Originally released as disc four of Rhino’s 2009 box set “Keep an Eye on the Sky”, “Live at Lafayette’s Music Room” captures performances Big Star gave in January 1973 at Lafayette’s Music Room in their hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. This is the same site that hosted the band’s legendary show during the May 1973 Memphis Rock Writer’s Convention — a gig that was instrumental in building buzz for Big Star — so this comes tantalizingly close to replicating how Big Star may have sounded on that storied date.
During this first half of 1973, Big Star were a band in transition, getting their sea legs after the departure of ChrisBell. His presence hangs heavy, with Alex Chilton singing songs Bell sang on No#1 Record and his DNA evident on such newer songs as “Back of a Car” and “O My Soul,” but it’s also evident how Big Star are turning into a rangier, rougher outfit under the undisputed leadership of Alex Chilton. The band feels tougher and funkier, particularly on the clutch of covers that conclude the album: Gram Parsons’ bruised country-rock classic “Hot Burrito #2” becomes a swaggering Stonesy rocker; a version of T. Rex’s “Baby Strange” seems like the blueprint for the Replacements, and the band drills down to the essential sleaze of Todd Rundgren’s “Sleaze.” This rawness, so absent on Big Star’s two finished studio albums, is the reason why Live at Lafayette’s Music Room is worth hearing even for non-fanatics: It proves that this power pop group was also a rock & roll band.
Live At Lafayette’s Music Room-Memphis, out on (Omnivore Recordings) . It cemented them into legendary status due to the writers who witnessed it and carried the message of Big Star out in their writing, even though the band had only released one album, No#1 Record, and were unsure of recording a second after the departure of co-founder Chris Bell. What may not be so widely known is that the trio played the same venue four months earlier with the same power and passion opening shows for the Houston R&B band, Archie Bell & The Drells.
What album replaced Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours on top of the Album Charts after its 29-week stay? The answer: Linda Ronstadt’s Simple Dreams. it was Ronstadt’s eighth studio album, it became one of her most successful and most beloved. Now, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Grammy Award-winning Simple Dreams is receiving an expanded edition from Rhino Records. It’s due on CD, vinyl LP, DD, on September 22nd.
The multi-platinum smash was Linda Ronstadt’s fifth consecutive release to cross the one-million sales threshold in the United States, also reaching the chart zenith in Canada and Australia (not to mention the top 20 in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and New Zealand). In addition to displacing Rumours, it also displaced Elvis Presley from the top of the Country Albums chart, a true display of its cross-genre appeal. Produced by Peter Asher, the album’s formula was simple: apply one of the greatest and most distinctive voices of a generation to some of its greatest songs.
Two of those classic songs – Roy Orbison and Joe Melson’s “Blue Bayou” and Buddy Holly and Norman Petty’s “It’s So Easy” both took a place within the U.S. top five, making Ronstadt the first artist since The Beatles to hold two spots within the top five at the same time. A third hit, Warren Zevon’s “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me,” also emerged from the LP, barely missing the top 30 at No. 31. Zevon’s “Carmelita” was also featured on the album alongside songs by The Rolling Stones (“Tumbling Dice”), J.D. Souther (“Simple Man, Simple Dream”) and Eric Kaz (“Sorrow Lives Here”).
Ronstadt was joined on the album by an all-star cast of musicians and guest background vocalists including EaglesDon Henley and Bernie Leadon, Andrew Gold, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Chris Ethridge, J.D. Souther, Spooner Oldham, Nino Tempo, David Lindley, Danny Kortchmar, and Waddy Wachtel.
The newly remastered Simple Dreams will include three bonus tracks, all derived from a concert which aired on HBO in 1980. These live versions of the album’s three big hits “It’s So Easy,” “Blue Bayou,” and “Poor, PoorPitiful Me” are all previously unreleased in standalone audio format. On the vinyl version, these three bonus tracks will be included on a special 7-inch EP. You can pre-order the expanded 40th anniversary edition of SimpleDreams at the links below; it’s due on September 22 from Rhino Records.
