The ultimate fantasy box set of live recordings

[sjpdg]

Originally Posted by chiliD

If Fleetwood Mac played the song, it should be included, hence "Stand Back", "Go Insane" & "HAEWAFY" should be included, it's not like those were only played once or twice, they were played throughout an entire tour. (and in "Stand Back"'s case, for multiple tours)

Speaking of "leaving things out"...it's not a comprehensive "Fleetwood Mac Live Anthology" if you don't include material from '67-74, as well.

The concert set played on 10/15/94 (by what has since been referred to at the Time lineup):

The Chain
You Make Loving Fun
Dreams
Oh Well
All Along the Watchtower
The Bigger the Love
Blow By Blow
We Just Disagree
Gold Dust Woman
Only You Know and I Know
World Turning
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Say You Love Me
Don't Stop
Go Your Own Way
{encores}
Tear It Up
Imagine

You make an excellent point ChiliD. I agree. If they played it, just like Petty, it should be included. We especially agree on the inclusion of the '67 - '74 material as well! The B/N line up would not have been part of Fleetwood Mac if the prior personnel hadn't been there to first off create Fleetwood Mac, and secondly to keep it going in its various incarnations.

That being said, I guess we'd need to have "Blow By Blow" as the "Time" contribution. It seems odd though that they didn't perform not one other song from that CD live. None of those other songs were on "Time". "The Bigger The Love" was Billy's from a solo project and also appeared on John's 1-off CD with Lola Thomas singing.

Are there any other set-lists that include other material from "Time" that could be chosen from? Not a huge fan of the CD, but "Blow By Blow" certainly isn't the 'be-all-and-end-all" from it to be sure.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by sjpdg

Are there any other set-lists that include other material from "Time" that could be chosen from? Not a huge fan of the CD, but "Blow By Blow" certainly isn't the 'be-all-and-end-all" from it to be sure.

At later shows they did "Dreaming The Dream" in place of "Imagine".

And, from what I've heard about the original aborted Another Link In The Chain album, Billy's "The Bigger The Love" was recorded for the album.

[PenguinHead]

Why isn't anyone complaining that Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits or The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac features material only from 1975 onward, with no representation from earlier configurations/eras?

How is that any different from a live compilation that focuses on a specific time period?

[sjpdg]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

Why isn't anyone complaining that Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits or The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac features material only from 1975 onward, with no representation from earlier configurations/eras?

How is that any different from a live compilation that focuses on a specific time period?

Not to knit-pick, but that wasn't the original question or idea that you posed.

Frankly, I think it sucks that the "Greatest Hits" and "The Very Best Of" don't include the pre-Rumours material and "The Very Best Of" should have post-Rumours material included as well.

Honestly, I think someone should pitch these ideas to Mick. I think he'd go for it, really. It might be hard to get past the label since there was the boxed set way back when, but it's certainly possible they could get talked into it. Particularly the "Live Anthology" idea.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by sjpdg

Not to knit-pick, but that wasn't the original question or idea that you posed.

Frankly, I think it sucks that the "Greatest Hits" and "The Very Best Of" don't include the pre-Rumours material and "The Very Best Of" should have post-Rumours material included as well.

Honestly, I think someone should pitch these ideas to Mick. I think he'd go for it, really. It might be hard to get past the label since there was the boxed set way back when, but it's certainly possible they could get talked into it. Particularly the "Live Anthology" idea.

"The Very Best of" version that was released in the UK/Europe is a one disc set that includes Black Magic Woman, Albatross, and Man of the World.

This issue has many variables to consider. Fleetwood Mac is a very unique band, with very disparate eras. The demographic of their fan base is not a shared community -- culturally related mostly to age, generation, and music style preference.

The songs on Greatest Hits were culled to represent the band as it existed in popular culture for the prior for 13 years. It's purpose was not to highlight the entire span of history of Fleetwood Mac. Most of the people who bought it couldn't give **** about the band's past history. It was the greatest hits as they knew the band to be -- the songs they grew up with, listening to on the radio.

Of course, conversely, there is an older generation of people who grew up knowing Fleetwood Mac as a blues band, and who don't give a **** about their tranformation into a pop rock band.

Then there are fans like me who has come to appreciate all eras of the band, but understand why compilations are segmented into certain eras. There is a wonderful 2 disc greatest hits compilation of the Blues era, as well as other numerous blues era compilations. Is it wrong that these compilations omit songs future eras of the band? Shouldn't have these discs have included songs from the Lindsey/Stevie era?

Of course not! Is that not understandable? It's just a matter of practicality why there arecompilations for various eras. The Chain box set is closest thing to a full representation of the history of the band. Yet, it was heavily focused on the more popular era of the band, with only a passing nod to the middle period of the band, and a small but respectable amount of the Peter Green era.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by sjpdg

Not to knit-pick, but that wasn't the original question or idea that you posed.

Frankly, I think it sucks that the "Greatest Hits" and "The Very Best Of" don't include the pre-Rumours material and "The Very Best Of" should have post-Rumours material included as well.

Honestly, I think someone should pitch these ideas to Mick. I think he'd go for it, really. It might be hard to get past the label since there was the boxed set way back when, but it's certainly possible they could get talked into it. Particularly the "Live Anthology" idea.

You are nit picking! Do I not have a right to revise a concept, given the nit picking I got for thinking of harmless would-be compilation that highlighted a specific era of the band? Oh the humanity!!!

I thought the only way to placate the naysayers was to fantasize a massive box set that included all eras (apparently the 11th commandment for all compilations).