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BLY
06-05-2015, 08:51 PM
The b-side track Ricky came on my iPod today and I had to crank up the volume. I always loved this Mc Vie/ Buckingham track from the Tango sessions. It made me think of the sessions that Lindsey and Christine have been working on. It would have been nice if there was a leak or two.😁
PenguinHead
06-08-2015, 05:12 AM
It's a nice instrumental track, one of those obscure numbers that I wish would be pulled out of obscurity and featured on compilation -- a box set or rarities album.

I believe this was the backing track of what was going to be Fleetwood Mac's version of Stevie's song Juliet.
jbrownsjr
06-08-2015, 08:52 AM
I love when CM and LB both work together. They both understand music.
louielouie2000
06-08-2015, 10:23 AM
This song has always been roundly panned in the FM community, but I just love it. I think it's so fun, and it always improves my mood when I hear it. The only problem is I forget about it for long stretches since it's not an album cut.
sanders8323
06-08-2015, 04:12 PM
It's a nice instrumental track, one of those obscure numbers that I wish would be pulled out of obscurity and featured on compilation -- a box set or rarities album.

I believe this was the backing track of what was going to be Fleetwood Mac's version of Stevie's song Juliet.

You're on the right track, but you're thinking of the instrumental track "Book of Miracles."
WayOfTheDragon
06-08-2015, 10:25 PM
I love the exotic 80s flavor of this track.
secondhandchain
06-08-2015, 11:40 PM
I love that track. Love the production. Love the drums and I wonder if Lindsey did them.
PenguinHead
06-09-2015, 12:55 AM
You're on the right track, but you're thinking of the instrumental track "Book of Miracles."

Yes. correct. I am addressing the track "Book of Miracles."

In its origin, it started out as a prospect Stevie song for the Tango album. As evidence, there is a rudimentary Fleetwood Mac demo of Juliet. The instrumental track was prepped, but before Stevie got around to laying down the vocals, the song was cut from the roster. So, it was renamed from a phrase in the song, and released as a b-side.

A few years later, Stevie recorded the song Juliet for her solo album, consulting her "Book of Miracles." It would have been a good song Tango album. It's one of my favorite songs on her Other Side of the Mirror. It was one the highlight performances of the show I attended on her tour. Soon after, she inexplicably dropped it from the set.