A & B-sides gathered on CD with Quad mixes on bonus blu-ray audio
Rhino Records will release The Singles, in a new compilation that collects all 20 U.S. singles released by TheDoors , and their corresponding B-sides. It will be available as a 2CD+blu-ray package, a 2CD set without the blu-ray and a seven-inch box set will also be made available.
The 44-track collection includes the rare, original single versions of such classics as, Love Me Two Times, Love HerMadly, Riders On The Storm and many more. With collectors in mind, the CDs will also feature four original mono radio versions of some of the hits. These have never been made available anywhere after being sent to radio stations at the time of their original release.
All tracks have been mastered from the original analog single masters by the band’s longtime engineer Bruce Botnick.
The Blu-ray disc that accompanies the ‘deluxe’ three-disc version features the original hi-res Quadraphonic mix of 1973 compilation The Best Of The Doors. This 11-song compilation was released on SACD by Audio Fidelity in 2015, but this is the first time it has been available on Blu-ray audio.
In addition to the above, a 20-disc seven-inch box set of The Singles (‘limited’ to 10,000 copies) is being issued .
Last Years deluxe box set of the debut self titled album from the Ramones looks to be the first in a series! RhinoRecords today announced a rarity packed 3CD/1LP edition of the band’s second album, 1977’s “Leave Home”, for release this summer.
“Leave Home” was a progression for the Forest Hills punk quartet: with more diverse songs written independently by the band instead of devised in the studio, with a budget nearly doubled from the sessions for Ramones (plus a big shot producer, Tony Bongiovi, assisted by drummer Tommy Ramone); and even the first steps toward a consistent design (with the back cover featuring a take on the United States’ Great Seal designed by Arturo Vega, still the go-to logo for the band). Though neither critical nor commercial reception as matched its predecessor, but the band did score its first minor chart hit with non-LP track “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” later appended to the album after legal issues prevented the use of the track “Carbona Not Glue.” (“Sheena” was later re-recorded for the group’s third album, Rocket to Russia, in 1978.) The album also featured favorites like “Gimme Gimme ShockTreatment” and “Pinhead,” which featured the infamous nonsense lyric “Gabba Gabba Hey,” a rallying call for fans from that point forward.
With the reissue of Ramones in 2016 featuring a considerable amount of previously released bonus material, including the live performance included on Rhino’s expanded edition of Leave Home in 2001, this new box features a wealth of previously unreleased bonus content:
Leave Home engineer and longtime band collaborator Ed Stasium has newly mixed the album, adding some of the power they felt was missing from the original mix. This mix will sit alongside the original on the box’s first disc and will also be pressed on an accompanying LP.
A dizzying 33-track bonus disc offers a treasure trove of content from the Leave Home sessions, including rough mixes of the entire album from recording location Sundragon Studios, an additional 18 alternate mixes and instrumentals, both sides of the “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” single and the track “Babysitter,” which replaced “Carbona Not Glue” on U.K. pressings of Leave Home.
The set concludes with a previously unreleased set recorded at the legendary CBGB’s in April of 1977, three months after the release of Leave Home.
The set, limited to 15,000 copies, will be packed in a 12″ x 12″ box and feature new liner notes that include commentary from Ed Stasium and band manager Danny Fields (as told to rock writer Michael Azerrad). For those who just want the new remaster, it’s also being pressed on a standalone CD. Both packages will be available July 14th.
1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions was recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles and compiled from all thirteen reels of multi-track tape that held every note and snippet of studio dialogue. Twelve reels of tape were used during the original sessions, with the thirteenth reel having the takes that would be used on the studio album. This sprawling set which was originally aimed at the collector market would be challenging and cost prohibitive to reissue as a multi-disc vinyl box set. What is presented here is an attempt to assemble some of the best highlights from the Fun House Sessions on an officially-released 2LP set in high quality packaging with a sequence that hopefully proves to be an easier, and more casual listen. Included are some terrific alternate versions of Down on the Street, Loose, Dirt, Funhouse ,1970 and others, pulled from session reels 1, 4,6, 7, 9 & 11and originally recorded on May 11,12, 15, 18, 21 & 25 of 1970. Also notable is the inclusion of the 17+ minute-version of L.A. Blues, titled as “Freak,” which encompasses the entire fourth side of this set and is the prime example of what makes the Funhouse Sessions both loved and feared simultaneously.
