Buckingham Nicks: Is This Grail Any Good?

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

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[@jameskennedy721]

2 songs on here are as good as 1976 Fleetwood , and are real favorites of mine .

[@vinylmartini3377]

Agee with all your comments about this record Bob. Have been a fan of your channel for a couple of years now, your enthusiasm and knowledge of what you like a

[@vinylmartini3377]

Oops.. hate it when that happens!! Trying to edit and hit send. Bought this admittedly as a repress, but happy with what I got ($12). I’m a huge FM fan, from every iteration of the band from blues to singular mid 70’s Kirwin/Welch/Christine stuff to the Buck/Nicks superstar era. This album is a must have for students of the band. Cheers Bob, great channel!!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

@@vinylmartini3377 much appreciated! vinyl luck to you!

[@kallsop2]

I was given this album, that I still have today, in 1977 and will not give it up. It's a great album for several reasons, but mainly because it shows what they brought to Fleetwood Mac. IIRC when Lindsay was asked to join FM he insisted on Stevie being included. I still take it out and listen to it today because of the influence it had on me almost 50 years ago.

[@Bamaboompa]

For some reason BN was big in the Birmingham/Tuscaloosa market. Bought my vinyl in 74. Saw them on campus 600 seat auditorium in the English Building 1/28/74. They had already signed with Fleetwood Mac but still came to Alabama to do the show. (For FMac fans it was the first performance of “Rhiannon”) There is audio of the show-horrible sound. Seeing them in such an intimate setting still one of my favorite concerts. BTW “a few”years later I was in a record store in Birmingham. Someone had bootlegged a CD from the vinyl and there was a stack. So I still have LP and CD.

[@bigedhaaheo]

Aloha Bob, Great purchase ! I personally don't have a copy at this time but if I ever find one in at least VG+ condition for the right price then I'll purchase it, it's not something I gotta have, I recall when Stevie & Lindsey Joined Fleetwood Mac, this record album was so sort after here in Hawaii & more so when her first solo record album came out anything Stevie Nicks was sky high, from 7" promo picture sleeves & 12" singles an all. Hopefully I find one one day. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PURCHASE. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Mahalo Ed

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

That’s what I did Ed I just waited for a clean reasonable copy. I hope one finds you, salute!

[@MelindaMurphy]

My husband and I both really enjoy listening to this record when we're just hanging out together. I agree that getting a very clean copy is essential. Have a great week!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Cheers Melinda! Got the 45 rumors on the way!

[@festersuncle6298]

Blindly bought one a year ago. I'm a lover of this. Fleetwood Mac was about to change for good. Great tunes.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Cheers to that!

[@Universityofvinyl]

I saw Lindsey two weeks ago in Denver; still bringing it big time!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

I had tickets but they canceled the show here :( oh well. Cheers

[@hatchfly]

Hadn't heard this album in forever, my wife had two copies in high school, lent them out and never got either copy back. Fast forward a few decades, she streams it all the time over the internet and I grew to really appreciate this record again! Then, a few months ago, I came across a NM copy for 40 bucks, bought it and gave it to her for Valentines Day, best VD present I'd gotten her in years! I think it holds up just as well as any of the FM stuff they went on to do!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Cheers to that!!

[@wilson7596]

Spot on man. For me, Lindsey is a true original and I would argue one of the most well rounded rock musicians ever. Writing, playing, recording, arranging, performing, etc. Very 70’s sound on this LP. I’ve noticed Buckingham would drift away from that slowly as his career progressed. A hybrid digital/analog approach on albums like Tango in the Night, Out of the Cradle and his newest Self titled which all sound great and totally unique sonically. Love your channel man.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Much appreciated cheers!

[@mccarthyd6603]

Great review and great great album👍 Picked up a minty OG Gatefold about 5 years ago and it is a mainstay on my TT. It's funny because certain records in my neck of the woods I never see in the wild and others I see all the time....this album I see all the time and yet some others that are in my want list I still can't find and probably all over the place in other areas.....go figure🤔 Keep up the great work on your channel...

