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FLEETWOOD MAC capture ‘Ligtning in a Bottle’ on this 90 minute live recording finally being officially released – with the band at their pinnacle and breaking point. As we all now know, Rumours is a ‘breakup’ album, a portrait of a band’s interpersonal machinery falling apart and their music soaring to new heights amid the emotional shrapnel.
It’s probably impossible to understate the impact of an album like Fleetwood Mac‘s Rumours. As of February, it has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the sixth best-selling record of the 1970s and the ninth best-selling of all time.
There’s always something different & thrilling about the dynamic of a band performing live, and when there was so much drama afoot, onstage tension was bound to be palpable. That’s why Rumours Live, recorded at the Forum in Los Angeles amid the titular tour on August 29, 1977, feels like lightning captured in a bottle.
Performing a setlist of songs that are all ostensibly classics at this point, including tracks from 1975’s Fleetwood Mac and beyond. Just when you thought you had memorized every dip and groove in your Rumours vinyl, you get to hear Fleetwood Mac reinvent their best work — back when the dough was still fresh for the kneading.
