Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman, The Best Of Fleetwood Mac

Size: 268/293 MB
Time: 45:40/53:20
File: Flac
Released: 2009
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

Disc 1
1. Black Magic Woman (2:53)
2. Long Grey Mare (2:15)
3. Rollin' Man (2:53)
4. Lazy Poker Blues (2:35)
5. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (1:35)
6. Coming Home (2:40)
7. Got To Move (3:20)
8. No Place To Go (3:22)
9. The Sun Is Shining (3:11)
10. World's In A Tangle (5:08)
11. If You Be My Baby (3:53)
12. My Baby's Good To Me (2:51)
13. My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (2:59)
14. Like Crying (2:30)
15. Need Your Love Tonight (3:28)

Disc 2
1. Albatross (3:12)
2. Need Your Love So Bad (3:54)
3. Dust My Broom (2:52)
4. Cold Black Night (3:17)
5. Doctor Brown (3:45)
6. I Loved Another Woman (2:56)
7. I Believe My Time Ain't Long (2:56)
8. Shake Your Moneymaker (2:56)
9. The World Keep On Turning (2:29)
10. Looking For Somebody (2:52)
11. Talk With You (3:29)
12. I've Lost My Baby (4:17)
13. Trying So Hard To Forget (4:47)
14. Merry Go Round (4:08)
15. Worried Dream (5:23)

So the plusses here are anything done by PG: Long Grey Mare, Howlin' Wolf's No Place To Go, Merry Go Round (all three of which feature the tasty harmonica talents of Mr. Green), World's In A Tangle, If You Be My Baby (magnificent), Worried Dream (fabulous slow blues), Trying So Hard To Forget (Duster Bennett, I believe, on harp), I Loved Another Woman (another scintillating slow blues), Lazy Poker Blues (NOTE: this one rocks, but it's the studio version, with horns, and it doesn't explode with power like the live version on the Boston Tea Party albums), World Keep On Turning (a wonderful solo country blues-style acoustic number), and the shorter studio version of Need Your Love So Bad, with the violins. Musn't forget that Black Magic Woman and Albatross kick off the discs, but then again, those two appear on practically every early Mac release. These are the studio versions, so you've heard them before. Danny Kirwan is included here, barely: Talk With You, Like Crying, and his instrumental, Jigsaw Puzzle Blues. Sadly missed are Like It This Way and Loving Kind.
So which to buy? Well, it might depend upon how much you are irritated by Jeremy Spencer's imitations of Elmore. Remember, there are nine or ten of them here, which is a huge chunk. Jeremy was a great Elmore impersonator, but that was about it. I'm an early Mac fanatic, and I have neither of these!
I'd heartily recommend Jumping At Shadows: The Blues Years, which is also a double disc set, contains a fair number of "live" versions of some of their greatest tunes, and is of very important historical interest for fans of early FM, in that it has several tunes by the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band, circa '67, as well as some of Peter's work with Duster Bennett. I have long felt that Peter's version of Duster's Jumping At Shadows is right up there with Need Your Love So Bad, as one of the truly immortal masterpieces in the slow blues genre.

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Fleetwood Mac - The Alternate Live

Size: 490 MB
Time: 72:08
File: Flac
Released: 1980
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Second Hand News (3:51)
2. Tusk (6:27)
3. You Make Loving Fun (4:42)
4. Sisters Of The Moon (7:20)
5. Songbird (4:13)
6. Blue Letter (4:49)
7. The Chain (6:50)
8. Think About Me (3:09)
9. What Makes You Think You're The One (4:12)
10. Gold Dust Woman (7:25)
11. Brown Eyes (4:28)
12. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (5:27)
13. Angel (4:45)
14. Hold Me (4:24)

14 song LP pulled from the Fleetwood Mac Super Deluxe, including a further seven songs from the Tusk Tour, 4 from the Rumours Tour (1977) and 3 from the Mirage Tour (1982).

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Fleetwood Mac - English Rose

Album: English Rose
Size: 93,3 MB
Time: 40:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1969/2007
Styles: Electric blues
Art: Full

1. Stop Messin' Round (2:22)
2. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (1:36)
3. Doctor Brown (3:46)
4. Something Inside Of Me (3:57)
5. Evenin' Boogie (2:42)
6. Love That Burns (5:05)
7. Black Magic Woman (2:48)
8. I've Lost My Baby (4:17)
9. One Sunny Day (3:12)
10. Without You (4:39)
11. Coming Home (2:40)
12. Albatross (3:10)

For reasons that no one seems to recall in detail - but for which we can be grateful - when it was time to release a second Fleetwood Mac LP in America, producer Mike Vernon and the band didn't just send the existing Mr. Wonderful album across the Atlantic - a little fine-tuning and retooling was in order. The band had just expanded by one member, to a quintet - with the addition of guitarist Danny Kirwan - by the end of 1968, whereas Mr. Wonderful represented them as a four-piece outfit.

