PART 11: 1975. The history continues next week.
This Caffé
Latté special tribute spans the decades since the release of the group’s debut
album in 1968, stopping off at 100 of the best tracks from its 50 years of
recorded output as a band and as soloists in chronological order.
FLEETWOOD
MAC
100
GREAT SONGS OVER 50 YEARS
The group’s history defies the
odds. There’s been several line-up changes; shifts in musical directions and
internal relations that rival those in soap operas. Throughout it all, 2
members have remained its core: Mick Fleetwood and John McVie.
The latter 2 founded Fleetwood
Mac with Peter Green, in 1967. That same year, Jeremy Spencer joined the fledgling
group’s line-up.
In 1968, Fleetwood Mac released
its debut album followed by another 2
new singles: “Black Magic Woman” and the UK #1 “Albatross”. By now, Danny
Kirwan was in the line-up. Fleetwood Mac released a series of singles and early
albums.
By 1971, Green and Spencer had
been replaced by Christine McVie (John’s wife) and Bob Welch. ‘Bare Trees’
followed in 1972, the last album to feature Kirwan. Two new guitarists joined:
Bob Weston and Dave Walker. The former was ditched before the completion of the
‘Mystery To Me’ LP later that year. Weston was sacked prior to the group’s 1974
album, ‘Heroes Are Hard To Find’. When Welch quit, Fleetwood Mac was in search
of a new guitarist.
While Mick Fleetwood was
checking out a recording studio he chanced upon hearing a track on an album by a
duo named Buckingham/ Nicks. Impressed with the guitarist Lindsey Buckingham,
Fleetwood asked him to join the band. He agreed on the condition that his
partner Stevie Nicks would also be recruited.
Finally, the platinum-selling
line-up of Fleetwood Mac was in place. Buckingham and Nicks were now flanked by
Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. The first album to feature this
new combination was ‘Fleetwood Mac’ in 1975.
FLEETWOOD MAC
UK: #23;
USA: #1
21WARM WAYS
Writer: Christine McVie
22OVER MY HEAD
Writer: Christine McVie
23RHIANNON
Writer: Stevie Nicks
24MONDAY MORNING
Writer: Lindsey Buckingham
25CRYSTAL
Writer: Stevie Nicks
26SAY YOU LOVE ME
Writer: Christine McVie
27LANDSLIDE
Writer: Stevie Nicks
28WORLD TURNING
Writer: Christine McVie & Lindsey Buckingham
29I’M SO AFRAID
Writer: Lindsey Buckingham
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