a flea market somewhere for $1. I don't have anything on which to play it but it looks nice sitting in my room. :nod:

[macfan 57]

I got the CD as a late birthday present. My favorite songs right now are "The Challenge," "So Excited" and "Ask Anybody." And of course "Got a Hold On Me" is addictive and I can't imagine ever really being tired of it.

Congratulations! Now all you need is the Christine Perfect album.:)

[jbrownsjr]

Congratulations! Now all you need is the Christine Perfect album.:)

not so fast don't forget chicken shack and Madison Blues

[goldustsongbird]

I have the record, too. My mom found it at a flea market somewhere for $1. I don't have anything on which to play it but it looks nice sitting in my room. :nod:

Some girls have all the luck!

[GateandGarden]

Congratulations! Now all you need is the Christine Perfect album.:):) :) I'm totally looking forward to that release! :woohoo:

not so fast don't forget chicken shack and Madison BluesI got Madison Blues for my birthday, too. :] Love, love, love "Get Like You Used to Be" and "It's You I Miss"

Some girls have all the luck!Yeah...and get to resemble Cyndi Lauper. :nod: :xoxo:

[macfan 57]

Here are the tracks for today:

Track #6 is Spare Me A Little Of Your Love



Track #7 is The Smile I Live For

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Track #8 is Ask Anybody

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[GateandGarden]

Here are the tracks for today:

Track #6 is Spare Me A Little Of Your Love



Track #7 is The Smile I Live For

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Track #8 is Ask Anybody

[URL=]http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3K88TZN447MNO3R68OOB8IG82GIs this an anachronism of some kind and somehow Christine knew that I wanted to hear "Ask Anybody" live, despite the fact that I was two years old in 1984 and hadn't the faintest idea who she was? :laugh: She just knew that one day you would be posting those songs so that the older version of me would be appreciating them. :nod: Okay, now I'm just being ridiculous, even for me. :laugh:

Thank you again! :xoxo:

[David]

I wonder why there was never a songbook published of the 1984 album.

[goldustsongbird]

I wonder why there was never a songbook published of the 1984 album.

A songbook for the songbird... ;)

[macfan 57]

I wonder why there was never a songbook published of the 1984 album.

And, there was no tourbook either.:(

[David]

And, there was no tourbook either.:(That's right, nada. All I got was my long-sleeved white shirt with the piano keys & "Christine McVie In Concert" on the back, & a little button.

It was interesting to see many of the attendees at Universal dressed up a bit more than the usual for rock concerts. There were actually fur coats in the crowd, as if we were seeing Tony Bennett or somebody.

There was an innate sadness to these shows, Mary Anne, which I'm sure you felt too, for this was the last time any of us ever saw Christine run her warm hands over a CP-30. Little did we know then that the encroachment of the Microchip Age would poison Christine's purview & disrupt her mettle.

[macfan 57]

Here are some more tracks:

Track #9 is Keeping Secrets.



Track #10 is David's "Bug Song":D .... Guitar Bug.

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Track #11 is I'm The One.

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[macfan 57]

That's right, nada. All I got was my long-sleeved white shirt with the piano keys & "Christine McVie In Concert" on the back, & a little button.

It was interesting to see many of the attendees at Universal dressed up a bit more than the usual for rock concerts. There were actually fur coats in the crowd, as if we were seeing Tony Bennett or somebody.

There was an innate sadness to these shows, Mary Anne, which I'm sure you felt too, for this was the last time any of us ever saw Christine run her warm hands over a CP-30. Little did we know then that the encroachment of the Microchip Age would poison Christine's purview & disrupt her mettle.

Yeah, I got a t-shirt too, no button though.

I wonder why she stopped using that piano. I loved it. It didn't get drowned out by the guitar.

David, by the way, was Lindsey at that L.A. show that you were at?

[David]

I wonder why she stopped using that piano. I loved it. It didn't get drowned out by the guitar.Biggest instrumental mistake she ever made.
was Lindsey at that L.A. show that you were at?He & John were, but they didn't sit in the audience -- Mick is the only one who did that.

thanks for posting your show! I'm going to try to find my tape of Universal & convert to MP3 & post too.

[GateandGarden]

Here are some more tracks:

Track #9 is Keeping Secrets.



Track #10 is David's "Bug Song":D .... Guitar Bug.

http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=30W6SHMBHRB5W1C3R3VQXLOGJ0 (]http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2KAC8LIFCM36X0YFBHJOPO9GIF[/URL)

Track #11 is I'm The One.

