"Rumours" demos

[David]

Originally posted by joe
Anyway. i categorize my files as "Tusk era demos" and "Mirage era demos" etc etc....I don't have a lot for the Rumours era.

I currently only have good versions of "Think About It","Keep Me There", and the original "Silver Springs" (not the finished studio version but the one with the long ending). What else is out there?

Not all of these are necessarily demos for "Rumours," but they were recorded in that time frame (ca. 1976): "If You Ever Did Believe," "Smile at You" (many people mistakenly call this a "Tusk" outtake), "The Tower," "Sisters of the Moon," "Sleeping Angel," "Secret Love," "Watchdevil," "After the Glitter Fades," "Silver Springs," "The Highwayman," "Kind of Woman," "Leather & Lace," "No Light."

I think "Forest of the Black Roses," "The Three Birds of Rhiannon," "Mistaken Love" & "Rhiannon" piano demos were recorded in March 1978 for the proposed movie rather than for a Fleetwood Mac project. I don't think any known version of "The Dealer" predates 1978, & so was never considered for "Rumours." Other possible 1976 recordings from "Almanac," including "Nomad," "You Could Forget" & "Designs of Love," may predate Stevie's joining Fleetwood Mac (maybe they were the demos that Buckingham & Nicks worked on for their aborted second album in 1974).