[jeremy spencer]

...yes, they were inspired by Albatross for Sun King.
We, the FM, were off to a British gig one night in 69 (I think) and we were listening to a radio interview with John Lennon where the dj was quizzing him about every track on Abbey Road, after playing it.
They came to Sun King, and it seemed that the dj was miffed that the Beatles (having a rep for exceptional originality!) would stoop to 'copy' Albatross like that! John said: "So what? We like Fleetwood Mac, and that's a good tune."
Hope that's of interest.
Jeremy.

By the way, I know that George openly acknowleged that he took the tune of 'My Sweet Lord' from 'He's So Fine', and willingly paid the compensation. Sad that a story like that gets lost in favour of sensationalism.