FLEETWOOD MAC – FLEETWOOD MAC LP – EXC+ UK 1975

Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
(Reprise Records  1975   K54043)
UK Pressing

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some discolouration and some light ringwear

Fleetwood Mac are a rock band, formed in London in 1967 who originally consisted of Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer and Bob Brunning. The band went through many different members until it settled on its most famous incarnation consisting of Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

Fleetwood Mac is the tenth album by the British-American band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1975. It was the band’s second eponymous album; the first was their 1968 album. This is the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist, after Bob Welch departed the band in late 1974. The album was also the group’s last to be released under the Reprise label until 1990’s Behind the Mask (the group’s subsequent albums until then were released through Warner Bros. Records, Reprise’s parent company).

The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 over a year after entering the chart. It launched three top twenty singles: “Over My Head”, “Rhiannon” and “Say You Love Me”, the last two falling just short of the top ten, both at No. 11. In 1976, it was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA representing shipments of five million units.

Until the release of this album, Fleetwood Mac’s albums generally sold around 300,000 – 350,000 copies apiece. This album helped launch them as musical superstars with an almost constant radio presence (which would be continued with their even more popular follow-up, Rumours). In 2003, the album was ranked No. 183 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

In Britain, the album was initially largely ignored and the first three singles lifted from the album failed to chart, therefore, generating limited interest in the album and the new line-up of the band. Only “Say You Love Me” charted on the UK Singles Chart and it reached No. 40. With the massive success of Rumours in 1977 and interest in the band re-ignited, Fleetwood Mac was issued again in 1978, along with the re-release of “Rhiannon” which peaked just outside the Top 40 at No. 46. The album eventually peaked at #23 on the UK Album Chart but was a prelude to a run of hugely successful albums for the band in Britain, including four multi-platinum number ones: Rumours, Tusk, Tango in the Night and Behind the Mask.

Track listing

Fleetwood Mac

• Lindsey Buckingham – guitar, banjo, vocals
• Stevie Nicks – vocals
• Christine McVie – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Waddy Wachtel – rhythm guitar on “Sugar Daddy”

Production

• Producers: Fleetwood Mac & Keith Olsen
• Engineer: Keith Olsen, 2nd Engineer: David Devore