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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

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You are correct. I had no idea they had mountains like that in the UK

Here is from wikipedia. The original concept was the piano keys flying off a piano similar to her backdrop on her solo tour stage. But once they got set it seemed rather silly and they did the Got A Hold on Me concept with the red scarf. What a concept. They arrived at 6 am in the cold and frost and waited all day until 3 pm for the perfect lighting. No one would do that today.

Larry Vigon, who had worked with Fleetwood Mac on the cover designs for albums like Rumours and Tusk,[42] was put in charge of the album's art direction and design.[33]: 31:05–31:09  He was responsible for choosing the photographer, getting an image that suited "the musical feel of the album", and designing the "look of the package".[33]: 31:10–31:22  The original concept for the cover art was a photo of a piano with some of its keys flying off.[33]: 31:34–31:38  To develop this idea, Vigon and Jeff Ayeroff, who was Warner Bros. Records' creative director at the time, showed McVie Brian Griffin's photography portfolio.[33]: 31:39–32:07  McVie was particularly drawn to one of Griffin's landscape shots, which featured a person in a field, and decided that she wanted the album's cover image to be taken outdoors.[33]: 31:47–32:00  The team agreed and Ayeroff suggested that they take "the piano out in the field".[33]: 32:01–32:12 

The photograph for the album's cover was taken two hours outside of London, in Wiltshire.[19] During the photo-shoot, the team agreed that the flying piano keys looked "really silly", so they decided to repurpose the idea for the single sleeve of "Got a Hold on Me" instead.[33]: 32:14–32:38  McVie remembered that the place looked "gorgeous", but that it "was so cold that the frost was about an inch thick on the trees".[19] The group arrived at six in the morning and, in order to capture the optimal lighting, waited until three in the afternoon to take the photo.[19] Jeanette Leech of Dig! commented that the length of the photo-shoot was a "good metaphor" for the album, as it was "the product of a patient artist waiting for the perfect time".[

Wow, that's more than I had in my head! I love that she made the decision for the cover to be outdoors.