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David · #16 02-20-2006, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by danax6

I have the same performance (slightly different quality though) on a bootleg labeled Kansas 4-1-77.

Yeah, the mystery show. It's mislabeled. On April 1, the band was actually in an airplane flying over the Atlantic to Europe, where they opened their European leg the next day in Birmingham, England.

David · #17 02-20-2006, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Jyqm

How much of an orchestra did they have behind them at this point? The band sounds very full on this recording, but in a way that seems totally organic, which makes it very powerful.

No orchestra at all, Jyqm. No other musician was onstage playing through the entire set the way they have it set up nowadays.

Ray Lindsey played acoustic/rhythm guitar on a few tunes. Maybe he played on Silver Springs, but I doubt that's what you're hearing. He's unobtrusive, & may not even be playing at all on this song. You're hearing just the four members of Fleetwood Mac playing their instruments ... on a really crappy, destroyed recording (not Steve's fault--it's everybody's copy).

A lot of times, the sound of our live recordings affects the way we hear it, & I think even makes a difference in terms of whether we like the performance or not.

danax6 · #18 02-20-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Yeah, the mystery show. It's mislabeled. On April 1, the band was actually in an airplane flying over the Atlantic to Europe, where they opened their European leg the next day in Birmingham, England.

Maybe they got caught in the Bermuda triangle.

David · #19 02-20-2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by danax6

Maybe they got caught in the Bermuda triangle.

Imagine if the whole band had been killed in a plane crash on April 1, 1977, on their way to Europe.

Imagine their legacy. It would be quite a bit different: we'd have all the albums from 1967 to Rumours, & all the tours from the beginning up through about a month of shows in the United States -- the first leg of the 1977 tour. Lindsey would have died with his shaggy hair & beard. Stevie would have died with her crimped haircut & her slim, sexy body. Christine would have died in the midst of her sex affair with Curry the lighting director. John would have died pining for Linda Ronstadt. Mick would have died still trying to figure out whether to live with Jenny & his kids.

chiliD · #20 02-20-2006, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Imagine if the whole band had been killed in a plane crash on April 1, 1977, on their way to Europe.

Wow, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Bob Weston, & Dave Walker would've been on the plane, too?

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Originally Posted by David

Imagine their legacy. It would be quite a bit different: we'd have all the albums from 1967 to Rumours, & all the tours from the beginning up through about a month of shows in the United States -- the first leg of the 1977 tour. Lindsey would have died with his shaggy hair & beard. Stevie would have died with her crimped haircut & her slim, sexy body. Christine would have died in the midst of her sex affair with Curry the lighting director. John would have died pining for Linda Ronstadt. Mick would have died still trying to figure out whether to live with Jenny & his kids.

As Blondie sang..."Die young, stay pretty".

danax6 · #21 02-20-2006, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Imagine if the whole band had been killed in a plane crash on April 1, 1977, on their way to Europe.

Imagine their legacy. It would be quite a bit different: we'd have all the albums from 1967 to Rumours, & all the tours from the beginning up through about a month of shows in the United States -- the first leg of the 1977 tour. Lindsey would have died with his shaggy hair & beard. Stevie would have died with her crimped haircut & her slim, sexy body. Christine would have died in the midst of her sex affair with Curry the lighting director. John would have died pining for Linda Ronstadt. Mick would have died still trying to figure out whether to live with Jenny & his kids.

"And this is something that we really don't discuss..."

We wouldn't have had Tusk, Bella Donna, The Wild Heart, Tango in the Night or The Dance. What we would have missed...

SteveMacD · #22 02-20-2006, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I didn't download this, so I need to ask: Is this a 1977 performance or the performance from Minneapolis 1976?

I'm not really sure. I downloaded the thing so long ago, I don't really even remember where I got it! All I know is THAT'S my favorite version of the song. It's always fun hearing a band with a little G.D. passion every now and then. It's performances like THAT that made Fleetwood Mac legendary!