For Fleetwood Mac, the flame still burns (Boston Herald)

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Originally Posted by MacMan

Have you had a big hand in putting together the deluxe reissue of “Rumours” that’s due in May?

Not really. I’m not a huge fan of those repackagings anyway. But in light of the fact that there is no new album, it makes sense to have something out there to help the marketing of the tour. Certainly there are some curiosities on there, but I haven’t had much to do with it. I did put the kibosh on a few things that I didn’t think should make the cut. So I’ve had an editorial hand in it, but that’s it.

Uh-oh. Well, maybe not. At least he had some say about what gets put on the reissue. But who's calling the main shots - Mick? Please, not the recrod company alone.

Have any producers in mind?

We had a short a list, but I have no idea. We’ve talked about everyone form Daniel Lanois to Dave Stewart to Rick Rubin. That pretty much runs the gamut of approaches. We have to meet with a few people and see how it feels.

Holy ****.

I asked Lindsey if there was another rarity like “Silver Spring” waiting to be dug out and done live and he wasn’t sure. What do you think?

I suggested that we do “Storms” (from “Tusk”) on this tour. We have never done it onstage. The last tour we pulled “Beautiful Child” out and we’d never done that before and it went great. But what we do always comes down to is what sounds good. We’re just thrilled to play our body of work that we’ve worked so hard on over the last 30 years. We really shy away from the “Greatest Hits Tour” label because we think it sounds cheesy. It’s not just the greatest hits, it’s the familiar songs that everyone loves.

Stevie brought up the idea of doing Storms? Huh.

Also - I call bull**** on teh "whatever sounds good." Plenty of songs sound good & they drop them anyway.

And you’re ready to jump into the studio as soon as this tour is over?

This tour could go on for 135 shows, but when we come off the road we will be a finely tuned, well-rehearsed band, which is the best thing to be when you go into the studio because you’re already hot. Your chops are up, you’re singing great, you’ve been playing fantastic music for a year. And writing on the road is really fun. Not to mention that we already both have enough songs to do a record now. But it all depends on if we’re having fun and enjoying each other.

Both have enough songs? Great! But PLEASE don't let this tour drag on like SYW so that you hate eachother by the end & decide not to record, or until you're burned out & out of steam & creativity. Please. I beg of you. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII beg of yoooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuu.

What do you think of the “Rumours” reissue?

It’s pretty awesome. It’s the songs before they came to fruition, almost like the five of us sitting in your living room playing for you. Listening to it, I could rise up above my body and go back there and remember what an amazing group of people we were in those years. As I was listening to it, I thought, “This could so be now. This sounds like a brand-new band just coming out.”

Interesting. Will these be different/rougher demos? I shouldn't get my hopes up - maybe she's talking about the first reissue.