The original Fleetwood Mac torrents

face of glass · #1 09-22-2006, 11:54 AM

"Tell Me All The Things You Do" has still been cut off after 14,5 minutes. It might be that the additional bits of it that appear on Merely A Portmanteau might still be out there somewhere. But the main point here is to get to appreciate Christine fully in her Patti Smith mode!

Just wait and I'll double this post on the Greeny board too.

macfan 57 · #2 09-22-2006, 06:43 PM

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But the main point here is to get to appreciate Christine fully in her Patti Smith mode!

I get what you mean, Gaius.

dino · #3 09-23-2006, 10:54 AM

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I get what you mean, Gaius.

Singing flat, you mean?

Apparenly there's a more complete version of the show out there somewhere...

robm · #4 09-27-2006, 02:25 AM

[QUOTE=dino;574556]Singing flat, you mean?

She sounds a bit unsure of herself...or maybe having Peter there was intimidating...or?

macfan 57 · #5 09-27-2006, 05:29 AM

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Singing flat, you mean?

She sounds a bit unsure of herself...or maybe having Peter there was intimidating...or?

Chris had a lot of vocal problems live back in the early, early days. She has admitted it. She got ALOT better with practice. If you compare her voice in 1970-1972 with her voice in 1974, it's almost like 2 different singers.

aleuzzi · #6 09-27-2006, 11:23 PM

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Chris had a lot of vocal problems live back in the early, early days. She has admitted it. She got ALOT better with practice. If you compare her voice in 1970-1972 with her voice in 1974, it's almost like 2 different singers.

I'll say. The transformation is remarkable. Consider that live version of "Spare me a Little" from 1970 that you posted on yousendit a month or so back with the live version from the Sausalito radio show in 74.

Something breakthrough happened for Chris between the Bare Trees and Penguin/Mystery tours. Even on the 1973 Midnight Special version of "Believe Me" her voice sounds great--infinitely better than her voice on the 1972 Seattle bootleg.

I think part of the breakthrough was allowing herself to sound more feminine. Before this, most of her live shows (with Chicken Shack and with Mac) featured her doing tough-girl, one-of-the-boys sort of blues.

aleuzzi · #7 05-11-2007, 01:41 PM

I'm surprised there are actually as many bootlegs as there are! That was a long time ago...It's a testament to the fans.