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Fleetwood Mac is one of the rare bands that are still active after more than 40 years of career. The reason they were able to continue such a long career is, of course, because of the greatness of their songs, but also because of the extraordinary efforts of the members, such as the unity among them, who have experienced departures and new members. The biggest factor is their flexible attitude, which changed their musical style to suit the demands of the times and the tastes of the members. The band was formed in the 1960s, but those who only know Mac, who later became a big hit, would never imagine that they were originally a blues band. From the late 1960s to the dawn of the 1970s, there was a blues rock boom, mainly in the UK. Fleetwood Mac was formed to ride that trend, but the boom quickly faded away. Mac moved their base of operations to California, USA in 1974, but what they saw there was not blues, but hard rock centered on long improvisations. Of course, the rock scene at that time could not be categorized in one word, but the sound that was based on blues but pushed the blues to the forefront was on the wane. So Mac joined Stevie Nicks on vocals and made a big change to a pop line. Mac, who had moved from the declining blues rock to a pop line, released his first album “Fantastic Mac” with Stevie Nicks in 1975. This attempt was a great success, and the album reached number one in the US with hit singles such as “Say You Love Me” and “Rhiannon”. This must have confirmed Mac’s path. And the album “Rumors” released in 1977 became another hit album. Not only was it a hit album, it monopolized the number one spot on the US album chart for 31 weeks and sold over 17 million copies, confirming Mac’s popularity along with its reputation as a historic masterpiece. It was during this time that Mac performed in Japan for the first time. This was also in 1977. The next album after a big hit album that established a star’s status tends to be overly expected, and this is something that all artists struggle with. Mac’s album “Fangs,” which followed “Rumours,” was no exception, and production was difficult due to the rapidly changing musical trends of the time. As a result, it was released as a two-LP masterpiece. Although it sold well, with many experimental songs at Buckingham’s request, it still could not surpass the previous album “Rumours.” However, the world tour accompanying the album “Fangs” proved that Mac’s popularity was still high, and the number of audiences did not decline. The tour accompanying the album “Fangs” began on October 26, 1979 in Pocatello, Idaho, and was a large-scale tour that crossed all continents, including the United States, Japan, Oceania, and Europe, over the course of two years. The total number of performances was 111. In particular, in Japan, their first visit consisted of only four shows, whereas their second visit in 1980 included three consecutive days at the Budokan, as well as ten shows in Kyoto, Gifu, Sapporo, Yokohama, Sendai, and Osaka, showing their popularity in Japan at the time. This work contains the February 16th performance from the consecutive shows at the Osaka Festival Hall that closed out their 1980 visit. The dates for their 1980 visit to Japan are as follows: February 3rd Nippon Budokan February 4th Nippon Budokan February 5th Nippon Budokan February 8th Kyoto Kaikan First Hall February 9th Gifu Civic Center February 11th Hokkaido Welfare Pension Hall February 13th Kanagawa Prefectural Hall February 14th Miyagi Sports Center February 16th Osaka Festival Hall February 17th Osaka Festival Hall Since it has only been two years since their last visit to Japan, the set list is similar to that of their December 1977 visit, but the biggest feature is that songs from their new album “Kiba” are played on stage as indispensable hit songs. This work is a first-time appearance sound source that has never been available until now, provided by someone who attended the Festival Hall at that time. It is a high-quality sound source that you would never think was released before. The excitement of the Festival Hall on that day spreads before your eyes. The set list, chosen from the pair of masterpieces “Uwasa” and “Kiba,” is still one of Mac’s best selections, and it is truly fortunate for Japanese fans that it is recorded in its entirety in such a first-time recording. From their second large-scale performance in Japan, the performance at Osaka Festival Hall on February 16, 1980, was recorded in high quality in its first-time recording. After this, Mac’s members shifted their focus to solo activities, and the band’s activities stagnated, and it was 10 years before they came to Japan again. In that sense, it can be said that this was the last tour where you could listen to Mac’s representative songs in real time. LIVE AT FESTIVAL HALL OSAKA JAPAN February 16, 1980 DISC ONE 01. Introduction 02. Drums performance 03. Say You Love Me 04. The Chain 05. Don’t Stop 06. Dreams 07. Oh Well 08. Rhiannon 09. Oh Daddy 10. What Makes You Think You’re The One 11. Sara 12. Not That Funny DISC TWO 0 1. Never Going Back Again 02. Landslide 03. Tusk 04. Angel 05. You Make Lovin’ Fun 06. I’m So Afraid 07. World Turning 08. Go Your Own Way 09. Sisters Of The Moon 10. Songbird
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