'Albatross' was a huge chart hit in the UK whilst the single 'Black Magic Woman' helped to break Fleetwood Mac in the U.S. Fleetwood Mac enjoyed several hit singles in the United Kingdom at that time and these are collated here for this album, originally issued on CBS Records only in the U.K. This record was a stalwart of every decent album collection in the early 1970s as it represented the first greatest hits package from Fleetwood Mac, covering the period from the band's beginning in 1968 through to 1971.įleetwood Mac in their original incarnation were led by guitarist Peter Green and were leaders of the second British Blues boom of the late 1960s. Fleetwood and John McVie laid down typically solid rhythms, the former taking a brief eyes-closed drum solo.This is a re-release of the famous 'red sleeve' Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits album. Dressed in her trademark webby chiffon that resembles a giant doily, Nicks played air drums and guitar and real tambourine, her smoky vocals steering clear of the higher ranges but working well otherwise. Buckingham sang and played with fervor, adding bursts of big guitar. Meanwhile, the giant video screens often showed Buckingham and Nicks side by side as if via Photoshop.īacked by two musicians - tucked in a nook that was borderline backstage - and three singers, the Mac was in good form. Buckingham acknowledged the band’s “fairly complex and convoluted emotional history.” Those old tensions were evident as the main quartet kept their distance onstage as if separated by minefields. Of course, “personal issues” were synonymous with Fleetwood Mac at the height of its popularity (18 of the night’s 23 songs came from the group’s megaplatinum 1975-79 era). Taken in full, this was exactly what a heritage rock act playing arenas should deliver: Put aside any simmering personal issues and play 2 1/2 hours of the biggest hits, with a few fan-favorite album cuts and some nuggets - at a top ticket price of $150.

The crowd had caught on, and the rest of the night was terrific. Buckingham bit off the lines, keeping the emphatic pauses, then ripped off a long guitar solo that was heavier than anything he ever recorded with Fleetwood Mac. Then came “Oh Well,” the set’s oldest song and by far its hardest-rocking. Nicks then let loose on “Gold Dust Woman,” offering her most inspired vocal of the night. The song earned the evening’s first true roar, and it was game on. Touring as a Duo, Steve Martin and Martin Short Mix a Little Bluegrass With a Torrent of Roasting: Concert Review

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