Philly PA 3-21-77

[PenguinHead]

I've been slowly and tediously taking the hundreds of cassettes of shows I collected (long before the internet and digital technology exisited) and burning them on CDRs -- at least the ones with the sound quality worthy of it. In the process I've been rediscovering some great shows. One in particular, a very early Rumours concert in Philly, seems very notable for several reasons.

It comes at a very pivitol time for the band...they still are playing pre-Lindsey/Stevie Fleetwood Mac songs. And soon those will be replaced forever-more with other Rumours tracks. Christine almost apologizes to the crowd for playing the new Rumours songs. She says "you're the first audience to hear these." Is that true? Was this the first Rumours concert?

In fact, it is very apparent that the band has yet to settle into those "new" songs, since they don't sound as confident and fleshed out yet.

With "You Make Lovin' Fun," in the end they sing "I'm beginning to wonder why" and "I've a feeling it's time to try" instead of "That's all I want to do." Another observation: During "Landslide," some idiotic audience member repeated yells out "Take it off!" There is some nervous laughter in the audience. I'm sure Stevie was not too happy about a "fan" disrupting her perfomance with a request more appropriate for a strip club.

Isn't this a great set list?

Say You Love Me
Station Man
Believe Me
Rhiannon
Why
The Chain
Dreams
Never Going Back Again
Landslide
Over My Head
You Make Lovin' Fun
I'm So Afraid
Go Your Own Way
Oh Daddy
Gold Dust Woman
Oh Well
World Turning
Blue Letter
Tell Me All The Things You Do