Soundboard Tapes

trotter · #1 03-03-2008, 05:38 PM

I Was reading through some threads here about all the concert footage that remanes unreleased
i wanted to ask does anyone know if the band kept all their soundboard tapes and would there be one for every show they ever did if so who has them all?

vivfox · #2 03-03-2008, 05:47 PM

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I wanted to ask does anyone know if the band kept all their soundboard tapes and would there be one for every show they ever did if so who has them all?[/QUOTE]

I do.

David · #3 03-03-2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by trotter

i wanted to ask does anyone know if the band kept all their soundboard tapes and would there be one for every show they ever did if so who has them all?

It's pretty unlikely that a cassette (or these days, a CD-R) was made from the soundboard mix of every show the band ever played. It's a question of number & point; the number is too high, & what's the point? Think of how many people have passed through the Fleetwood Mac turnstiles over the years as cast & crew.

If you look at the dates of the known soundboards, you see interesting patterns. I don't know whether these patterns are representative of most rock bands or whether Fleetwood Mac just happened to do things this way. The soundboard tapes tend to cluster around specific weeks -- short stretches -- within a tour. Take the 1977 soundboards, for example: April & late May. Or the 1980 soundboards: mid-March & August. Or the 1982 soundboards: all in early to mid-October. Exceptions might consist of shows taped in the traditional way for radio or home video, or big noteworthy shows (like the US Festival).

I doubt anyone in the band has kept track of these tapes. If anything, I'd say it's more likely that former crew might have stashes of them. I don't think most of the band would have been interested in them at the time (although the desire to hear old performances might kickstart their nostalgia today).

I've often thought we should send some performance recordings to members of the band, in the spirit of "Remember this?" We'd see whether they had any interest in revisiting this part of their past, which might have sparked a desire to market these tapes in some fashion.

trotter · #4 03-03-2008, 06:02 PM

I once read in an interview that Richard Dashut & Ken Cailat recorded a lot a of the Tusk Shows for the live album do you think either of them have some tapes?

David · #5 03-03-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by trotter

I once read in an interview that Richard Dashut & Ken Cailat recorded a lot a of the Tusk Shows for the live album do you think either of them have some tapes?

Write to them & ask.

Bear in mind that recording a show for a live album is usually different from taping the soundboard.

trotter · #6 03-03-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Write to them & ask.

Bear in mind that recording a show for a live album is usually different from taping the soundboard.

I would like to contact one of them do you have their contact details

trotter · #7 03-03-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Write to them & ask.

Bear in mind that recording a show for a live album is usually different from taping the soundboard.

I would like to contact one of them but i do not have there contact details do you have their contact details

MacMan · #8 03-03-2008, 06:39 PM

Also, remember John McVie in one of his Q&A's said he had a box of tapes or recordings... something along that line.

LiamMcConville · #9 03-03-2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MacMan

Also, remember John McVie in one of his Q&A's said he had a box of tapes or recordings... something along that line.

He gave those to me last time we had lunch, and let me just say, they're AMAZING.

blackroses · #10 03-03-2008, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LiamMcConville

He gave those to me last time we had lunch, and let me just say, they're AMAZING.

You didn't put a smile face on that. You are kidding, aren't you Liam?

So, is having lunch with John McVie a typical day for you? And how does this come about? I'm still fairly new to the forum, so maybe I've missed something.

danax6 · #11 03-03-2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by blackroses

You didn't put a smile face on that. You are kidding, aren't you Liam?

So, is having lunch with John McVie a typical day for you? And how does this come about? I'm still fairly new to the forum, so maybe I've missed something.

He's kidding.