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Originally Posted by BigAl84
Just so you know that is partially incorrect. The initial press for quite a while was "we've started making new music and we hope stevie will join us" It wasn't until the album had an announced release date that Lindsey and Christine GRACIOUSLY changed their tune and said it had always been a duo album. They were trying to be kind to Stevie. Why, I dont know.
There was several months of press and interviews that stated it was hopefully, a fleetwood mac album in the works.
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It's quite possible that Lindsey never did consider it a FM album. For years before the Buck/McVie project the group had been trying to persuade Stevie to record with them. In the end she recorded one song for the ep and I don't think that she even performed harmonies on the other tracks. She even said that she spent the day with Lindsey and his family and enjoyed working on the song. I do think that management, the record label, Mick, and fans had high hopes that it would be a FM record but that doesn't mean that Lindsey had a strong feeling that she was not going to participate. He even already had a good bit on the recording done waiting to see what happened. But, yes they minimized the project so not anger Stevie. I can see Mick being persistent that it not be called FM so they could keep the endless greatest hits gravy train a-rolling.
Could you imagine if they had to work in that stinker of a song Show Me The Way into the album without any editing?