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The Alternate Collection Box) (BF22 EX)

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I can give them some credit I suppose as this is an old album and perhaps they didn't have the luxury of a brilliant recording to start. And even in the numerous instances where the well-known versions seem superior, the alternates often prove illuminating.

It offers no liner notes and fewer alternate versions, but it embraces the lion’s share of the most interesting such versions and costs far less than you’d spend for all the deluxe editions. In general, the tracks are more stripped down without the final additional embellishments, such as the searing guitar on Go Your Own Way. Often, when a band releases demo or rehearsal tracks or alternate mixes, their weakness serves only to point up the wisdom behind the choices for the official album.Backed by a band that features his talented piano-playing sister Bobbie (who died last March at age 91), he hits all the bases in his repertoire and delivers some of his most famous numbers, including “Always on My Mind,” the self-penned “On the Road Again,” and Fred Rose’s “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” from 1975’s game-changing Red-Headed Stranger concept LP. The sound quality on these recordings is top notch, its so crystal clear and life like that you will have to be careful as not to deafen yourself because you will be constantly turning the volume up. Mirage is without doubt a superb album, capturing and showing off everything that is great about Fleetwood Mac in their earlier years.

It includes not only a long list of studio and live albums, but a ton of alternate takes, versions, and mixes, as well as demos and rehearsal recordings.For those who have listened to the original albums many times, it is a refreshing listening experience to hear these alternative versions. The contents have been previously issued on vinyl for annual Record Day events and have also appeared on deluxe editions of the original albums. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Granted, some of the outtakes, such as Tango in the Night’s “Seven Wonders,” differ only subtly from the original recordings, but others feature different lyrics or vastly altered musical approaches. With my copy, though I encountered a sharp screech on more than 2 occasions in the first track alone.

Who else could deliver traditional and outlaw country tunes like “If You’ve Got the Money Honey I’ve Got the Time,” “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” and “Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line” and in the same show tap the Great American Songbook for beautifully rendered performances of songs like Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish’s “Stardust” and Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies”?Before we discuss the music, a caveat: for some listeners, The Alternate Collection will represent more of a repackaging than a revelation. In this candid, intimate portrait of a life lived in music, Mick Fleetwood sheds new light on well-known points in his history, including many incredible moments of recording and touring with Fleetwood Mac, as well as personal insights from a man who has been a major player in blues and rock 'n' roll since his teens. Les titres sont intéressants mais le problème, c’est que tous ces titres figurent déjà sur les diverses rééditions deluxe de ces albums : le disque bonus de la réédition de Rumours en 2004 contient 18 titres alors que celui de ce coffret 11 seulement, c’est gênant.

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