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Originally Posted by vivfox
You and I are on the same page, buddy.
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When I went back to count up everything, Viv, I was amazed at the number:
78 live cuts. And I haven’t counted the pre-1975 stuff because it’s all over the place. How can you beat that? This is better than caring about which Heartbreaker joined which Fleetwood Mac when and whether you could actually hear him play above the nonstop wall of noise from 25 musicians on the back line. The only thing I would have preferred from Rhino is concerts in their entirety — this Forum show is a great start (let’s hope it’s a start). It may not be our actual favorite tour stop, but it immerses you in a single night’s performance with its rising and falling narrative and unified experience. Fleetwood Mac concerts used to tell a good tale, and their live tracks don’t really benefit by being mixed and matched. The legendary live albums in rock and jazz were almost always a single performance.
Next up, Rhino could track down and release a cleaner Trod Nossel 1975 studio/radio set. That’s the obvious follow-up to the White Album deluxe.