Tusk - 2015 Deluxe & Expanded!!

[WayOfTheDragon]

Originally Posted by pattyfan

I have a quick question. People in this thread were saying that the version of Rhiannon used for the Fleetwood Mac Live double album wasn't from the Tusk tour at all but rather from the Rumours too. I didn't remember that, so I went back to look at the linear notes and it only says that it's from London, as was the version of Landslide that they used too. There is no date given for any of the tracks. So I'm just curious how you guys found out that it wasn't from the Tusk tour. Thanks.

Kevin

Since we know the performance was recorded in London, it could have been from either April 1977 or June 1980. But the way she performed Rhiannon after 1977 was different from the early Rumours shows. Her voice sounded different, she wasn't trying to hit as many of the high notes, and she was doing different ad libs at the end of the song. None of the 1980 Rhiannons sound like the version on the Live album- but the Live album version fits in perfectly with how the song sounds on other Rumours shows from that time (such as the Nashville soundboard bootleg from May '77).

With Landslide it's harder to tell, but if I remember right, the audience applause at the end sounds like it's coming from a smaller theater audience as opposed to the Wembley Arena (they played Wembley in '80 but played the Rainbow Theatre in '77).