Posthumous releases?

[Tusky]

Hi - do you think Rhino will release any Christine material soon? What do you think it will be? I'd love a reissue of her 1984 live show on DVD and a Buckingham/McVie live show on CD

[HomerMcvie]

I doubt it. It probably wouldn't move enough copies to be (in low, husky voice) "viable product".

Just being honest...

[jbrownsjr]

I've actually thought about this. Depends on who has the rights.

Her death did rattle the world. It would be nice to have a box set of Fm and solo material.

[aleuzzi]

One can dream!

Though I doubt she left anything behind that she really wanted the world to hear.

[FuzzyPlum]

I doubt there’s much in the way of unreleased material out there. She largely wrote to order, so what you see is probably what you get.
A ‘Best of Fleetwood Mac: Christine McVie’ might be the best we can hope for.

[Tusky]

Didn't one of the articles mention another unreleased solo album? Post-FM, after In The Meantime?

[Karlie]

I could maybe only see something like this happening as a Record Store Day exclusive release. Those don't need to move a huge number of copies as scarcity is part of the appeal.

My unrealistic ideas for the content:

1. Recording of a 1984 live show. This seems easiest to pull off.

2. Early years best-of compilation, with selects from Chicken Shack, Christine Perfect album, and pre-1975 FM. Unlikely as it would involve getting rights from 3 different entities, and Christine seemed embarrassed of her first solo album for her whole life so she probably wouldn't have wanted more attention drawn to it.

3. 1988-1995 compilation, with all her songs from BTM and Time plus Love Shines, Heart of Stone, and ALAYF. This is one of my favorite Christine eras. So many of these songs were of the same caliber as her biggest hits but got little to no exposure because of the context they were released in.

4. In my most fantastical, least probable dreams, she left behind a bunch of secret demos for that blues album she was always talking about making, and there is someone with access to them who has the means to get them produced, pastiched into an album, and released.

[jbrownsjr]

Didn't one of the articles mention another unreleased solo album? Post-FM, after In The Meantime?

I don't think so. But, don't get me hopes up, Tusky!!



there' used to be a twit that would April fool's that Christine was coming back a few years after 2004ish. I fell for it every time... :lol:

[Karlie]

there' used to be a twit that would April fool's that Christine was coming back a few years after 2004ish. I fell for it every time... :lol:

Wouldn’t totally surprise me if Chris herself was behind that. She loved April Fool’s pranks. :laugh:

[jbrownsjr]

Wouldn’t totally surprise me if Chris herself was behind that. She loved April Fool’s pranks. :laugh:

I think she was recluse at this point. I can't remember who it was. It was a regular.

[aleuzzi]

I think she was recluse at this point. I can't remember who it was. It was a regular.

Yeah, from 2002-2008-ish she was a recluse. I remember thinking ITM was a miracle that appeared despite this. I still think so.

She and LB worked on one of her songs that was ultimately not included on their duet record. (LB probably insisted they each have five songs only.) At the time, in a co-interview, Christine alluded to this and said she had “high hopes for that song.” LB said something like “for the next duet project…”

If we could get a hold of that song….

[BLY]

Yeah, from 2002-2008-ish she was a recluse. I remember thinking ITM was a miracle that appeared despite this. I still think so.

She and LB worked on one of her songs that was ultimately not included on their duet record. (LB probably insisted they each have five songs only.) At the time, in a co-interview, Christine alluded to this and said she had “high hopes for that song.” LB said something like “for the next duet project…”

If we could get a hold of that song….

Let’s hope he includes these tracks on his next solo release.

[jbrownsjr]

Yeah, from 2002-2008-ish she was a recluse. I remember thinking ITM was a miracle that appeared despite this. I still think so.

She and LB worked on one of her songs that was ultimately not included on their duet record. (LB probably insisted they each have five songs only.) At the time, in a co-interview, Christine alluded to this and said she had “high hopes for that song.” LB said something like “for the next duet project…”

If we could get a hold of that song….

Wow, I'd love to hear it.

[Macfan4life]

Since she no longer owned the rights to most of her songs, this would be easy to pull off. I could see a "Best Of' collection of all her hits from the Mac and solo. However, I dont think it would happen because the owners would be profiting from her death. They make money selling to advertisers and could get blowback from such a move.
I would dream of a live BuckVie concert professionally released or a reissue of her solo work but I doubt it would happen. Put that right up there with a reissue of Behind The Mask. Chris did not sell records as a solo artist even though we love her work and they are incredible records. I just dont see the market for it.

[Tusky]

Oh yes found it! "Christine is currently working on new material which is planned for a forthcoming solo album which she describes as marking a return to her musical sound from the seventies." It's from 2013
https://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com/2013/09/christine-is-currently-working-on-new.html

[jbrownsjr]

Oh yes found it! "Christine is currently working on new material which is planned for a forthcoming solo album which she describes as marking a return to her musical sound from the seventies." It's from 2013
https://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com/2013/09/christine-is-currently-working-on-new.html

Ah yes, this is before her official announcement that she was coming back. What they are referring to is what turns into BuckVie songs.