Additionally, the group had just toured the U.S. for the first time, as a quintet, playing to very enthusiastic audiences, and so there was some point to sending U.S. licensee Epic Records something extra, representing who they were at the start of 1969. And that became the English Rose album, offering three Kirwan-authored instrumentals, plus the hit U.K. single "Albatross," and also their previous single, "Black Magic Woman," which had been a British Top 40 hit (though it was unknown in the U.S., and preceded Santana's hit recording of it by almost two years).

Half of Mr. Wonderful was still there, including the opener, "Stop Messin' Round" and "I've Lost My Baby," representing the stronger tracks from that record. Between the paring down of Mr. Wonderful and the addition of the single tracks, English Rose ended up being a stronger album than its predecessor, though without a hit single in America to drive sales and get it exposure, it barely brushed the Top 200 LP listings in the U.S. Strangely enough, despite the overlap with Mr. Wonderful, English Rose was released in England about six months later, probably to help make up for the loss of the group's contract (due to an oversight) by Blue Horizon. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

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Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac - Jumping At Shadows: The Blues Years (2 CD)

This British two-disc collection offers a rather unique look at the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac rather than just focusing on the band's output from 1967, immediately after leaving John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, to 1970 when Green left. The set is chock-full of fine studio material that documents the evolution of the band from a power trio to its Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan incarnations. And while it's true that other collections have documented the band from this period very well, none of them has dug quite as deep into the live archives or revealed the subsequent Peter Green side projects of the time.

Here are 36 tracks that offer stunning live renditions of Green's "Black Magic Woman," "Oh Well," the second part of the "Madge Sessions," and Spencer's "Stranger Blues," as well as an absolutely searing version of Kirwan's "Comin' Your Way." Given the budget price of this completely remastered set, these alone would have been worth the price, but in a sense it's only the beginning. There are numerous tracks of Green with musical running-mate Duster Bennett from the pre-Fleetwood Mac years, including a truly haunted version of the title track. Add to this four tracks of Green's work with Bob Brunning's Sunflower Blues Band, and you have an evocative and intense portrait of a band struggling to come to grips with a reluctant genius as a frontman, and the era.

What is most revealing is Green's focus on execution and mood. The music has a way of getting past him, not technically, but emotionally, on the live material - the title cut, "Rattlesnake Shake," "Lazy Poker Blues" - as well as on the instrumentals. Check the versions of Kirwan's "World in Harmony," and the extremities in this version of "Green Manalishi," for evidence. Neil Slaven assembled this comp. He also wrote its confounding and labyrinthine liner notes, which are full of information but light on continuity or style. Slaven's method of creating a musical portrait, however, is virtually unassailable.

The tracks wind in and out of one another, back and forth across time and partnerships as if telling a secret that can only be fully understood when the last sentence has been whispered. There is no secret in the fact that Green was a reluctant superstar, and that madness overwhelmed him at his playing peak. What isn't known, however, is the great vulnerability and tenderness he put into every performance. That side of Peter Green is well documented here, the terminally shy skinny kid who could rain down fire from the heavens and draw water from the wells of hell on a guitar. /Thom Jurek, AllMusic

Album: Jumping At Shadows: The Blues Years
Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:31 + 71:21
Size: 162,9 + 164,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (Live) (7:11)
2. Fleetwood Mac - Jumpin' At Shadows (Live) (5:23)
3. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (Live) (2:46)
4. Brunning Sunflower Blues Band - Ride With Your Daddy Tonight (3:30)
5. Fleetwood Mac - Do You Give A Damn For Me (3:41)
6. Fleetwood Mac - Love That Burns (4:15)
7. Fleetwood Mac - World In Harmony (3:26)
8. Fleetwood Mac - Long Grey Mare (2:00)
9. Fleetwood Mac - Talk To Me Baby (3:39)
10. Fleetwood Mac - Fast Talking Woman Blues (3:23)
11. Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (Early Version) (3:01)
12. Brunning Sunflower Blues Band - If You Let Me Love You (6:59)
13. Fleetwood Mac - My Baby's Sweeter (3:39)
14. Fleetwood Mac - Like It This Way (3:11)
15. Fleetwood Mac - The Madge Sessions No. 2 (2:43)
16. Fleetwood Mac - Lazy Poker Blues (3:24)
17. Fleetwood Mac - I Have To Laugh (3:28)
18. Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (4:44)

