Fleetwood Mac’s hit 1982 album, Mirage, is set for reissue on July 29th in an expanded package that contains live tracks, early versions of familiar songs, outtakes and previously unheard studio jams. It will be available as a bare-bones remastered album, a two-CD expanded edition and a deluxe-edition box set that contains three CDs, a DVD and a vinyl LP. Preview the set below with an early version of the Stevie Nicks-sung single “Gypsy.”
Mirage came just three years after Fleetwood Mac released their experimental double LP Tusk, but in that time both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham launched solo careers and MTV drastically changed the pop-music landscape. Unlike many Seventies rock bands that struggled in this new era, Fleetwood Mac thrived. Mirage singles “Hold Me” and “Oh Diane” became big hits on radio and MTV, and the band supported the LP with an extremely successful American arena tour.
Fleetwood Mac’s next album, 1987’s Tango in the Night, was their final release with the classic Rumors-era lineup, though the band did reunite for a tour in 1997. In 2014, keyboardist Christine McVie returned to the band after a long absence for a rapturously received reunion tour. There’s been talk of a new studio album, but there’s no clear sign they’ve actually begun work on it.
Here is the track listing to the new deluxe edition of Mirage:
Disc One: Original Album – 2016 Remaster
- “Love in Store”
- “Can’t Go Back”
- “That’s Alright”
- “Book of Love”
- “Gypsy”
- “Only Over You”
- “Empire State”
- “Straight Back”
- “Hold Me”
- “Oh Diane”
- “Eyes of the World”
- “Wish You Were Here
Disc Two: B-Sides, Outtakes, Sessions
- “Love in Store” (Early Version)*
- “Suma’s Walk” a.k.a. “Can’t Go Back” (Outtake)*
- “That’s Alright” (Alternate Take)*
- “Book of Love” (Early Version)*
- “Gypsy” (Early Version)*
- “Only Over You” (Alternate Version)*
- “Empire State” (Early Version)*
- “If You Were My Love” (Outtake)*
- “Hold Me” (Early Version)*
- “Oh Diane” (Early Version)*
- “Smile at You” (Outtake)*
- “Goodbye Angel” (Original Outtake)*
- “Eyes of the World” (Alternate Early Version)*
- “Straight Back” (Original Vinyl Version)
- “Wish You Were Here” (Alternate Version)*
- “Cool Water”
- “Gypsy” (Video Version)
- “Put a Candle in the Window” (Run-Through)*
- “Teen Beat” (Outtake)*
- “Blue Monday” (Jam)*
*Previously Unissued
Disc Three: Mirage Live 1982
- “The Chain”
- “Gypsy”
- “Love in Store”
- “Not That Funny”
- “You Make Loving Fun”
- “I’m So Afraid”
- “Blue Letter”
- “Rhiannon”
- “Tusk”
- “Eyes of the World”
- “Go Your Own Way”
- “Sisters of the Moon”
- “Songbird”
Disc Four: 5.1 Surround Mix & 24/96 Stereo Audio of Original Album (DVD)
Mirage (Vinyl)
Side One
- “Love in Store”
- “Can’t Go Back”
- “That’s Alright”
- “Book of Love”
- “Gypsy”
- “Only Over You”
Side Two
- “Empire State”
- “Straight Back”
- “Hold Me”
- “Oh Diane”
- “Eyes of the World”
- “Wish You Were Here”
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone / Thursday, June 9, 2016
