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Fleetwood Mac
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The band's most recognizable lineup, clockwise from the left: Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Stevie Nicks
Background information
Years active1967–Present
MembersJohn McVie
Stevie Nicks
Mick Fleetwood
Lindsey Buckingham
Past membersChristine McVie
Peter Green
Jeremy Spencer
Bob Brunning
Danny Kirwan
Bob Welch
Bob Weston
Dave Walker
Billy Burnette
Rick Vito
Dave Mason
Bekka Bramlett
Websitewww.fleetwoodmac.com

Fleetwood Mac (formed in 1967) is an influential and commercially successful British-American band that has had a revolving door of personnel, and varied levels of success. The only two members who have been there from the beginning are its namesakes, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, while keyboardist Christine McVie has to date appeared on all but two albums, either as a member or as a sessions musician. 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 from 1975-1987, with the pop band that consisted of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham that recorded Rumours, which documented the McVies' divorce, the romantic split between Nicks and Buckingham, and Fleetwood's own divorce.

History

Before The Beginning

Fleetwood Mac was formed in 1967 in London when Peter Green left renowned British blues band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Green had replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, and received critical acclaim for his work on the Bluesbreaker album A Hard Road. After he had been in the Bluesbreakers for some time, Green asked if drummer Mick Fleetwood could replace Ansley Dunbar. Peter had been in two bands with Fleetwood, Peter B & The Looner's and the subsequent Shotgun Express (which featured a young vocalist named Rod Stewart). John Mayall agreed and Fleetwood was in. The Bluesbreakers now consisted of Green, Fleetwood, longtime Bluesbreaker bassist John McVie, and Mayall. Mayall gave Green free recording time as a gift, to which Fleetwood, McVie, and Green recorded five songs. The fifth song was an instrumental that Green named after the rhythm section, "Fleetwood Mac." Fleetwood only lasted in that band for just a few weeks. He and McVie were drinking buddies. In fact, McVie had been fired from that band several times for his drunkenness (once replaced by Jack Bruce, which lead to the formation of Cream). Mayall decided that two drunks were too many. Soon after Fleetwood was fired, Green decided to leave Mayall (and was replaced by future Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor).

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Featuring Jeremy Spencer

Green contacted Fleetwood to form a new band. The pair wanted McVie on bass, even naming the band Fleetwood Mac as a way to entice McVie, however McVie decided that his pay with the Bluesbreakers was just too good to give up. In the meantime, Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood teamed up with talented slide player Jeremy Spencer, and bassist Bob Brunning, who was in the band on the understanding that if and when McVie agreed to join, Brunning would make way. This version of the band made its debut on August 13, 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival. Within weeks of this show, John McVie took his rightful position in the band as their bassist, and has been there ever since.

The band released its first album, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac for the Blue Horizon label in February 1968. It was a no frills blues album. In fact, there were no other players on the album (except for the song "Long Gray Mare," which was recorded when Bob Brunning was in the band). The album was successful, though it didn't have any singles on it. To alleviate that, the band released two singles "Black Magic Woman" (later a big hit for Santana) and "Need Your Love So Bad." The band's second album, Mr. Wonderful, was released in August 1968. Like the first album, it was an all-blues album, but this time they had a few more frills. For starters, they had it produced to sound like it was twenty years older than it really was. But, they also added horns and featured a friend of the band's on keyboards, Christine Perfect of the band's stablemates, Chicken Shack. In fact, Christine was soon to marry John McVie.

Three Guitarists

Shortly after the release of their second album, Fleetwood Mac added a young guitarist named Danny Kirwan. Kirwan brought a more easy going, harmony-rich sound that was reminiscent of what was going on in California at the time. With Kirwan now in the band, the band released its first number one single in Europe, "Albatross." Around this time, the band released its second American album called English Rose, which contained half of Mr. Wonderful, a few singles, and a few new tunes from their new guitarist, and its third European album called Pious Bird Of Good Omen, which was a collection of singles, b-sides, and a selection of some work the band did with Eddie Boyd. When the band went to the United States in January 1969, they recorded many songs at the soon to close Chess Records Studio with some of the legends of Chicago, including Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, and Otis Spann. These would prove, however, to be Fleetwood Mac's last all-blues recordings. Along with their change of style, the band was also going through some label changes. Up until this point, they had been on Blue Horizon.

