Discord & Rhyme: An Album Podcast

Discord and Rhyme is a podcast where we discuss the albums we love, song by song.

A music podcast where we discuss our favorite albums, song by song. New episodes every other Tuesday.

175: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood mac (1968) and Fleetwood mac (1975)

"[Peter Green] has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats."

—B.B. King

This quarterly double feature is about Fleetwood Mac for a couple of reasons: because they’re a very interesting and important band, and because they have two self-titled albums that sound nothing like each other. Launched by Peter Green in 1968 as a British blues band, in less than a decade they became an unstoppable California pop-rock monster. Their progression from one to the other is one of the most fascinating stories in rock history, and includes a lot of incredible music that you might not have known about. Mike, John, and Amanda had a great time talking about the various forms of Fleetwood Mac, and if you’re not familiar with their earlier incarnations, we hope you end up loving them as much as we do. And even if you don’t, the later version of the band is still every bit as good as their reputation says they are.

Miscellany

  • In the UK, the 1968 Fleetwood Mac was released as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. Which makes things less confusing but also makes it sound like the work of a separate, competing Fleetwood Mac.

  • There is, in fact, a Weezer White Album. It came out in 2016, if you care.

  • Seriously, don’t miss out on the Bob Welch era. It’s uneven but there’s a ton of great songs in there. 

  • About the Curtis Brothers: They wrote a song called “Seven League Boots” and recorded a demo of it in 1975 with the help of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Stephen Stills happened to hear that demo several years later, decided it had potential, and rewrote it into the wonderful “Southern Cross” for Crosby, Stills, and Nash. 

  • You can listen to “Heckhound On My Trail” and other songs by Mark Prindle and the Low-Maintenance Perennials on Bandcamp! 

Other links 

Discord & Rhyme Roll Call 

  • John McFerrin (moderator)

  • Mike DeFabio

  • Amanda Rodgers 

Fleetwood Mac (1968) tracklist 

  1. My Heart Beat Like a Hammer

  2. Merry Go Round

  3. Long Grey Mare

  4. Hellhound on My Trail

  5. Shake Your Moneymaker

  6. Looking for Somebody

  7. No Place to Go

  8. My Baby’s Good to Me

  9. I Loved Another Woman

  10. Cold Black Night

  11. The World Keep on Turning

  12. Got to Move

Fleetwood Mac (1975) tracklist 

  1. Monday Morning

  2. Warm Ways

  3. Blue Letter

  4. Rhiannon

  5. Over My Head

  6. Crystal

  7. Say You Love Me

  8. Landslide

  9. World Turning

  10. Sugar Daddy

  11. I’m So Afraid 

Other clips used 

Fleetwood Mac:

  • Oh Well

  • Hypnotized

  • Someone’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight

  • Dust My Broom

  • Doctor Brown

  • Need Your Love Tonight

  • Coming Home

  • Second Hand News

  • Little Lies

  • Rhiannon (Midnight Special version) 

Others:

  • Fritz - A Dream Away

  • Elmore James - Dust My Broom

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience - I Don’t Live Today

  • Cream - Strange Brew

  • Led Zeppelin - Bring It On Home

  • Howlin’ Wolf - Killing Floor

  • Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song

  • Curtis Brothers - Blue Letter

  • R.E.M. - Letter Never Sent

  • Robert Johnson - Hellhound on My Trail

  • Mark Prindle - Heckhound on My Trail

  • Elmore James - Shake Your Money Maker

  • The Rolling Stones - Rip This Joint

  • Genesis - Looking for Someone

  • Buckingham Nicks - Crystal

  • Stevie Nicks - Crystal

Band/album personnel 

Fleetwood Mac (1968)

  • Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica

  • Jeremy Spencer – vocals, slide guitar, piano

  • John McVie – bass guitar (1, 2, 3–10, 12)

  • Mick Fleetwood – drums (1–3, 5–10, 12)

  • Bob Brunning – bass guitar (3)

  • Mike Vernon – production

  • Mike Ross – engineering 

Fleetwood Mac (1975)

  • Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

  • John McVie – bass guitar

  • Christine McVie – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals

  • Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, vocals

  • Stevie Nicks – vocals

  • Waddy Wachtel – rhythm guitar (10)

  • Fleetwood Mac – production

  • Keith Olsen – production, engineering

  • David Devore – second engineer

Credits 

“Discord & Rhyme (theme),” composed by the Other Leading Brand, contains elements of: 

  • Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

  • Amon Düül II - Dehypnotized Toothpaste

  • The Dukes of Stratosphear - What in the World?? ...

  • Faith No More - Midlife Crisis

  • Herbie Hancock - Hornets

  • Kraftwerk - Autobahn

  • Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen

  • Fleetwood Mac - Looking for Somebody (this episode only) 

You can buy or stream Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac and other albums by Fleetwood Mac at your local record store, or the usual suspects such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon. Follow Discord & Rhyme on Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky @DiscordPod for news, updates, and other random stuff. Editing is by Rich Bunnell, and special thanks to our own Mike DeFabio, the Other Leading Brand, for production and original music. See you next album, and keep as cool as you can.

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