Fleetwood Mac - BBC Sessions, Volume 7, 1970-1971

This is the seventh and last of my albums of Fleetwood Mac performing for the BBC. (NOTE: This was previously the sixth, but I renamed it after finding enough music to split what had previously been the fourth volume in two.)

I wish I could keep going, but their last appearances on the BBC was in 1971. It seems a lot of bands stopped playing for the BBC in the early 1970s. I think that was mostly due to a change of formats for the BBC. Up until about 1971, bands often played a few songs in the BBC studios each time. But that largely stopped, and was replaced by broadcasts of live concerts that went on much longer. Unfortunately, it seems Fleetwood Mac didn't do any of those.

This volume is fairly different from all the previous ones in this series in that guitarist Peter Green left the band just before the time period covered here. Instead, guitarist Danny Kirwan plays a more prominent role. And Christine McVie finally joined the band, and played a prominent role too. Actually, the first two songs are from before McVie joined the band. Then the third to fifth songs are McVie performances during her brief time as a solo artist. The rest are when she was a part of Fleetwood Mac, and she sings lead on some of those.

Only three of the 13 songs here are officially unreleased. One of those, "Tell Me All the Things You Do," is a BBC performance that somehow got missed by all the official releases. The last two, "Lay It All Down," and "Dragonfly," are unreleased because they actually aren't from the BBC. They're performances on the German TV show "Beat Club" instead. I would have included more TV or radio appearances other than BBC ones, except I couldn't find more. It doesn't help that the band's popularity declined a lot after about 1971, before reviving in a big way in 1975.

Two of the songs have "Edit" in their titles because I made big edits on them. "Station Man" didn't have an intro, probably due to some BBC DJ talking over the music, and started right when the vocals did. I fixed that by patching in some music from later in the song. "Get like You Used to Be" lacked a good ending. If I recall correctly, the recording faded out in the middle of McVie singing a verse. I also fixed that by patching in music from elsewhere in the song.

"Morning Rain" is only a bonus track because its sound quality is a lot worse than for all the others.

UPDATE 1: On July 30, 2020, as mentioned above, I renamed the album from "Volume 6" to "Volume 7." The musical content remains the same, but the cover art was changed to reflect the title change. Note though that I found a better version of the bonus track, though it still remains rough enough to stay a bonus track.

UPDATE 2: On February 11, 2021, I updated the album again. I moved the songs "Jenny Lee," "When I See My Baby," and "Honey Hush" from Volume 5. I also moved three songs to Volume 5, after realizing they were recorded a year earlier and belong there: "I'd Rather Go Blind," "Get Like You Used to Be," and "Hey Baby."

01 No Road Is the Right Road [Edit] (Christine McVie)
02 Jenny Lee (Fleetwood Mac)
03 When Will I Be Loved (Fleetwood Mac)
04 Honey Hush (Fleetwood Mac)
05 When I See My Baby (Fleetwood Mac)
06 Buddy's Song [Peggy Sue Got Married] (Fleetwood Mac)
07 Tell Me All the Things You Do (Fleetwood Mac)
08 Down at the Crown (Fleetwood Mac)
09 I Can't Stop Loving Her (Fleetwood Mac)
10 Crazy 'bout You Baby [Can't Hold Out Much Longer] (Fleetwood Mac)
11 Station Man [Edit] (Fleetwood Mac)
12 Preachin' (Fleetwood Mac)
13 Lay It All Down (Fleetwood Mac)
14 Dragonfly (Fleetwood Mac)

Morning Rain (Fleetwood Mac)

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The cover art photo is from 1971. It shows the band while it was mainly led by Christine McVie, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan. Note how drummer Mick Fleetwood is a head above anyone else because he's a very tall guy and not standing on something.