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Noice! Yeah for sure when I’m traveling I def notice certain places seem to have a high concentration of certain types of titles. That said I’ve never seen a copy of Buckingham Nicks just in the crates here in ky. Cheers

[@larrylee9657]

I often wonder if Keith had played any track other than Frozen Love if Mick would have been compelled to ask Lindsey to join. It is the one song on the album that has all of the elements that the two of them brought to Fleetwood Mac.

[@brooksdavis3626]

Thanks for inspiring me to pull out my copy and found I got a1977 reissue for $2 at my local Goodwill store. It plays definitely VG+ but the cover with water damage is at best G. To me it’s the sound that matters most! I agree with you on recording quality-it’s somewhat muffled but my copy does play clean as a whistle. You can certainly hear the beginnings of the Fleetwood Mac sound that came after they joined. The store was a great source for classic rock for a while- I got maybe 40 or 50 classic rock records there in decent condition when they first opened but someone is intercepting the good stuff apparently before it hits the floor now. Nice while it lasted.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Can’t go wrong for 2 bucks in playable condition, cheers!

[@Bamaboompa]

Due respect there was no reissue not even a second pressing.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Bought a copy for my Mum something like 30 years ago, I wasn't much into that era of Fleetwood Mac but thought it was OK to good, and definitely like a prologue to what they did with Fleetwood Mac.

[@kevinmosher6027]

An incredible album from start to finish.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Kevin I think you are absolutely correct!

[@mlblue5355]

Bob, great find! I have the album but it’s a European boot. I got the black vinyl edition, there’s a color one at a local shop. I was surprised, it actually sounds pretty good, probably a recording from a mint vinyl. I like the solo on “Frozen Love”, that’s the solo that was played for Mick, so he could hear how the Neve console sounded, and the room sounded. One of the best drum sounds in California! Also that Buckingham Nicks album was the first album recorded on that Neve console. Great video as always!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Sound city always gets those great drum sounds .. killer stuff. Cheers my friend .

[@johntyndall1373]

Great video, Bob. I've been wanting to tell you that Vinyl Me Please has released Sturgill Simpson's The Dood and Juanita (a better pressing than the one you found to be a little sub-par?).

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Much appreciated.

[@gringoloco4]

Enjoy your new record Bob Bradley !

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

For sure, salute!

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

Surprisingly, I've acquired 3 original Polydor gatefold copies since opening my store. I love that record. Can you imagine how HUGE that would be as a deluxe RSD release?

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

It would be a monster! Why don’t they just do it … it’s a win in a sometime very dark relationship between the two artist .

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

@@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL Not sure what the deal is exactly, but I think I remember Lindsey saying something when he was on Marc Maron's podcast recently that it will never happen. Also, I wonder if the tapes might have been destroyed in that Universal fire.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

That is quite possible it may be lost forever…

[@TCatsDeepVinylTraxx]

I happen to love the Buckingham/Nicks album. It is one of my albums that survived the purge that I had to do a few years ago, I just couldn't bring myself to selling it, and I'm glad I didn't. I wouldn't have put Lindsey with The Eagles, his style is too original and wouldn't really fit in to their sound. Even so, if it would have happened, it could have made for some interesting tunes. 5 stars from me too.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

It is a great record, I think him and joe would have made a great guitar team. Cheers

[@ProjectilePro]

found a 73 press with a torched cover for $1 at my local goodwill. its a great record and now im just on the hunt for a clean replacement cover.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Can’t beat any copy for a buck, vinyl luck in your search for that clean wax. Cheers

[@jake105]

This is a great album. Way back in 1981, a friend of mine owned the album and I was a huge Fleetwood Mac fan as was he and he let me tape it. (along with a few others) I still have the cassette. It's over 40 yrs old now and sounds like I recorded it yesterday. OK this sounds more like an atta boy for Maxell Cassette Tapes but it also has great songs on it.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

That was the best part of the cassette tape period, sharing music. I loved to do that. Cheers

[@MostlyBuicks]

I had the LP back when I still owned vinyl records. Now I have it on CD on the Big Pink label from Vivid Sound corp. It is so-so. The original Crystal and Long Distance Winner are stand outs. The guitar playing is great. The sound quality is pretty good.

