Fleetwood Mac ~ Dreams 1977 Disco Purrfection Version

Here is another out of field disco version I just had to do. I got my paws on the music stems several years ago and recently put my full attentions into it to complete the “disco“ version I always knew I could do. The multi tracks I had were not synced and I had to line them up myself and that took a while, once they were locked up, I was able to extend the intro, add the bass and drum break and then add on an extra chorus so that the song finished with the a capella vocals. Lindsay brings his take on the Southern California sound to crystal clear purrfection and I just realized he is in the same league as Brian Wilson. Stick around until the end of the song, you won’t be disappointed. Stevie Nicks who admits that the song was based on a dance beat, something that was new to her. Fleetwood Mac has been around since 1967 and will be celebrating their 50th anniversary next July. They became a respected British blues/rock band creating classics like “Albatross“, “Black Magic Woman“ and “Oh Well“ in the late sixties. They began to experiment with American musicians creating a fusion of the British blues along with elements of American rock primarily with a plethora of guitarists/writers who brought them to the attention of the American record buying public. They slowly built up their reputation and solidified it with the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks for their 1975 white Fleetwood Mac album, which gave them a #1 album and encouragement to continue. In 1977, they released “Rumours“ and became bona fide rock stars by elegantly turning the inner turmoil of two relationships breaking up into their most successful album by selling 40 million copies based on the hits “Go Your Own Way“, “Don’t Stop“ and the #1 pop hit “Dreams“ written and sung by supernatural siren Stevie Nicks. She wrote the song one day in 1976 during the “Rumours“ sessions at the Record Plant studios when she took her Fender Rhodes keyboard into a quiet and dark studio that was reportedly owned by Sly & The Family Stone leader Sylvester Stone. Stevie describes the room as being black and red with a large pit in the middle that held a Victorian style bed along with a piano. She set the keyboard on the bed, chose a drum pattern, turned on her tape recorder and wrote “Dreams“ in about ten minutes. Stevie relates that she “liked the fact that she was doing something with a dance beat, because that made it a little unusual“ for her. She asked the band to record it, but they were not totally on board but agreed to lay down the basic tracks. Christine McVie thought the song was a very basic “three chord“ and “boring“ when she heard the demo version Stevie had recorded on her personal recorder, but changed her opinion when Lindsey “created three sections out of those identical chords, making each section sound completely different, creating the impression of a unifying thread through the whole song.“ “Dreams“ was the second single released from “Rumours“ the same week as another future #1 hit, Marvin Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up“ and ended up on the top of charts for the week ending June 18, 1977 beating out Gaye one week before his hit dethroned it.