WHY REISSUE?: High profile album, never reissued. It’s surprising that it has not been done already, but surely on the 25 th anniversary the time has now come.ĪLBUM: Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac The album had a very broad appeal in 1987/8 and in the UK ended up being one of the best selling of that decade.Ī special deluxe reissue should therefore have considerable commercial potential. If the band and label were willing to open up the archive, in terms of demos and work-in-progress, then there would be a very real possibility of a larger super deluxe edition to include a further CD of demos / alternates and possibly a DVD for a 5.1 surround mix and why not a hi-res 5.1 Blu-ray? Isn’t It Midnight (alternate version – issued on The Chain: 25 Years Box Set from 1992)Ī third and final disc would be a DVD of all the promo videos and possibly some live footage, although Lindsey Buckingham didn’t participate in that tour so, this might not happen.Family Man (Family Party Bonus Beats 4:36).Family Man (Extended Guitar Remix 6:26).Book of Miracles (4:54 – b-side to Seven Wonders).You And I Part I (3:09 – b-side to 7inch Big Love).The proposition for a 25 th Anniversary Tango In The Night is: These are desperately due a digital release. I am hoping that there is enough interest to continue this approach with Tango In The Night.Įven without any demos or work in progress/alternates there is already more than a CD of previously released b-sides and remixes, mainly issued on the vinyl 7inch and 12inch singles from the album. In the last ten years or so, Warners have reissued expanded versions from the seventies, including 2CD versions of Rumours and Tusk. In fact remarkably, Tango In The Night is the second best selling Fleetwood Mac album after Rumours.Īlthough it may have started out as a Lindsey Buckingham solo album, the finished article, like the best of ‘70s Mac, has songwriting and vocal contributions from Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks, as well as the significant involvement of Buckingham himself (including co-producing with Richard Dashut). Maybe it’s not the connoisseur’s choice, with it’s ‘80s production sheen, but the album sold massively well on the back of a never ending stream of singles, a few of which hit the top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic. Fleetwood Mac’s Tango In The Night is 25 years old in April 2012, and becomes the fifth album in my reissue wish list for next year.