Rumours Live Album Sept 23

[David]

Originally Posted by BigAl84

David - I can't remember, were the Hollywood Bowl '80 shows rumored to be captured on tape?

Definitely were. The band recorded both nights — the original plan for the live album was to release a Bowl album. The decision to do a compilation must have been made very quickly (like, days). The marketing for the Bowl concerts featured a couple of sunny Los Angeles palm trees. I always imagined a Bowl concert album with the palm trees on the cover. I think I’m tainted with nostalgia bias, but those shows are my favorite Fleetwood memory.

[BigAl84]

A Hollywood Bowl live box set....sign me up! I really hope none of those tapes got damaged in any of the vault fires that have occurred in recent decades.

I've never seen that shirt before, thanks for sharing!

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by David

Definitely were. The band recorded both nights — the original plan for the live album was to release a Bowl album. The decision to do a compilation must have been made very quickly (like, days). The marketing for the Bowl concerts featured a couple of sunny Los Angeles palm trees. I always imagined a Bowl concert album with the palm trees on the cover. I think I’m tainted with nostalgia bias, but those shows are my favorite Fleetwood memory.

I believe Mick wrote in his first book that those shows were his favorite too. It was a moment in time. The 80s had begun and things would never be the same.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

I believe Mick wrote in his first book that those shows were his favorite too. It was a moment in time. The 80s had begun and things would never be the same.

This is what he wrote:

Three days later, in front of a sold-out audience at the Hollywood Bowl, Lindsey leaned into the mike and announced, "This is our last concert... for a long time." I'll never forget Stevie's "Landslide" that night, the way she sang about growing older in her scratchy, uncertain voice. It was an ineffable moment. After the show, we had a classic locker-room victory celebration kisses, hugs, champagne, intense feelings of relief mingled with fatigue. To me it felt like the end of an era. And it indeed turned out to be exactly that.

[BigAl84]

On another note, I can only wonder what piece of reality Christine would have to share if she were here to be asked about this project. I came to enjoy her down to earth, fresh take on things that usually were romanticized in the press.