Mirage Box-Set... Finally!!

[haleyd]

Per Ken Caillat's facebook this morning - "Today I started re-mixing Fleetwood Mac's Mirage album in 5.1 for Warner Brothers re-release of a new Deluxe Box Set of that classic album."

[SisterNightroad]

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I keep my fingers crossed for a DVD.

[jbrownsjr]

Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jbrownsjr]

My!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jbrownsjr]

God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Richard B]

Right ON!! Loving these deluxe box sets. Mirage is way overdue for some love. Can't wait for TITN too.

[mike_nh]

I hope we will finally also get a remastered blu ray of the mirage tour video.

[mitzo]

Keeps us excited even after 13 years of nothing new!!

[Richard B]

I hope we will finally also get a remastered blu ray of the mirage tour video.

Not to be downer, but I do believe that Mirage Tour video was shot on tape, which can't be converted to HD since its source is SD. I'll take a kick as audio of it though.

[SeanJT]

If this is an April Fool's joke, it's not funny. :distress: Please provide the link.

[jbrownsjr]

If this is an April Fool's joke, it's not funny. :distress: Please provide the link.

I did see it on Ken's FB page.

[sorcerer999]

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! What great news!!! I'm chomping at the bit to know what extras we will be getting with this one!!! :nod:

It's not a hoax. He really did post it and seems just as excited about it as we are!

[sanders8323]

I must be looking at the wrong Facebook page. The last post I see from Ken is from 3/29 about his new car.

[Wdm6789]

OMG YES!

Can we please get the same deluxe treatment we got with Tusk. I would love to have a live version of Sara from the Mirage tour on my iTunes. I just hope they don't include that awful Hold Me demo "hold me hold me like a good man should." That demo of Hold Me is awful. I'm glad Lindsey was there to get his hands on that song.

[SeanJT]

I must be looking at the wrong FB page as well.

Still not finding it.

I also see the last FB post from Ken is from 3/29 about his new car.

https://www.facebook.com/ken.caillat?fref=ts

:shrug:

[jbrownsjr]

OMG YES!

Can we please get the same deluxe treatment we got with Tusk. I would love to have a live version of Sara from the Mirage tour on my iTunes. I just hope they don't include that awful Hold Me demo "hold me hold me like a good man should." That demo of Hold Me is awful. I'm glad Lindsey was there to get his hands on that song.

Lindsey didn't change the lyrics. Often times when you write the music first you use 'scratch lyrics' to find the rhythm of the song. That way, you can play around the scratch vocal. As that process develops, the lyrics get re-written and the vocal line changes.

[sanders8323]

Ha! Maybe Ken is April Fooling us by posting that on his FB page!

[louielouie2000]

Ha! Maybe Ken is April Fooling us by posting that on his FB page!

That was my take on this topic.

[haleyd]

All I have is a screenshot that I took of his post first thing this morning right before I came here and posted this thread. I'm not sure how to post the screenshot because it keeps saying it exceeds the size limit... If anyone can help me out I'll gladly share it!

Also, I just checked and his post is most definitely still there... I'm not sure why some people aren't seeing it.

[sorcerer999]

You people who claim to not see it are not scrolling down far enough. It's there. Here's a screen grab!!!

[sorcerer999]

Ha! Maybe Ken is April Fooling us by posting that on his FB page!

That was my take on this topic.

:rolleyes:

April Fools is TOMORROW, people.

[jbrownsjr]

:rolleyes:

April Fools is TOMORROW, people.

Exactly, why would you do a joke like that the day before???

[dawn_amanda]

If this is true....I hope they will include If You Were My Love and Smile At You! :D

[sanders8323]

Exactly, why would you do a joke like that the day before???

Yeah, I thought about that before posting earlier, but also thought jokesters like to get an early start as well.

[WayOfTheDragon]

This would be awesome if it does happen. Would love a 2-CD of Mirage tour recordings like they did with the Tusk box set. Actually, this is more exciting to me than the Tusk box, because Mirage is usually overlooked and downplayed by the band, yet recently it has become one of my all-time favorite albums. It may not be a perfect album, but it's a very playable one. I listen to it very often, while I almost never listen to Rumours anymore. Plus, it has my all-time favorite song ("Hold Me") on it. Maybe the release of a deluxe edition would encourage FM to add another Mirage song or two to their next tour setlist.

[nicole21290]

I can't see the post either, and so I suspect it's down to who is 'friends' with him on Facebook or not.

[Macfan4life]

This seems too good to be true. What next? A full unreleased Mirage concert to go with the CD?
This would be the greatest thing since sliced bread :eek:

[gldstwmn]

I can't see the post either, and so I suspect it's down to who is 'friends' with him on Facebook or not.
The post is there on his Facebook page.

