Is there a spy among us? Stevie are you out there?

[mikebise]

Maureen is from New York, and in Late 1997, she somehow got connected with a guy who was working with Mick on a tentative Fleetwood Mac box set of rarities. This guy (I forget his name) IMed me a few times on AOL, too, but he was pretty wacky.

At first, he sold Maureen copies of the tapes Mick gave him to go through, since Mick preferred to sit around and drink (sorry, peeps!) and enjoy his life, now that he was mega-well off again after The Dance phenomenon. He was supposed to have whipped this project into shape before Christmas 1998, as a 30th Anniversary for Fleetwood Mac. Needless to say, he never got much work done on it.

But this guy just started giving Maureen tapes, as he ended up liking her, I guess. And Maureen shared tapes at first, but then began her CD-selling business circa 1998-2001. As her friend at that point, Maureen gave me copies of everything, but at some point she got very paranoid and cut me off.

However, the amount of Stevie and Fleetwood Mac rarites that we have today because of her, whether giving or trading, is staggering! Mick had copies of much of Stevie's unreleased solo work, and Maureen said Mick just gave this guy boxes of cassettes to go through, as he didn't even know what was on anything.

Off the top of my head, here is what is directly from Maureen, and I mean as well-known outtake versions or demos, which we did NOT have before 1998:

The Wild Heart outtakes:
One More Tomorrow
Violet And Blue - Alternate/Movie version
Nothing Ever Changes - Demo
If Anyone Falls - Outtake
Dial The Number - totally different

Mirage outtakes:
Gypsy - many outtakes and mixes
Straight Back
That's Alright
If You Were My Love - Maureen is the one who premiered this!
Smile At You - An alternate version and better "flaming!" sound
Many LB & CMcV outtakes/mixes (I don't know their stuff)

Rock A Little outtakes & demos:
Night Gallery
Rock A Little - 1981 session with Mick on drums
Rock A Bye Baby

Tango In The Night outtakes and demos:
Joan Of Arc
Juliet
When I See You Again
Seven Wonders
Special Kind Of Love - and all the other well-known Tango demos/outtakes

Behind The Mask outtakes:
No Questions Asked - 3 mixes
Affairs Of The Heart - 2 mixes with extra vox
Victim Of Love - BB outtake (or is that RV?)
In The Back Of My Mind - 2 totally different versions
Lots of BB & RV outtakes

China Doll - This was one of her biggies! NO ONE had ever heard this before Maureen!

Other stuff:
This Is My Cross To Bear
Beauty And The Beast - Tusk outtake
Lots of Tusk mixes
If You Were My Love - Piano demos (before the Masters!)
Fireflies - Outtake
Rumours Tour rehearsals
Mirage Tour Rehearsals
Rose Garden - Earliest known version

I'm forgetting TONS... Now, some would also be on the Master Reels a few years later in better sound, but much of Maureen's stuff only originates from those tapes (so far).