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I spent 8 years outside the US in the 70's and 80's. So, I missed some things. FM was one of those things. I'd heard of them, but really never listened to them. Then their videos started turning up on You Tube. I was amazed! I'm still catching up. I guess there was a lot behind the scenes drama and conflict going on back then too.

But, there was some really great music was going on.
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I can relate......I was stationed in Berlin during the 70's.

zoomzoomklunk wrote:I can relate......I was stationed in Berlin during the 70's.

Did you have AFRN? Armed Forces Radio Network.

AFNR........Johnny Dollar....Life of Riley....Gun Smoke....absolutely.

I was in Munich from 78-82. Was in charge of inventories for 54 AAFES garages in Europe. Not a great job But, loved Munich.

OSI.....73 to 76

Should have added.....Berlin...73/76

Here's another one. I have no idea who wrote this or what it is about. But it is riveting!

Greatness!!!

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I was just going to comment....I was in stationed in Sardinia and every night Radio Luxemborg came in crystal clear. First place I heard Clapton with cuts from 461 Ocean Blvd.

I ran a radio station in the Navy and I heard everything from 72-75 over and over and over again.

nothing different from classic rock on FM today only with less commercials.......USN La Maddelena Sardinia 74-75

GRANDPA wrote:Sounds like you just missed the heyday of Radio Luxembourg & Radio Caroline. IMO, the best Fleetwood Mac was when Bob Welch was a member. Give a listen to "Hypnotized" & "Future Games".

Welch did the original version of "Sentimental Lady" on Fleetwood Mac's "Bare Trees" album. Great song. It wasn't a hit for FM, but a huge hit for Welch as a solo artist.

The arrangement of both is similar, but the solo version adds some additional instrumentation, and the key difference: Christine McVie singing the "All I need is you" tag.

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I've never been much of a fan of Fleetwood Mac, but I think that Tusk is a pretty cool tune with a pretty cool video.

The best Fleetwood Mac album was "Then Play On".

Way before Buckingham/Nicks.

I found this on facebook.
Remembering the great Peter Green (29 October 1946 – 25 July 2020)
Noel Gallagher described him as “without question the best British blues guitarist ever”, while BB King said Green was “the only one who gave me the cold sweats”. John Mayall, leader of the Bluesbreakers, whom Peter played for before leaving to found Fleetwood Mac, said: “Peter in his prime in the 60s was just without equal.”
Ed Vulliamy: During the early 1980s, I went to hear then 70-something Charley Booker – one of the last Mississippi Delta blues greats of his generation still playing – at the Halstead Blues bar on Chicago’s Near North Side. Booker was living in Indiana nearby, and his band was young and white, which raised the question, during the break: can they do it? Can white men play the blues?
“There’s three white kids can play the blues good as any black man,” replied Booker. Which? “Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan and, oh, that Englishman of yours, er… now what’s his name…?”
“Eric Clapton?” I volunteered.
“No, NO! Not him, the other one – Peter Green.”
John McVie and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac performing at TV Special Copenhagen, Denmark, May 1968. (Photo by Jan Persson)

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