Lindsey - Tusk Tour Photos

[David]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I guess I always considered it part of Rumours. After all, there was less of a break between 1977 and 1978 than there was between the first and second leg of the SYW tour and I consider both legs part of SYW.

The thing about 1978, at least from the bootlegs I've heard is, it was centered on Rumours. If they'd played with the setlist and done a heap of different songs, then I'd consider it a different tour.

Okay, you make excellent points. I'll revisit my views. In addition, they probably sold the Rumours tourbook at those 1978 shows.

But I want to add one more thing about the 1978 <--> Tusk tour link you mention. Aside from the sound differences between the Les Paul & the Turner & the sound differences between the Combo Pianet & the Yamaha CP30, the 1978 performances sound exactly like the early performances (& especially the rehearsals) in 1979. Try it on your own ears, just for fun. Play one of the 1979 rehearsals of a song, & then play that same song from one of the 1978 shows. The musical style, attack, pacing, dynamics, sound field & ambience are all virtually identical. Even the singers' vocals are extremely alike from the first year to the second. In fact, there's far more musical & sound similarity between 1978 performances & first leg 1979 performances than there is between first leg 1979 performances & final leg 1979 performances (which is part of the reason why I've always said the final leg showed the greatest distance covered in performance evolution ever as regards that version of the band).