FLEETWOOD MAC RELEASE VINYL VERSIONS OF THE DANCE AND SAY YOU WILL

FLEETWOOD MAC VINYL RELEASE

OCTOBER 12, 2018

THE DANCE - 1997

Historic 1997 Live Reunion Of Classic '70s Line-Up In Celebration Of Rumours' 20th Anniversary Available On Vinyl For the First Time!

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Fleetwood Mac's landmark 1977 album Rumours, the powerhouse '70s Fleetwood Mac lineup - Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie and John McVie - reunited for a historic national tour and this extraordinary live album recorded for an MTV special at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, CA. The beloved incarnation's first together since 1987's Tango In The Night and the band's first No. 1 since 1982's Mirage, the 5x platinum affair features compelling new versions of classic material like "The Chain," "Go Your Own Way," "Landslide," "Rhiannon," "Dreams" and "Silver Springs" alongside fine new additions such as "Bleed to Love Her," "Temporary One" and "Sweet Girl." The Dance ultimately became the fifth best-selling live album of all time in the U.S.

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Disc: 1
  1. The Chain (Live)
  2. Dreams (Live)
  3. Everywhere (Live)
  4. Rhiannon (Live)

Disc: 2
  1. I'm So Afraid (Live)
  2. Temporary One (Live)
  3. Bleed To Love Her (Live)
  4. Big Love (Live)

Disc: 3
  1. Landslide (Live)
  2. Say You Love Me (Live)
  3. My Little Demon (Live)
  4. Silver Springs (Live)

Disc: 4
  1. You Make Loving Fun (Live)
  2. Sweet Girl (Live)
  3. Go Your Own Way (Live)
  4. Tusk (Live)
  5. Don't Stop (Live)

SAY YOU WILL - 2003

Fleetwood Mac's 2003 reunion album Say You Will served as the band's first studio effort since 1995's Time and currently stands as their final studio release to date. Although the majority of the classic '70s line-up returns to the fold here including Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, Christine McVie opted out (she does appear as a guest on a few tracks but doesn't contribute as a songwriter). Say You Will also marks the first appearance of superstar duo Buckingham and Nicks together on a Fleetwood Mac record since 1987's triple platinum Tango in the Night and they each offer up a diplomatic nine songs apiece which frequently recapture their past melodic and melodramatic glory.

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Disc: 1
  1. What's The World Coming To
  2. Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
  3. Illume (9-11)
  4. Thrown Down

Disc: 2
  1. Miranda
  2. Red Rover
  3. Say You Will
  4. Peacekeeper

Disc: 3
  1. Come
  2. Smile At You
  3. Running Through The Garden
  4. Silver Girl
  5. Steal Your Heart Away

Disc: 4
  1. Bleed To Love Her
  2. Everybody Finds Out
  3. Destiny Rules
  4. Say Goodbye
  5. Goodbye Baby

It Happened: 15 Years Ago Today Fleetwood Mac released "The Dance"

Fleetwood Mac "The Dance" Released 15 Years Ago Today

August 19, 1997 - Fleetwood Mac released The Dance on the 20th Anniversary of Rumours, and the 30th Anniversary of Fleetwood Mac. The ablum went on to become the fifth best selling live album of all time in the US. To date US sales alone total over 5 million copies. The Dance marks the first album to feature the most successful line-up of Fleetwood Mac since the release of Tango in The Night in 1987 and the first album by the band to top the US albums charts since 1982's Mirage.  The album debuted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart September 6, 1997 with sales of 199,000.  It would spend the next 12 weeks inside the top 10 and would sell its first million copies in the US within 8 weeks.

The album contained three new tracks - Temporary One from Christine McVie, Bleed To Love Her from Lindsey Buckingham and Sweet Girl from Stevie Nicks.

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It all began May 22, 1997 when the band reconvened in a Warner Bros. Studio soundstage in Burbank, California where over the course of two evenings (May 22nd and 23rd), The Dance was filmed before a live audience.  MTV began airing the special August 12th and one week later Reprise released the album on August 19th.  Warner Reprise released the VHS video version first on August 26th following the album release, then on DVD September 23, 1997.  To date The Dance video has been certified platinum.

The DVD version contained five exclusive tracks not found on the CD: Songbird, Gold Dust Woman, Gypsy, Over My Head and Go Insane.

