FLEETWOOD MAC – LIVE 2LP – Nr MINT UK

Fleetwood Mac – Live
(Warner Bros Records  1980  K66097)
UK Pressing

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– couple of tiny ringwear marks near bottom
Inner Sleeves in Nr MINT condition

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time. In 1998, selected members of Fleetwood Mac were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

The two most successful periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green and achieved a UK number one with “Albatross”; and from 1975 to 1987, as a more pop-oriented act, featuring Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Rumours (1977), Fleetwood Mac’s second album after the incorporation of Buckingham and Nicks, produced four US Top 10 singles and remained at No. 1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks, as well as reaching the top spot in various countries around the world. To date, the album has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the eighth-highest-selling album of all time. The band achieved more modest success between 1971 and 1974, when the line-up included Bob Welch, during the 1990s in between the departure and return of Nicks and Buckingham, and during the 2000s when Christine McVie was absent.

Due to numerous lineup changes, the only original member present in the band is drummer Mick Fleetwood. Although band founder Green named the group by combining the surnames of two of his former bandmates (Fleetwood and McVie) from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, bassist John McVie played neither on their first single nor at their first concerts, as he initially decided to stay with Mayall. Keyboardist Christine McVie, who joined the band in 1970 while married to John McVie, has appeared on every album except the debut album, either as a member or as a session musician. She left the band in 1998 but returned in 2014.

The line-up remained stable through three more studio albums, but by the late 1980s began to disintegrate. The first to leave was Buckingham, followed by Nicks in 1991, to be replaced by a series of short-term guitarists and vocalists. In 1993, a one-off performance for the first inauguration of Bill Clinton featured the five central members back together for the first time in six years, and in 1997 a full reunion occurred. In 1998 Christine McVie retired from touring. The band stayed together as a four-piece consisting of John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. In 2014 Christine McVie rejoined full-time. The latest studio album by the band was 2003’s Say You Will. A side project known as Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie was released in 2017, containing contributions from the other band members except Nicks. In 2018, Buckingham was fired from the band, and was replaced by Mike Campbell, formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House.

Live is a double live album released by Fleetwood Mac in 1980. It was the first live album from the then-current line-up of the band, and the next would be The Dance from 1997. The album was certified gold (500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA in November 1981.

Of particular note are three new songs — Christine McVie’s “One More Night”, Stevie Nicks’ “Fireflies”, and a well-harmonized backstage rendition of the Beach Boys’ “The Farmer’s Daughter”. The latter two were released as singles, but only “Fireflies” charted. “Don’t Let Me Down Again” is a song from the Buckingham Nicks album. Also notable are two Lindsey Buckingham guitar showcases. The first, “I’m So Afraid”, was popular as a concert finale during this period. The second was Buckingham’s take on former Mac guitarist Peter Green’s signature number, “Oh Well” (originally a 1969 single release).

Track listing

Side one

1. “Monday Morning” (Buckingham) – recorded at Tokyo – 3:51
2. “Say You Love Me” (McVie) – recorded at Wichita – 4:18
3. “Dreams” (Nicks) – recorded at Paris sound check – 4:18
4. “Oh Well” (Green) – recorded at St. Louis – 3:23
5. “Over & Over” (McVie) – recorded at Oklahoma City – 5:01

Side two

1. “Sara” (Nicks) – recorded at St. Louis – 7:23
2. “Not That Funny” (Buckingham) – recorded at Cleveland – 9:04
3. “Never Going Back Again” (Buckingham) – recorded at Tucson – 4:13
4. “Landslide” (Nicks) – recorded at London – 4:33

Side three

1. “Fireflies” (Nicks) – recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends – 4:37
2. “Over My Head” (McVie) – recorded at Kansas City – 3:27
3. “Rhiannon” (Nicks) – recorded at London – 7:43
4. “Don’t Let Me Down Again” (Buckingham) – recorded at Passaic – 3:57
5. “One More Night” (McVie) – recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends – 3:43

Side four

1. “Go Your Own Way” (Buckingham) – recorded at Cleveland – 5:44
2. “Don’t Stop” (McVie) – recorded at Paris sound check – 4:05
3. “I’m So Afraid” (Buckingham) – recorded at Cleveland – 8:28
4. “The Farmer’s Daughter” (Wilson, Love) – recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends – 2:25

Credits

Fleetwood Mac

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

Additional personnel

• Ray Lindsey – additional guitar on “Go Your Own Way”
• Tony Toadaro – additional percussion
• Jeffery Sova – additional keyboards

Production

• Producers: Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat, Fleetwood Mac
• Live recording: Ken Caillat, Biff Dawes
• Mix-Down Engineers: Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
• Live engineering: Trip Khalaf, Richard Dashut
• Studio Recording Assistants: Carla Frederick, Rich Feldman, David (Dominguez) Ahlert
• Mastering: Ken Perry
• Art direction & design: Larry Vigon
• Cover photography: Chris Callis
• Collage photography: Sam Emerson, Chris Callis, Sharon Weisz
• Mixed at: George Massenburg Studios
• Digitally mixed and mastered by: Soundstream Inc.
• Mastered by: Ken Perry
• Disc cutting by: Capitol Records West Coast and Bob Ludwig, Master Disc East Coast