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‘Buckingham Nicks’ Remastered and Reissued Across Streaming, CD and Vinyl

The once hard-to-find 1973 debut that helped launch Fleetwood Mac’s classic era returns in a high-fidelity restoration from the original analog tapes.

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Fleetwood Mac band members Stevie Nicks, from left, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood onstage at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute in New York. 
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An original pressing of the “Buckingham Nicks” vinyl record. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s long-lost debut album is finally back, more than 50 years after its original release.

Overview

  • Rhino’s High Fidelity edition is out Sept. 19 with 180-gram pressings, lacquers cut by Kevin Gray, new David Fricke liner notes, and an optional 7-inch singles bundle featuring original mixes of four tracks.
  • The album is officially available on streaming, CD and vinyl after decades out of print, when it circulated largely through bootlegs and collector copies.
  • Recorded at Sound City with producer Keith Olsen, the record includes “Frozen Love,” the track Mick Fleetwood heard at the studio that led to recruiting Lindsey Buckingham with Stevie Nicks by the end of 1974.
  • Several ideas resurfaced in Fleetwood Mac’s catalog, including a reworked version of “Crystal” and a guitar figure from “Lola (My Love)” that echoes in “The Chain.”
  • Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham praised the reissue in statements, and Nicks has reaffirmed there will be no Fleetwood Mac reunion following Christine McVie’s 2022 death.