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starshine 12-22-2011 05:36 PM

I was at B & N yesterday & did find a copy & looked through it. There weren't any new pictures or info that I didn't know. It was 50% off to but I just couldn't find a real good reason to purchase it when there wasn't at least some rare photo in it that I couldn't live without. All the pictures I've seen before. So I passed on it. I really wanted it to be something I wanted but I don't need anymore dust collectors around. Have enough of that really. Please enjoy though if you do get it OK. :shrug:

MacShadowsBall 12-27-2011 12:56 PM

Well I got the book and read over it the past days. It has some really good pictures. The book does have more reading than I thought it was going to be. Its a perfect sized book, also.

It covers the entire history of the band, even the Behind the Mask and Time albums. It covers Pre-Rumours and the early Rumours era quite well. :cool:

poetinmyheart 12-27-2011 01:26 PM

I got this from Santa. Apart from the glaring errors that have already been pointed out, I really like it. Beautiful pictures and nicely presented. Although there's nothing new in it, it was a pleasure to flick through.

McTrouble 12-27-2011 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall (Post 1032920)
Well I got the book and read over it the past days. It has some really good pictures. The book does have more reading than I thought it was going to be. Its a perfect sized book, also.

It covers the entire history of the band, even the Behind the Mask and Time albums. It covers Pre-Rumours and the early Rumours era quite well. :cool:

I agree - and it's such a lovely book to leave lying around, I love it!

McTrouble 12-27-2011 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by poetinmyheart (Post 1032924)
I got this from Santa. Apart from the glaring errors that have already been pointed out, I really like it. Beautiful pictures and nicely presented. Although there's nothing new in it, it was a pleasure to flick through.

:thumbsup: More or less what I said in my last post!

I'm so pleased people are loving this great volume! :)

poetinmyheart 12-27-2011 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by McTrouble (Post 1032935)
:thumbsup: More or less what I said in my last post!

I'm so pleased people are loving this great volume! :)

Yes, and even members of my family who have zero interest in the Mac (strange, I know), have enjoyed looking through it.

PenguinHead 12-27-2011 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by poetinmyheart (Post 1032924)
I got this from Santa. Apart from the glaring errors that have already been pointed out, I really like it. Beautiful pictures and nicely presented. Although there's nothing new in it, it was a pleasure to flick through.

I agree. It's a nice book...until the limelight brought me down.;)

MacShadowsBall 12-27-2011 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by poetinmyheart (Post 1032963)
Yes, and even members of my family who have zero interest in the Mac (strange, I know), have enjoyed looking through it.

Though my mom likes several of their songs, she really isn't a big Fleetwood Mac fan, but she has looked at the book several times. :cool:

AliceLover 01-02-2012 04:41 PM

It is definitely a great "show piece." They did a great job with the design on the book. I like that there are tons of photos.

What was weird for me was reading about the post 1997 period. It was kind of cool to step back from Mick's book and read about the history of the band that I was apart of. They used one of my favorite photos of Stevie and Lindsey from the 2009 London show, with Lindsey's leg high in the air.

Also, I got this for like $12 or something the week before Christmas. VERY cheap.

vivfox 01-02-2012 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AliceLover (Post 1033931)
It was kind of cool to step back from Mick's book and read about the history of the band that I was apart of.

What instrument did you play? Did you have any duets with Stevie?

Lindsfan 01-02-2012 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AliceLover (Post 1033931)
It is definitely a great "show piece." They did a great job with the design on the book. I like that there are tons of photos.

What was weird for me was reading about the post 1997 period. It was kind of cool to step back from Mick's book and read about the history of the band that I was apart of. They used one of my favorite photos of Stevie and Lindsey from the 2009 London show, with Lindsey's leg high in the air.

Also, I got this for like $12 or something the week before Christmas. VERY cheap.

THAT is a great shot, and Stevie's look ( at him ) is so classic. Pride and amusement all rolled into one :cool:

Silver Springs 01-02-2012 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AliceLover (Post 1033931)
They did a great job with the design on the book. I like that there are tons of photos.

Even though I like the book, I personally hate the sleeve design. It bares a striking resemblance to beginner's photoshop. Far too overworked. The sienna pattern overlaying the band picture, not unlike something you would find on your Grandmother's walls, is just not needed in my opinion. Other than that, I do think the book looks promising. I just haven't had a change to do more than flick through at the moment due to Uni/work/other commitments.

Almost Simon 06-12-2012 09:37 AM

Was having a look in the music section of the book store at lunchtime and found this book. Looked okay, I like some of the photo’s and would love to scan a few. The ones from the Welch/Kirwan era in particular plus the shots of Mick pulling faces.

But then reading through this thread I hear mention of Micks own picture book. I wasn’t aware of that. Is it still available?? I know his own book on the history seems to be out of print. I’ll have a search on ebay but just thought i’d ask for the name of the picture one.

And are there any sites where some of these rare shots can be found? Looks like there’s some nice avatars to be made from these rarers photo’s.

I’ll probably buy this book, not stunning, could be better but for £13 on amazon.co.uk i’ll treat myself.

MacShadowsBall 06-13-2012 05:33 PM

I have this book and still enjoy it. Recently I've been reading the sections on the Welch/Christine era. :cool:


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