[trackaghost]

Hi Ken,
I'd just like to ask about how involved Stevie was in the production of her songs and how much was Lindsey's vision. I ask for two reasons, firstly Christine says in the episode of Classic Albums about the making of Rumours that when she first heard Dreams, she thought it was quite boring because it was just two notes and obviously the finished version sounds much more intricate and layered. Secondly, in the 80s and 90s, Stevie said many times that Lindsey would often take her songs and they would come back completely different. I'm curious about things like the breaking of the glass and atmospherics at the end of Gold Dust Woman, were these collaborative decisions? There's also an acoustic version of Gold Dust Woman on the second disc of the Rumours reissue which instead has the end of what became her solo song If You Ever Did Believe. At what point did that change?

Also regarding Silver Springs, I've always been curious why this was the first choice to cut. Was there any thoughts about taking away one of the other songs instead and having a 10 song album? I'm just asking because there are four songs by Christine, and just three credited to Stevie and Lindsey each (with The Chain being a group collaboration). All Christine's songs are amazing but then so is Silver Springs.

Thanks! And I second Gerald's comments about Tusk. Given its influence, I'm surprised more hasn't been written about Tusk in recent years.

Sharon