[@vinylterry]

I grabbed this about 6-7 years ago and it’s awesome.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Salute!

[@garysvinyldungeon2764]

I’ve been on the lookout for this for quite some time, I’ll come across it someday

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Gary you will find it! Vinyl luck to you .

[@DismasM]

I found a great copy a few years ago at a really good price. First spin through it was very obvious to me that Lindsey and Stevie really were really the driving force taking FM in the direction they went with Fleetwood Mac and then Rumours--both albums that came out when I was in high school and still listen to today. I've always been a big fan of the Peter Green era FM, but the beauty is we don't have to choose only one--we can have all five or six versions of Fleetwood Mac.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Absolutely joe, I spent several years as an early FM purest I guess I’m over that :) salute my friend!

[@Shanerockey7]

Another great video!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Much appreciated!

[@rocky-o]

hey double b....back in the day, i would buy albums just because the cover 'peaked my interest'...this was one of those albums...it was a new release and when i got home, i listened to it...thought the guitar work was good, but wasn't crazy about her voice...then the 'new' fleetwood mac came out and sold a bazillion copies...and i still didn't care for her voice...and then i heard that mick fleetwood only wanted lindsey and not stevie..i understood why, on both accounts....lindsey buckingham is a brilliant songwriter and his solo work superceeds anything he ever did with mac....needless to say, i sold the album a few years after i bought it....got about forty cents for it....time has a way...peace always brother...rocky

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Time most certainly has a way Rocky, cheers my friend :)

[@CornboneStudios]

About 15 years ago I was in an art show in Long Beach Ca, in the gallery parking lot in back was a tiny record store called cable car I think. I found a copy of buckingham nicks for about ten bucks and he was spinning the Amma ring by J Mascis which I had never seen before. He even let me buy that copy he was spinning. Also found second sighting by Ace Frehley I was after for five bucks and a really good Buzzcocks live bootleg on clear vinyl. The art show was just okay but that little shop was better. That’s a good record. I’m not into box sets but I have heard “rumors” of a Steely Dan set in the future. I have been after the night fly used. I may have already got that some time ago and I could be in my disorganized collection. I am kind of regretting not getting the ramones box but most I saw shown have seam splits on the covers and I am only missing too tough to die which hopefully gets an individual release. Anyone know? Thanks Bob!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Cheers my friend!

[@maxeisenman3006]

I’ve listened to this album on KZbin and I describe it as a goldmine of the very best Stevie Nicks vocals and harmonies with Buckingham and even herself! These songs definitely deserve more attention and they should be remastered and rereleased given the only thing that sets this album back is that the sound quality is really bad and it sounds like it was recorded in the 50s. Also, definitely look up the Coffee Plant demo, which is pretty much part 2 of Buckingham Nicks. The song Sorcerer on there may be the greatest Stevie Nicks song of all time.

[@maxeisenman3006]

Listen to the Buckingham Nicks 70s version of Sorcerer, it’s miles and miles better than the newer one with Sheryl Crow!

[@psychedelicbadger4092]

Hi Bob, Interesting fact that you may or may not know ... Those guitar solo workouts you mention - Here goes ... Mick Fleetwood happened to be at a studio (Sunset Sound I think) where a copy of this record was being played by an engineer (I think) and upon hearing it Fleetwood went "Wow, who's that?!" he was told it was Lindsey, he was looking for a guitarist to replace Bob Welch at that time and so he contacted Buckingham after hearing this (Frozen Love, I think) The rest, as they say, is history. Talk about right time, right place! Mick had found his new guitarist!! But Lindsey then insisted that he and Stevie only came as a package so it was decided they'd both be invited into the band. Destiny! Cheers.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Absolutely, frozen love awesome song and his and Stevie’s ticket into the big time. Cheers!

