Not only did that decision change the fortunes of all involved, it would also change the sound of contemporary music for years to follow. When Fleetwood fell in love with the sound that he heard, he wisely decided to embrace all of it – the musicians Buckingham and Nicks, the producer Keith Olsen – and incorporate it all into the next Fleetwood Mac album, which featured “Monday Morning”,”Over My Head”,”Say You Love Me”,”Rhiannon”,”Crystal”, and “Landslide”.
A few years ago I made a great Bob Welch comp spanning from his Early power funk band Head West through Fleetwood Mac, the heavy rock powerhouse Paris, and ending with some great cuts from his solo albums. His contributions to Fleetwood Mac are sadly overlooked and under appreciated.
It was in that context that bandleader Mick Fleetwood first noticed Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar-playing and singing abilities, but at the time it was Keith Olsen’s studio and recording techniques that Mick was auditioning, not the musicians. It was the last album to feature Bob Welch on Guitar and Vocals. The unsung hero is actually producer/recording engineer Keith Olsen, who had produced and recorded the Buckingham Nicks album, imparting a fat, warm, upfront sound to their music. So on balance I didn’t see how this major change could do anything except diminish Fleetwood Mac.īoy was I wrong! That 1975 Fleetwood Mac album sold over twenty times as many copies as any previous Fleetwood Mac album. After Bob Welch left Fleetwood Mac, his first solo album in the Fall 1975 came and went in about 15 minutes, not unlike the 1973 Buckingham Nicks album, which was the sole output of Welch’s replacements, singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and singer/songwriter Stephanie”Stevie” Nicks.
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