Track Listing:
Side A
1 Studio Dialogue #23 (reel 6) May 18, 1970
2 Down on the Street Take 6 (Reel 6) May 18, 1970
3 Loose Take 16 (reel 4) May 15, 1970
4 T.V. Eye Take 5 (reel 7) May 18, 1970
5 Dirt Take 5 (reel 11) May 25, 1970
Side B
1 Studio Dialogue #3 (reel 1) May 11, 1970
2 1970 Take 3 (reel 1) May 11, 1970
3 Funhouse Take 3 (reel 9) May 21, 1970
Side C
1 Studio Dialogue #7 (reel 2) May 12, 1970
2 See That Cat (T.V. Eye) (reel 2) May 12, 1970
3 1970 Take 2 (reel 1) May 11, 1970
4 Lost in the Future Take 3 (reel 3) May 15, 1970
5 Slide (Slidin’ The Blues) (reel 4) May 15, 1970
Side D
1 Freak (L.A. Blues) Take 1 (reel 12) May 25, 1970
A box set of 10 pre-1980 singles by the Ramones with reproduced Sire labels and picture sleeves (where applicable) will be released next month as part of Record Store Day in the U.S. and U.K., a collection of “great punk rock tracks that changed the course of rock ‘n’ roll.”
10 x Repro US 7″ Singles / Cigarette box / 7 x 7″ pic bags Numbered. All pre-1980 US singles by the Ramones
Ramones, ’76-’79 Singles Box (Sire/Rhino)
This unique, numbered box of Sire Records-era singles, featuring original labels and sleeve designs and including such tracks as “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” “Rock ‘N’ Roll High School” and “I Wanna Be Sedated,” is a perfect set for the punk in your life (3500 copies)
Singles included: 1. BLITZKRIEG BOP/ HAVANA AFFAIR (SIRE SAA 725) 2. I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND/CALIFORNIA SUN/I DON’T WANNA WALK AROUND WITH YOU (SIRE SAA 734) 3. SWALLOW MY PRIDE/PINHEAD (SIRE SA 738) 4. SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER/I DON’T CARE (SA-746) 5. ROCKAWAY BEACH/LOCKET LOVE (SIRE SRE 1008) 6. DO YOU WANNA DANCE/BABYSITTER (SIRE SRE 1017) 7. DON’T COME CLOSE/I DON’T WANT YOU (SIRE SRE 1025) 8. NEEDLES AND PINS/I’M AGAINST IT (SIRE SRE 1045) 9. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL/DO YOU WANNA DANCE (LIVE VERSION) (SIRE SRE 1051) 10. I WANNA BE SEDATED (STEREO)/ I WANNA BE SEDATED (MONO)– CONVERTED TO US SIRE LABELS. WHITE LABEL
Black Love is a classic master piece . The second disc mainly consists of jam sessions captured during the recording .
One gift, there is a demo version of Fade , It would be greater to release the b sides of the ep’s that were released at this good time. Remember how the “Honky’s Ladder” Ep was incredibly brillant
The Band’s Classic Album Has Been Remastered And Expanded with Nine Previously Unreleased Demos, Outtakes And Studio Jam Sessions. The Afghan Whigs’ Black Love 20th anniversary edition 2CD and 3LP formats are available today, featuring a newly remastered version of the original 11-track album
Now Available On Record Store Day Today Black Friday
The Afghan Whigs seminal album Black Love turns 20 this year, and Rhino Records is celebrating with a special edition that is now available today for Record Store Day Black Friday. BLACK LOVE (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) has been released today as a double-CD and a triple-LP exclusively at indie record stores, and digitally on the same day.
Upon release, “Black Love” didn’t break into the top 50 on the Billboard 200, and reviews were mixed, with some calling it too dark. However, its cinematic approach to storytelling, inspired by film noir, is now seen as groundbreaking.