CD 2:
1. Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (Single Version) (2:52)
2. Fleetwood Mac - Showbiz Blues (4:04)
3. Fleetwood Mac - Buzz Me Baby (3:34)
4. Fleetwood Mac - Blues In B Flat Minor (3:03)
5. Brunning Sunflower Blues Band - It Takes Time (3:32)
6. Peter Green & Nick Pickett - Leaving Town Blues (3:50)
7. Fleetwood Mac - The Sun Is Shining (3:02)
8. Brunning Sunflower Blues Band - Uranus (3:22)
9. Fleetwood Mac - Mind Of My Own (3:01)
10. Fleetwood Mac - How Blue Can You Get (3:37)
11. Peter Green & Duster Bennett - Trying So Hard To Forget (5:14)
12. Peter Green & Duster Bennett - Two Harps (1:40)
13. Duster Bennett & Peter Green - Thinking About A Woman (6:18)
14. Peter Green & Duster Bennett - Kind Hearted Woman (2:30)
15. Peter Green & Duster Bennett - Coming, I'm Coming (1:42)
16. Fleetwood Mac - Stranger Blues (Live) (4:24)
17. Fleetwood Mac - Coming Your Way (Live) (7:40)
18. Fleetwood Mac - Rattlesnake Shake (Live) (7:49)

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Fleetwood Mac - Transmissions 1967-1968 (2 CD)

Album: Transmissions 1967-1968
Year: 2019
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:08 + 68:17
Size: 144,0 + 158,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, rock
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Long Grey Mare (2:52)
2. Baby Please Set A Date (2:58)
3. Looking For Somebody (2:37)
4. I Believe My Time Ain't Long (2:58)
5. Got To Move (2:56)
6. I Can't Hold Out (2:27)
7. Sweet Little Angel (4:28)
8. Bee-I-Bicky-Bop (3:24)
9. Where You Belong (2:13)
10. Don't Be Cruel (1:42)
11. The Sun Is Shining (3:03)
12. The World Keep On Turning (2:40)
13. Mean Old World (3:18)
14. Please Find My Baby (3:17)
15. Black Magic Woman (2:36)
16. Peggy Sue Got Married (1:45)
17. How Blue Can You Get (3:37)
18. My Baby's Sweeter (3:40)
19. Long Grey Mare (2:00)
20. Buzz Me Baby (3:35)
21. I'm So Lonely And Blue (3:53)

CD 2:
1. That Aint It (2:31)
2. Mean Mistreatin' Mama (4:03)
3. Psychedelic Send-Up Number (4:28)
4. Sheila (2:04)
5. Need Your Love So Bad (3:49)
6. Stop Messin' Round (2:15)
7. Evening Boogie (2:57)
8. A Mind Of My Own (3:01)
9. I Have To Laugh (3:29)
10. You're The One (2:07)
11. Preachin' Blues (1:58)
12. You Need Love (4:49)
13. Talk With You (4:13)
14. Bo Diddley (2:46)
15. Wine Whiskey And Women (2:14)
16. Crutch And Kane (3:13)
17. If You Be My Baby (3:30)
18. Crazy For My Baby (3:12)
19. Like Crying Like Dying (2:33)
20. Albatross (2:49)
21. Hang On To A Dream (2:57)
22. Baby Don't You Want To Go (Sweet Home Chicago) (3:08)

Peter Green (guitar, vocals and harmonica), Jeremy Spencer (guitar, vocals, piano), Danny Kirwan (guitar and vocals), John McVie (bass) and Mick Fleetwood (drums and percussion) are the protagonists of these radio recordings for the BBC during the two-year period 1967-1968 included in this unofficial double CD. It is the period before, or immediately following, the publication of the first homonymous album by the British band, which here performs its first classics like "Long Grey Mare", "The World Keep On Turning", "Black Magic Woman" and "Albatross".

Also included are electrifying blues and r&b standard covers such as "Need Your Love So Bad" by Little Willie John, "You Need Love" by Muddy Waters, "Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley, "Mean Mistreatin' Mama" by Elmore James, "Mean Old World" by T-Bone Walker and "Baby Don't You Want To Go (Sweet Home Chicago)" (popularized initially by Robert Johnson) without leaving out the rock and roll of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly (two short versions of "Don't Be Cruel" and "Peggy Sue Got Married") and the best song writer of the period ("Hang On To A Dream" by Tim Hardin).

(For recording details, see artwork included.)

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Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Transmission Impossible (3 CD Set)

Formed in London in 1967 by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, with bassist John McVie completing the line-up for their self-titled debut album, Fleetwood Mac began as a very different beast to the one they would become by the mid-1970s. Danny Kirwan joined as third guitarist in 1968 and keyboardist Christine Perfect, who contributed as a session musician from the second album, married John McVie and joined in 1970. Primarily a British blues band initially, they scored a UK number one with "Albatross", and had lesser hits with the singles "Oh Well" and "Black Magic Woman", the latter successfully covered by Santana. All three guitarists left in succession during the early 1970s, changing the sound of the group quite dramatically.

This triple disc set celebrates the early days of Fleetwood Mac, focussing as it does on the group's live recordings and radio sessions. Featuring, on disc one, their superb San Francisco gig at the Carousel Ballroom in 1968 in its entirety (previosly only released in part); disc two contains Fleetwood Mac's complete BBC Radio Sessions from 1968 recorded for shows such as Top Gear and Saturday Club. The set is completed on disc three with their legendary concert performed in New Orleans at The Warehouse venue, in January 1970.

Album: Transmission Impossible
Year: 2019
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 83:40 + 60:07 + 57:21
Size: 193,7 + 140,2 + 132,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues, rock
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Madison Blues (4:29)
2. My Baby's Gone (5:37)
3. My Baby's Skinny (4:45)
4. Worried Dream (9:43)
5. I'll Dust My Broom (4:27)
6. Got To Move (2:45)
7. Trying So Hard To Forget (4:36)
8. Blues Jam (8:22)
9. Have You Ever Loved A Woman? (7:45)
10. Lazy Poker Blues (4:26)
11. I Loved Another Woman (Feat. Paul Butterfield) (5:29)
12. I'll Dust My Broom (Feat. Paul Butterfield) (5:02)
13. The Sun Is Shining (Feat. Paul Butterfield) (4:48)
14. Long Tall Sally (Feat. Paul Butterfield) (4:13)
15. Willie & The Hand Jive (4:02)
16. Tutti Frutti (3:04)

CD 2:
1. Sweet Little Angel (BBC Radio 1, January 21, 1968) (4:29)
2. Bee-I-Bicky-Bop Blue Jean Honey Babe Meets High School Hound Dog Hot Rod Man (BBC Radio 1, January 21, 1968) (3:24)
3. Where You Belong (BBC Radio 1, March 24, 1968) (2:12)
4. Please Find My Baby (BBC Radio 1, April 13, 1968) (3:14)
5. Black Magic Woman (BBC Radio 1, April 13, 1968) (2:32)
6. Peggy Sue Got Married (BBC Radio 1, April 13, 1968) (1:45)
7. That Ain't It (BBC Radio 1, June 2, 1968) (2:31)
8. Intergalactic Musicians Walking On Velvet (BBC Radio 1, June 2, 1968) (4:29)
9. Dead Shrimp Blues (BBC Radio 1, June 2, 1968) (3:12)
10. Sheila (BBC Radio 1, July 7, 1968) (2:04)
11. Mean Old World (BBC Radio 3, July 23, 1968) (3:17)
12. Evening Boogie (BBC Radio 1, August 26, 1968) (2:55)
13. You Need Love (BBC Radio 1, October 13, 1968) (4:48)
14. Talk With You (BBC Radio 1, October 13, 1968) (4:13)
15. Bo Diddley (BBC Radio 1, October 13, 1968) (2:45)
16. Wine, Whiskey, Women (BBC Radio 1, October 13, 1968) (2:14)
17. Crutch And Cane (BBC Radio 1, November 24, 1968) (3:09)
18. If You Be My Baby (BBC Radio 1, November 24, 1968) (3:31)
19. Without You (BBC Radio 1, November 24, 1968) (3:12)

CD 3:
1. Before The Beginning (4:53)
2. It Takes Time (7:59)
3. Like It This Way (5:04)
4. Only You (4:31)
5. Madison Blues (3:36)
6. Oh Baby (5:41)
7. Albatross (4:33)
8. Green Manalishi (12:29)
9. World In Harmony (4:24)
10. Stranger Blues (4:06)

