Before 1975, Fleetwood Mac was a well regarded but a bit of a niche band in the United States, never charting higher than number 34 (they had three top ten albums in the U.K.) and being best known for tracks like “Oh Well” and “Hypnotized”.
Then, Bob Welch, who had been a driving force in the band since 1971, decided to leave and Mick Fleetwood went on the hunt for a suitable replacement, initially settling on guitarist Lindsey Buckingham; however, Lindsey was only interested if his girlfriend and recording partner, Stevie Nicks, was also brought in.
The new configuration of Fleetwood Mac went in the studio in the first two months of 1975 and recorded their first set. Fleetwood Mac was released in July of 1975 and, a year later, went on to become a major hit, hitting number 1 and staying in the top ten for 37 weeks.
On January 19, Rhino and Warner Brothers will release a new version of the album in a variety of formats that expands on both the original and the 2004 deluxe edition. Disc 1 of the set includes the original album along with three single mixes of songs and the track “Blue Letter” which was the b-side of “Warm Ways” in the U.K.
Disc 2 has twelve early working tracks for songs from the album along with a jam and four songs recorded live at the Burbank Studios in January of 1976.
The third disc is fourteen previously released live performances from October of 1975.
The super deluxe version of the album also has a DVD with the 5.1 surround and 24/96 kHz stereo mixes of the album along with single mixes.
An LP of the original album fills out the box set.
Track List:
Disc 1 (Remastered album and single mixes)
Monday Morning
Warm Ways
Blue Letter
Rhiannon
Over My Head
Crystal
Say You Love Me
Landslide
World Turning
Sugar Daddy
I’m So Afraid
Over My Head (Single Version)
Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) (Single Version)
Say You Love Me (Single Version)
Blue Letter (Single Version)
Disc 2 (Studio outtakes)
Monday Morning (Early Take)
Warm Ways (Early Take)
Blue Letter (Early Take)
Rhiannon (Early Take)
Over My Head (Early Take)
Crystal (Early Version)
Say You Love Me (Early Version)
Landslide (Early Version)
World Turning (Early Version)
Sugar Daddy (Early Take)
I’m So Afraid (Early Version)
Over My Head (Live from The Burbank Studios – 1/26/1976)
Rhiannon (Live from The Burbank Studios – 1/26/1976)
Why (Live from The Burbank Studios – 1/26/1976)
World Turning (Live from The Burbank Studios – 1/26/1976)
Jam #2
I’m So Afraid (Early Take Instrumental)
Disc 3 (Live)
Get Like You Used To Be (The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 10/17/1975)
Station Man (Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 10/25/1975)
Spare Me a Little (Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 10/25/1975)
Rhiannon (Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 10/25/1975)
Why (Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 10/25/1975)
Landslide (Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 10/25/1975)
Over My Head (Campus Stadium, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA – 5/2/1976)
I’m So Afraid (The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 10/17/1975)
Oh Well (The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 10/17/1975)
The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 10/17/1975)
World Turning (The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 10/17/1975)
Blue Letter (The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 10/17/1975)
Don’t Let Me Down Again (Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 10/25/1975)
Hypnotized (Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 10/25/1975)
DVD
5.1 surround mix of original album
24/96 kHz stereo version of original album
Single mixes
LP (Original album)
Monday Morning
Warm Ways
Blue Letter
Rhiannon
Over My Head
Crystal
Say You Love Me
Landslide
World Turning
Sugar Daddy
I’m So Afraid
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