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This is the definitive story of the making of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, with specially recorded versions of Christine McVie's "Songbird" and Lindsay Buckingham's acoustic version of "Never Going Back Again." 75 minutes.

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Oh, the heartache. Oh, the drug intake. And oh, the sales records they did break. It's all here in this 70-minute, 1997 chronicle of the making of one of pop music's biggest albums ever, Rumours. All five members of Fleetwood Mac's most successful incarnation are interviewed, and their comments are even more candid than the confessional songs ("Dreams," "Go Your Own Way" et al.) on the album itself; descriptions of the torturous process of making a record while John and Christine McVie's marriage and the Lindsey Buckingham- Stevie Nicks liaison were breaking up at the same time makes for compelling, if slightly discomfiting, viewing. Meanwhile, lest one forget that Rumours was terrific as well as revealing, plenty of attention is paid to the songs. Particularly fascinating (as with most Classic Albums packages) are the breakdowns of the separate instrumental and vocal components of individual tracks. A great tale, wonderfully told. --Sam Graham

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ David Heffernan
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, DVD, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 15 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 1998
Actors ‏ : ‎ Fleetwood Mac
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Rhino
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 6305199337
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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A ton of information in the making of the songs and they sing them all

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 5, 2020

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This is a little but big Gem for anyone who enjoyed Fleetwood Mac and the beginning of the bands success "Rumours" Is fantastic Yes you get to see the creation process of all the songs and you get to see the actual end results. Very much worth every single penny this costs (which is for what it is very very affordable) I don't understand why there are so little reviews because this is something if I knew it was around would have scooped this up without a thought. I would actually consider this more a documentary of how this band created the music along with all there romances and issues with each other. If you are a fan and like to know the creative process of how a song is created THIS is for you and yes they do sing all the songs on here as well ! I highly recommend it to all Fleetwood Mac fans the fans from the beginning and the new who are just finding out what a great and unique sounding band they are.

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Robert L. Crepeau

Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac Rumours

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 21, 2012

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I love the classic Albums series. At this time I have ten of the DVD's and just ordered 3 more. So I am somewhat biased in my opinion. It's easy to see why the Rumours album is considered a classic. Every song on the album is great. The video gets into the creative process behind some of the songwriting and the inspiration for some of their ideas.

During the recording of the album there were two couples in the band basically going through the process of breaking up. So there was a lot of tension behind the scenes, as they were putting the album together. When you hear the final product, though, you would never know it. At least they were still able to maintain a certain level of professionalism as musicians and a band.

I have not yet purchased one from the series I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. I am a musician myself and I compose and record my own music. I love getting the inside scoop on how these albums are made and the behind the scenes look at the processes of songwriting and recording. These videos often get into the impact many of these albums have on popular music and how some have influenced musicians who have come after them. Great series. I want to buy them all.

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D. Shafer

Needs More Old Video, More Detail

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 27, 2013

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As a diehard, longtime Fleetwood Mac fan, it pains me to give this only three stars but I thought it was poorly done. It ends abruptly with Christine McVie talking about living with Stevie Nicks in Sausalito when they were making the record. Doesn't seem like much thought was put into presenting a story.

Other reviews I've read here criticized the fact that only snippets of songs are played. A few complete songs would have been nice although it's pretty cool hearing the different parts of the music & how they mixed it. However, it would have been nice to hear more of the songs in their basic versions, before they were polished. I would have liked to hear more about the inspiration for the music (not the lyrics, we've heard that story).

One BIG feature missing in my point of view: It would have been great to see more video of the band during the Rumours era; very, very skimpy on that & I don't understand why. The video is out there. And what about some old video of the band during rehearsals?

Maybe someone will get around to doing a compilation of old concert footage. Would love to see that.

But all that said, for diehard FM fans like me, this is still worth having.

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Sandra

Great Overview of the History Too!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2009

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Besides being an interesting and wonderful description of all the songs on Rumours,it turns out that this DVD is an overall great summary of the history of the band and the relationships of it's members. I've sent it to a few of my friends who are attending the 2009 Unleashed tour - seeing Fleetwood Mac for the first time - so they can appreciate what these songs meant to the members in the band and what was going on behind the scenes at the time. It includes fantastic filmed performances from the 70's of each song and the band members really open up in telling the story behind this amazing album and everything that was going on around them at the time. There's no doubt that, after watching this, you will be seeking out their other DVD's (and I still can't believe that the Tusk Documentary and Mirage Concert have not been re-released onto DVD!!!!!) The VHS copies still around are worth finding!
Current recommendations: "Destiny Rules" the behind the scenes making of the "Say You Will" album - the last CD released by the band. Also - Live In Boston - both are longer in length than other concerts available from other bands - Highly recommended.

