Pop Culture from an Alternate Dimension

           Albums are oft put out of assorted artists covering songs of a certain songwriter. I remember when I got Red Hot + Blue in 1990, which had modern musicians doing Cole Porter tunes. Since Halloween is this Friday I wanted to do an album of songs using Edgar Allan Poe's words. The first rule I set for myself was no more than one song from any artist. Buddy Morrow, Spectral Kaleidoscope and Glass Prism did complete albums based on Poe's work. Alan Parsons also did a complete record of music influenced by Poe but did not use any actual lines written by him. Second rule was the songs had to use Poe's words. Thirdly, only one version of any poem. Lastly, I wanted it to be a variety, I could have done a complete death metal version. Songs of Edgar Allan Poe - YouTube

  This is another pre instead of post album. Mick Fleetwood asked Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham to join the band after record producer Keith Olsen played "Frozen Love" for Fleetwood.  Olsen had recently engineered it for the Buckingham Nicks album.  So, what if Mick asked them to join and folded them into the band in 1973? Instead of the duo releasing a solo album, their songs would be included on Fleetwood Mac's Mystery to Me . I removed Fleetwood Mac's cover of the Yardbird's song "For Your Love", "Just Crazy Love" and "Forever" to make room for "Frozen Love", "Don't Let me Down Again" (which Fleetwood Mac would play on tour) and "Crying in the Night". Another song from the Buckingham Nicks  album, Crystal, would be re-recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1975. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCHnLE0OxajH6vojw393-ushvWJbK9cmT&si=fQeYAF4LaD0dzuLb