[sanders8323]

I can't see the post either, and so I suspect it's down to who is 'friends' with him on Facebook or not.

Nicole, I think you're on to something here. You have the option in Facebook to share with the public, friends or just yourself.

[nicole21290]

The post is there on his Facebook page.

Not if you're not friends with him. I never bothered to try after CAH wrote a long ass post encouraging him to block me.

The most recent post I can see is from the 29th March about his car. It's a share of his 28th post, which is what I see next. Then we go back to a 27th March post about his mother-in-law's passing, preceded by a post on the 26th about the Record Plant. Then we're all the way back to 2015 posts, including a '...started working at ArtistMax'.

I'm not just not looking properly, lol.

[Artemis]

If this is true....I hope they will include If You Were My Love and Smile At You! :D

Yes yes yes yes yes. Day 1 purchase for me if studio-quality versions of those two songs are included. Especially if it's the "Angry" version of Smile At You...

[haleyd]

Maybe the release of a deluxe edition would encourage FM to add another Mirage song or two to their next tour setlist.

Was literally thinking that too! That would be awesome!!

[Sanne2]

Wow great news! But I'm very surprised they're doing Mirage before the 1975 album or even Tango (their 2nd best selling album after Rumours).

[MusicInferno]

Such great news!!!

Wow great news! But I'm very surprised they're doing Mirage before the 1975 album or even Tango (their 2nd best selling album after Rumours).

Maybe it's because the white album already got the remastering treatment at least and now they're going through it chronologically. :)

[Justin Reach]

Wow great news! But I'm very surprised they're doing Mirage before the 1975 album or even Tango (their 2nd best selling album after Rumours).

My guess is that they're going to wait until Tango's 30th anniversary next year for a big deluxe re-issue.

[jbrownsjr]

Yes, they've done FM, Rumours, Tusk. I hope they do all the albums. Pre 1975 as well.

[sanders8323]

My guess is that they're going to wait until Tango's 30th anniversary next year for a big deluxe re-issue.

Maybe. But knowing the band, they'll just release a Super Mega Giant Gargantuan Ultimate Rumours Definitive Box set since it will be the 40th anniversary.

[Wdm6789]

Could the release of the deluxe Mirage coincide with their 2017 tour? If so, I really hope they play Hold Me or Eyes of The World.

[stevierocks87]

AWESOME news!! This is Stevie's best era IMO and her Mirage demos are sublime. I REALLY hope we get her outtakes but MOST of all a VIDEO! I think you are right about the Mirage video being standard definition, but I think the US festival show might have been shot on film? If they release a Blue-Ray of that it would be the most incredible thing FM has ever released. Unfortunately with them that seems totally pie in the sky even though other bands have released similarly rare/unreleased material.

I still don't get why the Tusk video wasn't realized with the TUSK set.

[jbrownsjr]

AWESOME news!! This is Stevie's best era IMO and her Mirage demos are sublime. I REALLY hope we get her outtakes but MOST of all a VIDEO! I think you are right about the Mirage video being standard definition, but I think the US festival show might have been shot on film? If they release a Blue-Ray of that it would be the most incredible thing FM has ever released. Unfortunately with them that seems totally pie in the sky even though other bands have released similarly rare/unreleased material.

I still don't get why the Tusk video wasn't realized with the TUSK set.

Blows my mind, too..

[Macfanforever]

At first I thought this was another April fools day thread.

I say its about time.I ditto on the DVD effort too.Make the uncut version.

[jbrownsjr]

At first I thought this was another April fools day thread.

I say its about time.I ditto on the DVD effort too.Make the uncut version.

Disc 1 remasters
Disc 2 outtakes and demos
Disc 3 Live Cd Bonus Tracks US Festival
Dvd Mirage Concert Uncut in it's entirety.

Boom.......

[nodmod]

Could the release of the deluxe Mirage coincide with their 2017 tour? If so, I really hope they play Hold Me or Eyes of The World.

Release Mirage deluxe in late 2016 and then a Tango deluxe in 2017 (30 years since it's release)

[stevierocks87]

Disc 1 remasters
Disc 2 outtakes and demos
Disc 3 Live Cd Bonus Tracks US Festival
Dvd Mirage Concert Uncut in it's entirety.

Boom.......




YES!!!!!

That would be "something exquisite!"

[jbrownsjr]

YES!!!!!

That would be "something exquisite!"

I had fun just typing it.. lol

[Jondalar]

Why wasn't Smile at You, If You Were Love or Silver Springs on Tango in the Night? I mean Welcome to the Room Sara and When I See You Again were not up to par. She had better songs to offer that could compete with Lindsey and Christine. She got trampled on that album. She was the weak link.

[Jondalar]

Here is the 1982 Rolling Stone Review of Mirage. (Surprised they liked it soo much.)