God, that would have been amazing if she had 10 songs that were unreleased.

[HomerMcvie]

Ah yes, this is before her official announcement that she was coming back. What they are referring to is what turns into BuckVie songs.

God, that would have been amazing if she had 10 songs that were unreleased.

Dan might be the only one who has heard them?

[aleuzzi]

Oh yes found it! "Christine is currently working on new material which is planned for a forthcoming solo album which she describes as marking a return to her musical sound from the seventies." It's from 2013
https://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com/2013/09/christine-is-currently-working-on-new.html

Oh, yeah, I remember this. She said if she didn’t get to rejoin FM, she’d put her own solo tour together. I was hoping for that! But I’m glad she ultimately rejoined. Of those songs she was working on—I’m pretty sure at least three of them carried over into the duet album with Lindsey.

[aleuzzi]

Ah yes, this is before her official announcement that she was coming back. What they are referring to is what turns into BuckVie songs.

God, that would have been amazing if she had 10 songs that were unreleased.

Exactly—and yes, I remember being super-pissed when those new songs she was sharing with Lindsey kept getting shelved while band politics played out. I kept thinking we’d have been better off if she’d done a project herself! I’m still not sure the duet album was preferable.

[jbrownsjr]

Exactly—and yes, I remember being super-pissed when those new songs she was sharing with Lindsey kept getting shelved while band politics played out. I kept thinking we’d have been better off if she’d done a project herself! I’m still not sure the duet album was preferable.

For her journey, it's best she and Buck did the album and tour. She grabbed back her own star light in the context of what she was comfortable with. I.E. coming back AND at her age.

Utopia for us would be album tour solo. God!!!

[David]

One of those minor home video labels could release the Christine McVie Video Album, which included the Reseda Country Club concert and two MTV videos.

There is also the Making of documentary somewhere in MTV’s basement.

https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/0018/faa1/012b_12220016315/__57.jpg

[jbrownsjr]

That album cover is sooooo good!! Love it.

[BLY]

One of those minor home video labels could release the Christine McVie Video Album, which included the Reseda Country Club concert and two MTV videos.

There is also the Making of documentary somewhere in MTV’s basement.

https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/0018/faa1/012b_12220016315/__57.jpg


Yes, release this on DVD/Blu-ray. I have this on VHS,it’s a great show.

[HomerMcvie]

Yes, release this on DVD/Blu-ray. I have this on VHS,it’s a great show.

I have the original on VHS, and then somebody here sent me a DVD rip off it, years ago.

[BLY]

I have the original on VHS, and then somebody here sent me a DVD rip off it, years ago.

My “rip” copies of this and the Mirage concert and the Tusk documentary SUCK. I want an official release.

[HomerMcvie]

My “rip” copies of this and the Mirage concert and the Tusk documentary SUCK. I want an official release.

What I truly want is the Mirage DVD, with ALL the songs, even if they've not been overdubbed(I'd actually prefer that). Just the true live audio.

Warts are far more interesting.

[BLY]

What I truly want is the Mirage DVD, with ALL the songs, even if they've not been overdubbed(I'd actually prefer that). Just the true live audio.

Warts are far more interesting.

I’m with you 100%. The 1982 tour was the MAC at their best. No “extended band” and no pre recorded tracks.

[Macfan4life]

That album cover is sooooo good!! Love it.
Today that photo would be photoshopped. Its a real shot, piano and all on top the mountain right outside the recording studio.

edit: I was looking for the photo shoot on her laser disc video album and it's there. I got captivated because its been so long since I have seen the first half. I used to skip ahead to the concert. I just cant get over how young everyone is. I was 13 when this was recorded and she was about 40. Now I am so much older than she is here. Sort of freaky. Billy Burnette looks like a baby. Its so weird to hear him say he never played in a band before. Just wait 3 more years Billy.
I love them jamming in the studio. Simply incredible. I wish I could have been there as the coffee boy every morning bringing them coffee and lighting their smokes.
Here is part 1. I've seen it many times but got captivated. Definitely one of the most underrated albums of the 1980s. Besides Bella Donna, its tied with In The Meantime as my favorite Mac solo album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgr8Cq10_qw&t=797s

[HomerMcvie]

I’m with you 100%. The 1982 tour was the MAC at their best. No “extended band” and no pre recorded tracks.

It truly was the end of them being A BAND. No orchestra. No backup singers. No f*cking tracks.

And they still looked naturally good.

My ultimate FM wish would be the complete Mirage, sans overdubs

[jbrownsjr]

It truly was the end of them being A BAND. No orchestra. No backup singers. No f*cking tracks.

And they still looked naturally good.

My ultimate FM wish would be the complete Mirage, sans overdubs

But you can't get enough of it....