Blue Letter

The first was “Blue Letter”, which, like many of the songs on the Fleetwood Mac album, was intended for the second Buckingham Nicks LP.

Unlike “Blue Letter”, the second demo titled “Seven League Boots” was not adopted by the group and was later reworked to become Crosby, Stills, and Nash’s 1982 hit, “Southern Cross”.

While Fleetwood Mac was recording their eponymous album at Sound City with producer Keith Olsen, they overheard Michael and Richard Curtis rehearsing the song in another room.

Pleased with what they heard, the band decided to record the song to include on Fleetwood Mac.

Co-writer Michael Curtis revealed in an interview that the inspiration for the song came from an actual letter that was mailed to his brother Richard.