Buckingham Nicks: Buckingham Nicks (2025 remaster, baby blue vinyl) [WARNER]

Why you'll love it

The first official reissue in more than fifty years of the album Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks made before they joined Fleetwood Mac. Rhino has it remastered on baby blue vinyl, and it is the record that got them the job.

This edition

• 2025 remaster
• Baby blue vinyl
• Rhino pressing
• Ten tracks, five per side

About the album

Before Rumours, before Fleetwood Mac, there was this: a young couple from California with a handful of songs, a lot of harmonies and a cover photo that caused a stir in 1973. Buckingham Nicks sold poorly, Polydor dropped them, and for decades the album was one of the great lost records, traded on old LPs and bootlegs because it was never officially reissued. Then Mick Fleetwood heard "Frozen Love" while checking out a studio, asked about the guitarist, and the rest is very well-known history.

Listening now, you can hear the Fleetwood Mac to come in every song. "Crying in the Night" and "Without a Leg to Stand On" have that sunny, sad California shimmer, Nicks' "Crystal" later turned up again on the Fleetwood Mac album, and "Frozen Love" closes with a seven-minute guitar epic that shows exactly why Buckingham got the call. The 2025 remaster finally gives it the sound it always deserved. Fifty-odd years is a long time to wait for a reissue, but it was well worth it, and no bootleg required.

Tracklist

Listen

On Rhino, a remastered reissue of the 1973 album.