However, with Kirwan in the band, the musical possibilities were too great for them to stay on a blues-only label. The band moonlighted with the Immediate label and released "Man Of The World", another European hit single. Even though the Beatles wanted the Mac on Apple Records, the band's manager Clifford Davis decided to go with Warner Bros., the label they have stayed with ever since, instead. Their first album for Warners, released in September of 1969, was the well-regarded Then Play On. This album contains the song "Oh Well", which featured consistently in live performances until 1997. Then Play On, which was the band's first rock album, only featured the songs of Danny and Peter. Jeremy Spencer, meanwhile, recorded a "solo" album (he was backed by the rest of the band) that consisted of many 1950s-style rock and roll songs.

Fleetwood Mac was arguably the most popular band in Europe at the time. Around this time, Blue Horizon released the Chicago sessions, which the band had never intended for release. All was looking good, but looks were deceiving. Peter Green, the star and leader of the band, was not well any longer. He had been spiked in Munich with LSD, which began the onset of his battles with schizophrenia. In Munich, Green penned what would be his last hit with Fleetwood Mac, "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)," which was later recorded by Judas Priest. Green's mental stability deteriorated, and he wanted to give all of the band's money to charity. The rest of the band did not see eye to eye with Green, and Peter Green decided to leave the band. Peter Green’s last show with Fleetwood Mac was May 20, 1970. During that show, the band went past their allotted time, and the power was shut off. Mick Fleetwood kept drumming, which for many symbolized his taking the reigns of Fleetwood Mac.

Fleetwood Mac Plays On

The band, somewhat reluctantly, moved on without Peter Green. Mick took over the reigns as leader of the band. Danny and Jeremy were left with the task of having to fill up Peter's space in their shows and on their recordings. In September 1970, Fleetwood Mac released the lighter Kiln House. Danny's songs on this record were more '70s rock, while Jeremy did a lot of '50s rock and country material. John's wife, Christine, who had retired from the music business after producing a less than memorable solo album, sang backup vocals, played keyboards, and even painted the album cover on this record. Since the band was sounding too thin at its tour rehearsals, they decided to ask Christine Perfect McVie to join the band. Christine was best known as the former keyboardist for Chicken Shack. She had had success with the Etta James classic "I'd Rather Go Blind" and was twice voted female artist of the year in England. Christine McVie played her first gig as an official member on August 6, 1970 in New Orleans. CBS Records, which now owned Blue Horizon, released an album of previously unreleased material from the original Fleetwood Mac called The Original Fleetwood Mac. With a relatively popular album on their hands, and with a great keyboardist, the band was doing very well. Or so it appeared. In February 1971, Jeremy Spencer stepped out to get a magazine and never returned. After several days had passed, the band had discovered that Spencer had left band to join a religious group, the Children of God. What was even more bizarre, though, is that Peter Green was recruited to help finish the tour. He brought along his friend, Nigel Watson, who played the congas. Twenty five years later Green and Watson would collaborate again to form the Peter Green Splinter Group. The band replaced Jeremy’s portion of the set with 90 minute instrumental improvisations of "Black Magic Woman". While the band proved to be in top form, they knew that Peter was only there to help temporarily, and that they would need to find a new guitarist at the end of the tour.

