Rhino celebrates early Fleetwood Mac catalog with new box sets

Rhino is poised to reissue the band’s early catalog: Fleetwood Mac: 1969-1974 and Fleetwood Mac: 1973-1974

On September 4, Rhino will release two Fleetwood Mac box sets: the 8-CD 1969-1974 and 4-LP with 7″vinyl 1973-1974.

1969-1974 includes Fleetwood Mac’s seven albums between the years of 1969 and 1974. The seven studio albums are Then Play On, Kiln House, Future Games, Bare Trees, Penguin, Mystery to Me, and Heroes Are Hard to Find. Each disc includes the full-length album, along with alternate, live, and single versions (expect Penguin) — some of which are making their first appearance on CD. The eighth disc features the band’s live performance at The Record Plant in Sausalito on December 15, 1974. 

1973-1974 picks up where 1969-1972 left off (released in 2013), featuring Penguin, Mystery to Me, Heroes Are Hard to Find, and Fleetwood Mac Live from The Red Plant 12-15-74. The release also includes a mono promo edit of the Mystery to Me track “For Your Love” and the outtake “Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait).” A limited-edition colored-vinyl version of Fleetwood Mac 1973-1974 will also be available.

During this transitional era, Fleetwood Mac went through a series of notable guitar players (Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Bob Weston, and Bob Welch), as the band moved from a blues to contemporary pop-rock sound. Late guitarist Bob Welch led the band through much of the new musical direction, relocating the band to the vibrant Los Angeles music scene in the early 1970s. (Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham had made a similar relocation to the area around this time, before joining Fleetwood Mac at the end of 1974.) Welch sang lead and played guitar on five of the seven albums from 1971 to 1974, contributing radio hits “Sentimental Lady” and “Hypnotized.”

Limited Edition Colored Vinyl

• Pre-order Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 8CD (Amazon)
• Pre-order Fleetwood Mac 1973-1974 4LP/7″ Vinyl (Amazon)
• Pre-order Fleetwood Mac 1973-1974 – Limited Edition 4 Colored Vinyl (Rhino)

Then Play On (1969)

2013 Remaster

1. Coming Your Way
2. Closing My Eyes
3. Fighting for Madge
4. When You Say
5. Show-Biz Blues
6. Underway
7. One Sunny Day
8. Although the Sun Is Shining
9. Rattlesnake Shake
10. Without You
11. Searching for Madge
12. My Dream
13. Like Crying
14. Before the Beginning
15. Oh Well (Pt. 1)
16. Oh Well (Pt. 2)
17. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)
18. World in Harmony

Kiln House (1970)

1. This Is The Rock
2. Station Man
3. Blood on the Floor
4. Hi Ho Silver
5. Jewel Eyed Judy
6. Buddy’s Song
7. Earl Gray
8. One Together
9. Tell Me All the Things You Do
10. Mission Bell
11. Dragonfly
12. Purple Dancer
13. Jewel Eyed Judy (Single Version)
14. Station Man (Single Version)

Future Games (1971)

1. Woman of 1000 Years
2. Morning Rain
3. What a Shame
4. Future Games
5. Sands of Time
6. Sometimes
7. Lay It All Down
8. Show Me a Smile
9. Sands of Time (Single Version)
10. Sometimes (Alternate Version)
11. Lay It All Down (Alternate Version)
12. Stone
13. Show Me a Smile (Alternate Version)
14. What a Shame (Full Version)

Bare Trees (1972)

1. Child of Mine
2. The Ghost
3. Homeward Bound
4. Sunny Side of Heaven
5. Bare Trees
6. Sentimental Lady
7. Danny’s Chant
8. Spare Me a Little of Your Love
9. Dust
10. Thoughts on a Grey Day
11. Trinity (Mono Version)
12. Sentimental Lady (Single Version)
13. Homeward Bound (Live)

Penguin (1973)

1. Remember Me
2. Bright Fire
3. Dissatisfied
4. (I’m A) Road Runner
5. The Derelict
6. Revelation
7. Did You Ever Love Me
8. Night Watch
9. Caught in the Rain

Mystery to Me (1973)

1. Emerald Eyes
2. Believe Me
3. Just Crazy Love
4. Hypnotized
5. Forever
6. Keep on Going
7. The City
8. Miles Away
9. Somebody
10. The Way I Feel
11. For Your Love
12. Why
13. For Your Love (Mono Promo Edit)
14. Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait)

Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974)

1. Heroes Are Hard to Find
2. Coming Home
3. Angel
4. Bermuda Triangle
5. Come a Little Bit Closer
6. She’s Changing Me
7. Bad Loser
8. Silver Heels
9. Prove Your Love
10. Born Enchanter
11. Safe Harbour
12. Heroes Are Hard to Find (Single) [2018 Remaster]

Fleetwood Mac Live from The Record Plant (1974)

Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, 12/15/1974

1. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) 
2. Angel
3. Spare Me a Little of Your Love
4. Sentimental Lady
5. Future Games
6. Bermuda Triangle
7. Why
8. Believe Me
9. Black Magic Woman / Oh Well
10. Rattlesnake Shake
11. Hypnotized