Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin yawon shakatawa na Amurka a watan Fabrairun 1971 tare da sabon mawakin keyboard Christine McVie yanzu ya shiga ƙungiyar, Spencer ya yi baƙin ciki da rayuwarsa a cikin Fleetwood Mac, kuma ya ambata a cikin hirarraki da yawa wani abin da ya faru lokacin da ƙungiyar ke sauraron rikodin tsohuwar kide-kide. Lokacin da ya ji kansa yana raira waƙa, sai ya ce, "Wannan yana da ban tsoro. Yana kama da shit. " Dangane da wani asusun da Mick Fleetwood ya bayar, Spencer a bayyane yake yana da wahalar murmurewa daga tafiya ta mescaline da ya samu a farkon balaguron Amurka. Ba da daɗewa ba kafin tafiya ta band daga San Francisco zuwa Los Angeles, LA ta sami babban
girgizar ƙasa. Kasancewa a cikin yanayin tunanin mutum mai rauni kuma cike da tsananin mummunan zato, Spencer ya damu sosai game da tafiya zuwa LA. Ba tare da nasara ba ya roƙi Fleetwood ya soke wannan ɓangaren yawon shakatawa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya isa LA a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 1971, ranar wasan da aka shirya ƙungiyar za ta yi a Whisky A Go Go, Spencer ya bar ɗakin otal ɗin da ya raba tare da Fleetwood don ziyartar kantin sayar da littattafai a kan Hollywood Boulevard. Bai dawo ba, wanda ya tilasta soke waƙar waƙar wannan maraice yayin da ƙungiyar mawaƙa da membobin ƙungiyarsu suka tafi neman shi. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, an gano cewa ya shiga ƙungiyar addini ta Children of God, kuma ya bayyana cewa ba ya son ya ƙara yin hulɗa da Fleetwood Mac. Duk da kira daga manajan kungiyar, Clifford Davis, don cika alkawurransa ga Fleetwood Mac, ba za a iya shawo kan Spencer ya sake komawa kungiyar ba kuma dole ne su yi gwagwarmaya ba tare da shi ba, da farko sun dawo da Peter Green daga ritaya a matsayin matakin gaggawa, kuma daga baya sun dauki sabon mai guitarist Bob Welch.