Fleetwood Mac All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Track – Book Review
Fleetwood Mac – All The Songs – delves deeply into the exceptional recording history of the hugely-bestselling and immensely influential rock band. Packed with captivating information, photographs and fascinating behind-the-scenes details, it’s a must-have for any music fan.
This is an extremely comprehensive, beautiful book that covers Fleetwood Mac’s 15 lineups. It captures details of Peter Green, including his tragic death, the blues origins of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, John and Christine McVie, and the crowning glory when Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the line-up.
Detailing the band’s many iterations, from the self-titled debut album in 1968 when they were known as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, to the classic Rumours era. Covering the shocking passing of Christine McVeigh in November 2022, it’s crammed with hundreds of brilliant photographs, including rare black and white stills and images of instruments used by the band and engaging shots of the musicians in the recording studio. It is an essential prized possession for any true fan of classic rock. It’s a complete look at behind the scenes, which chronicles a five-decade-long recording history of this well-loved, bestselling and hugely influential rock band.
The content draws upon years of research to recount the circumstances that led to the composition of every song the band ever wrote, as well as the details behind their studio recording process. The layout comprehensively covers all the songs, documenting the musicians, where the song was recorded, production details, genesis and lyrics. Alongside incredible images capturing the band across the years.
From documenting Fleetwood Mac’s first concert at the Windsor National and Jazz and Blues Festival in 1967. From 1975 – 1987, which was then the Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks line up. It tells of Mick Fleetwood remembering hearing the song Frozen Love, performed by the Buckingham / Nicks duo, and he was particularly taken by the guitarist’s touch. He invited Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac, who insisted that his girlfriend Stevie Nicks be part of the adventure, and the rest is history, beautifully captured in these pages.
A couple of little snippets of mesmerising information: Lindsey Buckingham, who was born in October 1949, was pushed into swimming by his father, the owner of a prosperous coffee factory. Yet his only interest seemed to be music, and he didn’t fit in with his two older brothers, who were nicknamed the swimming Buckingham’s. At the age of five, Buckingham spent most of his time drawing guitars while his two brothers were swimming laps in the community pool. His obsession with the self-taught guitar took precedence over everything else.
Stephanie Lynn Nicks was born on May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona. The name Stevie came from the fact she couldn’t pronounce the word Stephanie when she was little, and so the pronunciation came out as TD, which was eventually turned into Stevie. She was certainly one of the most emblematic figures in the band. Under the watchful eye of her grandfather, country singer Aaron Jess Nicks, Stevie first sang at the age of four. He introduced her to dozens of 45 records, which they listened to together religiously. He was tempted to take her on tour with him, but gave up when her parents categorically refused.
The 600 pages of the book’s contents include – The Roots of Fleetwood Mac, Jeremy Spencer, The Guitarist With Two Faces, The 2003 to 2013 Tours, Glossary, Photo Credits and final pages covering the band’s discography of every song.
This incredible book extensively captures in words and pictures one of the most enduring, charming yet drama-filled bands in rock history, whose success, challenges and amazing music continues to resonate with generations of listeners.
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