Live was the first Fleetwood Mac album I bought. Somehow it was one of the reasons I becamen a Mac fan. Listening to some songs live for the first time, before the original studio version (Say You Love Me, Over My Head, Rhiannon, etc.), was an interesting experience.
But at first I didn't like when I read the inner sleeve and learned the album wasn't from just an only night. It was a collage of different dates. I thought live albums were always recorded in one show, or so I thought based on previous albums I had bought; Donna Summer's Live and More and Supertramp's Paris. I knew later that wasn't always the rule. Frampton Comes Alive! collect songs from different shows. So I thought Well if they chose the best performances from the Tusk tour (then I didn't knew there were tracks wrong dated and actually from previous years) then that's ok, it's a smart decision. But to this day I'm still not convinced about choosing soundchecks (Dreams and Don't Stop). Though they sound good, it takes away the authenticity of the term "live".
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