Songs like “Crime Scene Part One” and “Faded” are dripping with emotion and grit. In 2024, The Guardian praised the album’s “timeless drama,” and it’s often cited as a precursor to the soulful rock sound popular today.
The Afghan Whigs’ blend of R&B and rock was ahead of its time, making “Black Love” a must-spin for those who missed its brilliance. Its influence can be heard in new acts like The Black Keys and Hozier.
The Ramones will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their self-titled punk masterpiece with a 3CD/1LP deluxe edition packed with unreleased demos, a pair of concerts and a new mono mix. The “Greatest Punk Album Of All Time” is brief – it only runs for 29 minutes – but its impact was enormous both in terms of the early punk scene on both sides of the Atlantic and in subsequent decades for countless other artists.
Ramones Ramones’ Debut LP: 10 Things You Didn’t Know » Ramones:” 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition”, out July 29th via Rhino Records, houses the newly remastered original album on its first disc alongside the “40th Anniversary Mono Mix” overseen by the album’s original producer Craig Leon.
“The earliest mixes of the album were virtually mono,” Leon said in a statement. “We had an idea to record at AbbeyRoad and do both a mono and stereo version of the album, which was unheard of at the time. I’m thrilled that now, 40 years later, we followed through on that original idea.”
The second disc, dubbed “Single Mixes, Outtakes, and Demos,” boasts 18 tracks, including unreleased demo versions of Ramones classics like “Chain Saw,” “53rd & 3rd,” I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” and “TodayYour Love, Tomorrow the World”; on the latter track, the second disc also features that a version of that song’s “Original Uncensored Vocals.”
Disc three contains a pair of concerts the Ramones performed at West Hollywood’s the Roxy on August 12th, 1976. Finally, the vinyl LP includes Ramones’ 40th anniversary mono mix.
The deluxe edition comes packaged inside a 12″ x 12″ hardcover book that includes Leon’s extensive production notes from the recording, a Mitchell Cohen essay about the Ramones‘ early days and additional photos by RobertaBayley, the photographer behind the album’s iconic cover. Only 19,760 individually numbered copies of the deluxe edition will be produced.
Visit the Ramones‘ official site for pre-order information.
Ramones: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Track List
Disc One: Original Album
Stereo Version
1. “Blitzkrieg Bop”
2. “Beat On The Brat”
3. “Judy Is A Punk”
4. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
5. “Chain Saw”
6. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
7. “I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement”
8. “Loudmouth”
9. “Havana Affair”
10. “Listen To My Heart”
11. “53rd & 3rd”
12. “Let’s Dance”
13. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”
14. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”
40th Anniversary Mono Mix
15. “Blitzkrieg Bop”*
16. “Beat On The Brat”*
17. “Judy Is A Punk”*
18. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”*
19. “Chain Saw”*
20. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”*
21. “I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement”*
22. “Loudmouth”*
23. “Havana Affair”*
24. “Listen To My Heart”*
25. “53rd & 3rd”*
26. “Let’s Dance”*
27. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”*
28. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”*
Disc Two: Single Mixes, Outtakes, and Demos
1. “Blitzkrieg Bop” (Original Stereo Single Version)
2. “Blitzkrieg Bop” (Original Mono Single Version)
3. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” (Original Stereo Single Version)
4. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” (Original Mono Single Version)
5. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World” (Original Uncensored Vocals)*
6. “I Don’t Care” (Demo)
7. “53rd & 3rd” (Demo)*
8. “Loudmouth” (Demo)*
9. “Chain Saw” (Demo)*
10. “You Never Should Have Opened That Door” (Demo)
11. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” (Demo)*
12. “I Can’t Be” (Demo)
13. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World” (Demo)*
14. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You” (Demo)*
15. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” (Demo)
16. “I Don’t Wanna Be Learned/I Don’t Wanna Be Tamed” (Demo)
17. “You’re Gonna Kill That Girl” (Demo)*
18. “What’s Your Name” (Demo)
Disc Three: Live at The Roxy (8/12/76)
Set One
