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• Amazon Sales Rank: #219000 in DVD
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

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Recorded in late 1987, his hour-long concert documents a transitional period for Fleetwood Mac, with Lindsey Buckingham, their driving force, having left (until '97) that same year. It's a testament to Buckingham's role in the band that it took two guitarist-singers to replace him; but while Billy Burnette and Rick Vito are fine musicians with an abiding respect for the Mac legacy (they perform founding member Peter Green's "Oh Well" and "I Loved Another Woman"), this is a mostly lackluster affair, lacking Buckingham's fire and eccentric stage presence. Mainstays Mick Fleetwood and John McVie soldier on, as ever, with Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie still on hand as well, and Rumours-era tunes like "Dreams," "Don't Stop," and "The Chain" have a certain timeless appeal. But when a vest equipped with drum and percussion sounds is the highlight of the show (during Fleetwood's solo spot), you know you're not exactly witnessing history in the making. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews

Fleetwood Mac music for rehab members
This video is perfect evidence of the downfall of the band after the departure of Lindsey Buckingham. The late eighties saw the band become a slick "hair band" with little to offer that was unpredictable. The set list from this 1988 concert filmed at San Francisco's Cow Palace sounds overproduced and anything but live. Moreover, the close-ups shots of Ms Stevie Nicks (that were redone months later after she was unhappy with her appearance) are downright comical. It's obvious they don't match the rest of the footage...What were they thinking. The long and senseless drum solo by Mick Fleetwood in "World Turning" is redundant and again, comical at best. Thank goodness, this wonderfal band redeemed itself with 1998's "The Dance" ( a much better buy). There is a God!! Skip this lemon and go for "The Dance"

fake close-ups and no Buckingham
This tour was when Mr. Buckingham quit the band in 1987, in support of the superb "Tango in the night" album. They replaced Buckingham with not one, but two guitarists, Rick Vito and Billy Burrnet(a thousand guitarists couldn't replace Buckngham's electricity). While the tour itself was enjoyable, due to Stevie Nicks and Christine Mcvie, this video shoot, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, falls flat for many reasons. While trying to spotlight the 2 new male members as a vital part of the new line-up, it simply shows how Billy and Rick lack the personality and electricity that has made Fleetwood Mac one of the finest live bands in the history of rock and roll. They simply don't "fit in" here. Lindsey Buckingham is sorrowly missed here. And to top things off, Stevie Nicks' close-ups are obvious re-shoots that were edited into this video performace long after the show was shot, as they don't match the stock footage at all. Stevie Nicks is perhaps one of the most beautiful rock icons in history and certainly there was no need to re-shoot close-ups and insert them into this concert. The overall feel is forced, and doesn't compare to the groups's "mirage" video release, or the recent "The Dance" video.Let's hope the 1982 "Mirage" video concert, and the 1980 "Tusk concert/documentary" find their way to DVD soon, which better demonstrate why Fleetwood Mac is one of the best rock bands ever.This dvd simply doesn't do the band much justice.

Good music is good music is good music!
Many reviewers here seem to be more Fleetwood Mac fans and less music fans? I'm a Mac fan also, but was pleasantly surprised with the two new replacements (Billy Burnette and Rick Vito) in this video. One of Fleetwood Mac's strengths is the variation of songs and styles resulting from having three different singers/songwriters in the band. Instead of knocking them, I view Lindsay Buckingham's replacements as a continuation of such (and I am a Lindsay Buckingham fan also). Sure, the video may have been 'overproduced' (is it a video, or is it a concert?), and one could nitpick different areas, but many of the songs sounded better than any previous renditions I'd previously heard. I don't know which is the lead guitarist (Burnette or Vito), but I thought he put on a heckuva show, and is definitely talented. Is he a better guitarist than Lindsay Buckingham? That would be tough call, and isn't that alone reason enough to view this video? The only reason I didn't give this video 5 stars is that it's only 60 minutes long. A few more Mac favorites (heck, I'd be willing to give a few more of the newcomers' songs a try) to stretch it to around 90 minutes would have made it great.