FLEETWOOD MAC (Rhino High Fidelity) Numbered Limited Edition № 0374 / 5000 MINT

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FLEETWOOD MAC (self-titled) Rhino High Fidelity Numbered Limited Edition № 0374 / 5000 MINT

Label:

Rhino Records RHF1 2225

Series:

Rhino High Fidelity

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Stereo, 180 Gram, Gatefold

Country:

Pressed in Germany

Released:

Aug 8, 2025

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Pop Rock
Tracklist: A1 Monday Morning Written-By – Buckingham* 2:48 A2 Warm Ways Written-By – McVie* 3:50 A3 Blue Letter Written-By – Curtis*, Curtis* 2:31 A4 Rhiannon Written-By – Nicks* 4:12 A5 Over My Head Written-By – McVie* 3:34 A6 Crystal Written-By – Nicks* 5:12 B1 Say You Love Me Written-By – McVie* 4:11 B2 Landslide Written-By – Nicks* 3:05 B3 World Turning Written-By – McVie*, Buckingham* 4:25 B4 Sugar Daddy Rhythm Guitar – Waddy* Written-By – McVie* 4:09 B5 I'm So Afraid Written-By – Buckingham* 4:15

• Corporate Owner – Warner Music Group
• Manufactured For – Rhino Entertainment Company
• Recorded At – Sound City Studios
• Mixed At – Sound City Studios
• Mixed At – Kendun Recorders
• Mastered At – Cohearent Audio
• Lacquer Cut At – Cohearent Audio
• Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH

• Bass – John McVie
• Drums, Percussion – Mick Fleetwood
• Guitar [Guitars], Vocals – Lindsey Buckingham
• Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Christine McVie
• Liner Notes – Anthony DeCurtis
• Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By – Kevin Gray
• Vocals – Stevie Nicks

The LP is numbered to 5000 copies. This copy Numbered Limited Edition № 0374 / 5000.
Packaged in a tip-on gatefold sleeve with an obi strip.
Includes a double-sided lyrics insert and a 4-page booklet.

Recorded at Sound City, Los Angeles
Mixed at Sound City & Kendun Recorders

This Reissue ℗ & © 2025, 1975 Warner Records LLC, a Warner Music Group Company.
Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021. Made in U.S.A.

On the labels: Made in Germany.

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): RHF1-2225-A2 0603497813810 KPG@CA 1I BP34892-01 Λ A Λ
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): RHF1-2225-B2 0603497813810 KPG@CA 1I BP34892-01 B1 1V

AAA Cut From The Original Stereo Master Tapes By Kevin Gray
Pressed On 180-Gram Heavyweight Vinyl At Optimal
Heavyweight Glossy Gatefold Jacket
Features An Exclusive Insert With New Liner Notes From Anthony DeCurtis In Conversation With Lindsey Buckingham

Limited Numbered Edition Of 5,000. This copy Numbered Limited Edition № 0374 / 5000.

     Released on July 11, 1975, Fleetwood Mac was the band’s tenth studio album and the second named after the group, sharing its title with their 1968 debut. Often referred to by fans as ‘The White Album,’ it also introduced Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks into the group’s core lineup, joining Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Christine McVie. The chemistry between the five was immediate—and transformative. The album’s sound marked a break from the band’s blues-based roots, pivoting toward a melodic, harmony-rich approach that would come to define a generation of FM radio.

     Christine McVie’s “Over My Head” was the first single from the album and the band’s first U.S. Top 20 hit. It was followed by “Rhiannon,” “Say You Love Me,” and “Landslide,” tracks that remain among the most beloved in the band’s catalog. While initial momentum was modest, the album gained traction through constant touring and word of mouth. Fifteen months after its release, Fleetwood Mac reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to sell over 7 million copies in the U.S. alone.

ABOUT THE RHINO HIGH FIDELITY SERIES
     Rhino is synonymous with high-quality reissues, setting the standard with award-winning audio releases for the past 45 years. Now we're raising the bar with a new premium vinyl series, Rhino High Fidelity. These high-end, limited-edition vinyl reissues of classic albums represent the pinnacle of sound and packaging.

     To ensure consistent sonic excellence, Kevin Gray will cut lacquers for all Rhino Hi-Fi releases, and Optimal will press the 180-gram vinyl records. The releases boast high-quality glossy covers and “tip-on” jackets, an old-school aesthetic that evokes the golden age of vinyl.

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     It's unfair to say that Fleetwood Mac had no pop pretensions prior to the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the lineup in 1975. When they were led by Bob Welch they often flirted with pop, even recording the first version of the unabashedly smooth and sappy "Sentimental Lady," which would later be one of the defining soft rock hits of the late '70s. Still, there's no denying that 1975's Fleetwood Mac represents not just the rebirth of the band, but in effect a second debut for the group -- the introduction of a band that would dominate the sound of American and British mainstream pop for the next seven years. In fact, in retrospect, it's rather stunning how thoroughly Buckingham and Nicks, who had previously recorded as a duo and were romantically entangled in the past, overtook the British blues band. As soon as the Californian duo came onboard, Fleetwood Mac turned into a West Coast pop/rock band, transforming the very identity of the band and pushing the band's other songwriter, keyboardist Christine McVie, to a kindred soft rock sound. It could have all been too mellow if it weren't for the nervy, restless spirit of Buckingham, whose insistent opener, "Monday Morning," sets the tone for the rest of the album, as well the next few years of the group's career. Surging with a pushily melodic chorus and a breezy Californian feel, the song has little to do with anything the Mac had done before this, and it is a positively brilliant slice of pop songwriting, simultaneously urgent and timeless. After that barnstorming opener, Buckingham lies back a bit, contributing only two other songs -- a cover of Richard Curtis' "Blue Letter," the second best up-tempo song here, and the closer, "I'm So Afraid" -- while the rest of the album is given over to the wily spirits of Nicks and McVie, whose singles "Rhiannon," "Say You Love Me," and "Over My Head" deservedly made this into a blockbuster. But a bandmember's contribution can never be reduced to his own tracks, and Buckingham not only gives the production depth, he motivates the rest of the band, particularly Nicks and McVie, to do great work, not just on the hit singles but the album tracks that give this record depth. It was diverse without being forced, percolating with innovative ideas, all filtered through an accessible yet sophisticated sensibility. While Rumours had more hits and Tusk was an inspired work of mad genius, Fleetwood Mac wrote the blueprint for Californian soft rock of the late '70s and was the standard the rest were judged by. Allmusic