This is FM 2.0 - post Peter Green, pre "Rumors" lineup.  The continuity was the McVies and Mick Fleetwood.  "Bare Trees" was a terrific album, but completely overshadowed by the first two Buckingham/Nicks discs.

 fredriley wrote: 
Couldn't find that when following your link. This one has the info.

Fred, your link did provide this even nuttier piece of trivia: Patrick Stewart claims that Frank Sinatra never missed an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. 

Really like two of the FM tracks I've heard from this album. It's like the Mac was an entirely different band from the Rumours-era lineup. 

A long time favorite. Play it any time!

This is sure one catchy tune!  I really like it.  7 —->8

Here's a bit of trivia for you. Mick Fleetwood had a cameo part in Star Trek. Strange but true, at least according to Wikipedia.

 Johnny-smooth wrote: 
I don't know if it's just you.  Any time a group agrees to go in a new direction, I think you could argue that they lost something special, which of course was the old direction.  And we could speculate about whether they lost it or left it behind, but I think it's pretty well agreed that Mick and the McVies were looking for new direction at the time Lindsay and Stevie were hired.  It doesn't make the old direction bad or any less desirable.

Bare Trees was my introduction to F-M, so when some of you were saying "I miss their blues and Peter Green," I was saying naïve stuff like "I can't believe they got rid of Bob Welch."  Whatever — I like that groups evolve.  Some of Bowie's incarnations have fallen flat, but fortunately, like F-M, it's a book with many chapters.

 Cynaera wrote: 


This is a truly great classic...  I love this song...

Glad to hear this one!  There are a lot of great suggestions in this thread for FM songs pre-BuckNicks. "Rhiannon" is one of those songs I'll dive across the room, risking life and limb, to turn off. "Heroes are Hard to Find," conversely, is one of those songs I'll dive across the room to crank up loud.  I'd love to hear more early Fleetwood Mac, more often here...

 RedGuitar wrote: 
Heh - and I was one of those annoying customers who'd come in and say things like "Yeah, heard this band over the weekend . . ."

And then you'd spend 10 minutes trying to figure out who it was.

I ended up getting a job at the college station just to keep up with new music. It really was hard to hear the new stuff if you didn't live in a major metro area. 

Bare Trees one of my alltime faves. Thanks

Ah the Bob Welch years.  This, Kiln House and Heroes are Hard to find are great examples of the pre-Nick-Buck days.  I like the early Peter Green years too -  - oh yeah - and Christine Perfect! 

 nagsheadlocal wrote: 
Interesting story.  Yeah, I don't recall hearing FM on the radio until maybe Heroes.  I worked in a record store back then, so found out about stuff that way.

 Mangoman wrote: 
Why is that? The group has had several incarnations (with Mick and John being the two constants) and has a very deep back catalog dating back to the late '60s! There's much more to F-M than the overexposure provided by the Buckingham Nicks era.

This is a very solid album, as is the follow-on, Future Games. While somewhat spotty, the Kiln House precursor also has many tracks that rock as hard, or harder, than this.

Is this Johnny Bravo?

Ahhhhh. More pre B/N Mac. Not that I'm against the later incarnation, I have their stuff too, but this is a better fit for Radio Paradise.(IMO)

Thoughts on a grey day.........

Yeah, this is a great song...  love it...

Keeps sounding better over time....

Came to the Web site to check what this great tune is. Surprised to find that it's Fleetwood Mac!

Fantastic song!  We be dancing!

 Kittee wrote:     Linky,is not there !

This song is soooo good for the ears...

Absolutely Rock Solid! Love to hear more from this album, it's a good one.

For some curious reason, F-M made it's way to North Carolina in the guise of visiting surfers from California. I can remember hearing Bare Trees in a campground at Cape Hatteras and wondering who it was. The next week I called several radio stations (including the low-power college stations) to find out where I could buy this album. No dice. Finally found a copy a few months later while visiting D.C. I don't think they had a presence on-air until Heroes Are Hard To Find.

Jeeze, it's hard to 'splain to the youngs how music was circulated in the pre-net days.

 ruthless wrote: 
Maybe its just me, but always felt that Fleetwood Mac lost something special when Buckingham/Nicks joined the grp.  Prefer the older stuff, even though that material came out well before I even started listening to this grp

Funny thing about the Buckingham/Nicks version of the band, a lot of us had had only limited exposure to them between "Oh, Well" and "Hypnotized." The "Rhiannon" phenomenon caused us to go back to their back catalog and discover the wonders of Danny Kirwan and Peter Green, Bare Trees, Kiln House, and others.

This song is just so groovy...  love it...

Great to hear some pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac.
Something from "Then Play On" would be nice.

awesome...

Yeah, this is a great song from a great album...