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oldguy

disappointed

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 1, 2022

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Got it unwarped it and it would not play the others tat dame with it did but not it not worth the effort to send back but not happy about makes me hesitant about buying more ! It is a good thing that the others worked so will just put it down to bad luck

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NavyDon 68

More like a Documentery; not much music.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2021

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Not much music; mostly talking.

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Cles

Wild and Crazy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 23, 2021

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Wild and crazy stuff man. Wild and crazy

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Jonathan Feinberg

Very satisfying and informative.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 28, 2002

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An honest and articulate accounting of the year that produced one of the finest pop albums ever made.
As a musician, I was thrilled by the segments that take place in the studio with the original master tapes, breaking down the arrangements, revealing the extraordinary harmony singing, and exposing unused material.
As a fan, I was moved by the almost incredible story of two couples breaking up but choosing to continue their work together. It seems that there could have been no "Rumours" without the angst that fueled the songs.
Bravo to the producers of the "Classic Albums" series.

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russell clarke

A classic album given the in-depth attention it deserves

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 2, 2008

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The Classic album series has given viewers some remarkable insights into the process of the making of some wonderful albums.....and some not so wonderful albums come to that. But that's a purely subjective thing. What is under no cloud of doubt what so ever is Rumours is one of the great soft/rock-pop albums and that the recording of the album was carried out under truly extraordinary circumstances.

Fleetwood were at that time made up of two couples .Christine and John Mcvie were married while Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks weren't but might as well have been. Mick Fleetwood was married but not to someone else in that group ..you'll have noticed the numbers don't add up for that to be a possibility .While the group were recording Rumours both couples were undergoing highly painful split's. Christie Mcvie was having an affair with the groups lighting director which made things even more awkward. Buckingham and Nicks were still on speaking terms though much of the time that involved arguing. Fleetwood meanwhile wasn't exempt from the emotional turmoil as he found out his wife was having an affair with his best mate. Cramped together in a small recording studio in Sausalito San Francisco there was no escape from each other and it's no surprise that the individual takes on their disintegrating relationships informed the material on the album. Christine McVie later remarked that they were all writing about each other, hence the title of the album.

This DVD exhaustively puts all this on record -which of course the band did too literally- and also gives fascinating insights into the recording process and the make up of individual songs , something this series always does really well and is arguably its most absorbing facet. For instance "Songbird " had to be recorded in one take but the acoustics in the studio weren't up to the job so they had to re-locate to a local theatre where the auditory requirements were up to spec.

All the band contribute with Mick Fleetwood providing the dry humourus take on events. Lindsey Buckingham manages the special trick of appearing slightly spaced out yet articulate and lucid at the same time. Listening to them sing some of the songs nowadays (Or rather ten years ago) they have to sing in different keys .Stevie Nicks has lost the gliding honeyed tones and Buckingham can only offer a slightly strained croak . The song dropped from the album due to the then time constraints of vinyl was Stevie Nicks "Silver Spring" and it is given an airing . It's a nice song but not the rapturous affair the producers and engineers make it out to be. It's now included on CD versions of the album. The fact "The Chain" is actually two songs merged together is interesting- and something The Beatles did with "A Day In The Life".

Rumours is not only a tremendous timeless album but the inception and development of the album is one of music history's most compelling . It's often said that truly great art

Comes from suffering and anyone of the totalitarian position that great art only comes from suffering has a convincing exhibit for the defence with Rumours and this DVD.

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John CHASEMORE

A con

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 1, 2019

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This a re-hash of old interviews and not a video representation of the album. A total con. Do not waste your money!

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Lindsey Stores

Wanted more music

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 13, 2021

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Thought it was music concert but it's mostly interviews with them

Sheila Greer-smith

More painful during the Rumours recording and tour than they all allude to an excellent dvd.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 26, 2017

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The Band talking about their experiences with each other individually and as part of the Rumours album and tour.
As Mick Fleetwood says at the end what the individuals went through was more painful than they alluded to something they all hold back from admitting.

velocipede

Interesting insight

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 28, 2017

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A very interesting insight of the making of a classic album and gives an added enjoyment to their reunion DVD

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Genre	Documentary
Format	Color, DVD, NTSC
Contributor	David Heffernan, Fleetwood Mac
Language	English
Number Of Discs	1