On what would have been Christine McVie’s 80th birthday Wednesday, Rhino has shared the Fleetwood Mac legend’s unreleased “Little Darlin’,” a track recorded during the sessions for her 2004 solo LP In the Meantime.
Rhino will reissue both McVie’s 1984 self-titled album and In the Meantime on November 3, with the latter being released on vinyl for the first time, complete with a new mix overseen by McVie’s collaborator on the album, her nephew Dan Perfect, Rolling Stone reports.
“When my aunt Christine McVie died unexpectedly last year, plans were already afoot for the re-release of this solo album, which is perhaps her most personal and intimate project,” Perfect said of In the Meantime in a statement.
“Chris and I had been working for some time on remixing the original tracks in Dolby Atmos, and Chris was excited and intrigued by this process, which was bringing fresh life and contemporaneity to the songs… I dearly wish that she could have lived to see this re-release as she would have been delighted.”
One of the very last interviews given by Christine MC Vie at the release of her latest album
'Cocaine and champagne made me perform better. I have to say I’m not guilt-free in that department but Stevie and I were very careful.'
'The boys used to get provided with cocaine in Heineken bottle tops onstage, but Stevie and I only did the tiny little spoons.'
'I suppose sometimes we got a bit out-there, but we were quite restrained, really. I always took fairly good care of myself. My drug of choice was cocaine and champagne.'
'I didn’t use any other drugs at all. It’s easy for me to say, but I think it made me perform better. Maybe somebody could tell me different.' (Guardian)
How i got reed of my fear of flying? One day I just decided not to be afraid of it any more, and that was it! I felt liberated. Then I thought: “I’m actually enjoying this.” Life’s too short to be afraid of things like flying. You’d never go anywhere. I love flying now.
At one point, McVie confesses that she did become momentarily envious of the constant attention Nicks received; yet at the same time, she also recognises that she could make better use of her songwriting abilities behind the keyboard. “My role was not being a frontliner,” she demures, and Nicks confirms that if McVie was ever hungry for centre stage, she never let it be known.
