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March 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

A Bunch of Rumours: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours

Christine McVie believes it was her estranged husband John who made the call that the new record Fleetwood Mac was creating sounded like “a bunch of rumours”. And so, Rumours was what it was called. Rumours came into my life when I was about 11 years old; by that stage it had been out a decade […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Bunch of Rumours, A Bunch of Rumours: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Christine McVie, Don't Stop, Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, Gold Dust Woman, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours, Silver Springs, Songbird, Stevie Nicks, Tango In The Night, Tusk ·

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August 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham

You never even used to see this guy considered for The Best Guitarist lists…and, actually, maybe you still don’t, come to think of it…but I reckon something changed when the core version of Fleetwood Mac, the classic FM-music version of the group, reformed for Bill Clinton’s inauguration and started a victory-lap tour of sorts. (One […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Best Guitarist, Bob Welch, Facebook, Fleetwood Mac, FM, Go Insane, Guitar, Gypsy, Law & Order, Lindsey Buckingham, Mirage, Peter Green, Phantom Billstickers, Rumours, Stevie Nicks, The Best Guitarist In The World, The Best Guitarist in The World # 11, The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham, Trouble, Tusk, Wilco ·

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September 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Tweedy: Sukierae

Tweedy Sukierae Anti/Epitaph Here Jeff Tweedy of Wilco has made a double album with his son Spencer on drums. It’s so painfully long and pleased with itself they should have called it Ron Jeremy. Actually, it would make more sense, on paper maybe, if this was the new Ryan Adams album – and the self-titled […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Fleetwood Mac, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Tweedy, Liam Finn, Lindsey Buckingam, Neil Finn, Nels Cline, Spencer Tweedy, Sukierae, The Beatles, Tusk, Tweedy, White Album, Wilco ·

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May 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Fleetwood Mac: Extended Play – EP

Fleetwood Mac Extended Play – EP LMJS Productions Though you could argue it’s phoned in by the title alone, I really like this four-track EP by Fleetwood Mac, the band’s first release in a decade and their second set of recordings sans Christine McVie. Once again her presence is missed – because it’s now just […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Fay, EP, Extended Play - EP, Fleetwood Mac, iTunes, Lindsey Buckingham, New Songs, Say You Will, Stevie Nicks, Trouble, Tusk ·

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February 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours – 35th Anniversary Edition

Fleetwood Mac Rumours: 35th Anniversary Edition Warners The album remains a revelation to me – and it’s not even my favourite Fleetwood Mac record; I prefer Tusk and many of the pre-Buckingham/Nicks albums/line-ups. But I do love Rumours. And I have the feeling that even people who don’t (want to) like Rumours possibly own it, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 35th Anniversary Edition, Christine McVie, Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, Go Your Own Way, Gold Dust Woman, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Monday Morning, Oh Daddy, Rhiannon, Rumours, Stevie Nicks, The Chain, Tusk ·

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April 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1541

Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (1977) Maybe I should treat myself to a new version of this but the old second-hand copy I have – picked up for a buck or two some years back (with a chewed corner on the sleeve) – seems to play okay when I want to play it. Also, this music is […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, LP, Rumours, Silver Springs, Stevie Nicks, The Chain, Tusk, Vinyl ·

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February 23, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1608

  Fleetwood Mac, Tusk (1979) One of the defining albums of my childhood – and therefore always my favourite Fleetwood Mac record. I still have the copy that my mum used to play when I was four-five-six-seven-eight years old. And that I started playing myself from then too – and on through high-school and university. […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, 1980, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, LP, Over & Over, Rumours, Tusk, Vinyl ·

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October 29, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1786

Lindsey Buckingham, Law & Order (1981) What a time for Lindsey Buckingham – the early 1980s. An amazing run really – following his masterpiece, Tusk (almost a solo album) with this; his first official solo album – and then there was that movie soundtrack song and another Fleetwood Mac album which contained this gem among […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Face Value, Fleetwood Mac, Genius, Gift Of Screws, Gypsy, Holiday Road, Law & Order, Lindsey Buckingham, McCartney II, Mick Fleetwood, Mirage, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Seeds We Sow, Trouble, Tusk, Vacation, Vinyl ·

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