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Originally Posted by sjpdg
Not to knit-pick, but that wasn't the original question or idea that you posed. 
Frankly, I think it sucks that the "Greatest Hits" and "The Very Best Of" don't include the pre-Rumours material and "The Very Best Of" should have post-Rumours material included as well.
Honestly, I think someone should pitch these ideas to Mick. I think he'd go for it, really. It might be hard to get past the label since there was the boxed set way back when, but it's certainly possible they could get talked into it. Particularly the "Live Anthology" idea. |
"The Very Best of" version that was released in the UK/Europe is a one disc set that includes Black Magic Woman, Albatross, and Man of the World.
This issue has many variables to consider. Fleetwood Mac is a very unique band, with very disparate eras. The demographic of their fan base is not a shared community -- culturally related mostly to age, generation, and music style preference.
The songs on Greatest Hits were culled to represent the band as it existed in popular culture for the prior for 13 years. It's purpose was not to highlight the entire span of history of Fleetwood Mac. Most of the people who bought it couldn't give **** about the band's past history. It was the greatest hits as they knew the band to be -- the songs they grew up with, listening to on the radio.
Of course, conversely, there is an older generation of people who grew up knowing Fleetwood Mac as a blues band, and who don't give a **** about their tranformation into a pop rock band.
Then there are fans like me who has come to appreciate all eras of the band, but understand why compilations are segmented into certain eras. There is a wonderful 2 disc greatest hits compilation of the Blues era, as well as other numerous blues era compilations. Is it wrong that these compilations omit songs future eras of the band? Shouldn't have these discs have included songs from the Lindsey/Stevie era?
Of course not! Is that not understandable? It's just a matter of practicality why there arecompilations for various eras. The Chain box set is closest thing to a full representation of the history of the band. Yet, it was heavily focused on the more popular era of the band, with only a passing nod to the middle period of the band, and a small but respectable amount of the Peter Green era.