Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

As such, my review for the 45 rpm was very high - it is the best version of Rumours I've ever heard. Additionally, the records themselves were almost perfectly quiet. Thus, if you buy the 45 rpm or the SACD, you will get the same experience,

There is one small difference between the 45 rpm and this SACD. In the song Gold Dust Woman you hear yelling (possibly from an audience member or perhaps from the band itself). That yelling is not on this SACD. Nonetheless, the versions of that song sound the same (that yelling may have been on a separate track they could easily remove).

Overall, the SACD is essentially perfect as there is no surface noise at all.

The BAD: The 5.1 mix is a mess. Instruments that were never there were mixed in. The vocal mixes are all over the place. Mick’s drums have all but disappeared. Someone really liked Stevie Nicks because her vocals are way up in the mix. Sometimes it even sounds like an alternate vocal take was used. There is extra reverb on the vocals & instruments that drown out the rest of the mix. John McVie’s bass is boomy and sounds unnatural. This is the worst 5.1 mix I have ever heard. Who decides to wreck one of the greatest rock albums of all time? This record did not need "fixing". I know Ken Callut, who engineered the original album, mixed the 5.1 version; but he did not do