Fleetwood Mac - Collection (1968-2020) AAC

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac was founded by guitarists and vocalists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer and drummer Mick Fleetwood. Bob Brunning was hired as a temporary bass guitarist before John McVie joined the line-up in time for their eponymous debut album. Danny Kirwan joined as a third guitarist and vocalist in 1968. Keyboardist and vocalist Christine Perfect, who contributed as a session musician starting with the band's second album, married McVie and joined Fleetwood Mac as a full member in 1970, becoming known as Christine McVie.

Primarily a British blues band in their early years, Fleetwood Mac achieved a UK number one with "Albatross",[6] and had other hits such as the singles "Oh Well", "Man of the World", and "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)". Green, Spencer and Kirwan all left in succession during the early 1970s, replaced by guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch, guitarist Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker. By 1974, Welch, Weston and Walker had all either departed or been dismissed, leaving the band without a male vocalist or a guitarist. In late 1974, while Fleetwood was scouting studios in Los Angeles, he heard the American folk-rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. He asked Buckingham to be their new guitarist and vocalist with Buckingham agreeing on the condition that Nicks could also join as vocalist.

The addition of Buckingham and Nicks gave the band a more pop rock sound and their 1975 album Fleetwood Mac reached No. 1 in the United States. Rumours (1977) produced four U.S. Top 10 singles and remained at number one on the American albums chart for 31 weeks. It also reached the top spot in countries around the world and won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978. Rumours has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. Although each member of the band went through a breakup (John and Christine McVie, Buckingham and Nicks, and Fleetwood and his wife Jenny Boyd) while recording the album, they continued to write and record together.

The lineup remained stable through three more studio albums, but by the late 1980s began to disintegrate. After Buckingham and Nicks left, they were replaced by a number of other guitarists and vocalists. A 1993 one-off performance for the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton reunited Fleetwood, Nicks and Buckingham, and John and Christine McVie for the first time in six years. A full reunion occurred four years later, and Fleetwood Mac released their fourth U.S. No. 1 album, The Dance (1997), a live compilation of their hits, also marking the 20th anniversary of Rumours. Christine McVie left in 1998, but continued to work with the band in a session capacity. They continued as a four-piece, releasing their most recent studio album, Say You Will, in 2003. Christine McVie rejoined in 2014. In 2018, Buckingham was fired and replaced by Mike Campbell, formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House. Christine McVie died in 2022.

Fleetwood Mac have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands. In 1979, the group were honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1998 the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2018, the band received the MusiCares Person of the Year award from The Recording Academy in recognition of their artistic achievement in the music industry and dedication to philanthropy.

Studio (12:32:22)
1968 - Mr. Wonderful (1996, Columbia-Rewind COL 474612-2, Austria) (00:41:27)
1969 - Then Play On (1990, Reprise 6368-2, USA) (00:53:57)
1970 - Kiln House (1990, Reprise 7599-27453-2, Germany) (00:34:11)
1971 - Future Games (1987, Reprise 6465-2, USA) (00:42:28)
1971 - The Original Fleetwood Mac (1994, Castle Classics CLACD 344, EC) (00:42:10)
1972 - Bare Trees (1990, Reprise 7599-27240-2, Germany) (00:36:48)
1973 - Mystery To Me (1990, Reprise 7599-25982-2, Germany) (00:47:57)
1973 - Penguin (1990, Reprise 2138-2, USA) (00:36:33)
1974 - Heroes Are Hard To Find (1990, Reprise 2196-2, USA) (00:39:21)
1975 - Fleetwood Mac (1983, Reprise 2281-2, 254 043, W.Germany) (00:42:59)
1977 - Rumours (1984, Warner Bros. 03010-2, 256344, W.Germany) (00:39:40)
1982 - Mirage (1990, Warner Bros. 7599-23607-2, Germany) (00:42:54)
1987 - Tango In The Night (Warner Bros. 7599-25471-2, Germany) (00:43:43)
1990 - Behind The Mask (Warner Bros. 7599-26111-2, Germany) (00:54:14)
1995 - Time (Warner Bros. 9362-45920-2, Germany) (01:00:52)
2003 - Say You Will (Reprise 48467-2, USA) - 2CD (01:33:08)

