Hold Me from the Live album Deluxe Edition

[David]

Originally Posted by Wdm6789

So if they have the Hold Me audio from the Los Angeles show from the Mirage tour, do they also have the audio of the other live songs that were not included in the Mirage Deluxe Edition?

You bet they do. The question is, Who are “they”? There’s a lot of audio of all Fleetwood tours but probably nobody knows where. It takes people to get permission to look for it, the way Rhino staff got permission to dig for goodies for release. Paperwork and approval stand between us fans and lots more goodies, and it’s never been a priority with Fleetwood Mac or their business networks.

Do they have the video of the songs that were cut from the Mirage tour video thing?

You bet they do. When cameras film a show, they film a show. Cameras roll from start to finish. Everything that gets cut for release is cut later, just like in the movies.

I feel like the complete Mirage tour video (and audio) is a highly coveted thing in the Fleetwood Mac fandom community.

With expert hindsight, I always thought the wrong show was filmed for release. St. Louis was the wrong show in 1979, LA was the wrong show in 1982, San Fran was the wrong show in 1987, and Boston was the wrong show in 2003. For 1982, I’d much rather have full audio or video of the Meadowlands or Joe Louis Arena or Irvine Meadows.

But beggars can’t be choosers, so when we got “Hold Me” and “Second Hand News” and “Brown Eyes” from LA, I did say a quiet “Yay, Lord.”

When the Deluxe Edition of Mirage was coming out, I was really hoping they were going to include the full live set from the Mirage tour, like they did on the Deluxe Tusk and Deluxe Rumours.

You can almost hear the planning meetings: “We’ll naturally have to remaster the two existing CDs, but we can release a third CD of goodies.” I wonder whether anyone in the room said, “Why don’t we release an extra FOUR CDs and deluge those fans with a degree of pleasure they have never experienced with the lights on?”