'BUCKINGHAM NICKS' CLEAN GATEFOLD POLYDOR PD 5058 VINTAGE PRC VINYL LOOK

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'BUCKINGHAM NICKS' ~ CLEAN GATEFOLD POLYDOR PD 5058 LP ~ RARE OOP
ARTIST: LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM & STEVIE NICKS TITLE: 'BUCKINGHAM NICKS' LABEL: POLYDOR PD 5058 STEREO ORIGINAL RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 5, 1973 PRESSING: STERLING - PRC - MASTERDISC VINYL CONDITION: EX- to EX JACKET CONDITION: VG+/EX-
This week on EBay we are offering up this beautiful copy of the classic and elusive 'Buckingham~Nicks' LP.
This is a hard album to find on vinyl. It was originally released in September 1973 but, for unknown reasons, it didn't sell and tanked. A tough record to find in decent condition. Some 'beat up' copies are still out there, but this is a nice clean Sterling PRC gatefold copy I've had all these years.
The record was loved and cherished, but it has some minor wear to the jacket corners, but the vinyl is very nice and very clean.
The Vinyl has some very light play wear, but is basically fine. No visible defects, nice shine and luster. It looks and plays great. Sterling PRC Pressing. The bright red Polydor labels are clean and bright, no marks or writing. The spindle holes are clean, showing minimal evidence of play. A beautiful copy!
The jacket is still quite nice. It's been sleeved for nearly 40 years. It's a gatefold jacket. The inner gatefold is clean with no significant marks, writing or 'recreational' stains. There is a tiny one inch 'seam split' at the very center of the seam of the gatefold. It has worn thru over time and mildly shows on the album's outer spine, but not bad. (see pics) The corners are slightly 'bumped' from years of storage but also not bad. The famous front cover is crisp and clean. There is some mild ring wear on the top of the back cover. Overall, a very nice copy. I'm sure you'll be happy with it. I was for many years. See the many pictures for details.
This is a classic, beautiful, timeless record and is a must for any fan of Fleetwood Mac. Clean copies like this one are hard to find. ~~ The iconic, classic, cover photo is great. Stevie and Lindsey, in black and white, young, naked, beautiful and clearly in love. Their bodies, like the music on the album, are perfectly entwined, almost as if they are fused into one single being, one single focus. 
This album is a must-have on vinyl, if not for the great music, at least for the album jacket alone. The CD cover just doesn't do it justice.
~~~~ This is a terrific, stunning album. A surprisingly overlooked gem of '70s pop-rock. From it's starkly sensuous cover, to the instrumentals and Lindsey's impeccable guitar work, to Stevie's chilling vocals, to the fine backing band. A true masterpiece; equal to or greater than anything Fleetwood Mac would do.
Buckingham's finger work is brilliant and Stevie's voice is smooth as silk. This album is essential listening for fans of Fleetwood Mac. It's a true lost treasure.
Buckingham Nicks features the songwriting skills of both Buckingham and Nicks in equal measures, with both contributing four songs individually to the LP.
All of the Nicks-penned tracks are absolute stunners. Her songs and vocals are a snapshot of a woman at a very specific, tumultuous time in her early 20s. She's introspective and full of questions for herself and the world around her; she is deeply in love, but already anticipating the end.
Stevie Nicks' vocals are some of her best. However, the "magic" really shows when both Buckingham and Nicks harmonize together. The harmonies are where this album shines the brightest.
This album has great guitar work by Buckingham. He plays both 6 and 12 string guitars, vintage Martin guitars and his unique finger-picking style is fantastic. Buckingham had a great folk-influenced Californian pop-rock sound that fit the songs perfectly. The songs are catchy and compact, every element sounding perfectly placed. ~~~ The musicianship on this album is also just fantastic. In addition to Lindsey's fine guitar work, it has some of L.A.'s best studio musicians at the time playing on it.
The album has a bottom-heavy rhythm section with Waddy Wachtel on Guitar, Jim Keltner on Drums, and Jerry Scheff on Bass. That 'thick' lower end probably also caught Mick Fleetwood's ears.
This album contains songs and music that are as good as anything that would come later out later. ~~~~~~ Listening to this album today, it's like you stumbled upon vintage Fleetwood Mac songs or outtakes that you had forgotten about or never heard before. The songs, vocals and musicianship on this album are fantastic. They are the 'roots' of vintage 70s Fleetwood Mac. "Buckingham Nicks" contains several songs that should've been hits.
The driving 'Don't Let Me Down Again' sounds like a cross between 'World Turning' and 'Second Hand News'. It has amazing energy.
Nicks’ “Crying in the Night,” about a woman in a relationship who has a wandering eye, was one of the duo's best early songs that they brought into Fleetwood Mac. 
With the fierce singing from Stevie, her witty lyrics, and Buckingham's wicked electric guitar solos, 'Long Distance Winner' is a fantastic track.
