Monday, October 10, 2016

Christine McVie on Fleetwood Mac: ‘Without one of us, we’re incomplete’

The singer on the band’s half-finished album, the visitation she had when writing Songbird, and growing up with a psychic mum.

by: Peter Robinson
The Guardian

Hi, Christine. What was it like growing up with the surname Perfect (1)?

It was difficult. Teachers would say: “I hope you live up to your name, Christine.” So, yes, it was tough. I used to joke that I was perfect until I married John.

Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage is being reissued as a box set for £50 (2). Does that seem like a fair price?

It’s a really nice item! It’s quality, isn’t it? It’s good value for money – you’ve got a lot of outtakes, a lot of previously unheard demo versions of songs, you’ve got the vinyl ... a CD, I believe, is in there? I mean it’s a nice package! I haven’t had a good look at it, but the label has given me one to take home. I get a free one!

Have you listened to the demos and outtakes?

No. I’m not a big fan of those things. I know people are interested but for my own personal enjoyment I prefer not to listen to them. My songwriting, when I’m writing, is nothing like it is in its finished form – but you have to start somewhere.

Is the new album finished?

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Pre-Order Stevie Nicks Bella Donna and The Wild Heart Deluxe Editions


Stevie Nicks' upcoming 24 Karat Gold Tour will feature the Fleetwood Mac singer performing songs from her entire solo career. If you want to revisit her earlier solo work, there's good news: Her first two albums are being reissued with live tracks and unreleased material.

Deluxe editions of 1981's Bella Donna and 1983's The Wild Heart arrive November 4. The three-CD Bella Donna reissue includes unreleased versions of hits like "Edge of Seventeen," movie soundtrack rarities and a 1981 live show. The Wild Heart two-CD reissue includes unreleased tracks and B-sides. Remastered versions of both albums also will be available on vinyl and CD that same day.

Stevie plans to reach back to both records on the tour, which kicks off October 25th.

"I would like to do bits and pieces of the song 'Bella Donna,'" Nicks tells ABC Radio. "I'm gonna try to do 'Wild Heart'...It's a very hard song to do but I'm gonna give it a go."

Those tunes will join a parade of Stevie's greatest hits in the set list: She'll sing "Gold Dust Woman," "Dreams," "Stand Back" and "Rhiannon," even though, she admits, Fleetwood Mac "just did 'Rhiannon' 220 times over the last three years." Another song that's always on the list: "Edge of Seventeen," even though, she says, "[It's] really long, so we might have to shorten it a little bit."

For Nicks, the trickiest part is figuring out how many songs from her most recent album, 24 Karat Gold, to include in the set.

"You can only do a certain amount of everything that's not that familiar to people," she notes. "Or they're gonna say, 'What song came off of the set so you could play this new song that I don't know?'"

Here are the track listings for the reissues:

BELLA DONNA: DELUXE EDITION

Disc One: Original Album
  1. "Bella Donna"
  2. "Kind of Woman"
  3. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" -- with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  4. "Think About It"
  5. "After the Glitter Fades"
  6. "Edge of Seventeen"
  7. "How Still My Love"
  8. "Leather and Lace"
  9. "Outside the Rain"
  10. "The Highwayman"
Disc Two: Bonus Tracks
  1. "Edge of Seventeen" -- Early Take *
  2. "Think About It" -- Alternate Version *
  3. "How Still My Love" -- Alternate Version *
  4. "Leather and Lace" -- Alternate Version *
  5. "Bella Donna" -- Demo *
  6. "Gold and Braid" -- Unreleased Version *
  7. "Sleeping Angel" -- Alternate Version *
  8. "If You Were My Love" -- Unreleased Version *
  9. "The Dealer" -- Unreleased Version *
  10. "Blue Lamp" -- From Heavy Metal Soundtrack
  11. "Sleeping Angel" -- From Fast Times at Ridgemont High Soundtrack
Disc Three: Live 1981 
  1. "Gold Dust Woman"
  2. "Gold and Braid"
  3. "I Need to Know"
  4. "Outside the Rain"
  5. "Dreams"
  6. "Angel" *
  7. "After the Glitter Fades" 
  8. "Leather and Lace" *
  9. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
  10. "Bella Donna" *
  11. "Sara"
  12. "How Still My Love" *
  13. "Edge of Seventeen"
  14. "Rhiannon"

THE WILD HEART: DELUXE EDITION

Disc One: Original Album
  1. "Wild Heart"
  2. "If Anyone Falls"
  3. "Gate and Garden"
  4. "Enchanted"
  5. "Nightbird"
  6. "Stand Back"
  7. "I Will Run to You" -- with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  8. "Nothing Ever Changes"
  9. "Sable on Blond"
  10. "Beauty and the Beast"
Disc Two: Bonus Tracks
  1. "Violet and Blue" -- from Against All Odds Soundtrack
  2. "I Sing for the Things" -- Unreleased Version *
  3. "Sable on Blond" -- Alternate Version * 
  4. "All the Beautiful Worlds" -- Unreleased Version *
  5. "Sorcerer" -- Unreleased Version *
  6. "Dial the Number"-- Unreleased Version *
  7. "Garbo" -- B-side
  8. "Are You Mine"-- Demo *
  9. "Wild Heart" -- Session *
* = previously unreleased.

