Help w/ Herb Worthington Photos ?

[mercvaporphoto]

Hello folks.

My name is Mike. I'm a bookseller in Southern California and we recently acquired a portion of Herb Worthington's photographic effects from his Estate.

Among his things are some amazing photos, a couple of which we'd like some help with. We've posted them below. The photos are watermarked to preserve the commercial viability of the images as was suggested by Ledge admin.

1) The first photo is a 16 x 20 outtake print from the shoot for the 'White Album'. It shows Mick and John in the familiar setup except Mick is not drinking from a glass, he's smiling and looking forward. We haven't been able to find this image anywhere online. Has anyone seen it elsewhere ? We could find no other outtakes for the 'White Album' like we can for 'Rumours' and others.

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2) This second photo is an 11 x 14 print of the entire post Buckingham / Nicks FM but what makes this photo interesting amongst the 100's of other FM group shots is this one is stamped on the reverse 'Herbert W. Worthington Photographist Feb 11 1975'. Since Lindsey & Stevie joined the band only 43 days prior (New Years Eve 74'), could this possibly be the earliest photo of the band as we know them today ? I'm attempting to prove myself wrong, but haven't been able to find another photo documented or proved to pre-date this image for these 5 members. Is there anything else about the image (hair, clothes, that suggests this image is later than 2/1975 ? Please think hard about EARLY FM images you've seen in books, online or elsewhere.





Thanks for any help you guys can provide. We have several more interesting photos we may post, but these are the first that have us scratching our heads a bit.

Mike -