Mirage

4 out of 5 stars

Mirage Fleetwood Mac Reprise
BY JOHN MILWARD August 16, 1982

Fleetwood Mac boasts the rarest of chart-topping, adult-oriented rock virtues — a group personality. In the three-part harmonies and the assured snap of the rhythm section, we hear five distinct personalities merge into a sound that is unmistakably Mac. On Mirage, Lindsey Buckingham once again reaches into his bag of magicianly production tricks and pulls out an elusive gem of a Fleetwood Mac record that, to borrow some lines from his own "Can't Go Home," has "a face as soft as a tear in a clown's eye."

"Can't Go Home" would sound comfortable in a music box. As with most of Buckingham's tunes, we're hooked before the first word. The melody is sprung from beat one as vibes and guitar play tag atop John McVie's ticktocking bass, and just when you expect it, Mick Fleetwood's snare drum locks the machinery into gear. Fleetwood and McVie, rock's classiest rhythm section, know how to make the simple sublime.

Fleetwood Mac, a vocal group with a beat, doesn't scrimp on harmonies. Voices make a feather bed for Christine McVie's pulsing "Love in Store," adorn the edges of Stevie Nicks' fairy tales and jump all over Buckingham's quirky contributions. Whether answering the lead voice or chanting "bom, bom, bom," the singing keeps Mac's fuzzy face in focus.

Nicks, whose easy allure has made her the most popular of Mac's front three, is also the most problematic. While Buckingham steals from everybody, Nicks picks her own pocket. Is there a witch in the house who could banish "dream," "gypsy" and (gasp) "velvet underground" from her vocabulary? "That's Alright," with a countryish melody and a demonstrative opening image ("Meet me down by the railway station"), is far and away her best new song. Still, when Fleetwood drops extra drum beats into the belly of the belfry on "Gypsy," it's clear that nobody can weave Stevie's velvet and lace like Fleetwood Mac.

Christine McVie might turn out to be the Alberta Hunter of the future. "Only over You" is Mirage's inevitable breakup blues: "I'm out of my mind," she sings in an ascending arch, and while that's not too far from "I'm over my head," Christine's wisdom is in her honey-toned voice. And though "Wish You Were Here" is a Jackson Browne soundalike with really bad words, "Hold Me" bristles with randy fun. Singing in tandem, Christine and Lindsey snuggle up to the rhythm ("Slip your hand inside my glove"), she smoothing his edges and he pushing her over the top.

Hellbent on becoming the silliest of rock stars, Lindsey Buckingham takes Fleetwood Mac's limp language to its logical extreme. He composes mint-fresh pop tunes, but the words are strictly recycled: i.e., "Love is like a grain of sand" or "Who wrote the book of love?" While Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and Brian Wilson ignite his imagination, they also tangle his tongue. How lucky they were to have said it first! "Empire State," which crosses the space-cadet Byrds with the car-hopping Beach Boys, is as aggressively asinine as anything to come from Brian's sandbox. Minimally deeper are "Oh Diane" and "Eyes of the World," the former coaxing the dreaded "grain of sand" over a Buddy Holly-ish chord structure, and the latter launching a riveting guitar solo from a "Tusk"-like beat. The finely turned details that illuminate these tunes are deployed throughout Mirage, from the enthusiastic "hey" on "Empire State" to the tiny organ telegraphing "Only over You." Pop touches like these make a few grains of sand seem like a beach.

Fleetwood Mac have never pretended to be heavy thinkers. But like E.T. or baseball's pennant race, Mirage is another of 1982's sunny entertainments: it sounds great in the morning and fine over a sunset with wine.

[Street_Dreamer]

This is welcome news.

[bombaysaffires]

Why wasn't Smile at You, If You Were Love or Silver Springs on Tango in the Night? I mean Welcome to the Room Sara and When I See You Again were not up to par. She had better songs to offer that could compete with Lindsey and Christine. She got trampled on that album. She was the weak link.

Wasn't Joan of Arc in this period? (or was it Tango?)

I want it either way.

[aleuzzi]

OMG YES!

Can we please get the same deluxe treatment we got with Tusk. I would love to have a live version of Sara from the Mirage tour on my iTunes. I just hope they don't include that awful Hold Me demo "hold me hold me like a good man should." That demo of Hold Me is awful. I'm glad Lindsey was there to get his hands on that song.

I love the demo of Hold Me. She sings it well. It's a tight, well-structured tune, even before LB got to it. I love the final version, but demo shows her belting. Love it.

[jbrownsjr]

I love the demo of Hold Me. She sings it well. It's a tight, well-structured tune, even before LB got to it. I love the final version, but demo shows her belting. Love it.

It's so different for her. I agree. What a masterpiece of a single. And Stevie nailed it with Gypsy. The ladies made that album sell.

