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jbrownsjr
04-05-2006, 12:33 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_McVie
dougl
04-05-2006, 12:40 PM
"Christine had an affair with a music producer, and she nearly left John and the band to make a solo album with her lover. However, he went back to his spouse, so she did the same."

Very interesting, I wonder how a 1973/74 Christine McVie solo album would have fared.
jbrownsjr
04-05-2006, 12:49 PM
"Christine had an affair with a music producer, and she nearly left John and the band to make a solo album with her lover. However, he went back to his spouse, so she did the same."

Very interesting, I wonder how a 1973/74 Christine McVie solo album would have fared.

indeed!:woohoo:
Gailh
04-05-2006, 12:52 PM
"Christine had an affair with a music producer, and she nearly left John and the band to make a solo album with her lover. However, he went back to his spouse, so she did the same."

Very interesting, I wonder how a 1973/74 Christine McVie solo album would have fared.

Yes that would have been interesting!

Gail

PS As we all know she wasn't born in Birmingham. She was born in Greenodd on the edge of the Lake District
SteveMacD
04-05-2006, 02:01 PM
Well, I updated the albums. None of her session work with Fleetwood Mac was included.
macfan 57
04-05-2006, 05:52 PM
"Christine had an affair with a music producer, and she nearly left John and the band to make a solo album with her lover. However, he went back to his spouse, so she did the same."

Very interesting, I wonder how a 1973/74 Christine McVie solo album would have fared.

That was Martin Birch. A solo album at that time would have been very interesting.

The Madison Blues box set isn't listed in the discography. Can anyone add anything to Wikipedia?
aleuzzi
04-06-2006, 01:26 PM
Well written stuff. But I'm not familiar with a bit of terminology: what's a "cut-rate" group mean?
HomerMcvie
04-06-2006, 01:32 PM
Well written stuff. But I'm not familiar with a bit of terminology: what's a "cut-rate" group mean?
Cheap. Sub par.
http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/lwu/d?s=f&w=cut-rate
David
04-06-2006, 01:46 PM
The article could have done without the unnecessary, patronizing term "authoress."

Why is the '84 album always dubbed "synthesizer-heavy"?

"Wilson drowned in an accident a few years later, breaking Christine's heart."
I'm sure it rather bothered Wilson, too!
macfan 57
04-06-2006, 03:08 PM
Why is the '84 album always dubbed "synthesizer-heavy"?
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Maybe because of Steve Winwood?:confused:
DavidMn
04-06-2006, 05:55 PM
"Christine had an affair with a music producer, and she nearly left John and the band to make a solo album with her lover. However, he went back to his spouse, so she did the same."

Very interesting, I wonder how a 1973/74 Christine McVie solo album would have fared.I'm guessing fairly well.:nod:
jbrownsjr
04-06-2006, 09:05 PM
Imagine how well received that would have been in Britain...

Christine Perfect McVie's 1973 release Bad Loser hits stores next week!! Her first solo album since joining FMac.

ahhh to dream:shrug:
aleuzzi
04-07-2006, 01:02 PM
Cheap. Sub par.
http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/lwu/d?s=f&w=cut-rate


Thanks, Homer!
SteveMacD
04-07-2006, 11:17 PM
I'm guessing fairly well.:nod:
I wouldn't bet on it, though. It would have been good, no doubt, but it's unlikely that it would have been a hit. She didn't have the name recognition back then, and even then she'd have to deal with "oh, she was that blues piano player Christine Perfect, from Chicken Shack, who ended up ditching the blues to go bubble gum" or "that chick from that one band...oh what's their name...you know, the one that had all those guitar players go crazy?"
DavidMn
04-08-2006, 02:28 PM
I wouldn't bet on it, though. It would have been good, no doubt, but it's unlikely that it would have been a hit. She didn't have the name recognition back then, and even then she'd have to deal with "oh, she was that blues piano player Christine Perfect, from Chicken Shack, who ended up ditching the blues to go bubble gum" or "that chick from that one band...oh what's their name...you know, the one that had all those guitar players go crazy?"No I wasnt saying it wouldve gone platinum, but I certainly dont think it wouldve bombed either. I'll just take a stab any say it might have sold about 150,000 copies or so.
SteveMacD
04-08-2006, 03:18 PM
No I wasnt saying it wouldve gone platinum, but I certainly dont think it wouldve bombed either. I'll just take a stab any say it might have sold about 150,000 copies or so.
I'll buy that, though by today's standard, 150K is a bomb.
aleuzzi
04-08-2006, 06:59 PM
In this Christine-goes-solo 1973 fantasy, I think it's safe to say both Dave and Steve are right. The album would probably not have been a big hit, nor possibly even matched the sales of Pre-BN Mac albums. But it would, most likely, have sold a respectable amount, enough to keep her on a label.

At this point in her career, she was compared (in print, for ex: see the Rolling Stone record review of "Bare Trees" in the archive) to Sandy Denny and Dusty Springfield. The latter had difficulty matching the commerical success of "Dusty In Memphis," despite recording a string of excellent albums in the early seventies. Chris would have had a fan base, and certainly some critical praise. But given her retiring stage presence, her dislike of rigorous touring, and her preference for understatement, she would probably have carved a minor--albeit noteworthy--niche in popular music history.