And while the sound quality is less than perfect and some of these recordings have circulated among bootleggers for years, they’re the stuff that’ll make Fleetwood Mac fans salivate. Now that Fleetwood Mac has received the deluxe treatment, with a sprawling, 46-cut expanded edition that runs 3.5 hours, the picture of Fleetwood Mac straddling its blues and pop eras is complete.Ĭonsisting of a remastered version of the original album, nearly complete early takes of its 11 songs, some single edits and jams, the real magic of the three-CD set lies in the 18 live performances captured in 1975 and ‘76. While the Mac – anchored as always by the steady, namesake rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – had developed a new, in-studio persona, its live shows still leaned heavily on Peter Green-, Jeremy Spencer- and Bob Welch-era tracks. When Fleetwood Mac released its second self-titled album in 1975, the group launched an exceptional, three-LP run that lasted through 1979’s Tusk and erased virtually all vestiges of the pre-Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks version of the then-8-year-old band.
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