1980 LIVE album

[PenguinHead]

Ever since The Dance album emerged, their LIVE album seems (to me) to be fading inexplicably from history. I rarely see it mentioned or even listed in recent discographies.

It's such a great album for so many reasons:

The Buckingham Nicks track- Don't Let Me Down Again
The Peter Green track -Oh Well
The new songs- Fireflies, One More Night, Farmer's Daughter
The Tusk Songs -Over and Over Sara, Not That Funny

While there was some studio over-dubbing here and there, it is essentially the five of them alone - no other drummers, singers, guitarists, keyboard players etc..

It's a very different band compared to their current touring band.
I enjoyed hearing their more stripped down live versions - it was interesting to see how the song changed as they they took it from the studio into a live setting.

With the addition of the support band, they sound more like the records, I guess. I still enjoy seeing the band grow and change. I'd like to hear your comments on the LIVE album.

My only gripe is that they could have selected more inspired performances for songs like Say You Love Me and Don't Stop.