Ka kammala wannan magana: A farkon 1971, tare da Christine McVie ya zama memba na ƙungiyar, Fleetwood da ƙungiyar suka shiga jirgin sama zuwa San Francisco. Spencer, yana jin tsoro bayan da aka yi kwanan nan
Girgizar kasa ta San Fernando a 1971, ta shiga jirgin cikin takaici. Ya bar otal ɗin ba zato ba tsammani wata rana kuma ya ɓace. An gano shi kwanaki da yawa bayan haka ya shiga Family International, wanda aka sani da Children of God, ƙungiyar addini. Har ila yau, Fleetwood ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi sulhu; duk da haka, Spencer ba zai dawo ba. Bob Welch zai zama mambobinsu na gaba. An sake sakin kundi na gaba, "Wasanni na gaba", a ƙarshen wannan shekarar. "Bare Trees" ya fito ne bayan shekara guda, a shekara ta 1972. A lokacin da yawon shakatawa na gaba don inganta wannan, Fleetwood ya sake ɗaukar matsayin matsakaici. Halin Kirwan mai lalata kansa da matsalolin barasa sun ƙare a cikin ƙin zuwa kan mataki kafin wani kide kide; Fleetwood da kansa ya yanke shawarar korar ɗan ƙungiyar. Bugu da ƙari, akwai alamun farko na rikici a cikin auren John da Christine McVie. Fleetwood ya sake shiga tsakani don sasantawa tsakanin membobin biyu, yana magana da Christine daga yanke shawarar barin kungiyar. Kungiyar ta kara da guitarist Bob Weston da kuma mawaƙa Dave Walker, tsohon Savoy Brown da Idle Race. Sakamakon rikice-rikice, duk da haka, ya shafi tasirin su na gaba, "Penguin", wanda aka saki a 1973 zuwa mummunan bita. Daga baya aka nemi Walker ya bar kungiyar, kuma an karɓi kundin na gaba "Mystery to Me" da farin ciki.