With the release of The Dance, it not only delighting exsisting fans world wide, but we fell in love with them all over again.  Fans had all but given up on the classic line-up ever getting back together again.  The Dance also introduced the band, and was the entry point for many new fans of Fleetwood Mac - thanks in large part to the MTV and vh1 airings of The Dance and also in large part to the singles releases from the album including "Silver Springs" which was a Rumours cut originally slated for the album, but was cut at the last minute because of vinyl limitations only making it to the B-side of the Go Your Own Way single back in the 70's and later in 1992 on Fleetwood Mac's box set "25 Years - The Chain".  The tune was issued to pop, AC and Mainstream rock radio July 22, 1997 with "The Chain" following as a promotional only CD issued to radio August 4, 1997.  "Landslide" was released, remixed and reached as high as #51 on Billboards Top 100 Singles chart.

THE CHAIN

BLEED TO LOVE HER

Following the release, Fleetwood Mac mounted A huge 45 date US fall tour playing to sold out venues everywhere making this the first tour all 5 Rumours era members would be on stage together since 1982. It also marked the last tour with all five members as Christine McVie retired from the band in 1998.

THE DANCE - Photo Opp, Rehearsal & Interview

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Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4

Christine McVie... A Mac Attack

Photo of Christine McVie during The Dance Tour used in a Fleetwood Mac mention in Billboard Magazines feature on the 10th Anniversary of Concert Promoter TMG.  Louis Messina recounts how PACE Touring landed Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance Tour" in 1997. 

(CHART UPDATES): FLEETWOOD MAC & STEVIE NICKS BEST OF'S + THE DANCE

Top 100 Albums Chart - UK

Week of 11th December, 2010 

• Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is currently at #31 on the Top 40 Catalogue Chart for December 11th.

Top 100 Albums Chart - Ireland

Week Ending 9th December, 2010

• Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" remains at # 64 this week in it's 16th week on the chart.

Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart - Australia

Week of 13th December, 2010

• On the Top 50 Catalogue Chart Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" holds down the # 1 position again this week.  

• Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions The Very Best of Stevie Nicks" moves down to # 46 on the Australian Top 50 Catalogue Chart for the week of December 13th.

Top 50 DVD Chart - Australia

Week of 13th December, 2010

• On the Top 50 Music DVD Chart, Fleetwood Mac's 8x Platinum "The Dance" re-enters the chart at # 26.

UNEARTHED 1997 FLEETWOOD MAC INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE

Christine McVie, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham. All the players are here. In the following clips, the band is interviewed in North Hollywood, California, during their rehearsals for the CD and live TV Concert "The Dance". The interview took place on April 18 1997.

Enjoy these rare, behind the scenes interviews and performances from Fleetwood Mac!

Thank you to JeffreyChristIsAlive for posting these 4 parts.

STEVIE NICKS & FLEETWOOD MAC AUSTRALIAN CHARTS UPDATE JULY 5, 2010

AUSTRALIA'S TOP 50 CATALOGUE CHART: WEEK OF JULY 5, 2010

Week 9 on Australia's Top 50 Catalogue Chart for the week July 5, 2010 - puts Stevie's 2007 "Crystal Visions The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks" at #17 down two positions from last week.

 

AUSTRALIA'S TOP 40 DVD CHART: WEEK OF JULY 5, 2010
Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance" DVD drops down to #40 on the Australian Top 40 DVD Chart, but reaches a new certification level of 8x platinum or 120,000 units sold.

INSTRUMENTAL FORCE IN REUNITING FLEETWOOD MAC (1997) APPOINTED CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) today announced that it has named Grammy Award-winning music producer, Rob Cavallo, to the newly created position of Chief Creative Officer. As such, Cavallo will provide WMG with his exclusive services as a producer and an A&R executive.

One of the top-selling producers in the world, Cavallo has produced or had creative involvement in albums that have sold more than 125 million units over the past 16 years, nearly 30 million of those units in the last five years alone.

In 1997, Cavallo was an instrumental force in reuniting the members of Fleetwood Mac at Warner Bros. and produced the band's reunion album, DVD video and TV special, "The Dance," which combined have sold more than six million units.

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Most recently, Rob Cavallo produced two tracks on Lindsey Buckingham's "Gift of Screws" "Wait For You" and "Gift of Screws".