Historic events this week from Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Foreigner and The Beatles
JUNE 18, 1982: FLEETWOOD MAC RELEASE MIRAGE
Fleetwood Mac’s Buckingham Nicks-era continued its winning streak with the 2x Platinum Mirage.
The album became the band’s third US #1 album after 1975’s Fleetwood Mac and 1977’s Rumours.
Mirage features Stevie Nicks’ Top 5, Gold-selling single, “Gypsy”
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JUNE 20, 1975: NEIL YOUNG’S TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT
Neil Young’s sixth album, Tonight’s the Night, is a dark album about loss and grief.
Young’s guitarist, Danny Whitten, and roadie Bruce Berry both died of overdoses within several months of one another.
Early releases of the deeply cathartic album contained liner notes from Neil Young: “I’m sorry. You don’t know these people. This means nothing to you.”
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JUNE 20, 1978: FOREIGNER’S DOUBLE VISION
Foreigner followed up their multi-Platinum self-titled debut with Double Vision.
Containing the hits “Hot Blooded”, “Double Vision” and “Blue Morning, Blue Day”, Double Vision remains the band’s biggest album with sales of over 7 million in the US.
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JUNE 21, 1966: THE BEATLES RECORD ‘SHE SAID, SHE SAID’ WITHOUT PAUL McCARTNEY
After bonding during an LSD trip, John & George claimed an inability to relate to Ringo & Paul on any level.
Ringo later agreed to try LSD with his bandmates, while Paul refused.
“She Said, She Said” was inspired by Peter Fonda saying “I know what it’s like to be dead” while on LSD with members of The Beatles and The Byrds.
Paul didn’t perform on the song after storming out during an argument over the song’s arrangement.
