FLEETWOOD MAC Rumours -- New WB vinyl, "Gold Dust Woman" mix variation question...

THAT would've made me pre-order anyway, if the e-mail hadn't beat you to it. Really afraid of it selling out while I sat on the fence. Phew !

 

Yep, went ahead and placed a pre-order now that it seems it may well be happening. Looking forward to this on the 45 set.

 

Can you conjure up some insights/memories on mastering this piece o' history?

 

Sold! I just placed my order for the 45rpm set. This is one of two releases that compelled me to buy a turntable. ('Blue' was the other.)

Normally, April 15 is not one of my favorite days. This year, I'll make an exception.

 

Phew! I am sure it will be worth the wait.

 

Sure you can...did you watch a Peter Lorre movie that day?

What did you have to eat?

Just kidding.

If this actually is released, I'm getting 2 copies.

 

This is going to be interesting. Any thoughts on the release of your master 4 years later Steve and any background on its release now!!!

 

That's what I'm talkin' about, inside baseball type stuff we (the masses)don't have a clue about.

Feel free to repeat yourself for emphasis.

 

Nice little thread here and great stuff indeed.

Steve and Kevin, very well done!

 

Snowing with high winds in Winnipeg today!

 

So now I have FOUR Rumours threads to follow with interest...Got brainache as it is

 

I quit reading these threads after I finally received the LP. Now I just play it! This is the best that Rumours has ever sounded to my ears. Kudos, Steve!

 

Thanks for bumping this thread. Just yesterday I pointed somebody in the Rumours Megathread to this one. Until reading it I had no idea about the alternate versions of Gold Dust Woman, as I had only my original LP (still have never heard this on CD). It's fascinating to learn about this, and hear the differences now.

This thread also addressed a question I've had about the guitar riff repeat on the ending of "Second Hand News" I've heard on the radio, which is not on my old vinyl version. I wondered why they did that. As I recall there is a simlar issue on my Eagles self-titled album, where CD and radio versions of "Take It Easy" and Witchy Woman" have additional passages not on my old vinyl copy. I guess that's for another thread!

 

It's much appreciated Steve!

 

Hello Steve,

I have two copies of Rumours with the elongated version of "Second Hand News." Both have the tan WB label without horizontal lines (post 1983), and both feature the same matrix numbers:

BSK-1-3010 - WW2 - FM test MASTERDISK RL

The inscriptions are followed by the Winchester rifle symbol.

And of course the new 45RPM pressing sounds fantastic! Thank you so much for your meticulous and obsessive attention to detail on this release.

 

That cut was by Bob Ludwig, no? "RL"

 

I don't know if this has been mentioned specifically anywhere (because I haven't seen it, but then again there are a lot of Rumours threads)...

Listening to the high-rez stereo on the DVD-A, "Gold Dust Woman" has the cold start, a cold stop (no fade-out), and the loud wailing in the end section.

Lately I had come to believe there was no digital release of GDW that has the original loud-howl mix and a cold start.

 

I've never heard the non-wailing ending, I don't think.

Either that or I didn't notice it, which would be hard for me to believe, albeit possible, I guess.

 

Hi, as a Fleetwood Mac + Thelonious Monk fan...id like to know how a simple jazz album like Monk's music was more difficult than this jumbled rumours cutting-mess!