What's your favorite pre-75 album and why?

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Which was basically just Jeremy's arrangement of Robert Johnson's "Hellhound On My Trail" with different lyrics.

Yes. As you probably know, according to Mike Vernon it stemmed from Jeremy not really knowing the lyrics to HOMT and on one take he came out with a load of different lyrics. Given how Jeremy was quite prone to changing someone else's song slightly then crediting it to himself (as all good Bluesmen did...), it wouldn't have been too shocking for a tidier version of this to have ended up on the album.

[littlewolf]

as i am new to this site,i´m happy to find this very topic.
the only album i have from kiln house to heroes are hard to find is bare trees,
although i do like it, it hasn´t send me to record store to buy the other albums.i´m still very interested in future games which i´ve noticed has got your approval and especially kiln house.could you tell me more about it,is it closer to dragonfly style or closer to bare trees?

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by littlewolf

as i am new to this site,i´m happy to find this very topic.
the only album i have from kiln house to heroes are hard to find is bare trees,
although i do like it, it hasn´t send me to record store to buy the other albums.i´m still very interested in future games which i´ve noticed has got your approval and especially kiln house.could you tell me more about it,is it closer to dragonfly style or closer to bare trees?

Welcome to the board!

Future Games is pretty much the "softer side" of Bare Trees. "Woman Of A Thousand Years" does have some "Dragonfly"-ness about it. And, would be worth the price of the album alone. "Sands Of Time" & "Sometimes" are in the "Station Man/Bare Trees" mode. Bob Welch's title track would also be worth the price of the album by itself. Then Christine's two tunes "Morning Rain" & "Show Me A Smile" are wonderful as her first two songwriting contributions to the band. Future Games is highly recommended, from this end.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Welcome to the board!

Future Games is highly recommended, from this end.

And from this end too

Kiln House is a bit more schitzophrenic than Future Games or Bare Trees, because Jeremy Spencer's songs differ quite strongly from Danny Kirwan's. You might like Jeremy's stuff, you might not - it's hard to say! I like it very much, but it took me more time to appreciate it. It's fair to say that FG and BT have more of a uniform vibe about them - they flow better.

[David]

My favorite is Penguin because it has a bunch of songs I love, but primarily that neglected masterpiece "The Derelict" by Dave Walker.

All the vocal doubletracking Christine McVie did back then really bugs me.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by David

All the vocal doubletracking Christine McVie did back then really bugs me.

She probably thought "Well, John Lennon did it and it sounded cool...guess I'll give it a go.".

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by littlewolf

as i am new to this site,i´m happy to find this very topic.
the only album i have from kiln house to heroes are hard to find is bare trees,
although i do like it, it hasn´t send me to record store to buy the other albums.i´m still very interested in future games which i´ve noticed has got your approval and especially kiln house.could you tell me more about it,is it closer to dragonfly style or closer to bare trees?

Indeed welcome. Its rare for a new person to have their first post be in this section.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by David

My favorite is Penguin because it has a bunch of songs I love, but primarily that neglected masterpiece "The Derelict" by Dave Walker.

All the vocal doubletracking Christine McVie did back then really bugs me.

Pardon my igorance about terminology.

Are you referring to that kind of weird-ish echo that surfaces on her lead vocal parts? If so, I have often wondered why she did this on Penguin. "Remember me" and "Dissatisfied" are marvelous tracks that could have been recorded more straightforwardly (if that is the right word).

I hear the same kind of thing, incidentally, on "Love in Store" from Mirage--which is otherwise one of my favorite Chris songs.

[Richard B]

Tough one, since I really do love this era of FM.

If I had to pick just one it would be Future Games. Just a very sweet album.

[Miss Vicky]

Bare Trees

It's just such a soothing and beautiful album and contains some really great gems, indeed some of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs ever, like "Dust," "Sunny Side of Heaven," "Sentimental Lady," and "Spare Me a Little of Your Love." The whole album (with the minor exception of "Thoughts on a Gray Day" - that woman's voice irritates me) is a masterpiece.