[URL=]http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=098WGBXU7OEKY0VYC3RBAYWX9EThank you, thank you! :)

[ThePenguin]

That's right, nada. All I got was my long-sleeved white shirt with the piano keys & "Christine McVie In Concert" on the back, & a little button.



i got the button too! I also got the sleeveless tank w/ all the names of Chris's songs all over it. :woohoo: Still have it, yellowed w/ age (and no way would it fit me now!! :shocked: )

-Lis

[SteveMacD]

I have to be honest, I'm not loving "Just Crazy Love" or "Spare Me A Little." They both seem a bit generic here, but then I get the same vibe from "Remember Me" from Roxy. JCL just doesn't have enough piano, SMAL just isn't the same without the little jam at the end, and I have to say Todd's solos seem a little generic on both. Now, SYLM is pretty good.

[golden braid]

I have to be honest, I'm not loving "Just Crazy Love" or "Spare Me A Little." They both seem a bit generic here, but then I get the same vibe from "Remember Me" from Roxy. JCL just doesn't have enough piano, SMAL just isn't the same without the little jam at the end, and I have to say Todd's solos seem a little generic on both. Now, SYLM is pretty good.
I love Spare Me a Little when she sings it with Stevie and Lindsey but here it doesn't do anything for me either. I miss the harmonies and the tempo seems to slow.

[macfan 57]

More tracks....

Track #12 is One In A Million.



Track #13 is Hold Me.

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Track #14 is Got A Hold On Me.

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[HomerMcvie]

Thanks Mary Anne.

[David]

I have to be honest, I'm not loving "Just Crazy Love" or "Spare Me A Little." They both seem a bit generic here, but then I get the same vibe from "Remember Me" from Roxy. JCL just doesn't have enough piano, SMAL just isn't the same without the little jam at the end, and I have to say Todd's solos seem a little generic on both.But, Steve, you're a total crackwhore, as you know. The SMALs from the 1984 tour are some of my favorite arrangements of it -- with all those glorious backup vocals by George Hawkins. Yes, it's a different approach from that of the Mac a decade before, but what all & hoosits & whatsits & yeowza extra-cheese please on a kaiser roll.

Yeesh.

And you also don't like Remember Me from Roxy '81? You crackwhore, you. That's casual & loose & even a bit funky & everyone's happy & a little drunk & what's not to like???

Sidebar: The Roxy '81 film is the only footage I know of Chris playing a real Rhodes. Can you think of any other?

[SteveMacD]

But, Steve, you're a total crackwhore, as you know.
Well, we all have our hobbies.
The SMALs from the 1984 tour are some of my favorite arrangements of it -- with all those glorious backup vocals by George Hawkins.
I'll grant you that George Hawkins' backing vocals were pretty killer. I like that he sang the "Bare Trees" arrangement, but only much, much better.
Yes, it's a different approach from that of the Mac a decade before, but what all & hoosits & whatsits & yeowza extra-cheese please on a kaiser roll.
It sounded generic and boring to me. :sorry:
And you also don't like Remember Me from Roxy '81? You crackwhore, you. That's casual & loose & even a bit funky & everyone's happy & a little drunk & what's not to like???
I liked it until I heard these songs, and then it hit me that here are three songs that sounded very different on record in the '70s, but really far too similar live, especially in terms of the all-too-important guitar solo, in the '80s. The personality of the individual songs, when heard together, isn't there.
Sidebar: The Roxy '81 film is the only footage I know of Chris playing a real Rhodes. Can you think of any other?
This (http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2901&d=1102547751) looks like a Rhodes, but I don't know if it's a Fender, a copy, or if I need to get my eyes checked again.

[David]

This (http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2901&d=1102547751) looks like a Rhodes, but I don't know if it's a Fender, a copy, or if I need to get my eyes checked again.It looks a lot like an early Rhodes Stage 73, but it's more than likely the Wurlitzer 200A. See that inset groove along the top? That's the tip-off.

www.soundcrew.co.jp/japan/equipment/key/e_piano/wurlitzer/img/kp022.jpg

The only reason she's playing the Rhodes on GDW at the Bob Welch show is that it's the keyboardist's setup -- David Edelstein, is it?

[macfan 57]

Here are the tracks for today.

Track #15 is Over My Head.



Track #16 is Too Much Is Not Enough.

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Track #17 is You Make Loving Fun.

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[GypsySongbird]

Here are the tracks for today.

Track #15 is Over My Head.



Track #16 is Too Much Is Not Enough.

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Track #17 is You Make Loving Fun.

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you are a saint you know:D :xoxo:

[macfan 57]

you are a saint you know:D :xoxo:

So I've been told.:D I'm glad you like them. There are only 2 more tracks to go.

[macfan 57]

Here's one more track. I'll post the last track, "Songbird" either later today or tomorrow.

Track #18 is Don't Stop.

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[aleuzzi]

[QUOTE=macfan 57]In another thread, someone requested a complete show from Christine's solo tour in 1984. I have a complete show. Since I have dial-up, I'll be posting just a few tracks every day until the entire show is posted.



