''Live'' is a double live album released by British-American rock band

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on 8 December 1980. It was the first live album from the then-current line-up of the band, and the next would be '' The Dance'' from 1997. The album was certified

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(500,000 copies sold) by the

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in November 1981. ''Live'' consists of recordings taken primarily from the 1979–1980 ''Tusk'' Tour, together with a few from the earlier ''Rumours'' Tour of 1977 and a

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track, "Don't Let Me Down Again", from the 1975 ''Fleetwood Mac'' Tour. According to the liner notes, two songs were recorded at a Paris soundcheck and three at a performance at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium "for an audience of friends and road crew". Of particular note are three new songs—

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's "One More Night",

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's "Fireflies", and a well-harmonized backstage rendition of

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' "The Farmer's Daughter". The latter two were released as singles; "Fireflies" reached the top 60 in the US, while "The Farmer's Daughter" reached the top 10 in Austria. "Fireflies" was Nicks' rumination on the tumultuous recording of the ''

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'' album and her observance that the band stayed intact nevertheless. Her lyrics referred to band members as the "five fireflies". "The Farmer's Daughter" appears to have actually been recorded at The Village Recorders studio where ''Tusk'' was recorded despite the liner notes—it appears in the ''Tusk'' re-release of 2004 nearly identical sans crowd noise. It would appear that "Fireflies" is also actually a studio demo from the same time. Various very similar takes from a recording session have emerged on bootlegs, and at least two separate vocal tracks featuring Nicks can be heard on the version released on ''Live''. "Don't Let Me Down Again" is a song from the ''

'' album and was actually recorded earlier than the rest of the tracks; the recording was made in 1975 in Passaic. The band covered "Farmer's Daughter" at the request of Buckingham, who deemed the

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tune obscure enough to include on the album. Also notable are two Lindsey Buckingham guitar showcases. The first, "I'm So Afraid", was popular as a concert finale during this period. The second was Buckingham's take on former Mac guitarist Peter Green's signature number, "Oh Well" (originally a 1969 single release). A deluxe edition of the album was released on 9 April 2021.

Track listing

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac *

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– guitar, vocals *

– vocals *

– keyboards, vocals *

John McVie John Graham McVie (born 26 November 1945) is a British bass guitarist. He is best known as a member of the rock bands John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1964 to 1967 and Fleetwood Mac since 1967. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fle ...

– bass *

Mick Fleetwood Michael John Kells Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is a British musician, songwriter and occasional actor. He is best known as the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of th ...

– drums,

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Additional personnel *Ray Lindsey – additional guitar on "Go Your Own Way" *Tony Toadaro – additional percussion *Jeffery Sova – additional keyboards Production * Richard Dashut – producer, mix-down engineer, live engineering *

Ken Caillat Kenneth Douglas Caillat ( ) is an American record producer. He is best known for engineering the Fleetwood Mac albums '' Rumours'', ''Tusk'', ''Mirage'', ''Live'', and '' The Chain Box Set''. Life and career Caillat was the president of 5.1 Ent ...

– producer, live recording, mix-down engineer *Fleetwood Mac – producers *Biff Dawes – live recording *Trip Khalaf – live engineering *Carla Frederick – studio recording assistant *Rich Feldman – studio recording assistant *David (Dominguez) Ahlert – studio recording assistant *Ken Perry – mastering *Larry Vigon – art direction and design *Chris Callis – cover and collage photography *Sam Emerson – collage photography *Sharon Weisz – collage photography

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Albums produced by Richard Dashut Albums produced by Ken Caillat Fleetwood Mac live albums 1980 live albums Warner Records live albums Albums recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Albums produced by John McVie Albums produced by Mick Fleetwood Albums produced by Christine McVie Albums produced by Lindsey Buckingham