An American in Fleetwood Mac

In the summer of 1971, after the bizarre Kiln House tour, the band decided it had to go on. They held auditions for a guitarist in their large country home, Benifold, which they bought prior to the Kiln House tour. A friend of the band named Judy Wong recommended her high school sweetheart, who was living in Paris at the time. The band had a few meetings with the guitarist, and without actually playing with him or listening to any of his recordings, Fleetwood Mac hired an American named Bob Welch. Now with Christine McVie and Welch, Fleetwood Mac's sound was about to totally change. The next album was Future Games, released in September of 1971. This album was radically different from anything the band had done up to that point. With Spencer gone, Fleetwood Mac was no longer a blues band in any sense, which is why many old fans did not care for them. However, there were many new fans in America who were becoming more and more interested in the band. In Europe, CBS released Fleetwood Mac's first Greatest Hits package, which was predominantly comprised of songs by Peter Green, though there was one song by Jeremy and one by Danny. In 1972, six months after the release of "Future Games", the band released Bare Trees. For the next three years, this would be standard by which Fleetwood Mac would be judged. This album featured Bob Welch's "Sentimental Lady," which would be a much bigger hit for him five years later when he did it, backed with Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham, on a solo album. While the band was making magic in the studio, the road proved to be hell. Danny Kirwan stopped eating and started drinking. He became alienated from Welch and the McVies. It wasn't until he smashed his beautiful black Les Paul Custom, refused to go on stage, and criticized the band afterwards that Mick finally decided that he had no choice but to fire Danny.

Penguins, Mysteries, Fakes, and Heroes

The next two and a half years proved to be the most challenging for the band. In the three albums they would release in this time period, they would constantly change line-ups. In September of 1972, the band added guitarist Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker, formerly of Savoy Brown. Fleetwood Mac also stole Savoy Brown's road manager John Courage. Mick, John, Christine, Welch, Weston, and Walker recorded Penguin, which was released in January, 1973. After the tour, the band sacked Walker because his vocal style and attitude didn't fit in with the rest of the band.

The remaining five carried on and recorded Mystery To Me six months later. This album spawned the song "Hypnotized", which got a lot of airplay on the radio and became the band’s most recognizable song at that point. While the album was showing potential to be a hit, things were not well within the band. The McVies' marriage at this time was under a lot of stress, which was aggravated by constantly working with each other, and John McVie's considerable alcohol abuse. During the tour, Weston had an affair with Fleetwood's wife, Jenny Boyd Fleetwood (whose sister, Pattie Boyd, was the subject of Derek and the Dominos’ classic “Layla”). Fleetwood decided that he couldn't go on any more with Weston in the band. Weston was fired and the tour was cancelled.

In what would be one of the most bizarre events in rock history, the band's manager, Clifford Davis, claimed that he owned the name Fleetwood Mac and put out a "fake Mac". Nobody in the "fake Mac" was ever officially in the real band, although some of them later acted as Danny Kirwan's studio band. Fans were told that Bob Welch and John McVie had quit the group, and that Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie would be joining the band at a later date, after getting some rest. Roadie John Courage worked one show before he realized that the line being used was a lie. Courage ended up hiding the real Fleetwood Mac's equipment, which helped shorten the tour by the fake band. But the lawsuit that followed put the real Fleetwood Mac out of commission for almost a year. At issue was who actually owned the name "Fleetwood Mac." While it would seem obvious that the band was named after Fleetwood and McVie, they had signed contracts (while they were in "altered states") that showed the band forfeited the rights to the name.

During this period, Welch stayed in Los Angeles and connected with entertainment attorneys. Welch quickly realized that the band was unknown to Warner Bros., and that if they wanted to change that, they would have to change their base of operation to Los Angeles. Fleetwood and John McVie agreed immediately. Christine McVie was a bit hesitant at first, but ultimately went along. It took a letter from legendary rock promoter Bill Graham to convince Warner Bros. that the real Fleetwood Mac was in fact Fleetwood, McVie, McVie, and Welch. While this did not end the legal battle, the band was able to record as Fleetwood Mac again. Instead of getting another manager, Fleetwood Mac made the unusually bold decision to manage themselves.