Thanks so much for these MACFAN 57! Offering us these precious recordings took a lot of time out from your day...But hearing some of these tunes again from that time period (the material from her then recent album sounds best) was rewarding!

Incidentally, I think Chris's voice sounded fresher and more youthful during The Dance and on In the Meantime than it did in 1985...Any thoughts anyone?

[jbrownsjr]

[QUOTE=macfan 57]In another thread, someone requested a complete show from Christine's solo tour in 1984. I have a complete show. Since I have dial-up, I'll be posting just a few tracks every day until the entire show is posted.



Thanks so much for these MACFAN 57! Offering us these precious recordings took a lot of time out from your day...But hearing some of these tunes again from that time period (the material from her then recent album sounds best) was rewarding!

Incidentally, I think Chris's voice sounded fresher and more youthful during The Dance and on In the Meantime than it did in 1985...Any thoughts anyone?

yes, i think the tapes here are dragging her voice flat a little... however, she sounded great on the dance (better than stevie and lb imo) and In the Meantime sounds amazing vocally

[macfan 57]

Thanks so much for these MACFAN 57! Offering us these precious recordings took a lot of time out from your day...But hearing some of these tunes again from that time period (the material from her then recent album sounds best) was rewarding!

You're welcome. I've been uploading the tracks while I eat breakfast in the morning, so it hasn't taken much time out of my day.:D

Incidentally, I think Chris's voice sounded fresher and more youthful during The Dance and on In the Meantime than it did in 1985...Any thoughts anyone?

I agree. I think her voice sounded the best ever on In The Meantime. And, live she sounded the best on the Dance tour. I think her voice sounded best on a Fleetwood Mac studio album on Tango In The Night. It's very unusual for a singer to improve with age, but Christine has done just that.

[SteveMacD]

I agree. I think her voice sounded the best ever on In The Meantime. And, live she sounded the best on the Dance tour. I think her voice sounded best on a Fleetwood Mac studio album on Tango In The Night. It's very unusual for a singer to improve with age, but Christine has done just that.
Practice (as she'd say).

[David]

You're welcome. I've been uploading the tracks while I eat breakfast in the morning, so it hasn't taken much time out of my day.:DYou're still a great lady & a great pal for doing so.
I agree. I think her voice sounded the best ever on In The Meantime. And, live she sounded the best on the Dance tour. I think her voice sounded best on a Fleetwood Mac studio album on Tango In The Night.Her vocal work on "In the Meantime" is extraordinary because it's not only pliable & tone-sensitive but also quite experimental: she tries some new things with her lower register as well as with sound-sense phenomena as they pertain to emphasis & enunciation.

She has sung so uniquely & beautifully on so many Mac tracks in the studio that I'm not sure I could extrapolate from that history a particular album on which she sang the best. Certainly she was at the top of her game on the Mac reunion tour. Listen, again, to "You Make Loving Fun" on that album, & you will hear a vocal spot-on perfection that is actually the musical highlight of the album.

[aleuzzi]

I agree with MacFan57 that she improved with age (perhpas like vintage wine?). But she also sounded bloody terrific from 1973-76: the bootlegs attest to the fact that, in that period, she was at the top of her game.

I think endless touring, drinking, smoking, and cocaine through the latter half of the 70s probably took its toll on her voice, especially on the Tusk and Mirage tours, but once she stepped away from that hectic lifestyle, she steadily regained her strength and voice. Her vocals on the Tango video, for example, are probably the only reason to watch that show. And I remember being shocked at how good she sounded on Time. I'd honeslty dreaded that she'd lost her voice by that point. Boy was I gloriously wrong!

[macfan 57]

Here's the last track. Now all 19 tracks have been posted from this show. I hope everyone has enjoyed it!

Track #19 is Songbird.

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[GypsySongbird]

Here's the last track. Now all 19 tracks have been posted from this show. I hope everyone has enjoyed it!

Track #19 is Songbird.

http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2U8J0VKLAADYL2E7V6OHTMHGR5

enjoyed it is an understatement!!!!! thankyou!!!!:xoxo: :xoxo:

[MacMan]

What are the chances of someone posting the very first track from this show. I managed to get the rest, but that one had expired.. TIA.

[macfan 57]

What are the chances of someone posting the very first track from this show. I managed to get the rest, but that one had expired.. TIA.

I'll post "Say You Love Me" later this morning.

[macfan 57]

Here's track #1, Say You Love Me, again.

http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0H4WBS58LJJPH1NIQWUNURC1XF

[MacMan]

Here's track #1, Say You Love Me, again.

http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0H4WBS58LJJPH1NIQWUNURC1XF


Thanks very much!!!