Fleetwood Mac: The Definitive History?

[mylittledemon]

does anyone own it yet? would love to see some of the pics

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

does anyone own it yet? would love to see some of the pics

I put it on my list. I wonder if any of the pictures are some we haven't seen.

Michele

[mylittledemon]

Yeah I've always wanted to see more Dance-era stuff from Neal Preston.

A few years back...maybe 2007 he and I had a conversation on the telephone. He told me he took the infamous photo of Freddie Mercury that's used for their live at Wembley Stadium concert. Anyway... he said he had hundreds of pics from "The Dance" for the album shoot and the live taping. I was all set to buy some 11x17 prints from him (he quoted me $350-500 ea) and then he just bailed on the whole thing. Stopped calling me back, stopped emailing me. It was weird.

[bangdrum]

I sat down and looked through it in Barnes & Noble the other day. (Wasn't going to buy it because it was $29.99. )

I'm not a picture expert, but I don't think there was anything much new as far as newer pictures (like post-Mirage). Some of the older ones might have been rarer.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Yeah I've always wanted to see more Dance-era stuff from Neal Preston.

A few years back...maybe 2007 he and I had a conversation on the telephone. He told me he took the infamous photo of Freddie Mercury that's used for their live at Wembley Stadium concert. Anyway... he said he had hundreds of pics from "The Dance" for the album shoot and the live taping. I was all set to buy some 11x17 prints from him (he quoted me $350-500 ea) and then he just bailed on the whole thing. Stopped calling me back, stopped emailing me. It was weird.

I thought David LaChapelle did the cover photo for The Dance? I wonder if there was more than one?

[skuncles]

I picked it up today. There isn't really anything new in it as far as pictures go, but there are a TON. Reading thru it quickly I saw it mention that "Rock A Little" was supposed to be called "Mirror Mirror" but Stevie and Jimmy Iovine dropped that concept. The book sort of reminds me a bit of Mick's "My Twenty Five Years In Fleetwood Mac" book from awhile ago. Just lots of pictures and the history of the band in an oversized book. There are photos on every page, albums, tour books, promo photos etc.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by skuncles

I picked it up today. There isn't really anything new in it as far as pictures go, but there are a TON. Reading thru it quickly I saw it mention that "Rock A Little" was supposed to be called "Mirror Mirror" but Stevie and Jimmy Iovine dropped that concept. The book sort of reminds me a bit of Mick's "My Twenty Five Years In Fleetwood Mac" book from awhile ago. Just lots of pictures and the history of the band in an oversized book. There are photos on every page, albums, tour books, promo photos etc.

I was just about to ask, How exactly does it compare to Mick's book? I imagine there are fewer words scratched out & revised?

- Jake

[skuncles]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I was just about to ask, How exactly does it compare to Mick's book? I imagine there are fewer words scratched out & revised?

- Jake

Do you mean his autobiography or the Mac picture book. I was comparing it to Mick's Mac picture book that came out before his autobiography. In which case it's very much like the picture book.

[APerfectLie]

I love that it discusses their solo careers too. And it isn't just a brief mention. It spends a good chunk on all of Stevie's albums except TISL and IYD, and it also gives a good chunk to Lindsey's and Christine's and even Mick's!

[Meowi]

On the back cover where it mentions a few song names, the Author names a song called 'Dream'. Hmm, never heard that one before.

[slc4236]

Originally Posted by skuncles

I picked it up today. There isn't really anything new in it as far as pictures go, but there are a TON. Reading thru it quickly I saw it mention that "Rock A Little" was supposed to be called "Mirror Mirror" but Stevie and Jimmy Iovine dropped that concept. The book sort of reminds me a bit of Mick's "My Twenty Five Years In Fleetwood Mac" book from awhile ago. Just lots of pictures and the history of the band in an oversized book. There are photos on every page, albums, tour books, promo photos etc.

Hello, if my memory is correct I had a conversation with someone sitting in a hotel lobby in New Orlens during the Rock A Little tour. The person said Rock A Little was supoosed to be called Mirror Mirror but the songs did not come together very well. They were working on songs and I think part of it had too do with her additiction issues and the quality of the songs.

[jellyman10]

There's a thread on this book over on the Rumours forum, about two weeks old I think.

I've had the book for about a month. As I said on the other thread, it's OK visually but the photo captioning and the text itself are poor. The author's other credits include a book on The Eagles and yet he refers to Don Henley as a guitarist - twice. He also attributes to Mick the quote from John about telling Lindsey to leave the room and him thinking he meant leave the band, and a few other bloopers.

I found it pleasant to flick through, as a change from looking at pics online, but that's about all.

Loz

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I thought David LaChapelle did the cover photo for The Dance? I wonder if there was more than one?

I'm not sure... just remembering what Preston told me. Our deal was that i'd buy a minimum of 3-4 prints from him. I guess he just got too busy for a small timer like me...