Fleetwood Mac 1975 Self Titled Album
 

Why not do an expanded deluxe release with this record? It's what got things going and it outsold Tusk as far as album sales go. They kinda missed a good shot with 2015 being the 40 year anniversary. I just think it deserves more than a release with a couple of added extras. It was number one album and to me is great all the way through.

It should be done. Though they'd probably argue about the bonus material which would include Buckingham Nicks versions of these songs.

But since they're not doing the BN digital release anytime soon if ever, then it'd be nice to get them this way.

I would do anything for an expanded edition of the White Album.
It's not like they lack the material, it could be like this:
- a soundboard of the white album's rehearsals
- outtakes (with buckingham-nicks material)
- a remastered dvd of the Capital Centre show withut the annoying lettering.

Maybe some Fritz stuff and some Heroes tour tracks..

They could also add a what would have been Buckingham/Nicks 2 album. That would be interesting to see what would have gone on that record.

I doubt that they would include something on any of these releases that decidedly is not Fleetwood Mac.

I would love to hear anything from the early days of this line up we don't already have. Are there actually any demos, or rehearsal footage, early takes, outtakes, anything?

*prays for sorcerer and candlebright once more!*

I heard a rehearsal for Warm Ways Live somewhere in the archives.. it's a bootleg, though..

I agree, but do not think it can happen. For starters, if the material existed, it would seem that something would have been included with the 2004 expanded remaster other than the single mixes. The album was completed within three months of Stevie and Lindsey joining, so it's also possible that very few extraneous recordings exist.

I was just yesterday reading the old 2001 Ledge Q&A with Ken Caillat, and came across this:

Of course, that doesn't really prove anything.

I would love a box for the 1975 album, too. Right now, I'm also really hoping we get one for Mirage next year.

They could do a 5.1 surround sound mix like they did with Tusk. A good live CD as well which they did with both Tusk and Rumours except it would included older material like Station Man, Green Manalishi, etc. Tracks I thought they pulled off nicely with this lineup. The vinyl itself, and then a demo/singles disc.

Yes, a live cd would be amazing - the version of I'm So Afraid with Stevie doing all the high parts was stunning on that tour! :] and her wails on Green Manalishi! And the 3 part harmonies on Why!

I really liked their version of Hypnotized.

I agree, surely there is much less material than all the other albums, but there must be something more than what we already have.
Lindsey and Stevie surely brought their Buckingham Nicks material and they probably tried more songs than those that ended up on the album.
As someone already said, there is a bootleg of Warm Ways from the 1975 tour rehearsals so probably there are more songs recorded from those sessions.
Not long ago resurfaced the video of the Passaic show.
I think something can be scrapped if they really want to.
The real problem is they're always interested in serving up only Rumours, at least until now.

Y'all slow down. I haven't even finished the Tusk Deluxe set yet.
Not to mention I just received the deluxe Rumours set.

I'm so far behind...

Ooh! Exciting! I suggest you drop everything and listen to Stevie's demo of The Chain.

And she stares at the stairs.... ohhhh there are many things to stare at, these days!!!!

Catch up!!! ;)

To. Die. For. :nod:

Look Back: Top Selling Albums April 1976
by Best Classic Bands Staff



In April 1976… Apple Computer Company was formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The U.S. Treasury reintroduced the the two-dollar bill for the nation’s bicentennial. Filming of the first Star Wars movie was underway in Tunisia.

Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S. The chart, compiled by the former music industry trade magazine, Record World, features several all-time classics among the year’s Top 15 sellers, including legendary albums by Queen, Peter Frampton and Fleetwood Mac, plus greatest hits collections from several huge acts.

After eight studio albums (including several double LPs), Chicago had plenty of material to include on their first hits collection. It had previously reached #1–their fifth straight to do so–and was still #15 in its 20th week of release.

Former Spooky Tooth member Gary Wright scored a big solo breakthrough with The Dream Weaver, thanks to two huge singles. Both “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive” reached #2 on the singles chart.

Queen‘s A Night at the Opera earned the band their first U.K. #1 album. It reached #4 in the U.S. and gave us “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “You’re My Best Friend” and “39,” among others.

From 1972 to 1975, America earned six Top 10 singles, bookended by the #1 hits “A Horse With No Name” and “Sister Golden Hair.” The band celebrated with their first hits compilation, History/America’s Greatest Hits, which was an enormous success with cumulative sales of more than four million copies.

The third studio album from Bad Company was Run With the Pack, at #7 this week, from Misters Rodgers, Ralphs, Burrell and Kirke.

1976’s Desire marked the second consecutive #1 album for Bob Dylan. (He would return to the top spot 30 years later.) Desire features two well-received singles, “Mozambique” and “Hurricane.” The latter helped build support for the subsequent release from jail of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, more than a decade later.

You can win a bar bet with this one: Paul Simon‘s first–and only–solo album and solo single to reach #1 were Still Crazy After All These Years and “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” respectively. You can look it up. (We did.) And, nope, his enormously successful Graceland peaked at just #3. Still Crazy also included the popular title track and “Gone at Last.”

If you release an album with three singles that reach #1, 2 and 4, you’ll hit the jackpot. That’s what happened to the Eagles with what became their breakthrough in terms of album sales with One of These Nights. Those singles were the title cut, “Lyin Eyes” and “Take it to the Limit.” The album was their first to hit #1 and earned the band become superstars.

It’s easy to forget, but until the current Fleetwood Mac lineup made its debut in the summer of 1975 with the band’s second self-titled album, they had only one previous song on the U.S. singles chart. That all changed when the group, with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks as members, released Fleetwood Mac. An overwhelming smash, it reached #1, spent more than a year in the Top 40, and sold more than five million copies in the U.S. This week, in its 37th week on the chart, it jumped from #6 to #3, thanks to the success of “Rhiannon” (though neither it nor the LP’s other two singles–“Over My Head” or “Say You Love Me”–hit the Top 10).

What can be said about Peter Frampton‘s double-LP Frampton Comes Alive that hasn’t been said already? It was #2 this week and would ultimately reach #1 in April. Three singles from the album—“Show Me the Way” (#6), “Baby, I Love Your Way” (#12) and “Do You Feel Like We Do” (#10)—became radio staples.

And at #1? The Eagles again. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 was originally released in 1976 and spent over two years on the album chart, eventually certified platinum an amazing 29 times over. It contains music from the group’s first four albums (the pre-Joe Walsh period) and is now generally acknowledged to be the second best-selling album of all-time in the United States (behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller).


Related: Many of these acts are among the 100s of classic rock acts now on tour

15. Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits (Columbia)

14. The Dream Weaver – Gary Wright (Warner Bros.)

13. Outlaws – Various Artists (RCA)

12. A Night at the Opera – Queen (Elektra)

11. History/America’s Greatest Hits (Warner Bros.)

10. Eargasm – Johnnie Taylor (Columbia)

9. Run With the Pack – Bad Company (Swan Song)

8. Come on Over – Olivia Newton-John (MCA)

7. Song of Joy – Captain & Tennille (A&M)

6. Desire – Bob Dylan (Columbia)

5. Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (Columbia)

4. One of These Nights – Eagles (Asylum)

3. Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)

2. Frampton Comes Alive – Peter Frampton (A&M)

1. Their Greatest Hits: 1971-1975 – Eagles (Asylum)