B-sides on CD
 

I'm having a spot of trouble.

I can't seem to find CDs featuring the originally released studio versions of

Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
World In Harmony
The Purple Dancer

Can anyone enlighten me?

Hi there,

"World In Harmony" and "Purple Dancer" are a bit tricky.. I guess you have to look for vinyl to get those (or somebody could make you a bootleg).
I have the original single version of "Someone's..." on a 3CD box set called "Fleetwood Mac - The Blues Years" (blue cover with an albatross pictured). I suppose it could be found elsewhere too.. Of course, the full length version is on "Vaudeville Years", but I'm sure you already knew that.

Daniel

I'm not sure that any of those have been released on CD. The "full-length" version of "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite" is on the Vaudeville Years set, but it's not the original B-side (it's identical except it's got an additional 20 seconds tacked on at the end). "World In Harmony" and "The Purple Dancer" were both on a mid-'70s German LP called "The Best of Fleetwood Mac" but I don't believe that was ever released on CD:
http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/discog/discog.php?pid=220

Forgot about the "Blues Years" set, Dansven! A quick check shows that GEMM has a copy available, but it ain't cheap:
http://www1.gemm.com/item/FLEETWOOD-.../GML628242590/

oh yeah?
 

i was just going to read it when this was posted
I did not even get a chance to say something stupid

damm it

You could buy two very good versions of "The Purple Dancer" (one live-in-studio and the other live) from the Madison Blues box set.

I noticed it was on there. I wasn't sure which version it was. I take it the live-in-studio isn't what was on the B-side of Dragonfly.

I have also found that there's an edition of The Original on Amazon with Head Kicked In as an extra track. But as I'm already wanting to get the BH remaster with One Sunny Day and Without You I don't really fancy buying two versions of the same album.

That's the same version that is on Vaudville Years

I have both World In Harmony and Purple Dancer as mp3s.. give me a little while to get my act together and I'll post them. They are straight from the vinyl singles, so quality is good but not CD quality. I'm 99.9% sure that neither have shown up on CD, although there are the fine alternative versions on Vaudeville Years / Show-Biz Blues (WIH) and Madison Blues (PD) :)

You are correct. The live-in-studio version of PD is not the same as the B-side...but it's virtually identical, and just as impressive. The live one is also interesting and well sung and played.

There's also the version of "The Purple Dancer" on the 2/71 bootleg of the Swing Auditorium show in San Bernardino, the first show the band did after Jeremy Spencer left. Christine McVie sings Jeremy's vocal parts on that version. This recording has been available for download in the past, don't know whether it still is:
http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=23578

And FWIW, my favorite version of "World In Harmony" is the live one from the Tea Party Club in Boston in 2/70 that somehow didn't make it onto the remastered Live In Boston discs from Snapper. I posted about that a few months ago, and I'm sure there are still plenty of those older Tea Party live discs available that have that version on them:
http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=31625

http://download.yousendit.com/6F70D5E91388A1E4

Here's The Purple Dancer straight from the vinyl Dragonfly single :)

http://download.yousendit.com/E839819E6D1A3FC4

World in Harmony from the Green Manalishi single :D

I totally agree with you on this. I think this version is better than the studio one.

Thanks Breton

Don't know how soon I'll be in front of a computer where I can open the software, but many thanks even so.

Stay cool

Chris aka Murrow