After Warner Bros. made their decision, the quartet released Heroes Are Hard To Find in September 1974. For the first time in its history, the band only had one guitarist. On the road, they added an second keyboardist. The first was Bobby Hunt, who had been in the band Head West with Bob Welch back in 1970. The second was Doug Graves, who was an engineer on Heroes Are Hard To Find. Neither lasted too long. To let their fans know that the real Fleetwood Mac was back, they did a radio show and the television show "Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert". In the end, however, this tour was the end for Bob Welch. The constant touring and fighting in the band was taking its toll on Bob. Basically, he felt that he had hit the end of his creative road with the band, and called it quits to do other projects in December of 1974. While his tenure wasn't a commercial success, Bob Welch provided musical and professional direction to the group, helped the band through three major crises, and left it in a situation where it had a record contract, a direct line to the record company, connections to industry insiders, no pressure from the record company, and a management situation that would help foster creativity. Bob Welch helped save Fleetwood Mac and lay the groundwork for the band's future.

Superstardom: Fleetwood Mac and Rumours

After Welch announced that he was leaving the band, Fleetwood realized that the band needed to fill the possible vacancy. While Fleetwood was scouting Van Nuys, California's Sound City Studios, house engineer Keith Olsen played a track titled "Frozen Love" (from Buckingham Nicks, Polydor PD 5058, September 1973), which he had mixed there for an obscure American duo, Buckingham Nicks . Fleetwood liked what he heard, and he was introduced to the guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, who just happened to be in the building. When Welch resigned from the band, Fleetwood asked Buckingham to join. Buckingham agreed, on the condition that his musical partner and girlfriend, Stevie Nicks, also become part of the band. Fleetwood agreed.

In 1975, the new lineup released the eponymous Fleetwood Mac. This proved to be a breakthrough for the band and it became a huge hit. The band was catapulted into stardom. Among the hit singles from this album were Christine McVie's "Over My Head" and "Say You Love Me", and Stevie Nicks's "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)".

But in 1976, with the success of the band also came the end of John and Christine McVie's marriage, as well as Buckingham's and Nicks's longtime romantic relationship. Pressure was put on Fleetwood Mac to release a successful follow-up album, which, when combined with its new-found wealth, led to creative and personal tensions, fuelled by large amounts of drug and alcohol consumption, especially cocaine.

The album the band members released in 1977 was Rumours, in which the band members lay bare the emotional turmoil experienced at that time. It became the best-selling album of the year and recipient of the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year for 1977. By 1998, Rumours had sold over 19 million copies worldwide, and the RIAA certified it as a diamond album.

Tusk

Rumours marked the height of the band's popularity. But Buckingham was determined not to be compelled to make a carbon-copy sequel. He was able, with some headbutting, to convince Fleetwood to allow his work on their next album to be more experimental and to work on tracks at home and then bring them to the band in the studio. His expanded creative role for the next album was influenced by an appreciation for new wave music.

The result — the quirky double album Tusk — was released in 1979. It spawned three hit singles: Lindsey Buckingham's "Tusk", which featured the USC marching band; Christine McVie's "Think About Me"; and Stevie Nicks' seven minute opus "Sara". The last was cut to 4½ minutes for both the hit single and the first CD-release of the album, but the unedited version has since been restored on the 2004 reissue. Tusk remains one of Fleetwood Mac's most ambitious albums to date. The band embarked on a huge 18-month tour to support and promote Tusk. It traveled extensively across the world, including the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It was on this world tour that the band recorded music for the Fleetwood Mac Live album, which was released at the end of 1980.

The Early 1980s: Mirage

The next album, 1982's Mirage, following 1981 solo turns by Nicks (Bella Donna) and Buckingham (Law and Order), was a return to the more conventional. Buckingham had been chided by critics, fellow bandmembers and music business managers for the apparent low commercial success enjoyed by Tusk. Recorded at a chateau in France, Mirage was an attempt to recapture the pop success of Rumours. Its hits included: Christine McVie's and Jim Recor's "Love In Store", Christine McVie's "Hold Me", Stevie Nicks' "Gypsy", and Lindsey Buckingham's "Oh Diane", which entered the Top 10 in the UK. A minor hit was also scored by Buckingham for his "Eyes Of The World". Unlike the Tusk Tour, the band only embarked on a short tour of 18 American cities. It also headlined the first US Festival for which the band was paid $500,000.

