Live (Fleetwood Mac album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Live
Type = Live album
Artist = Fleetwood Mac


Released = December 8, 1980
Recorded = 1977-80
Genre = Rock
Length = 90:00
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Fleetwood Mac
Ken Caillat
Richard Dashut
Reviews =
*Robert Christgau C+ [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=fleetwood+mac link]
Last album = "Tusk"
(1979)
This album = "Live"
(1980)
Next album = "Mirage"
(1982)

"Live" is a double live album released by Fleetwood Mac in 1980. It was the first live album from the then-current line-up of the band, and the next would be "The Dance" from 1997. The album was certified gold (500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA in November, 1981.

Track listing

Disc One:
#"Monday Morning" (Buckingham) - recorded at Tokyo - 3:51
#"Say You Love Me" (McVie) - recorded at Wichita - 4:18
#"Dreams" (Nicks) - recorded at Paris sound check - 4:18
#"Oh Well" (Green) - recorded at St. Louis - 3:23
#"Over & Over" (McVie) - recorded at Oklahoma City - 5:01
#"Sara" (Nicks) - recorded at St. Louis - 7:23
#"Not That Funny" (Buckingham) - recorded at Cleveland - 9:04
#"Never Going Back Again" (Buckingham) - recorded at Tucson - 4:13
#"Landslide" (Nicks) - recorded at London - 4:33

Disc Two:
#"Fireflies" (Nicks) - recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends - 4:37
#"Over My Head" (McVie) - recorded at Kansas City - 3:27
#"Rhiannon" (Nicks) recorded at London - 7:43
#"Don't Let Me Down Again" (Buckingham) - recorded at Passaic - 3:57
#"One More Night" (McVie) - recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends - 3:43
#"Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) - recorded at Cleveland - 5:44
#"Don't Stop" (McVie) recorded at Paris sound check - 4:05
#"I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham) - recorded at Cleveland - 8:28
#"The Farmer's Daughter" (Wilson, Love) - recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends - 2:25

Of particular note are three new songs - Christine McVie's "One More Night", Stevie Nicks' "Fireflies", and a well-harmonized backstage rendition of the Beach Boys' "The Farmer's Daughter". The latter two were released as singles, but only "Fireflies" charted.

Also notable are two Lindsey Buckingham guitar showcases. The first, "I'm So Afraid", was popular as a concert finale during this period. The second was Buckingham's take on former Mac guitarist Peter Green's signature number, "Oh Well" (originally from 1970's "Then Play On").

Credits

Fleetwood Mac
* Stevie Nicks - vocals
* Lindsey Buckingham - guitar, vocals
* Christine McVie - keyboards, vocals
* John McVie - bass
* Mick Fleetwood - drums, percussion

Additional Personnel
* Ray Lindsey - Additional Guitar On "Go Your Own Way"
* Tony Toadaro - Additional Percusion
* Jeffery Sova - Additional Keyboards

Production

* Producers: Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat, Fleetwood Mac
* Live Recording: Ken Caillat, Biff Dawes
* Mix-Down Engineers: Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
* Live Engineerings: Trip Khalaf, Richard Dashut
* Studio Recording Assistants: Carla Frederick, Rich Feldman, David (Dominguez) Ahlert
* Mastering: Ken Perry
* Art Direction & Design: Larry Vigon
* Cover Photography: Chris Callis
* Collage Photography: Sam Emerson, Chris Callis, Sharon Weisz
* Mixed at: George Massenburg Studios
* Digitally Mixed and Mastered by: Sounddream Inc.
* Mastered by: Ken Perry
* Disc Cutting by: Capitol Records West Coast and Bob Ludwig, Master Disc East Coast

Charts

Album

Singles