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Originally Posted by cbBen
Omitting "Silver Springs" from Rumours is one thing. Wasting it on a B-side is far worse.
They should have assured Stevie it would go on the next album, and perhaps also assured her they'd make it the lead single.
Tusk would have benefitted from its inclusion, and it would have been a good song to release as a single from it.
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I would not say it was being wasted on a B side. It made the song famous for that reason. Many bands put their padding or filler songs as B sides. Fleetwood Mac was at its peak in 1977 and even their cutting room floor left overs were so good they all should have made their next album. Also in the 1970s '45 singles sold like hot cakes. We were kids and did not have enough money for the album so we bought 45's of our favorite song. When Fleetwood Mac stopped releasing singles from Rumours there was still demand for the band. Radio DJ's started playing Silver Springs since it was released on vinyl on the flip side of GYOW. It became a cult classic. I don't know your age but when I was an early teen in the 1980s we all ran to the radio frantically trying to find a blank tape so we could hold it up to the radio to record the song. Had Silver Springs been on Rumours it would not have had that cult phenomenon. Had it never made the B Side and left on the floor with the other Rumours demos it could have been lost forever. Its cult status is what made it the springboard for The Dance. Not only was it the 20th anniversary of Rumours in 1997 but their MTV single was Silver Springs. How appropriate.