"Go Insane" - Lindsey Buckingham

Todd, Pat's info is not a misprint. Elektra 60363 was the original 1984
catalog #. In 1992, we received in to the station a promo sampler on
Reprise (PRO-CD-5482), entitled "Lindsey Buckingham - Words & Music
(A Retrospective)," which alternated interview snippets between songs he
was associated with, be it with Buckingham/Nicks, Fleetwood Mac and
some of his better-known solo works. At the time, this was done to
promote his then-new solo album on Reprise, "Out Of The Cradle". As for
your copy on WB, as is sometimes the case after a while, perhaps
ownership of both his solo & duet catalog eventually reverted back to
Lindsey himself, who was then free to negotiate with other labels as he
pleased. It appears that WB must have made him an offer to then license
his non-Fleetwood Mac output, back sometime during the mid to late
90's. It probably just made the most sense for everyone, at this point, to
just have all of Lindsey's major recorded output, be it solo, duo or group,
under the same "corporate umbrella", for any possible future "Fleetwood
Mac-and-related" re-issues.

Edited by jimct

jimct wrote: Todd, Pat's info is not a misprint. Elektra 60363 was the original 1984 catalog #. In 1992, we received in to the station a promo sampler on Reprise (PRO-CD-5482), entitled "Lindsey Buckingham - Words & Music (A Retrospective)," which alternated interview snippets between songs he was associated with, be it with Buckingham/Nicks, Fleetwood Mac and some of his better-known solo works. At the time, this was done to promote his then-new solo album on Reprise, "Out Of The Cradle". As for your copy on WB, as is sometimes the case after a while, perhaps ownership of both his solo & duet catalog eventually reverted back to Lindsey himself, who was then free to negotiate with other labels as he pleased. It appears that WB must have made him an offer to then license his non-Fleetwood Mac output, back sometime during the mid to late 90's. It probably just made the most sense for everyone, at this point, to just have all of Lindsey's major recorded output, be it solo, duo or group, under the same "corporate umbrella", for any possible future "Fleetwood Mac-and-related" re-issues.

Thanks, Jim. I purchased my copy of Lindsey Buckingham's Go Insane CD just in the past few years and kinda figured a new contract or agreement had been made at some point to have all his recorded output moved back to the Warner Bros label. As far as I can tell, the Warner Bros. CD pressing of Go Insane is in every way identical to the original Elektra release.

aaronk wrote: I recently picked up a copy of the sampler that Jim mentions, because I wanted a copy of "Holiday Road." It's a neat disc, and it's interesting to hear the commentary. My one disappointment with it is that the commentary ever-so-slightly overlaps the beginning and/or end of a few tracks. "Go Insane" is one of those tracks.

I once bought (and then quickly sold) that ""Lindsey Buckingham - Words
& Music (A Retrospective) CD," which like Aaron, I also bought for "Holiday
Road". However, I found the sound quality of that particular song to be
awful. This didn't surprise me since the song had never been released on
CD up until that point, and this was a promo sampler (with interviews)
meant for radio or other promotions. I was pretty sure this song didn't
come from the master tape because it sounded so bad. (I'd guessed really
bad clean vinyl software was used, or a terrible tape source, like cassette
or multi-generation tape). As for the UK 17-song Buckingham/Fleetwood
Mac sampler that came later, I'd also assumed they'd gotten the track
from "Retrospective" and never requested that WB transfer the master
tape. (Although, I'd be curious to know what that file sounds like.)

Well, now "Holiday Road" is finally available digitally - from master tape
and not on a promo CD! (both the A-side and B-side of the 7" single). I
search for it periodically, and today I learned it was released digitally only
a month ago. Lossless versions can be bought at Pono and 7Digital, for
those who wouldn't want a lower quality file from iTunes or amazon-mp3.

But here's what's most interesting. Spotify not only has the single available
for listening, they also have the whole "National Lampoon's Vacation"
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available - also put up digitally in
2015 - and the version of "Holiday Road" is an alternate mix and longer. I
don't have the original soundtrack on LP - so does anyone know - does
this song have both a single and album version? Or is this 2015 digital
release of the soundtrack using an alternate mix? As for the mix on the
"National Lampoon Vacation" digital soundtrack, I would "almost" describe
it as the original mix plus piano added, and it doesn't fade - it comes to
an end, slightly later then where the faded 45 ends. I say "almost" because
the last few seconds of the "soundtrack" version might be a little different,
drum-wise and otherwise. I didn't A-B these. This was just on first listen.
Since this song peaked too low on the top 100 to be included in the
database, I'm wondering if anyone here knows the answers to these
questions. I actually like the longer version with added piano! I'll probably
buy both versions digitally. This other version is mastered hotter - just
comes more alive when you play it after hearing the original version.

UPDATE: I just checked ebay and found "Holiday Road" on 2 VA
compilation CDs: "Back to the 80's Movie Soundtrack Rewind" on the
Planet Music label and "A Hollywood Christmas" on Time-Life. Does
anyone know for sure if either of these use master tape sources? I think
Time-Life might have a shot, but it's hard to say with a song that never
had a proper commercially released version on CD.

Edited by EdisonLite

aaronk wrote: I just pulled out my Words And Music disc, and the sound quality of "Holiday Road" is perfect. It doesn't sound like a high-generation tape or a vinyl dub.

Out of curiosity, I did the same thing. I didn't hear any vinyl crackle or artifacts on the fade. Sounds pretty good to my ears.

FYI, the Buckingham Nicks track on Words And Music is taken from vinyl.

Hmmm... I wonder why I remember it sounding so badly. I even sold it. I
guess I compared it to my cleaned vinyl taken from 12" and maybe it
sounded very dull or something. Guess I should've held on to the CD.