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Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Live At The Marquee

Year: 1992
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:20
Size: 125,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Talk To Me Baby (4:32)
2. I Held My Baby Last Night (3:19)
3. My Baby's Sweet (4:05)
4. Looking For Somebody (5:42)
5. Evil Woman Blues (5:05)
6. Got To Move (4:29)
7. No Place To Go (4:53)
8. Watch Out For Me Woman (3:37)
9. Mighty Long Time (5:35)
10. Dust My Broom (4:26)
11. I Need You, Come On Home To Me (4:19)
12. Shake Your Moneymaker (4:12)

The album, “Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac: Live at the Marquee” is a historical document that provides interesting insights and glimpses, not only into the beginnings of Fleetwood Mac, but it also an insight into the blues-rock scene of 1967 London. John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, the Rolling Stones, and the Yardbirds laid the foundation for the British blues scene and Fleetwood Mac joined other bands such as Cream, Led Zeppelin, and Jeff Beck in taking the British-inspired blues to a new level. Green formed Fleetwood Mac after a short tenure with John Mayall.

One of the interesting things about Live at the Marquee is that is provides a glimpse into the formative days of Fleetwood Mac. It was literally the second gig the band played. Fleetwood Mac rehearsed for only a month prior to the Windsor and Marquee gigs. In addition to Green and Spencer on guitars, Mick Fleetwood was the drummer. The original bass guitarist was Bob Brunning and not John McVie. The band’s debut had been at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival. Fleetwood Mac played at the bottom of the bill. Some of the major acts included Jeff Beck, Cream, and John Mayall. Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac eventually added a third guitarist, Danny Kirwan, and their sound evolved into a rock-jam sound reminiscent of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers.

Live at the Marquee is a must have album for Peter Green fans, however, the album is not without its flaws. The sound quality is quite poor. The performances at the Marquee were recorded on the sound board of the club and the result is that it sounds like it was recorded in a cave. If you are interested in the album, keep in mind is that is more of a historical document. It wasn’t intended for public release as an album. At the time of the recording the band had only been playing together for a month. There are obviously many rough edges. Finally, although it was Peter Green’s band, he didn’t feel comfortable in the spotlight so he shares guitar and vocal duties with Jeremy Spencer. Green’s guitar work is featured on only six of the twelve songs.

(Note: As it says in the info text, these are soundboard recordings and the sound quality is pretty bad. Still, it might be of interest to some die hard Fleetwood Mac fans as a historical document from the band's earliest days.)

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Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well: Greatest Hits Live

Album: Oh Well: Greatest Hits Live
Year: 1988
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:48 + 57:24
Size: 164,4 + 131,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Keep A Knocking (4:59)
2. Red Hot Mama (4:01)
3. Green Manalishi (15:43)
4. Madison Blues (4:49)
5. Sandy Mary (5:15)
6. Stranger Blues (3:54)
7. Great Balls Of Fire (2:55)
8. Jenny Jenny (7:59)
9. Got To Move (3:46)
10. Oh Baby (4:18)
11. Teenage Darling (4:20)
12. Loving Kind (2:54)
13. Tutti Frutti (6:47)

CD 2:
1. Oh Well (3:23)
2. Black Magic Woman (6:02)
3. World In Harmony (3:41)
4. Like It This Way (4:18)
5. Only You (4:10)
6. Jumpin' At Shadows (4:53)
7. Can't Hold On (6:49)
8. Rattlesnake Shake (24:05)

Haven't found any specific information for this compilation which doesn't feature any new or rare stuff, and I guess the artist needs no further introduction.

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Fleetwood Mac - Boston Blues (2 CD)

Album: Boston Blues
Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:14 + 53:07
Size: 129,3 + 122,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Black Magic Woman (6:48)
2. Like It This Way (4:27)
3. Oh Well (3:14)
4. Jumping At Shadows (4:49)
5. Stranger Blues (3:59)
6. Oh Baby (4:27)
7. Got To Move (3:52)
8. Rattlesnake Shake (24:36)

CD 2:
1. World In Harmony (4:11)
2. Sandy Mary (5:22)
3. Loving Kind (2:52)
4. Only You (4:25)
5. Red Hot Mama (4:12)
6. I Can't Hold Out (6:31)
7. The Green Manalishi (12:44)
8. Encore Jam (12:45)

By the turn of the 70s, Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer (guitars/vocals) plus Mac's perennial rhythm section of John McVie (bass) and Mick Fleetwood (drums) - were in a class of their own, just about the most powerful band on the planet at that time. They were at their best onstage, and these tracks - recorded live in Boston in February 1970 - capture a band playing at the absolute peak of its powers.

