We watched a TV prog the other night on the making of the LP of this name by Fleetwood Mac. I feel that it was one of the most complete pop records ever made. Great melodies, varied instrumental leads, varied rhythms, meaningful words, etc. And seeing how it was put together, accompanied by snatches of the songs, brought this all back to me. It topped the US charts for 6 months and sold 30 million copies. Not bad.But what emerged from the programme was the emotional turmoil the five members of the group were in. The two partnerships were both breaking down and the fifth member, Mick Fleetwood, had recently gone through a painful divorce. The McVeighs only spoke to each other when absolutely essential.
Despite all this they focused on composing and recording for 15 hours a day over a six month period in a cramped and windowless studio. They were also well fuelled with the drugs of the day. They realised that they were dealing with their emotions obliquely through their songs and hence the title of the LP. Quite a story.
And then I remembered from the cover picture that I probably had a copy of the LP.
Yes, and many more, sitting obsoletely in a cupboard upstairs. No wonder I don't listen to music much these days. All the good stuff is trapped in old technology which would cost £100s to digitise in any way. And the music companies fret about downloads. Who has been ripped off here?
1 comment:
well you do have the option of downloading it for free from the internet - which would strictly be illegal but you might argue is fair enough given that you've paid for it once already.
And you if you don't like that idea you could buy the CDs of the ones that you really want to have, keeping an eye on the discount rack at HMV for when they are on sale.
I do mostly the latter by the way, and use the former only for odd songs here and there.
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