The musical highlight of the album is the closer, the 7-minute long “Frozen Love.” Appropriately enough, this is the tune that Mick Fleetwood is rumored to have heard one day while touring Sound City, prompting him to offer Buckingham a spot as lead guitarist in Fleetwood Mac. 
If you like the mid to late 70s Fleetwood Mac 'white' cover albums, you'll love this album as well. ~~~ When putting this album upon Ebay this morning, I noticed something for the very first time. The vinyl label claims that the band is "Nicks & Buckingham" and that the title of the record is "Buckingham Nicks". The cover says just 'Buckingham Nicks'. Which is the band name, which is the album name? 
~~~~ THE STORY BEHIND "BUCKINGHAM NICKS"
Most people think that Stevie and Lindsey hooked up just for this 1973 debut album, but, they had been making music in bands and as a duo for several years already, and had known each other for much longer. 
Stevie and Lindsey first sang together in 1966, when they both attended the same high school in Palo Alto.
Soon after, Lindsey was in a Bay Area psych-rock band, Fritz, with some of his childhood friends, and asked Stevie to join. With her charismatic persona and amazing powerful voice, she was fronting the group by the summer of 1968.
Nicks was just 19, and her musical heroes included Janis Joplin and Grace Slick. Buckingham was 18, a fan of Beatles music but also a fan of the soft California Folk and Country that was prevalent at the time.
In 1971, a friend, Keith Olsen, who was a young and upcoming record producer, saw Fritz live and liked what he saw in Stevie & Lindsey's onstage chemistry. He offered to work with them as a duo, without their band, at his run down Van Nuys, L.A. studio, Sound City. That was the beginning of Buckingham Nicks.
Lindsey and Stevie had a rough start. She worked as a hostess/waitress to pay rent while Lindsey preferred to hang out, play guitar, write music and party.
They started writing together, purchased a used 4-track reel-to-reel, and recorded some demos in the back room of a Coffee Factory that Lindsey's father owned in Daly City. 
Early on, Stevie had a natural ability for writing lyrics that reflected her, and most people's, everyday life, her uncertainty about the future, and which also drew odd symbolism from her interest in mysticism. She and Lindsey both shared a great gift for Melody and songwriting.
Nicks has one of the most immediately identifiable voices in rock, low and deep, like it’s bubbling up from her unconscious. She can sound innocent and vulnerable, but also commanding and assertive. A perfect mix.
They eventually put together a tape of 7 original demos and took it to their buddy Olsen. Olsen shopped the tape around record companies, but nobody in L.A. was interested in developing it into something more.
They continued to struggle, write and make more demos, often after hours at Sound City, where Olsen gave them free studio time and a place to hang out. 
Olsen, early on, could see and hear their potential, but no-one else did. Olsen even hired Stevie to clean his house, to help them make ends meet.
Eventually a small record label, Anthem records, finally agreed to release their album. The record label did not have any way to promote it, so Polydor agreed to distribute it. Polydor signed on to distribute and promote 2 albums for the duo.
The record was originally released in September 1973. With lukewarm initial reviews and sales, it was dropped from Polydor Records within months of its release. The rights to the album then reverted back to Anthem.
That's part of the reason it's rarely been reissued. Partly because Lindsey didn't like his voice on the recording and partly that Anthem privately still owns the rights. It has remained out-of-print.
After their first album didn't find a market, Lindsey and Stevie continued writing new songs. They were determined that the next Buckingham Nicks album would be stronger and better. Lindsey wrote “Monday Morning,” and Nicks, after reading about a Welsh witch, wrote “Rhiannon.” They co-wrote a beautiful ballad that they called “Landslide.” 
Enter Mick Fleetwood.
Fleetwood was shopping around for a studio and producer to help with making the next Mac album. He stopped in at Sound City and while he was there, Olsen played some reels of his recent production work for Fleetwood to hear, including some of the recent Buckingham Nicks mix. 
Fleetwood liked the sound of the studio. Olsen made an agreement to start working with Fleetwood Mac on a new album in February 1975.
Then, suddenly in December 1974, Fleetwood got the news that both Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac's main songwriter, and Bob Weston were quitting the band.
Now, Fleetwood Mac was in dire need of a guitar player. The story goes that Fleetwood heard 'Frozen Love', wanted that guitar sound in his band, and asked Olsen if Lindsey would be interested in joining his band.
Lindsey was reluctant to give up on Buckingham Nicks.  He felt their new material was strong and that the musical bond he and Stevie built over the years would soon turn into something big. He wasn't going to leave Stevie behind. It was both of them, together, or nothing.
After having dinner with the members of Fleetwood Mac in January 1975, they BOTH agreed to join.
Olsen ended up engineering and co-producing Fleetwood Mac's 1975 self-titled album, their first with Buckingham and Nicks on board. Stevie and Lindsey dominated every aspect of the mega successful Fleetwood Mac once they teamed up.
The rest is history.
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