Finally enjoying rerelease more than 50 years after its original debut, the “Buckingham Nicks” album is pure magic, a bright light in a fraught contemporary world sorely in need of hope.

Originally released in 1973, the LP marked the vinyl debut of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The couple recorded the album some seven years after meeting at a youth club, where Stevie sang “California Dreamin‘” with Lindsey playing his guitar. A few years later, Buckingham was invited to play bass with the Bay Area band, Fritz. After insisting that Nicks come on board as lead singer, they began opening shows for the likes of Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane.

By the early 1970s, the couple dropped out of San Jose State University to make a run at an honest-to-goodness musical career. Nicks famous

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