Fleetwood Mac are set to release a souped-up edition of their classic 1982 album, Mirage, later this month. The Mirage Deluxe Edition features the original album with newly remastered sound, as well as a fine selection of rare and previously unreleased recordings and outtakes.
Mirage, the group's thirteenth studio album and the follow-up release to the 1979 double-album, Tusk, continued their incredible streak of consecutive multi-platinum albums. During the summer of 1982, Mirage topped the album charts and added to the band’s already impressive canon of hits with singles "Gypsy", "Hold Me", and "Love In Store".
Fourth single, "Oh Diane", achieved moderate success, reaching #9 and remaining in the UK charts for 15 weeks. Written by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut (who produced several Fleetwood Mac albums including Rumours, Tusk, Mirage and Tango In The Night, as well as co-writing several songs with Buckingham), the simple, cheerful love song has a retro 50s feel with almost Elvis-like "whoa-ohs" and a wobble to the vocal delivery.
Oh no, here I go again
Fallin' in love again
Love is like a grain of sand
Slowly slippin' through your hand
Oh oh, whoa...
Oh oh, Diane...
Hear a previously unreleased early version of "Oh Diane", taken from the upcoming Deluxe Edition:
Available on September 23, the new Mirage Deluxe Edition expands on the original album and is available in three formats:
- Deluxe: Three CDs, DVD and LP. Original album remastered, plus b-sides and rarities; the original album on LP; live performances; and a 5.1 mix on DVD.
- Expanded: Two CDs. Original album remastered, plus a disc of b-sides and rarities.
- Remastered: Original album remastered.
Digital versions of the Deluxe and Remastered formats will also be available.
If the Deluxe version is whetting your collector's appetite, here's a deeper look into the set...
The Deluxe edition includes a second disc that has 19 tracks dedicated entirely to outtakes and rarities. Among the unreleased gems are early versions of several album tracks – "Empire State", "Oh Diane" (listen above) and "Book Of Love" – along with outtakes for songs that didn't make it to the album: "If You Were My Love" and "Smile At You". There is also an unreleased cover of the Fats Domino classic "Blue Monday," as well as the rare, extended mix for "Gypsy" that was used in the music video.
Exclusive to the Deluxe edition is a third disc that has more than a dozen live performances recorded in Los Angeles during Fleetwood Mac's 1982 U.S. tour. Along with early hits – "You Make Loving Fun" and "The Chain" – the collection includes performances of Mirage standouts like "Love In Store," "Eyes Of The World" and "Gypsy."
The DVD-Audio disc contains both the 5.1 Surround and 24/96 Stereo Audio mixes of the original album. The set also includes a vinyl copy of Mirage.
Find out more about these deluxe edition releases here.
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