Singles (00:29:13)
1987 - Little Lies (CDS Promo, Warner Bros. ProCDS-2818, CDS12, USA) (00:09:57)
1995 - I Do (CDMS, Warner Bros. 9362 43616-2, Germany) (00:19:16)

RMs (25:07:52)
1968 - Mr. Wonderful (2004 RM, Columbia 5164442, UK) (00:56:01)
1968 - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (2004 RM, Columbia 516443 2, UK) (01:03:18)
1969 - English Rose (2007 RM, BGO Records BGOCD750, UK) (00:39:59)
1969 - Then Play On (2013 RM, Reprise-Warner Music 8122796443, EU) (01:09:53)
1971 - The Original Fleetwood Mac (2004 RM, Columbia 5164482, UK) (01:15:09)
1974 - Heroes Are Hard To Find (1998 RM, Reprise 7599-27216-2, Germany) (00:39:39)
1975 - Fleetwood Mac (2018 RM 3CD+DVD+Vinyl Super Dlx, Reprise R2 559454, USA) (03:27:07)
1977 - Rumours (2013 RM 4CD+DVD+LP Dlx, Warner Bros. R2 533806, USA) (03:47:35)
1979 - Tusk (2015 RM 5CD+2LP+DVD Super Dlx, Warner Bros. R2 552284, EU) (05:54:45)
1982 - Mirage (2016 RM 3CD+DVD+LP Super Dlx, Warner Bros. R2 554816, EU) (03:15:45)
1987 - Tango In The Night (2017 RM 3CD+DVD+LP Super Dlx, Warner Bros. R2 554813, USA) (02:58:41)

Live (12:07:01)
1969 - Blues Jam In Chicago. Volume 1 (2004 RM, Columbia 5164462, UK) (01:08:24)
1969 - Blues Jam In Chicago. Volume 2 (2004 RM, Columbia 5164472, UK) (01:15:53)
1980 - Live (2000, Warner Bros. 7599-27410-2, Germany) - 2CD (01:31:13)
1984 - Live In Boston (1987, Varrick P33L-25013, Japan) (00:34:10)
1995 - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Live At The BBC (2000, Castle 0607681101-2, USA) - 2CD (01:47:53)
1997 - The Dance (Reprise 9362-46702-2, Germany) (01:19:14)
1999 - Boston (2013 RM, Madfish SMABX 1005, China) - 3CD (03:33:33)
2011 - Preaching The Blues (In Concert 1971) (Secret SECCD039, UK) (00:56:41)

Compilations (27:14:19)
1988 - Greatest Hits (Warner Bros. 7599-25838-2, Germany) (01:06:26)
1991 - The Original Fleetwood Mac (The Blues Years) (Essential-Castle ESBCD 138, France) - 3CD (02:48:22)
1992 - The Chain - 25 Years (2012 RM, Warner Bros. 8122797302, EU) - 4CD (04:52:41)
2002 - The Very Best Of (RM, Reprise-Warner SM 8122-73775-2, Germany) - 2CD (02:21:18)
2005 - Men Of The World (The Early Years) (RM, Sanctuary 06076-86406-2, USA) - 3CD (02:55:11)
2007 - The Essential Fleetwood Mac (Columbia-Sony Music 88697105392, EU) - 2CD (01:49:35)
2009 - The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac (RM, Reprise 8122798316, EU) - 2CD (02:21:19)
2010 - Crazy About The Blues (Secret SECCD 017, UK) (01:12:23)
2011 - Black Magic (The Best Of The Early Years) (Spectrum SPEC2068, EU) (01:16:37)
2013 - Opus Collection (Rhino OPCD-8755, USA) (00:56:06)
2017 - Love That Burnst (The Blues Years) (Metro Select METRSL151, EU) - 2CD (02:27:43)
2018 - 50 Years - Don't Stop (RM, Warner Bros. R2 573692, USA) - 3CD (03:06:38)

1999 - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967-1969 (RM 6CD, Blue Horizon 73003-2, USA) (06:42:52)
2010 - Original Album Classics (3CD Set, Columbia-Legacy 88697625922, EU) (01:52:28)
2020 - 1969 To 1974 (RM 8CD, Repertoire-Warner Rec. R2 596006, 603497851300, EU) (07:32:51)

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