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Originally Posted by amber
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I was a really sicko fan from about '77 to about '87. I collected all the concerts on tape; catalogued & archived everything; went to all the shows in my home state of CA; communicated extensively with the network of American fans; tracked down newspapers, magazines & other print media like the mad dog I was; bought books, photos & records at swap meets & conventions; scoured the classified ads for memorabilia, etc. etc. etc. On the 1987 tour, Stevie started to stink. 1989 was a snoozer tour, too, & 1991 was foul. By that time I was totally sick of Stevie's gassed-out sound & look. Plus, the rest of Fleetwood Mac had transformed into a generic cock-rock outfit, a pickup band. But it was really Stevie who burned me out on Fleetwood Mac for many years; & then all those horrible fans started flocking to her, writing fanzines, singing her praises & doing some pretty dastardly things to other fans. The whole scene was a turnoff, & the public scorn that hounded the band at that point didn't help any.
But then the Street Angel Tour comes along -- nobody's expecting anything other than another Timespace Tour debacle from Stevie -- & blows me away. That's an exaggeration, but it was a shock to hear Stevie sing wonderfully again. So I advertised in Goldmine for concert recordings, & sort of got back into the swing of things.