Lola My Love-Buckingham and Nicks
Submitted by Rock and Roll Classics Blog
1973-what a year we had, successful ratings in 6 out of 7 major and medium markets. The successful launch of a new FM operation. The sale of two of our lower performing operations. Plus the unbelievable Buckingham Nicks release, we wore the grooves off this one in the studio. The cuts below are all from the album (mulitple songs) included.
Buckingham Nicks was Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The album, just 10 tracks was produced and engineered by Keith Olsen,and recorded in 1973 for Polydor Records, just after they called it quits with their long-time band, Fritz.
It was released in September 1973 and proved to be a commercial failure. If you get your hands on a copy, the album has since gained cult status.
It was reissued in 1976 when Buckingham and Nicks hit the big time with Fleetwood Mac. You may notice that Nicks’ name is misspelled as “Stevi” on the record.
A short tour through the American south commenced after the release of the album; even though Buckingham and Nicks had already joined Fleetwood Mac, but they band was still committed to the dates that were scheduled. Most of these tours featured early performances of Rhiannon, Sorcerer, Frozen Love and Monday Morning.
Lola My Love - Lindsay Buckingham/Stevie Nicks
Sad but despite the enduring popularity of both of its key contributors, the album was never officially released on CD. It has become one of the most requested titles for CD release. fast forward to 2003, Rhino Records announced the album’s pending release as a deluxe CD with bonus tracks; however, the CD was never released.
Buckingham and Nicks share ownership of the album, and because of that two of the album’s ten songs have been issued on CD so far. “Long Distance Winner” was released as part of Nicks’ “Enchanted” box set, and “Stephanie” turned up on a promotional only CD release by Buckingham entitled “Words and Music (A Retrospective).” Another song from the album, “Crystal”, was recorded by the revamped Fleetwood Mac for the group’s 1975 breakthrough LP, Fleetwood Mac, and was also recorded by Stevie herself for the soundtrack to the 1998 film Practical Magic.
(Sidenote)
On an interview on WRLT 100.1 Nashville (9/11/06), Buckingham has expressed an interest in the album seeing the light of day on CD. He also suggested the possibility of a future joint Lindsey Buckingham-Stevie Nicks tour in the next few years to support the re-release. Buckingham-Nicks backing musicians Tom Moncrieff and Gary Hodges have also expressed interest in reuniting with Buckingham and Nicks in a possible future tour.
Album Info (courtsy of Radio and Records)
Personel
Lindsey Buckingham - Guitar, percussion, vocals
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Additional Personnel
Ronnie Tutt - drums
Jim Keltner - drums
Jerry Scheff - Bass
Gary Hodges - drums, Percussion Overdubs
Monty Stark - Synthesizer
Peggy Sandvig - keyboards
Jorge Calderón - Percussion
Waddy Wachtel - Additional Guitar on “Lola (My Love)”
Richard Hallagan - String arrangement
Album Production
Producer: Keith Olsen
Executive Producer: Lee Lasseff
Engineer: Keith Olsen
Assistant Engineer: Richard Dashut
Photography: Jimmy Wachtel
Album Design: Jimmy Wachtel
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January 31st, 2009 at 8:22 am
Lola is one of my favorite Buckingam-Nicks songs. What’s also cool about the album is the dedication to Stevie’s grandfather, “A.J. Nicks, the grandfather of country music”.