The best song on the 'Spirits Having Flown' album


Here's a nice demo version from 1978 that I found

Lovely song. This was released as a single in Chile but as far as I know it wasn't issued anywhere else.
Got to number 4, too.

The title track is my fave from this album.

Cloudbuster said:

This album had so many potential hits,it was ridiculous The three singles ("Too Much Heaven","Tragedy" and "Love You Inside Out") all went to Number One here in America so they could have easily released a fourth single here.I would have picked "Reaching Out".



That's a nice song,too.

I always thought Living Together and I'm Satisfied were obvious singles, but folk didn't generally release more than three or four singles per album back then.
Still, the album sold well over 20 million so I guess they were happy enough with that.

Cloudbuster said:

That's right.In those days,artists didn't really "milk" an album dry.A new album was always right around the corner,so they would just release 2 or 3 singles and quickly move on to the next project.I remember thinking that Donna Summer's 'Bad Girls' album could have had numerous singles,but they stopped at three.They had to: by late summer of '79,she had two "new" singles all ready to go,from her next album,lol.

SoulAlive said:

I think Fleetwood Mac were the first to score four top 10 hits from one album with Rumours. And deservedly so.

Apparently,there is a compilation of demos from this album.Contains three outtakes: "In The Heat Of The Night","Save Your Heart For Me" and an instrumental (title is unknown).

Cloudbuster said:

Any word on the remasters? I don't like having only a greatest hits set from artists with big catalogs, and that's the case with them.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Only the first three albums have been done so far.

SoulAlive said:

In The Heat Of The Night was also worked on during the Living Eyes sessions.
It's supposed to be a pretty good track so hopefully it'll end up on the remastered edition.

Cloudbuster said:

There's a clip of it on Youtube but I haven't listened to it yet

What's going on with 'Main Course'? That CD seems be out of print.

Cloudbuster said:

Good to know. Thanks!

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, seems to be available only as an expensive import. I just checked amazon.com and mistermaxxx is on there giving it some praise.
You'd probably be better off waiting for the remaster.

Cloudbuster said:

but when will that be??!! Why is this CD so hard to find?

SoulAlive said:

To answer both questions... I don't know.

Cloudbuster said:

I thought you were the Bee Gees expert the president of their fan club,lol.

Cloudbuster said:

I think their 1975 self-titled album is better than Rumours,but that's another thread

His falsetto sounds like Mickey Mouse auditioning for the Temptations.

SoulAlive said:

Get the hell outta here. It's a cool album but it ain't better than Rumours. Now, Tusk on the other hand...

Cloudbuster said:

I like it alot better than 'Rumours'.The last song "I'm So Afraid" is probably my favorite Fleetwood Mac song of all

As for 'Tusk'....I'm still trying to get into that album.It's very good for the most part but something stops me from calling it a masterpiece.

SoulAlive said:

I'm So Afraid is a great track but I always thought it came across better live.

As for Tusk, it's the only double album I like all the way through. Magnificent stuff.
I'm gonna listen to it now, in fact.

Cloudbuster said:

Cloudy, gimme two or three albums to look for? I know CD copies may be hard to find, so I'm good with whatever might be okay to find used on vinyl as well.

Cloudbuster said:

yeah,I'm gonna pull out 'Tusk' too I'm just about ready to go through my Fleetwood Mac phase right now,lol.

RipHer2Shreds said:

1st (1967)
Odessa (1969)
Main Course (1975)
One (1989)
Still Waters (1997)

I could easily recommend another half dozen, tho'.

SoulAlive said:

I just wish they'd get Mirage and Tango In The Night remastered as well.

Cloudbuster said:

Can you believe that I still haven't gotten those albums yet?

Cloudbuster said:

Thanks! I'll look into these...except maybe One. At least not now anyway. VH1 used to play out that title track in 1989 when it was first out.