Thoughts about the 1977 Kansas City show

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Ocassionally I revisit my many bootleg shows, rediscovering some rare forgotten gems. Fleetwood Mac's show in Kansas City on April 1, 1977 is one of them.

Christine says "We just finished making an album six weeks ago, and we've got to start playing these songs some time or another" prior to annoucing 'Gold Dust Woman.'

It's an interesting point in the band, because the set list was not yet dominated by Rumours songs. 'Station Man', 'Why' and 'Spare Me A Little' were still in the set list.

Highlights include:

Don't Stop - as a show opener! In its early stages - it is performed distinctly different than the standard live version. Same goes for 'Gold Dust Woman' where there is no cow bell intro, and no "ooh...pale shadow of women" outro. It's hard rocking, but unlike any version we are used to hearing. Obviously their approach to the songs evolved over time. These are versions of their new songs in their early live performance births.

Stevie is in prominent voice for 'Monday Morning' and 'Over My Head.' The outro of 'You Make Loving Fun' is sung with the lyrics "I'm beginning to wonder why - I have a feeling it's time to try" which were eventually changed to "It's all I wanna do."

Silver Springs is in the set list, since it was initially slated to be on the album. In Stevie logic, I wonder if she decided to pull it from the set list when she found out it was going to be regulated to a b-side.

I don't have the complete show; I believe there must be a few missing tracks at the end of the show.

Don't Stop
Station Man
Monday Morning
Spare Me A Little
Rhiannon
Why
Landslide
Over My Head
Gold Dust Woman
Oh Well
Silver Springs
You Make Loving Fun
I'm So Afraid
Say You Love Me
World Turning