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ERASE THEIR HELL
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Buckingham Nicks
is the only album
by the duo of
American rock guitarist
and singer
both of whom
later joined
Fleetwood Mac.
Produced by
Keith Olsen,
the album was released
in September 1973
by Polydor Records.
The album was a
commercial failure
on its original release,
and despite the duo's
subsequent success,
it remained without a
commercial remaster
or digital re-release
for over five decades.
The album was remastered
and re-released on CD,
vinyl,
and streaming services on
September 19, 2025.
Rhino Records handled distribution.
Upon its re-release,
Buckingham Nicks
charted in several countries,
reaching the top 20
in Austria,
Belgium,
Croatia,
Germany,
the Netherlands,
the United Kingdom,
and the United States.
Billboard reported that
the album sold
30,000 copies
in the United States
during its first week
on the
Billboard 200 chart
in September 2025.
Background
Prior to recording the album
Buckingham Nicks,
Lindsey Buckingham
and
Stevie Nicks
performed together in
the Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band.
The pair met while they were
both attending
Menlo-Atherton High School
in Atherton, California,
south of San Francisco.
At the time,
Nicks was a senior
in high school
and Buckingham was a junior.
According to Nicks,
they first met at a casual,
after-school
"Young Life"
gathering in 1966.
Nicks and Buckingham
harmonized to
"California Dreamin',"
a hit single by
the Mamas and the Papas.
Nevertheless,
Nicks and Buckingham
did not collaborate again
for another two years.
In 1968 Buckingham invited Nicks
to sing in Fritz,
a band for which he was
playing bass guitar
and included some of his
high school friends
While performing with Fritz,
Nicks had attended
San Jose State University,
studying speech communication.
Buckingham joined her at college,
also managing to
balance school and music.
Although Nicks and Buckingham
never performed
their own original music
while in Fritz,
the band provided them
with the opportunity to
gain experience on stage,
performing in front of crowds
while opening for
wildly successful
rock and roll acts.
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane,
Janis Joplin
of Big Brother
and the Holding Company
and
Jimi Hendrix,
whom Fritz also opened for,
would all prove
influential on Nicks
and her developing
stage persona.
The band manager,
David Forrester,
worked hard to secure
a record deal for Fritz,
despite their sound
differing from the harder,
psychedelic music
of their more
popular contemporaries.
Fritz was brought
to the attention of
Keith Olsen,
who was serving as a
record producer
and had recently formed
his own company
with entrepreneurs
Ted Feigin
and
Lee Lasseff
called Anthem Records.
Upon seeing the band perform
in San Jose, California,
Olsen encouraged Nicks
and Buckingham
to record a demo
at Sound City Studios
in Los Angeles
without the
remaining members of Fritz.
Lasseff secured a distribution deal
for the duo with
Polydor Records
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