Buckingham Nicks: Before The Glitter Faded (Rare Demos 1973 - 1974)


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Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks didn’t appear from nowhere when they joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975. Before that, the pair had already released their only studio album together, Buckingham Nicks (September 1973). Running alongside that record is a fascinating set of home-recorded demos often referred to as the Coffee Plant Demos.
Recorded late at night in Daly City on a half-inch, four-track Ampex machine, these sessions were cut at the coffee roasting plant owned by Buckingham’s father—where the tape machine was kept. Notably, none of the songs here appear on the Buckingham Nicks album, making this collection feel like a de-facto debut: intimate, melodic, and packed with strong, fully formed writing.

Also included are the Cathouse Blues Demos, recorded by Nicks in the early ’70s without Buckingham. These recordings are equally compelling, with several songs later resurfacing—reworked as Fleetwood Mac tracks or appearing as finished versions on Stevie Nicks’ solo albums.

Long cherished by fans, these demos offer a rare window into the early chemistry of two iconic songwriters—capturing the craft, ambition, and spark that would soon take them to a much bigger stage.

Track listing

Side One – The Coffee Plant Demos
  • Without You
  • Nomad
  • That’s Alright
  • Garbo
  • Sorcerer
  • Cathouse Blues
  • Goldfish and the Ladybug
Side Two – The Cathouse Blues Demos
  • Secret Love
  • Without You
  • Candlebright
  • That’s Alright
  • Cathouse Blues
  • Smile At You
  • Castaway

Coloured vinyl edition of 300

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