[@robertsaul234]

I bought it when it came out. Never heard of them, but great cover, and records were $3.99 then.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Salute!

[@nay4peace280]

I love this record! I got it for 25$ a long time ago!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Salute!

[@vibefrequencyable]

Love this album ...as good or better than fleetwood mac...if anyone can do a good lesson on frozen love guitar ...I'd love that.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Cheers :)

[@classicrock7890]

Agree, it's a great record. I have both a US and a UK copy. Likely it hasn't been reissued due to the relationship issues these two have. I believe Nicks has the tapes.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

It seems that’s on point, so it most likely won’t happen. Cheers

[@PassionGrows]

Love that record.

[@ralfwalter3923]

As a FM fan I find the Buckingham/Nicks is quite essential (and awesome imo). I've had a few different copies but be on the lookout for bootlegs as this release was very bootlegged.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Cheers to that!

[@seekingathread]

It's weird...for an album that is somewhat pricey and supposedly rare, I actually see it come through here quite a bit. Weird though that it's never been officially reissued. Cheers Bob

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

I always see it at the record shows multiple copies. It was def somewhat popular. As for a reissue well you know those Fleetwood mac goons can’t get along for more than 30 seconds or so lol, cheers Dom :)

[@FD13NYC]

It's very good!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Cheers!

[@BattManion1979]

All in after I heard it get played on college radio 45 yrs ago. $4.99 +tx

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

That’s the way to get them at the original price! Pays to have good taste from the start ;)

[@BattManion1979]

@@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL I'm lucky to be old

[@ktiv73]

I think some of the material is just as good as Rumours in places. Frozen Love is stunning. No RSD video Pt 2??

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Agree, for the most part the records are very comparable, frozen live is epic. More about RSD soon. Cheers

[@JavaJohnVideo]

Better than any Fleetwood Mac LP w them involved

[@colin2552]

Better than what they went onto do in Fleetwood mac

[@ceetoye]

I'll stick with that Talking Heads '77

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Can’t go wrong with that. :) cheers

[@cantsay8894]

Yes its pretty good. Side one is esp good.

[@davidoswell3079]

It is a great record. Precursor of what Fleetwood Mac would become.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Absolutely.

[@brucegibson7665]

That album is such a sleeper. I'll echo your narrative entirely on that review and $40/35 is a good price on that one. Vintage Nicks is great, she must be no older than 20 on that recording. Cheers

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

She clearly found her “voice” right away. Just outstanding .

[@alangodby6147]

I don’t think you have to be a Fleetwood Mac completist to have this one. Any Fleetwood Mac fan will enjoy it but I think it stands on its own as well.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Absolutely

[@Emilg5]

I'm on copy number 3... not the greatest sonically but the music carries it.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Yeah it has its moments but yeah I agree. Great material no doubt.

[@davidellis5141]

I give this record a solid B+ - I remain somewhat stunned that it never received a 💿 reissue & imagine that it will at least get an RSD release at some point. Even Tori Amos allowed her very mediocre Y Kant Tori Read a limited RSD release so that her hard-core fans could buy it at an affordable price.

[@marioschwarzbach1191]

Just OK at best

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Different strokes you know, cheers!

[@pumpingvinyl]

This record is a grail?

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

To a lot of people .

[@pumpingvinyl]

@@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL I’ve pulled every copy I’ve found from the bargain bins. To me, grails must have a minimum value of $200.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Wow I’d love to find one in the bargain bins!

[@walterevans5658]

This is a fantastic record. I couldn't believe it, but I found one for about $5. The cover had some damage, but the record in decent shape.

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Nice, Cheers to that!

[@danholm4952]

JUST AWFUL

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Different strokes.