Following Mirage, the band went on hiatus, which allowed members to pursue solo careers. Stevie Nicks would release two more solo LPs; Lindsey Buckingham issued Go Insane in 1984; and Christine McVie released an eponymous album the same year. All three met with success but it was Stevie Nicks who was most rewarded. During this time it was often rumoured that Fleetwood Mac had finally broken up. Buckingham, however, commented that he was unhappy to allow Mirage to remain as the band's last effort.

Tango In The Night

The Rumours lineup of Fleetwood Mac would record one more album for the time being, Tango In The Night, in 1987. The album was popular, especially in the UK where it hit no.1 three times over a year. The album proved that Fleetwood Mac still had selling power and the album spawned four hits: Christine McVie and Eddy Quintela's "Little Lies", Christine McVie's "Everywhere", Sandy Stewart and Stevie Nicks' "Seven Wonders", and Lindsey Buckingham's "Big Love". The band intended to tour to support the album but Buckingham felt that he had fulfilled his commitments to the band and was unwilling to do a tour. According to Fleetwood, Buckingham withdrew from Fleetwood Mac in a heated, angry exchange in August, 1987. Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac would eventually reconcile.

Behind The Mask

Following Buckingham's departure, Fleetwood Mac added guitarists Billy Burnette and Rick Vito to the band. Burnette, the son Dorsey Burnette and nephew of Johnny Burnette, both of The Rock and Roll Trio, had previously worked with Mick Fleetwood in Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, with Christine McVie as part of her solo band, did some session work with Stevie Nicks, and even backed up Lindsey Buckingham on Saturday Night Live. Furthermore, Fleetwood and Christine McVie played on his Try Me album in 1985. Vito, a Peter Green worshipper, played with many artists from Bonnie Raitt to John Mayall, and even worked with John McVie on two Mayall albums. Billy was mainly added for his singing and songwriting abilities and Rick for his lead guitar abilities.

The 1987 tour dubbed the "Shake the Cage" tour was the first outing for this lineup, and it enjoyed enough success to warrant a concert video called Tango In The Night. After the tour, the new incarnation of Fleetwood Mac ventured into the recording studio. Fleetwood Mac recorded Behind The Mask with Burnette and Vito in 1990. With the album, the band ended up with a more adult contemporary than rock 'n' roll style. However, the album yielded only one Top-40 hit, McVie's "Save Me", so Behind The Mask only achieved gold album status initially, and it was seen by some music critics as the low point for the band in the absence of Lindsey Buckingham, although Rolling Stone magazine said that Vito and Burnette "were the best thing to ever happen to Fleetwood Mac."

During the tour, Christine McVie's father passed away, and she decided that she had had enough of touring. Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks, who didn't want to be the only singer/songwriter from the "Rumours" era still fronting the band, announced that the "Behind The Mask tour would be their last. Shortly after the tour, in 1991, Rick Vito announced that he was leaving Fleetwood Mac altogether. Later that year, Stevie Nicks announced that she had had a falling out with Mick Fleetwood, and that she, too had left the band altogether. The band released a boxed set in 1992, The Chain/25 Years/Fleetwood Mac which showcased the band's work throughout its history.

During this time, the Buckingham/Nicks/McVie(s)/Fleetwood lineup reunited at the request of U.S. President Bill Clinton for his first Inaugural Ball in 1993. Clinton had made Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" his campaign theme song, and he prevailed on them to perform it live for his guests. Although the five did so, old wounds had yet to heal, and there was no talk of extending the reunion. In fact, a week later, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Christine McVie played the pre-game show for Super Bowl XXVII with Billy Burnette and Rick Vito (Stevie Nicks decided not to do the show at the last minute).

Inspired by the new interest in the band, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Christine McVie decided to record another album as Fleetwood Mac, most likely assuming with Billy Burnette. However, just as they made the decision to continue, Billy Burnette announced in March 1993, that he was leaving the band to persue a country album and an acting career. Bekka Bramlett, who had worked a year earlier with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, was recruited. Then, Traffic/solo singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Mason, who had worked with Bekka's parents Delaney & Bonnie twenty five years earlier, was added. By March 1994, Billy Burnette, himself a good friend and co-songwriter with Delaney Bramlett, had asked to come back into the band, to which Fleetwood agreed.

