(2020) Fleetwood Mac – 1969 to 1974
Review:
The 2020 eight-CD box set Fleetwood Mac: 1969 to 1974 essentially represents a complete telling of Fleetwood Mac’s second act: the transition from blues outfit to conquering pop stars. Every one of the studio albums Fleetwood Mac released between 1969’s Then Play On and 1974’s Heroes Are Hard to Find are here, each buttressed with bonus tracks. Most of these bonus tracks are non-LP singles or single edits: Then Play On has both parts of “Oh Well” along with “The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown),” Kiln House has both-sides “Dragonfly” and “Jewel Eyed Judy,” etc. The only unreleased track among these is “Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait),” which is added to Mystery to Me, but the box also features a full previously unreleased live-in-the-studio concert, Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 12/15/74, which was given just prior to Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joining the band. The concert is first-rate and the bonuses are strong, but the main attraction of the set is getting this entire chapter of Fleetwood Mac’s history in an affordable fashion.
Tracklist:
Disc 1: Then Play On (Reprise RSLP 9000 (U.K.)/RS 6368 (U.S.), 1969) and bonus tracks
1.Coming Your Way
2.Closing My Eyes
3.Fighting for Madge
4.When You Say
5.Show-Biz Blues
6.Underway
7.One Sunny Day
8.Although the Sun Is Shining
9.Rattlesnake Shake
10.Without You
11.Searching for Madge
12.My Dream
13.Like Crying
14.Before the Beginning
15.Oh Well (Pt. 1) (single A-side – Reprise RS 27000 (U.K.)/0883 (U.S.), 1969)
16.Oh Well (Pt. 2) (single B-side – Reprise RS 27000 (U.K.)/0883 (U.S.), 1969)
17.The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) (single A-side – Reprise RS 27007 (U.K.)/0925 (U.S.), 1970)
18.World In Harmony (single B-side – Reprise RS 27007 (U.K.)/0925 (U.S.), 1970)
Disc 2: Kiln House (Reprise RSLP 9004 (U.K.)/RS 6408 (U.S.), 1970) and bonus tracks
1.This Is The Rock
2.Station Man
3.Blood On The Floor
4.Hi Ho Silver
5.Jewel Eyed Judy
6.Buddy’s Song
7.Earl Gray
8.One Together
9.Tell Me All The Things You Do
10.Mission Bell
11.Dragonfly (single A-side – Reprise RS 27010 (U.K.), 1970)
12.Purple Dancer (single B-side – Reprise RS 27010 (U.K.), 1970)
13.Jewel Eyed Judy (Single Version) (single A-side – Reprise 0984 (U.S.), 1970)
14.Station Man (Single Version) (single B-side – Reprise 0984 (U.S.), 1970)
Disc 3: Future Games (Reprise K 44153 (U.K.)/RS 6465 (U.S.), 1971) and bonus tracks
1.Woman Of 1000 Years
2.Morning Rain
3.What a Shame
4.Future Games
5.Sands Of Time
6.Sometimes
7.Lay It All Down
8.Show Me a Smile
9.Sands Of Time (Single Version) (single A-side – Reprise 1057 (U.S.), 1971)
10.Sometimes (Alternate Version)
11.Lay It All Down (Alternate Version) (from 25 Years The Chain – Warner Bros. 45129, 1992)
12.Stone
13.Show Me a Smile (Alternate Version)
14.What a Shame (Full Version)
Disc 4: Bare Trees (Reprise K 44181 (U.K.)/MS 2080 (U.S.), 1972) and bonus tracks
1.Child Of Mine
2.The Ghost
3.Homeward Bound
4.Sunny Side Of Heaven
5.Bare Trees
6.Sentimental Lady
7.Danny’s Chant
8.Spare Me a Little Of Your Love
9.Dust
10.Thoughts On a Grey Day
11.Trinity (Mono Version) (from 25 Years The Chain – Warner Bros. 45129, 1992)
12.Sentimental Lady (Single Version) (single A-side – Reprise REP 1093 (U.S.), 1972)
13.Homeward Bound (Live)
Disc 5: Penguin (Reprise K 44235 (U.K.)/MS 2138, 1973)
1.Remember Me
2.Bright Fire
3.Dissatisfied
4.(I’m a) Road Runner
5.The Derelict
6.Revelation
7.Did You Ever Love Me
8.Night Watch
9.Caught In The Rain
Disc 6: Mystery To Me (Reprise K 44248 (U.K.)/MS 2158, 1973) and bonus tracks
1.Emerald Eyes
2.Believe Me
3.Just Crazy Love
4.Hypnotized
5.Forever
6.Keep On Going
7.The City
8.Miles Away
9.Somebody
10.The Way I Feel
11.For Your Love
12.Why
13.For Your Love (Mono Promo Edit) (promo single A-side – Reprise K 14315 (U.K.)/REP 1188 (U.S.), 1973)
14.Good Things (Come To Those Who Wait) *
Disc 7: Heroes Are Hard To Find (Reprise K 54026 (U.K.)/MS 2196 (U.S.), 1974) and bonus track
1.Heroes Are Hard To Find
2.Coming Home
3.Angel
4.Bermuda Triangle
5.Come a Little Bit Closer
6.She’s Changing Me
7.Bad Loser
8.Silver Heels
9.Prove Your Love
10.Born Enchanter
11.Safe Harbour
12.Heroes Are Hard To Find (Single Version) (single A-side – Reprise K 14388 (U.K.)/RPS 1317 (U.S.), 1974)
Disc 8: Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA – 12/15/1974 (previously unreleased)
1.The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)
2.Angel
3.Spare Me a Little Of Your Love
4.Sentimental Lady
5.Future Games
6.Bermuda Triangle
7.Why
8.Believe Me
9.Black Magic Woman/Oh Well
10.Rattlesnake Shake
11.Hypnotize
(*) previously unreleased
Media Report:
Genre: blues, rock
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
