Lindsey's thoughts on BN on cd...
 

From 2007......

Gazette: OK. So the last thing I want to ask ... I have to strike a blow for the collectors here because so many ...
Buckingham: (Laughs) It's the Buckingham Nicks collection, isn't it?
Gazette: You got it. Everybody's always asking. Are there any plans to issue this thing on CD?
Buckingham: You know, my answer is always yes. And I believe that that's a truthful answer. It's the best answer I can give, but it's also a situation which is symptomatic of one of the things that can be wrong with Fleetwood Mac, or certainly with Stevie's and my situation. We can't always get things on the same page or get organized. There's a certain inertia to that and there's kind of a sense of well, when is it going to make sense to do it? Or is it ever going to make sense to do it? So I don't know. I have to say yes, but I don't know. Call up Stevie's people and ask 'em. (Laughs).

Full article: http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazet...3-2efbd2879f45

I wish they will stop bickering and release the dam thing before its to late.

It reeks of apathy, and it's insult to the long-time devoted fans who have given them a very cushy life. To prep the album would take minor effort/cost, and it would mean so much to their fans. In the vast amount of time between albums, you think they would have re-released it. But they are being very snotty about it.

Perhaps social media can push them into releasing it: a twitter campaign, a facebook page, etc. We can shame them into it.

Why does anyone care about him re-releasing BN? Nothing Linds does for an official re-release will greatly improve the quality of the DLedin Galemark 16 bit vinyl rip remasters. He knows it. He's waiting for a reason to make it official with some kind of event. Probably a tour for the two of them. Guess the timing isn't right for that, yet. :shrug:

Well I wish they'd get a wiggle on - no one's getting any younger!

Honestly, these two...

I would love to sit them down in a room together to talk this ish out- I'll mediate- and everyone will be happy with the outcome. I mean, they're both on the same page, it can't be that difficult.

Or can it???

Maybe Stevie wants to sequence the CD differently.

Seriously though, the whole Buckingham Nicks CD Release thing has just turned into a giant "It's not me, it's him/her!" flip flop thing between the two of them, they need to get a grip :laugh:

Huh? What are thoses? And how does it relate to an official re-release of the album? Why would this factor into Lindsey's decision? It sounds like Stevie is the one who is holding it up.

I'm not sure how that relates to the official release of the album, but that poster was referencing one of the finest vinyl rips/clean-ups I have ever heard for any release... ever. It's as clean as any commercial CD I have heard, but with all the dynamics of recorded sound in-tact... it really is something I recommend everyone take a listen to. I know it seems hard to believe, but I don't know if the eventual (hopefully!) commercial release will sound as good when it finally does happen. With DLedin's permission, I shared lossless versions awhile back here on The Ledge. But if you would like to take a listen, I still have mp3s of it uploaded to my mediafire account. You can download/listen here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9khzunz3hn8cj

Thanks for B&N downloads... much appreciated:thumbsup:

Hear hear! I completely agree.

I agree. If it's 'just' a great-sounding digital copy of the BN album you want, then this meets that, imo.

The only point of an official CD release of that material is if it's not just that material. They could make a decent package of bonus tracks, alt versions, demos and rareties, with good liner notes and pics etc. That would be worth it, but otherwise, I have no idea why people clamour for a CD. Those particular vinyl rips are excellent.

As to why it doesn't happen? I have a hunch that Stevie is the block for two reasons.

One is the cover. I think she doesn't want to field questions about posing topless, or backhanded compliments about how great she looked (past tense), and have her judgement as a young woman in the '70s music business questioned from the perspective of the present day. Sure, they could change the cover, but then people would probably talk about the original one even more!

The other reason is that, with the exception of the always-tenuous FM, the BN album is the great Unfinished Business between her and LB. And if they deal with that, then they really are 'done'. And I don't think Stevie will ever want to be truly done with LB!:lol::lol:

Loz

I completely disagree about the cover being the block. In the first place, I suspect Stevie thinks/knows she looks great; she does not seem to have doubts about her looks whenever people compliment her (i.e., she readily agrees and gives her beauty tips). Second, and more important, if anything the cover gives her one more opportunity to bash Lindsey for bullying her. You really think she'll pass that up? :shocked: (I'm surprised she has not yet thought of a way to blame him for the breast implants leaking.;) )

I do agree that any reissue is pointless, even with a tour, if they don't throw in other songs. I want "Without You", "Farewell Failure", "Sorcerer", etc. on a second CD in the same set. What I do NOT want (but fear) is the sort of stuff we got with some of the FM reissues. I do not want a reissued BN with a couple of scaled down/unfinished/alternate versions of songs we already know and like better in current form.

- Jake

Sorry I'm not buying that. There are plenty of other Buckingham Nicks pictures that could be used as an alternate cover if they could be bothered actually putting it out.

I don't think it's a question of buying it. I only suggested that it might be a factor, and I did so because I think SN is very up and down about the ageing process, as most women are. And as I said, surely choosing a new cover still draws attention to the old one. :shrug: