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The Lost Chord 
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 22:02 |
Any fans? AMazing albums, purely prog influences...the best time in Fleetwood Mac history if you ask me!
Just wondering if anyone on here feels the power, sentimental life of these two beautiful, astounding albums. (Future Games and Bare Trees)
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superprog
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 22:37 |
i havent heard Future Games
but Bare Trees is classic 70s rockin harmonies.......Sentimental Lady is superb stuff.
For a more bluesy-style check out Then Play On........
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soundsweird
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 23:05 |
All 3 albums are great; let's throw in "Kiln House" just because it has "Station Man", and "Mystery To Me" as well. "Penguin" and "Heroes Are Hard To Find" didn't do much for me.
Unfortunately, remasters are probably out of the question, since all F.M. "periods" will be forever overshadowed by the Buckingham-Nicks era.
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: September 20 2006 at 00:17 |
I have every album, I enjoy then play on and kiln house but nowhere near as much...
Danny kirwin was a mastermind!
Also, I like Penquin alot and mystery to me is OK...Hypnotize is a classic.
GOOD STUFF ALL AROUND!
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Logos
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Posted: September 20 2006 at 07:04 |
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Bare Trees is excellent.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: September 20 2006 at 12:44 |
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Fleetwood Mac Mark II, with Peter Green at the height of his leadship do it for me. So if you can afford and (indeed since it has disappeared from Amazon.UK's listings), find the multi-CD set Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions, have a listen to that. I'm afraid the albums that start the thread have long suggested a band in transition from classic Chicago-influence British Blues Boom to the making of the classic American/Californian AOR band. I have avoided buying Rumours like the plague - simply over-familiar with its music from exhaustive radio-plays - but the occasional indulgence in the Bob Welch period FM some times works!
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: September 20 2006 at 13:03 |
Dick, I have the Blue Horizon Sessions...not a big fan, but i do respect Peter Greens stuff.
The future games/bare trees time epitomises it for me...untouchably the best time for the Mac
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salmacis
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Posted: September 20 2006 at 13:07 |
 Dick Heath wrote:
Fleetwood Mac Mark II, with Peter Green at the height of his leadship do it for me. So if you can afford and (indeed since it has disappeared from Amazon.UK's listings), find the multi-CD set Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions, have a listen to that. I'm afraid the albums that start the thread have long suggested a band in transition from classic Chicago-influence British Blues Boom to the making of the classic American/Californian AOR band. I have avoided buying Rumours like the plague - simply over-familiar with its music from exhaustive radio-plays - but the occasional indulgence in the Bob Welch period FM some times works! |
Precisely. I'd argue that Fleetwood Mac of the Peter Green era were possibly the definitive blues rock act from Britain imo, however their albums are slightly incohesive I rather felt. However, at their best, Fleetwood Mac in this period way transcended the blues rock tag.
The albums that followed this are a bit of a no man's land, at least the sections of them I've heard. I'd prefer to listen to them over the AOR material that followed with Stevie Nicks (never did like that stuff), even so, and 'Dragonfly' is a great track.
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XTChuck
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Posted: September 20 2006 at 13:10 |
I agree with you 100%, Lost Chord. Both LP's were definitely prog-influenced. MYSTERY TO ME was also somewhat prog-influenced and would be my number 3 choice.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: September 20 2006 at 13:14 |
Sal
At one level you may get the idea FM Mark 2 was a bit shambolic, leadership by three guitarists, and probably ingesting stellar quantities of magic dust. However, the album I listed contains a enough outtakes to demonstrate Peter Green was clearly leader (and a good reason for the band to called then Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) and didn't suffer much non-sense from the rest of the band - check out the 5(?) outtakes of I need your love so bad
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