Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition) Box set

[jeets2000]

Okay, I broke down and bought it -- should be arriving in a week or so.

I have to admit, because of the high price tag and the fact that I could listen to most of this on Spotify already, I've avoided the remastered releases. But I bought a 5.1 system solely because I own the original DVD-A of Rumours from the early 2000s. I love that disc so much, and all the praise for the surround sound mix of "Fleetwood Mac" pushed me over the edge. Fingers crossed.

For those that have the Tusk and Mirage 5.1 mixes -- also worth the money? Less so?

[BLY]

Originally Posted by jeets2000

Okay, I broke down and bought it -- should be arriving in a week or so.

I have to admit, because of the high price tag and the fact that I could listen to most of this on Spotify already, I've avoided the remastered releases. But I bought a 5.1 system solely because I own the original DVD-A of Rumours from the early 2000s. I love that disc so much, and all the praise for the surround sound mix of "Fleetwood Mac" pushed me over the edge. Fingers crossed.

For those that have the Tusk and Mirage 5.1 mixes -- also worth the money? Less so?

Yes worth every penny. I love the 5.1 mixes. I wish we could have got it with the Tango box.

[SteveMacD]

I’m a little unclear about “Why” and Christine not being in the mix. I clearly hear her all throughout Midnight Special and on the snippet from the box on Amazon. Does she cut out on the box at some point?

[secondhandchain]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I’m a little unclear about “Why” and Christine not being in the mix. I clearly hear her all throughout Midnight Special and on the snippet from the box on Amazon. Does she cut out on the box at some point?

She's not singing in the end "you don't have to give up, why is all wrong..." It's just Stevie and Lindsey but in a previous mix it was all three.

[lennonfan]

Really fun to see these reviews, the 5.1 had me ready to purchase at any cost... waiting for this one.

This is my fave period of the BuckNicks years...dark, but still so very fresh and exciting and so, so deep. I loved this album in real time in '75 and still consider it a masterpiece. So much so, that when Rumours came out it seemed like Part 2 and I loved it but didn't see what was exciting everyone else so much, I mean, didn't they hear this record?

[SisterNightroad]

First Italian review:

Fleetwood Mac - the review of "Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe)"

As it happens for many bands, also the career of Fleetwood Mac is divided into phases and periods: in this case they're mainly two. The first is the English one characterized by a rock blues sound, the second - indeed the most famous - is the most pop rock American one.

It is with this "Fleetwood Mac" of 1975, the band's tenth album (the second eponym) that begins the second phase thanks to the arrival of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The disc - which contains historical pieces like "Landslide" and "Rhiannon" comes out today in a deluxe version of 3 discs: remastered album, outtakes collection and demo version, plus a couple of American concerts recorded in 1975.

A disc to discover or re-evaluate, a good alternative to the well known and subsequent "Rumors".


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[jwd]

Ha, this is my favorite FM album and I don't even have this yet. Maybe it's that my fandom has waned, or "I'm getting older", too. Or, I'm just waiting for the price to drop, I don't know. You guys and gals have definitely piqued my interest though. And I will get this soon and get catapulted back to a time and a place where it all began for me. I'm going to like that place!!!!!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by jwd

Ha, this is my favorite FM album and I don't even have this yet. Maybe it's that my fandom has waned, or "I'm getting older", too. Or, I'm just waiting for the price to drop, I don't know. You guys and gals have definitely piqued my interest though. And I will get this soon and get catapulted back to a time and a place where it all began for me. I'm going to like that place!!!!!

It just might be my favorite album, too.

It's so weird to hear keyboards on the studio version of World Turning.

I'm fascinated by some of these early versions.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by secondhandchain

She's not singing in the end "you don't have to give up, why is all wrong..." It's just Stevie and Lindsey but in a previous mix it was all three.

no, no, no. that is just so wrong. that's what makes it so special.

[BLY]

This is just amazing. I wish every time I heard a MAC song it sounded like this. I love these mixes! I can't tell you after all these years of listening to these songs I can finally hear how they were meant to be heard. All of these......

Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Tusk
Mirage
Say You Will

Tango would have been Awsome.......Lets hope for BuckingamNicks

[secondhandchain]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

no, no, no. that is just so wrong. that's what makes it so special.

Ok this is the Midnight special version of 'Why' that is the same performance that is on the new Deluxe edition. So why does Chris's vocal sound SO much better on the new re issue? Did they just add reverb etc...or did they autotune that track for the new remaster because it's so much better now. Not that it was bad before.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by secondhandchain

Ok this is the Midnight special version of 'Why' that is the same performance that is on the new Deluxe edition. So why does Chris's vocal sound SO much better on the new re issue? Did they just add reverb etc...or did they autotune that track for the new remaster because it's so much better now. Not that it was bad before.

There's a lot of reverb and even some echo on quite a bit of the tracks.

Autotune doesn't really make the sound better. It gives it more of a generic feel and diminishes tone quality. IMO.