The footage below shows their performance from the Capitol Centre in the latter part of 1975.
The tour would begin in El Paso, Texas in early May of 1975 but the first filmed performance was later in the year. It would often feature four members of the band on stage when Nicks would appear in a top hat and flowing capes, announcing “this is a song about a Welsh witch.” It would be their most successful iteration of the group and the album would provide tracks like ‘Over My Head’, ‘Monday Morning’ and the classic ‘Rhiannon’, the latter would become a fan favourite following their live shows. The band, the 10th incarnation of it, went on tour with the album and found huge success along the road. The newly inducted pair were put on songwriting duties alongside Christine and they managed to create a sensational album in just a number of days. The was no rest for the wicked though as the now new five-member strong band got quickly to work and laid down the classic self-titled album from 1975-it marked the new inclusions as vital members of the group. But on the last day of 1974, the duo became part of the band after passing the test with John McVie and keyboardist Christine. There was worry that the introduction of another woman to the band may upset Christine McVie, who had been the only female up until this point, and so a certain amount of trepidation surrounded the inclusion. But what about Stevie? “He was standing there grooving to this searing guitar solo and he needed a guitar player,” Buckingham later told Uncut. Having previously impressed Mick when demonstrating Sound City’s capabilities years before, it was a natural fit and one Mick wanted to make happen quickly. When former Fleetwood guitarist Bob Welch departed the band in 1974 there was only one man for the job, Lindsey Buckingham. Also like a lot of groups, they've had their squabbles and divided up for many years until a concert like this brings them back together.The pair had finished their debut record Buckingham Nicks and were in the middle of paying off the studio fees, Nicks completing housework for wealthy Aspen families and Buckingham with session guitar work with the Everly Brothers when Mick Fleetwood walked into an L.A.’s Sound City Studios and was hugely impressed by Buckingham. Still, the group sounds very good and its nice to see most of them (no Christine McVie) back, looking happy and sounding so good. There is a DVD of this concert available, with the complete concert, but it's not in high-def. Good stuff! I was fortunate to see this on high-definition and it looks fantastic, too. Nobody sounds like Stevie! This is a very long, energetic concert with a lot of familiar tunes, and many of them - especially the closing numbers - really up-tempo with Buckingham at the tip of the stage, bent over, and having the audience bang on his guitar while he's playing it! It still sounded good! Like the Moody Blues and other groups, these guys may all have gray hair and look their age but they sound just as good, and move just as well, as they did 30 years ago. Stevie is about the same age as Buckingham and isn't in the shape he's in, but still sounds great, still looks sexy, and still has that trademark raspy, haunting voice of hers. Like "The Energizer Bunny," they just "keep going and going." Buckingham was about 55 when he did this concert, along with Fleetwood Mac originals Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and the rest of the group. Some of these musical performers are just amazing. It's unbelievable, like Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, on and on. He is yet one more example of an older performer who bounces around and has the energy of a 20-year-old. Lindsey Buckingham just blew me away in this concert.
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