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Rhiannon

Fleetwood Mac

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LIST YEAR

1976

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.

Genre

PopRock

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1975

Release: 1975Source checked | Recent carryover

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Rhino - Fleetwood Mac original 1975 album and editions
Original 1975 album contains Rhiannon and introduced Buckingham and Nicks to this lineup; later single mixes are explicitly separate bonus material.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Researched recording background

Rhiannon belongs to Fleetwood Mac's 1975 self-titled album, the first made with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in the lineup. Rhino's reissue separates the original album from later single mixes and concert performances. That distinction is useful when comparing the familiar recording with other editions bearing the same title.

Evidence scope: Source-supported recording, release and career context; personal songwriting inspiration is not inferred.

Sources for this information

Rhino - Fleetwood Mac original 1975 album and editions
Original 1975 album contains Rhiannon and introduced Buckingham and Nicks to this lineup; later single mixes are explicitly separate bonus material. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

Earlier note and its recorded status

Earlier status: Supplied note - not independently verified. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.

A Welsh myth about a goddess named Rhiannon.

Owner-supplied 1976.html, song-list position 57

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Source-supported first release year of the original recording at year precision. Later single-chart appearances and anthology or remaster dates are separate. Exact user-file audio, edit and mastering remain unverified.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.

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