[secondhandchain]

Could the release of the deluxe Mirage coincide with their 2017 tour? If so, I really hope they play Hold Me or Eyes of The World.

God knows they ain't making a new album. Nostalgia tour number 50.

[michelej1]

God knows they ain't making a new album. Nostalgia tour number 50.

Even if they toured on the Mirage album that would be something new and different, at least.

Michele

[Wdm6789]

I hope this is the thing that finally gives us the uncut Mirage tour video. I'm not holding my breath, but how awesome would that be? I hope they at least include live tracks of all the songs on their set from 1982, like they did with the deluxe Tusk.

[Macfan4life]

Here is the 1982 Rolling Stone Review of Mirage. (Surprised they liked it soo much.)

Mirage

4 out of 5 stars

Mirage Fleetwood Mac Reprise
BY JOHN MILWARD August 16, 1982

Fleetwood Mac boasts the rarest of chart-topping, adult-oriented rock virtues — a group personality. In the three-part harmonies and the assured snap of the rhythm section, we hear five distinct personalities merge into a sound that is unmistakably Mac. On Mirage, Lindsey Buckingham once again reaches into his bag of magicianly production tricks and pulls out an elusive gem of a Fleetwood Mac record that, to borrow some lines from his own "Can't Go Home," has "a face as soft as a tear in a clown's eye."

"Can't Go Home" would sound comfortable in a music box. As with most of Buckingham's tunes, we're hooked before the first word. The melody is sprung from beat one as vibes and guitar play tag atop John McVie's ticktocking bass, and just when you expect it, Mick Fleetwood's snare drum locks the machinery into gear. Fleetwood and McVie, rock's classiest rhythm section, know how to make the simple sublime.

Fleetwood Mac, a vocal group with a beat, doesn't scrimp on harmonies. Voices make a feather bed for Christine McVie's pulsing "Love in Store," adorn the edges of Stevie Nicks' fairy tales and jump all over Buckingham's quirky contributions. Whether answering the lead voice or chanting "bom, bom, bom," the singing keeps Mac's fuzzy face in focus.

Nicks, whose easy allure has made her the most popular of Mac's front three, is also the most problematic. While Buckingham steals from everybody, Nicks picks her own pocket. Is there a witch in the house who could banish "dream," "gypsy" and (gasp) "velvet underground" from her vocabulary? "That's Alright," with a countryish melody and a demonstrative opening image ("Meet me down by the railway station"), is far and away her best new song. Still, when Fleetwood drops extra drum beats into the belly of the belfry on "Gypsy," it's clear that nobody can weave Stevie's velvet and lace like Fleetwood Mac.

Christine McVie might turn out to be the Alberta Hunter of the future. "Only over You" is Mirage's inevitable breakup blues: "I'm out of my mind," she sings in an ascending arch, and while that's not too far from "I'm over my head," Christine's wisdom is in her honey-toned voice. And though "Wish You Were Here" is a Jackson Browne soundalike with really bad words, "Hold Me" bristles with randy fun. Singing in tandem, Christine and Lindsey snuggle up to the rhythm ("Slip your hand inside my glove"), she smoothing his edges and he pushing her over the top.

Hellbent on becoming the silliest of rock stars, Lindsey Buckingham takes Fleetwood Mac's limp language to its logical extreme. He composes mint-fresh pop tunes, but the words are strictly recycled: i.e., "Love is like a grain of sand" or "Who wrote the book of love?" While Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and Brian Wilson ignite his imagination, they also tangle his tongue. How lucky they were to have said it first! "Empire State," which crosses the space-cadet Byrds with the car-hopping Beach Boys, is as aggressively asinine as anything to come from Brian's sandbox. Minimally deeper are "Oh Diane" and "Eyes of the World," the former coaxing the dreaded "grain of sand" over a Buddy Holly-ish chord structure, and the latter launching a riveting guitar solo from a "Tusk"-like beat. The finely turned details that illuminate these tunes are deployed throughout Mirage, from the enthusiastic "hey" on "Empire State" to the tiny organ telegraphing "Only over You." Pop touches like these make a few grains of sand seem like a beach.

Fleetwood Mac have never pretended to be heavy thinkers. But like E.T. or baseball's pennant race, Mirage is another of 1982's sunny entertainments: it sounds great in the morning and fine over a sunset with wine.
I remember this review and the bottle of wine reference ;) Rolling Stone has always had odd reviews for Fleetwood Mac and solo projects (excluding Lindsey). Rolling Stone trashed the Wild Heart album and they were not crazy about Bella Donna either. Bella Donna is one of the best albums of the entire 80's decade. In 1990 they said Billy Burnette and Rick Vito were the best thing to happen to Fleetwood Mac. They also did not like Stevie's voice on the White Album.

[sanders8323]

Hmmm, "Can't Go Home," never heard of that Mac song before:rolleyes: