Gold Dust Woman (fade in, glass break, soft howling)

~ Recording by Fleetwood Mac

Annotation

There are 4 variations of this track on various releases of Rumours. Some fade in, some have a hard start. Some have a glass breaking noise at around the 4:00 mark, and some have more pronounced howling noises at the end. There are 4 separate recordings

~4:52 - fade in, glass break, soft howling
~5:00 - fade in, no glass break, loud howling
~5:02 - hard start, glass break, soft howling
~5:08 - hard start, no glass break, loud howling

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
  • 1977-02-04 US
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
1.5Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours (reel‐to‐reel, 7½ IPS, Dolby B)
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours (textured cover)
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
1.22Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacFleetwood Mac / Rumours
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:53Fleetwood MacRumours
  • 1985-10-25 JP
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:52Fleetwood MacRumours (made in West Germany)
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:54Fleetwood MacRumours
  • 1990-10-25 XE
2.9Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacThe Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
  • 2011-04-16 US
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
6.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours (35th anniversary edition)
  • 2013-01-29 XE
  • 2013-01-29 US
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:53Fleetwood MacRumours
  • 2025-03-07 US
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:54Fleetwood MacRumours
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:54Fleetwood MacRumours (256 344 only on disc)
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:52Fleetwood MacRumours (no UPC; matrix 3010-2 SRC-07)
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:51Fleetwood MacRumours
1.11Gold Dust Woman4:54Fleetwood MacRumours

Relationships

producer:Fleetwood Mac
bass guitar:John McVie
drums (drum set) and percussion:Mick Fleetwood
guitar:Lindsey Buckingham
keyboard and synthesizer:Christine McVie
vocals:Stevie Nicks
mixed at:Producer’s Workshop in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:Gold Dust Woman

Gold Dust Woman

lyricist and composer:Stevie Nicks
publisher:Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Gentoo Music, Inc. (in 1977)
Welsh Witch Music (in 1977)