Available links so far to pre-order the albums (I'll update when more links are available):

USA
Bella Donna (Deluxe 3CD)
Bella Donna (Remastered Vinyl)

The Wild Heart (2CD Deluxe Edition)
The Wild Heart (Remastered Vinyl)
UK
Bella Donna (Deluxe 3CD)
Bella Donna (Remastered)
Bella Donna (Remastered Vinyl)

The Wild Heart (2CD Deluxe Edition)
The Wild Heart (Remastered)
The Wild Heart (Remastered Vinyl)
CANADA
Bella Donna (Deluxe 3CD)
Bella Donna (Remastered)
Bella Donna (Remastered Vinyl)

The Wild Heart (Remastered)
The Wild Heart (Remastered Vinyl)


Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Rhino Expands Stevie Nicks’ “Bella Donna” and “The Wild Heart” In November

"And the Summer became the fall... I was not ready for the winter"... Well I am now!!

Stevie Nicks is launching her 24 Karat Gold tour later month, named for her acclaimed 2014 studio album consisting of new recordings of previously unheard compositions. Now, Nicks is looking back once more with two more 24-karat gold Deluxe Editions of her first two solo albums, Bella Donna and The Wild Heart. Both releases arrive from Rhino on November 4, along with remastered, stand-alone editions of the original albums on LP, CD and DD.

1981’s solo debut Bella Donna will be released as a 3-CD set. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, the album yielded such immortal Nicks tracks as “Edge of Seventeen” and two duets: “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and “Leather and Lace” with Don Henley. Disc Two of the upcoming set has nine previously unreleased cuts (including alternate versions of “Edge of Seventeen,” “Leather and Lace,” and the title song) plus Nicks’ soundtrack performances of “Blue Lamp” from Heavy Metal and “Sleeping Angel” from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The third disc premieres a 1981 concert featuring selections from Bella Donna alongside Fleetwood Mac favorites “Sara” and “Rhiannon.”

Following the 1982 release of Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage (recently reissued across multiple formats by Rhino – read our review here!), Nicks returned to her solo career with 1983’s The Wild Heart. The double-platinum smash is being reissued as a 2-CD set. It included such favorites as “Stand Back,” “Nightbird” and “I Will Run To You,” which reunited the artist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The 9-track bonus disc has seven previously unreleased cuts including demos and outtakes, plus the “Stand Back” B-side “Garbo” and Nicks’ recording of “Violet and Blue” from the Against All Odds soundtrack.

“I’ve had so much fun reliving the making of Bella Donna and The Wild Heart while working on the liner notes and listening to all of the alternate versions and demo takes,” Nicks commented in the original press release. “The liner notes are so much more than liner notes. They are like a little novel. I tried to make whoever reads this feel like they were there. I think…I succeeded….”

These two highly-anticipated reissues arrive from Rhino on November 4. In the meantime, Stevie kicks off her 24-Karat Gold tour (on which she’ll be joined by The Pretenders) on October 25 in Phoenix. It wraps December 18 at The Forum in Los Angeles!

You can peruse the track listings for both Deluxe Editions below!  Pre-order links are not yet available, but we will add as soon as they become active!

Stevie Nicks, Bella Donna: Deluxe Edition (Rhino, 2016)

Disc One: Original Album (Modern Records MR 38-139, 1981)

“Bella Donna”
“Kind Of Woman”
“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“Think About It”
“After The Glitter Fades”
“Edge Of Seventeen”
“How Still My Love”
“Leather And Lace”
“Outside The Rain”
“The Highwayman”
Disc Two: Bonus Tracks

“Edge Of Seventeen” – Early Take *
“Think About It” – Alternate Version *
“How Still My Love” – Alternate Version *
“Leather And Lace” – Alternate Version *
“Bella Donna” – Demo *
“Gold And Braid” – Unreleased Version *
“Sleeping Angel” – Alternate Version *
“If You Were My Love” – Unreleased Version *
“The Dealer” – Unreleased Version *
“Blue Lamp” – From Heavy Metal Soundtrack (Asylum/Full Moon 90004, 1981)
“Sleeping Angel” – From Fast Times At Ridgemont High Soundtrack (Asylum/Full Moon 60158, 1982)
(*) denotes previously unreleased

Disc Three: Live 1981

“Gold Dust Woman”
“Gold And Braid”
“I Need To Know”
“Outside The Rain”
“Dreams”
“Angel” *
“After The Glitter Fades”
“Leather And Lace” *
“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”
“Bella Donna” *
“Sara”
“How Still My Love” *
“Edge Of Seventeen”
“Rhiannon”
Stevie Nicks, The Wild Heart: Deluxe Edition (Rhino, 2016)

Disc One: Original Album (Modern Records 90084-1, 1983)

“Wild Heart”
“If Anyone Falls”
“Gate And Garden”
“Enchanted”
“Nightbird”
“Stand Back”
“I Will Run To You” – with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“Nothing Ever Changes”
“Sable On Blond”
“Beauty And The Beast”
Disc Two: Bonus Tracks

“Violet And Blue” – from Against All Odds Soundtrack (Atlantic 80152, 1984)
“I Sing For The Things” – Unreleased Version *
“Sable On Blond” – Alternate Version *
“All The Beautiful Worlds” – Unreleased Version *
“Sorcerer” – Unreleased Version *
“Dial The Number” – Unreleased Version *
“Garbo” – B-side
“Are You Mine” – Demo *
“Wild Heart” – Session *

(*) denotes previously unreleased

Source: By Joe Marchese The Second Disc

Monday, October 03, 2016

Happy 67th Birthday to Lindsey Buckingham

Many happy, healthy, productive returns Lindsey... Looking forward to what you and Fleetwood Mac have in store this next year!


VIDEO Stevie Nicks performing "Edge of Seventeen" Live on The Ellen Show

Stevie was a guest on The Ellen Show October 3rd and performed "Edge of Seventeen". Check it out.