Christine McVie contributed backing vocals, keyboards and cover art to Kiln House, although she was not a full member of the band until shortly after the album's completion.

Fleetwood had a difficult time at the English boarding schools he attended, but his parents approved of his artistic pursuits and reluctantly let him drop out of school at age 15 to focus seriously on being a musician. He ended up moving in with his sister in London and taking gigs wherever he could find them.

Jeremy Spencer was Fleetwood Mac's original guitarist and played with the group on its first four albums. In 1971, shortly after arriving in LA for a gig at the Whisky A Go Go, Spencer left the band's hotel room to visit a bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard. He did not return, forcing the cancellation of that evening's concert while the band went searching for him. Some days later, he was found to have joined a religious cult called the Children of God and no longer wanted to any involvement with Fleetwood Mac.

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down

In 1979, looking for a title track for their as-yet-unnamed album, Mick Fleetwood suggested that they take the rehearsal riff that Lindsey Buckingham used for sound-checks. In addition to traditional percussion, the track features Buckingham playing drums on a Kleenex box and Fleetwood banging a lamb chop with a spatula.

In 1970, "Black Magic Woman" became a huge hit for Santana, reaching No. 4 in the U.S. and Canadian charts, after appearing on their Abraxas album. But it was originally a Fleetwood Mac song, released as a single in 1968 and appearing on the 1969 compilation album English Rose.

During the 1973 US tour to promote Mystery to Me, guitarist Bob Weston was discovered to be having an affair with Fleetwood's wife, Jenny Boyd Fleetwood. Weston was fired two weeks in, with another twenty-six concerts scheduled, and the tour was cancelled.

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be, better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

"The Chain" was created from combinations of several previously rejected materials, including solo work by Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie. Several critics have cited it as one of the most evocative expressions of the internal fracture among various band members at the time. Buckingham and Nicks were ending their relationship at the same time that John and Christine McVie's marriage broke down, as did that of Fleetwood and his wife, Jenny Boyd.

In the black-and-white photo, Fleetwood assumes a Captain Morgan-like stance--toilet chain balls dangling proudly from his belt. The look started when he stole the toilet chains from the bathroom of a club the band was performing at for good luck. They've since become his fashion signature, and he wears them whenever he performs--though he admits losing the originals at a gig and having to get a replacement set.