Lindsey's Arranging On Tango In Night

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by RockawayBlind

This doesn't seem to be in line with the documented history of those sessions. Do you have a source for this statement?

According to what has been reported, Stevie was hardly present and when she complained she wasn't represented in the songs, the band layered some more harmonies to make her happy.

True, Lindsey was the architect of the Tango sound. The album doesn't get as much love as it deserves now because it sounds so dated but, the truth is, without Lindsey's genius, it would have likely been rather mediocre. It certainly would have lacked that "specialness" we would expect from FM. You can see what I mean buy listening to next studio album after that.

Nope,I can't- as I actually prefer BTM to TITN ! haha

Anyway ,sorry I don't rely on Mick's book as the Fleetwood Mac gospel to pull quotes from. But that is what happened ,he had a chip on his shoulder with her the entire time ..right up to when he left the band. And he called the shots with those songs,he asked for Seven Wonders in particular out of the bunch of songs she brought to them instead of what she was offering/hoping to record for the album...so he got it,even used the first vocal she did there and then for the song. Not that she'd complain now,she loves TITN but it seems wasteful to not have used the b/g vocals she recorded and the songs she presented..especially seeing as her solo career was still in good shape at that point..it'd have made sense to include her equally.
And lest we forget she was on tour and doing promo when they were putting Tango together..it's not like they called and she said no i'm not doing it,she literally couldn't be there due to commitments.
Sorry I can't reference sources or quotes i'd have to dig deep but there are others who can back this up out there who know their stuff i'm sure.