Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits rerelease

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The Greatest Hits Deluxe Edition will be released July 31.

Since Deluxe Editions always included demos in the past, I’m kind of surprised Paper Doll didn’t make the cut, as it was originally recorded for the GH album, only to be replaced by No Questions Asked. Apparently, Mick sent Paper Doll to Lindsey and asked him to do what he could do with it, so he made whatever changes he did and it was released on the Chain box set. Would have been nice to have either the before or after version included here.

I agree that Love in Store should have been included. There was certainly room for it. I suspect the preponderance of Christine and Stevie songs are why those two songs weren’t included, and a desire to include more Lindsey songs were why Oh Diane and Never Going Back Again were placed instead. I get it.

The fact that Save Me wasn’t included gives me hope that Behind the Mask will get a Deluxe Edition at some point. Yes, I’m admittedly biased about that prospect, as I love that album, but if they’re doing a Deluxe Edition of their GH, then they are clearly desperate to milk their legacy for all they can. They may release a DE of Say You Will, but with 18 songs, there probably aren’t a lot of extras, and a live CD/DVD was already released of that album/tour. The Dance will probably be next, and then hopefully BTM and Time will be rereleased together.