1. “Loudmouth”
2. “Beat On The Brat”
3. “Blitzkrieg Bop”
4. “I Remember You”
5. “Glad To See You Go”
6. “Chain Saw”
7. “53rd & 3rd”
8. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
9. “Havana Affair”
10. “Listen To My Heart”
11. “California Sun”
12. “Judy Is A Punk”
13. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”
14. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”
15. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
16. “Let’s Dance”
Set Two
17. “Loudmouth”*
18. “Beat On The Brat”*
19. “Blitzkrieg Bop”*
20. “I Remember You”*
21. “Glad To See You Go”*
22. “Chain Saw”*
23. “53rd & 3rd”*
24. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”*
25. “Havana Affair”*
26. “Listen To My Heart”*
27. “California Sun”*
28. “Judy Is A Punk”*
29. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”*
30. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”*
31. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”*
32. “Let’s Dance”*
40th Anniversary Mono Mix LP
1. “Blitzkrieg Bop”*
2. “Beat On The Brat”*
3. “Judy Is A Punk”*
4. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”*
5. “Chain Saw”*
6. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”*
7. “I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement”*
8. “Loudmouth”*
9. “Havana Affair”*
10. “Listen To My Heart”*
11. “53rd & 3rd”*
12. “Let’s Dance”*
13. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”*
14. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”*
The Monkees, The Complete TV Series Blu-ray (Rhino) (Available now at monkees.com)
Rhino isn’t monkee-ing around with this one-of-a-kind, limited edition Blu-ray box set, presenting all 58 episodes of the beloved television show, newly remastered in HD from the original negatives for the first time, plus the cult classic film “Head”, the 1969 special 33-1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee and tons of bonus material including commentaries from all four Monkees, original Kellogg’s commercials, and much more! This release also has a bonus 7-inch single and a booklet with liner notes, and it’s exclusive to Monkees.com!
Discs 1-7
All 58 original, uncut episodes of THE MONKEES, remastered in HD from the original film negatives
Audio commentary from all four Monkees
NEW audio commentary from Micky Dolenz, Rodney Bingenheimer and “Monkee Girl” Valerie Kairys Venet
Alternate “Saturday morning rerun” versions of 10 episodes with alternate songs and mixes
All in the original glorious mono direct from the film audio mags
The 1969 NBC television special 33 1/3 REVOLUTIONS PER MONKEE, restored from newly discovered video elements
Audio commentary from Micky Dolenz
Disc 10 – BONUS DISC, AVAILABLE IN THIS STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION ONLY!
Original screen tests
Original TV commercial spots featuring The Monkees
Newly discovered outtakes from THE MONKEES TV series
Newly discovered color promo film for “Randy Scouse Git” created for TOP OF THE POPS and unseen since its original airing
Never-before-seen backstage footage of The Monkees at the 1967 Emmy Awards
Newly discovered outtakes from the movie HEAD
Newly discovered outtakes from the TV special 33 1/3 REVOLUTIONS PER MONKEE
The Monkees on THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW in 1969, including “Nine Times Blue” and “Everybody Loves A Nut (with Johnny Cash)”
The Monkees on THE GLEN CAMPBELL GOODTIME HOUR in 1969, including a medley of “Last Train to Clarksville/I’m A Believer/Salesman” and a performance of “Tear Drop City”
The Monkees on ROWAN & MARTIN’S LAUGH-IN in 1969
Davy Jones performing “Someday Man” from the 1969 TV special MUSIC BAG, unseen since its original airing
Newly restored color promo film for “Oh My My”
This collection is strictly limited to 10,000 individually numbered boxes and once those are sold out, this edition and bonus disc will never be available again.
When the five members of Fleetwood Mac reconvened in the studio in 1978 to record the follow-up to their massively successful/decade-defining/inescapable disc Rumours, it would have been painfully easy to simply spit out Rumours II.
Instead, they took 13 months and spent a then-unprecedented $1 million-plus to birth Tusk, a double album of 20 songs spanning 72 minutes. The effort defied expectations, confounded some fans, sold “only” 4 million units, and produced only two singles resembling hits: the tribal-sounding title track (recorded with the 112-piece University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band), and Stevie Nicks’ ethereal “Sara.”
