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Originally Posted by David
To me, "Live" is the album that might have been a really weird phenomenon on the market IF the band had stuck to its original plan of releasing the tour-ending shows at the Bowl. It would have been weird because the public would have really hated it back then, but over the years the album would have grown in stature. The sound of Fleetwood Mac playing live at the time, without a visual aspect, confused & let down most of the pop audience, who wanted to hear the band play more slickly. People used to leave Fleetwood Mac Tusk tour concerts early because the playing was so aggressive & crude (to their ears). These people went to the concert expecting America, but what they got verged on Public Image Ltd.
But the years would have been very kind to a Hollywood Bowl album, & its interest among future generations would have increased.
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...Which makes me hungry for a topnotch "Bowl"-recording right now. Who's willing to serve me?