PORTLAND – Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood was spied strolling through the Old Port while in town for a bankruptcy hearing for a company that hopes to release archival recordings from the British Broadcasting Corp.

Fleetwood and business partner Joseph McNulty of Cape Elizabeth have been fighting a four-year legal battle with the BBC over the rights to access and release hundreds of hours of radio performances in the BBC archives.

If successful, their company, Bee Load Ltd., would have access to early recordings by Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, among others.

The famous drummer, who now lives in Hawaii, was in town for a hearing on the bankruptcy case for Bee Load on April 30. He stayed at the Portland Regency Hotel. “He enjoys Portland,” said his bankruptcy lawyer, Randy Creswell of Perkins, Thompson, Hinkley & Keddy.

Fleetwood was seen strolling through the city’s waterfront district. He stopped off at David Wood Clothiers for some socks and a pair of pants, said salesman Rick Nelson.

Nelson estimated that Fleetwood stands 6 feet 6 inches tall. “He’s got a lot of style going on,” he said. “It was kind of cool.”