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Fleetwood Mac: Penguin (1973)
Reprise Records
Book Review: “Fleetwood Mac All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track” by Olivier Roubin and Romuald Ollivier
It took them more than 600 pages to do it, but French music journalists Olivier Roubin and Romuald Ollivier managed to tell the tale of every song Fleetwood Mac ever released - and even some they didn’t.
It a long journey from the Peter Green- and Jeremy Spencer-fronted blues band that Fleetwood Mac was when it spun off from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers to the mega-superstars they became with Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks at the helm. While these periods have been well-documented, the Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Rick Vito, Dave Mason and Mike Campbell eras have not been - until now.
And “Fleetwood Mac All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track” is likely the only place most fans will ever hear of Kirwan’s “Early Morning Come,” which exists only on bootlegs, and the treasure trove of Behind the Mask leftovers recently uploaded to YouTube.
Rather than simply chronologically list the songs, their authors, details of the recording sessions and offer mini reviews of each track - though Roubin and Ollivier do that - they also break up the material with asides titled “For Mac Addicts” and offer biographical sketches not only of the bold-faced Fleetwoods but of lesser-known Macs including Kirwan, Bob Weston, Dave Walker, Billy Burnett, Bekka Bramlett and others.
There’s also a chapter on the fake Fleetwood Mac that emerged between the Mystery to Me and Heroes are Hard to Find albums, which nearly finished off the real band and the authors describe as “probably one of the saddest episodes in the history of the music industry.”
While the material is always engrossing, the writing can be tricky to navigate. The authors toggle between full names and surnames; call LPs “opuses;” refer to McVie and Nicks as “the young woman” through the 1980s; and are occasionally sloppy whether referring to Nicks as “he” and Buckingham as “she;” writing such lines as “Tango in the Night, which took its name from the title track;” and saying the band played to “hundreds of thousands of fans every night” on the Dance tour, which is obviously not correct.
These unfortunate, unforced, errors notwithstanding, “All the Songs” remains essential reading about the many bands Fleetwood Mac has been across five decades as 18 members have come and gone with drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie as the only constants. Roubin and Ollivier cover it all while delineating the through line that makes it possible to be a fan of every iteration, with the possible exception of the Time lineup, of Fleetwood Mac, despite their wide variations in style and musical output.
Grade card: “Fleetwood Mac All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track” by Olivier Roubin and Romuald Ollivier - B
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Fleetwood Mac: timeline
1967
Lineup:
Peter Green: Vocals, Guitar
Jeremy Spencer: Vocals, Guitar
Bob Brunning: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums
Single: I Believe My Time Ain't Long / Rambling Pony
Peter Green: Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Jeremy Spencer: Guitar, Vocals, Piano
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums
1968
Album: Fleetwood Mac
Single: Black Magic Woman/The Sun Is Shining
Album: Mr. Wonderful (feat. Christine McVie and Horns)
Single: Need Your Love So Bad
Peter Green: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Bass, Percussion
Danny Kirwan: Vocals, Guitar
Jeremy Spencer: Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Piano
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Single: Albatross/Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
Compilation: English Rose (US only)
1969
Compilation: The Pious Bird of Good Omen
Single: Man of the World/Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite (As Earl Vance and the Valliants)
Album: Then Play On
Single: Oh Well (Pts. I & II)
Album: Blues Jam At Chess
1970
Single: The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) / World In Harmony
Danny Kirwan: Vocals, Guitar
Jeremy Spencer: Vocals, Guitar, Piano
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Album: Kiln House
Danny Kirwan: Vocals, Guitar
Jeremy Spencer: Guitar, Vocals
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
1971
Single: Dragonfly/The Purple Dancer
Danny Kirwan: Guitar, Vocals
Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Album: Future Games
1972
Album: Bare Trees
1973
Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals
Bob Weston: Guitar, Banjo
Dave Walker: Vocals, Harmonica
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Album: Penguin
Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals
Bob Weston: Guitar
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Album: Mystery To Me
1974
Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Album: Heroes are Hard to Find
1975
Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals, Banjo, Bass, Keys, Drums
Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion, piano
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Album: Fleetwood Mac
1976
Single: Go Your Own Way/Silver Springs
1977
Album: Rumours
1979
Album: Tusk
1980
Live Album: Live
1982
Single: G***y/Cool Water (Non-Album B-Side)
Album: Mirage
1987
Single: Big Love/You and I, Pt. 1 (Non-Album B-Side)
Single: Seven Wonders/Book of Miracle (Non-Album B-Side)
Single: Little Lies/Ricky (Non-Album B-Side)
Album: Tango In The Night
1988
Stevie Nicks: Vocals
Billy Burnette: Guitar, Vocals
Rick Vito: Guitar, Vocals
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion, Spoken Word
Compilation: Greatest Hits
1990
Album: Behind The Mask
Billy Burnette: Guitar, Vocals
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
1992
Single: Love Shines
Single: Paper Doll (Recorded '88)
1993
Billy Burnette: Guitar, Vocals
Dave Mason: Guitar, Vocals
Bekka Bramlett: Vocals
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion, Spoken Word
1995
Album: Time
1997
Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals
Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
Live Album: The Dance
1998
Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Bass, Percussion
Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Keyboard
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
2003
Album: Say You Will
2013
EP: Extended Play
2014
Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Bass, Percussion
Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
2017
Album: Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie (Sans Stevie Nicks, as Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie)
2018
Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion
Neil Finn: Guitar, Vocals
Mike Campbell: Guitar, Vocals
Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals
John McVie: Bass
Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion
2022
Christine McVie dies of a stroke on November 30. Fleetwood Mac concludes.
Clint Eastwood
Fleetwood Mac 1968-1974 studio album covers.
1. Fleetwood Mac (also known as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) released February 24th, 1968.
2. Mr. Wonderful released August 23rd, 1968.
3. Then Play On released September 19th, 1969.
4. Fleetwood Mac in Chicago released December 5th, 1969.
5. Kiln House released September 18th, 1970.
6. Future Games released September 3rd, 1971.
7. Bare Trees released March 1st, 1972.
8. Penguin released March 1st, 1973.
9. Mystery to Me released October 15th, 1973.
10. Hereos Are Hard to Find released September 13th, 1974.
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