The band, minus Christine McVie, toured in 1994, opening for Crosby, Stills, & Nash, and in 1995 as part of a package with REO Speedwagon and Pat Benetar. In a concert in Tokyo in 1995, the band was greeted by Jeremy Spencer, who went on to perform a few numbers. On October 10, 1995, Fleetwood Mac released the fairly unsuccessful Time album. Shortly after the album's release, Christine McVie informed the band that the album was her last. By early March 1996, Mick Fleetwood announced that he had split Fleetwood Mac up. Bramlett and Burnette formed a country duo.

Reconciliation and reunion

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Fleetwood Mac without Christine McVie.

The second reunion in the 1990s also came as a surprise to the music world. Just weeks after disbanding Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood announced that he was working with Lindsey Buckingham again. John McVie was added to the sessions, and later Christine McVie. Stevie Nicks enlisted Lindsey Buckingham to produce a song for a soundtrack. In May, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks made an appearance at the Kentucky Derby (ironically with Steve Winwood filling in for Lindsey Buckingham). A week later, the Twister (film) soundtrack was released, which featured the Stevie Nicks-Lindsey Buckingham duet "Twisted," with Mick Fleetwood on drums. This eventually led to a full Rumours lineup reunion in the form of a live concert recorded on a Warner Brothers Burbank, California soundstage, which resulted in the 1997 album The Dance. A successful arena tour followed the MTV premiere of The Dance, which kept the reunited Mac on the road throughout much of 1997. This would be the final foray of the 1970s lineup with Christine McVie. Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan) was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in early 1998, and performed at the Grammy Awards program that year.

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Fleetwood Mac on their 2003 Say You Will Tour.


In 1998, Christine McVie left the band and returned to the UK to retire from touring (though not from the music business entirely as she created a new album In The Meantime in 2004). This left Buckingham and Nicks to sing the vocals for the band's 2003 album, Say You Will. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 2003 chart, and a well-attended world arena tour lasted through 2004. Drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass guitarist John McVie remain the only original members still with the band.

As Fleetwood had promised, even when events reached their nadir, there would always be John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, as long as both shall live.

As of August 2006, a new Fleetwood Mac tour for 2007 has been mooted.

Discography

Official Albums

Additional Compilations/Outtakes Collections/Live Albums

  • Live at the Boston Tea Party, vols 1-3 (recorded Feb 5-7, 1970. Released on Snapper, 1998-2000. A remix and expansion of countless grey-market versions of these tapes, released from 1985 on. The only tracks it lacks are an alternate live "World in Harmony" and a 3-minute bongo solo, edited out of "Green Manalishi.")
  • Oh Well--Greatest Hits Live (Mainline, 1989. Most complete version of earlier rough mixes of Feb 5-7 1970 Boston Tea Party concerts. Contains the 2 variations cited above.)
  • Live at the Marquee, 1967 (released 1992)
  • Masters: London Live '68 (released 1998)
  • Live At The BBC (released 1995) (UK #48)
  • Shrine '69 (live 1969, released 1999)
  • The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967-1969 [Box set] (Columbia UK, 1999)
  • The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac: 1968 to 1970 [Box set] (released 1999) (UK #168)
  • Show-Biz Blues 1968-1970 [Box set] (Companion to "Vaudville", released c. 2002)
  • Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Columbia UK, 2000)
  • Original Fleetwood Mac: The Blues Years (3-CD set, Castle, 2000)
  • Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years (Castle/Sanctuary, 2002)
  • Madison Blues [Kiln House/Christine Perfect Band outtakes box set] (Shakedown Records, 2003)
  • Men of the World: The Early Years (Sanctuary, 2005)

Singles

(see also Fleetwood Mac single chart positions)

Peter Green Era

  • "I Believe My Time Ain't Long"/"Rambing Pony" (Nov 1967, Blue Horizon)
  • "Black Magic Woman" [#37 UK] /"Long Grey Mare" (June 1968, Blue Horizon)
  • "Need Your Love So Bad" [#31 UK] "Stop Messin' Round" (UK, Blue Horizon) /"No Place To Go" (US, Epic)
  • "Albatross" [instrumental] [#1 UK - 2 weeks]/"Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" [instrumental] (Jan 1969, Blue Horizon)
  • "Man Of The World" (1969) [#2 UK] /"Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight" (B-side as "Earl Vince and the Valiants") (April 1969, Immediate)
  • "Rattlesnake Shake"/"Coming Your Way" (September 1969, Reprise)
  • "Oh Well pts 1 & 2" [#55 US, #2 UK] (November 1969, Reprise)
  • "The Green Manalishi" [#10 UK] /"World In Harmony" [instrumental] (June 1970, Reprise)

Transitional Era

  • "Jewel Eyed Judy"(written for good friend Judy Wong)/"Station Man" (1970)
  • "Dragonfly"/"The Purple Dancer" (1971)
  • "Sands Of Time"/"Lay It All Down" (1971)
  • "Sentimental Lady"/"Sunny Side Of Heaven" [instrumental] (1972)
  • "Spare Me A Little Of Your Love"/"Sunny Side Of Heaven" [instrumental] (1972)
  • "Did You Ever Love Me"/"The Derelict" (1973)
  • "Remember Me"/"Dissatisfied" (1973)
  • "Did You Ever Love Me"/"Revelation" (1973)
  • "For Your Love"/"Hypnotized" (1973)
  • "Heroes Are Hard To Find"/"Born Enchanter" (1974)

With Christine McVie/Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks

  • "Over My Head" (1976) #20 US
  • "Rhiannon" (1976) #11 US, #46 UK
  • "Say You Love Me" (1976) #11 US, #40 UK
  • "Go Your Own Way" (1977) #10 US, #38 UK
  • "Dreams" (1977) #1 US - 1 week, #24 UK
  • "Don't Stop" (1977) #3 US, #32 UK
  • "You Make Loving Fun" (1977) #9 US, #45 UK
  • "Tusk" (1979) #8 US, #6 UK
  • "Sara" (1979) #7 US, #37 UK
  • "Think About Me" (1980) #20 US
  • "Sisters Of The Moon" (1980) #86 US
  • "Fireflies" (1981) #60 US
  • "Hold Me" (1982) #4 US
  • "Gypsy" (1982) #12 US, #46 UK
  • "Love In Store" (1982) #22 US
  • "Oh Diane" (1982) #9 UK
  • "Big Love" (1987) #5 US, #9 UK
  • "Seven Wonders" (1987) #19 US, #56 UK
  • "Little Lies" (1987) #4 US, #5 UK
  • "Everywhere" (1988) #14 US, #4 UK
  • "Family Man" (1988) #90 US, #54 UK
  • "Isn't It Midnight" (1988) #60 UK
  • "As Long As You Follow" (1988) #43 US, #66 UK
  • "Save Me" (1990) #33 US, #53 UK
  • "In The Back Of My Mind" (1990) #58 UK
  • "Silver Springs" (1997) #41 US
  • "Landslide" (1998) #51 US
  • "Peacekeeper" (2003) #80 US

Trivia

  • When the single "Peacekeeper" was released, the album version lyric "Take no prisoners, only kill" was replaced for radio with "Take no prisoners, break their will".
  • The Chain was used by the BBC for their Grand Prix Programme title sequence since the programme's inception in 1978 until ITV won the F1 rights for 1997.
  • From its inception until the end of 1974, no incarnation of Fleetwood Mac lasted more than 18 months.

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac personnel
(1967)

(After McVie refused to join the band, they decided to go on with Brunning, with the understanding if McVie changed his mind, Brunning was out.)

(1967-1968)
(1969)
(1970)
(1970-1971)

(Peter Green filled-in on guitars for the remainder of the tour after Spencer abruptly quit the band.)

(1971-1972)
(1973)
(1973-1974)
(1974)
(1975-1987)
(1988-1992)
(1993-1996)
(1997-2002)
(2003-present)

See also

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