However, a funny thing happened with Tusk in the ensuing 35 years. Its standing among both Fleetwood Mac fans and musicians has skyrocketed, as has respect for the wildly diverse songs and experimentation. Now, Rhino/Warner Brothers has released Tusk: The Deluxe Edition. The 5-CD/2-LP/1-DVD set includes the original album remastered, a bevy of outtakes and alternate takes, and plenty of live material from the ensuing tour.
In the booklet of liner notes and rare photos, Jim Irvin celebrates the potpourri grab bag of music, spearheaded by Lindsey Buckingham’s newfound infatuation with the sounds of punk and New Wave music, and a desire to not repeat the same old formula. He would even adopt an entirely new look for the photos shoots and tour of closely cropped hair, suits, and…uh…heavy makeup. “Listening to Tusk is like walking around a ridiculously eclectic art gallery curated by someone who’s keeping their aesthetic a secret,” Irvin offers. “And old master next to an abstract, a kinetic sculpture next to a watercolour. It makes no sense at first.”
Though, contrary to the established Rock History Narrative of him fighting for the change alone, both Nicks and Mick Fleetwood and not just Buckingham were also eager to shake things up, according to their own comments today.
And what of the effect as a whole? Buckingham certainly brings an un-Mac-like tension, nervous energy, and biting sarcasm to efforts like the deranged square-dance sound of “The Ledge,” the punkish “What Makes YouThink You’re the One,” the biting “Not That Funny,” and the “rockabilly on acid” of “That’s Enough For Me.”
Stevie Nicks, always given something of a short shrift in terms of songwriting since she doesn’t play an instrument (not counting the tambourine), offers some of her finest work in the longing “Storms,” an upbeat “Angel,” elegiac “Beautiful Child,” and mysterious “Sisters of the Moon,” which surprisingly resurfaced on the set list for the Mac’s recent reunion tours.
Only Christine McVie’s contributions seem slight and listless — both lyrically and musically — save for some soft-and-gentle work on her usual romantic balladry in “Over and Over” and “Brown Eyes.”
Tusk’s recording period saw Christine’s involvement with both Grant Curry (the band’s lighting director) and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, while Lindsay Buckingham fell into an intense involvement with record-company exec/former model Carol Ann Harris (who later wrote a not-that-flattering book about the relationship, Storms).
The shocker, fans later found out, was the news of Nicks and Fleetwood’s brief-but-intense involvement. It led to Fleetwood’s divorce from Jenny Boyd…who had previously had an affair with previous lineup guitarist BobWeston…and was the sister of Rock’s Greatest Muse, Pattie Boyd, who sent both George Harrison and EricClapton into romantic bliss and yearning, poured out on vinyl.
And when Nicks and Fleetwood’s involvement ended, Nicks’ best friend, Sara Recor (partial inspiration for the song), took up with Fleetwood without either bothering to tell Nicks about it, which crushed her .(are you following all of this?). this was usual for the Fleetwood Mac circus
Thus, Nicks admits today that a number of her songs are about Fleetwood, and it’s not hard to interpret many of hers and Buckingham’s lyrics as continued musical snipes and judgments on their relationship.
Of the demos and alternate versions, there’s some very interesting development chronicled in the songs “I Know I’mNot Wrong” and “Tusk” as Buckingham — like he did with much of the material — tinkered with them in his own studio extensively before bringing them to the band. It was a way of songwriting that gave him more control, but which the band agreed to abandon after Tusk.
And on the live discs, listeners will find a band surprisingly willing to take risks with tempos and delivery onstage with material recorded in studio. And that includes tunes from their previous two records, Fleetwood Mac and Rumours.
So, while the hefty Deluxe Edition of Tusk may be for Fleetwood Mac Addicts only (and those with record players), less expensive options included a 3-CD Expanded Edition and a 1-CD Remastered effort.
In either case, for what attention and sometimes derision it received on release, Tusk is the one effort in the band’s discography whose standing has improved with time. Oh, and the meaning the title? It was Mick Fleetwood’s slang term for a penis. You’re welcome for that.
The Fat Angel Sings 