GYPSY MOON

Lightning strikes.... maybe once.... maybe twice

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Fleetwood Mac performs at Campus Field in Santa Barbara, CA - May 2, 1976.

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Fleetwood Mac performs at the Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida - July 4, 1976.

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Fleetwood Mac on stage in 1976.

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Fleetwood Mac perform at California State University in Chico, CA - April 29, 1976. Photos by Joseph Kreiss.

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Stevie in 1976.

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Happy Birthday, Stevie! (1948)

"If I'm still alive and healthy, there's no reason for me to stop doing what I do, because I love it, and this was my mission." (x)

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Stevie on stage at The Coliseum in Cleveland, OH - September 25, 1977.

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Fleetwood Mac at Glen Oak Park Amphitheatre in Peoria, IL - June 25, 1976.

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Stevie and John on stage at the Oakland Stadium in Oakland, CA - August 3, 1975.

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Stevie photographed by Richard Armas - 1978.

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Stevie and Lindsey on stage during the Mirage Tour - 1982.

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Stevie's essential demos and outtakes:

 S - songs, Part 1.

* indicates unreleased songs.

Sable On Blonde - ever since the Deluxe Edition of The Wild Heart was released in 2016 I've been obsessed with this outtake.

Sanctuary * - a great song from the Bella Donna recordings, for some reason Stevie has never recorded it again.

She Loves Him Still - this is from the Rock A Little recordings in 1984. Stevie rerecorded it in 2014 for 24 Karat Gold.

Secret Love - cute demo from the Tusk recordings that became the lead single of the In Your Dreams album in 2011.

Smile At You - probably Stevie's angriest song. This is from the Mirage sessions but there's also a beautiful demo from the Tusk sessions. A toned down version was eventually recorded for Say You Will in 2003.

Sisters Of The Moon - I went with the piano demo because it's absolutely wonderful but every version of this song is great, like this other demo with background vocals by Christine. And just in case someone hasn't seen it yet, here's the absolutely epic live version from 1982.

Silver Springs * - This demo is from February 1976. The live version from 1997 made this song famous but it was also performed live around the time of this demo, like here in 1976 and in early 1977.

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"Buckingham Nicks" album cover outtakes - 1973.

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Stevie on stage at the Pavillon de Paris in Paris, France - 12 April 1977.

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Stevie's essential demos and outtakes:

 P-R - songs

* indicates unreleased songs.

Planets Of The Universe - beautiful demo from the Rumours sessions. The song ended up on Stevie's solo album in 2001.

Rhiannon - dramatic piano demo from 1978 when Stevie wanted to rerecord the song for her movie project. Lots of rambling at the beginning ("Lindsey, don't you think Rhiannon is a beautiful name?")

Rich Old Lady (Mystical Love) * - a kind of rough take from the Bella Donna sessions, Stevie is sort of figuring out the structure of the song while playing the piano.

Running Through The Garden - from the Rock a Little sessions, it would've been great on the album but instead it ended up on Fleetwood Mac's "Say You Will" album from 2003. The album version pales in comparison to this demo but I do like the one time they performed it live.

Rock A Little - while it is the title track from the RAL album this demo dates back to the Bella Donna sessions.

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Stevie on stage at the Oakland Stadium in Oakland, CA - April 26, 1976.

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Players only love you when they're playin'