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Fleetwood Mac - The Pious Bird Of Good Omen

Year: 1969/2004
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:21
Size: 148,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2, Take 4) (6:57)
2. Rambling Pony (3:34)
3. I Believe My Time Ain't Long (3:03)
4. The Sun Is Shining (3:12)
5. Albatross (3:11)
6. Black Magic Woman (2:52)
7. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (1:34)
8. Like Crying (2:30)
9. Need Your Love So Bad (Version #1, Takes 1, 2 & 3) (Bonus) (11:34)
10. Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2, Takes 1 &2) (Bonus) (13:08)
11. Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2, Take 3) (6:21)
12. Need Your Love So Bad (USA Version) (6:19)

With songs taken from Fleetwood Mac and Mr. Wonderful, Pious Bird of Good Omen serves as a worthy 12-track compilation of the band's early Peter Green days. Climbing to number 18 in the U.K., the album managed to catapult Fleetwood Mac's version of Little Willie John's "Need Your Love So Bad" into the English charts for the third time, resting at number 42. The album itself was released by Blue Horizon after the group's contract with them had expired, making it one of the best routes in which to explore their mingling of Chicago and British blues. "Albatross," "Black Magic Woman," and "I Believe My Time Ain't Long" are timeless Fleetwood Mac standards, representing some of the band's best pre-Rumours work.

Anyone who isn't familiar with Fleetwood Mac's origins should use Pious Bird of Good Omen as a starting point in investigating the first wave of the band, which will almost certainly lead to further interests into albums such as English Rose, Then Play On, and Kiln House, and then into later albums like Bare Trees and Penguin, which reveal subtle yet effective changes in the band's blues sound. But even aside from its purpose as a collection, Pious Bird of Good Omen makes for a terrific laid-back stroll through some of the best British blues music ever made. /Mike DeGagne, AllMusic

(For personnel and recording details, see artwork included.)

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Otis Spann With Fleetwood Mac - The Biggest Thing Since Colossus

Year: 1969/1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:09
Size: 92,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, piano blues
Scans: Full

1. My Love Depends On You (5:22)
2. Walkin' (2:54)
3. It Was A Big Thing (3:26)
4. Temperature Is Rising (100.2°F) (6:13)
5. Dig You (3:04)
6. No More Doggin' (3:00)
7. Ain't Nobody's Business (5:15)
8. She Needs Some Loving (3:08)
9. I Need Some Air (4:40)
10. Someday Baby (3:02)

In January of 1969, British power blues quintet Fleetwood Mac came to Chess Records studios to jam with the likes of Willie Dixon, S.P. Leary, Honeyboy Edwards, and longtime Muddy Waters' pianist Otis Spann. The sessions were so rich and fruitful that three-fifths of the Mac (specifically bassist John McVie and guitarists Peter Green and Danny Kirwin) impressed Spann enough to cut a record with them at the same sessions.

While the classic "Country Girl" and a seven-minute "Someday Soon Baby" (which features a lengthy intro from Green on which Spann can be heard barely off mic telling the rest of the band to "let him play on") ended up on the Mac's Blues Jam at Chess double set: remaining cuts included "Dig You" and "Walkin'" and are a near perfect match of Spann's exciting, emotive singing and the Mac's youthful muscle.

The Biggest Thing Since Colossus was released on Mac manager/producer/strongman Mike Vernon's London-based Blue Horizon label. /John Duffy, AllMusic

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Fleetwood Mac - Crazy About The Blues

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:53
Size: 167,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock, rock
Scans: Full

1. Hey Baby (2:37)
2. It's You I Miss (3:48)
3. Gone Into The Sun (2:46)
4. Tell Me You Need Me (3:45)
5. Crazy About You (Can't Hold Out Much Longer) (3:54)
6. Down At The Crown (3:08)
7. Tell Me All The Things You Do (2:54)
8. Station Man (3:52)
9. Purple Dancer (5:06)
10. Station Man (8:28)
11. Crazy About You (9:26)
12. One Together (3:41)
13. I Can't Stop Loving You (4:02)
14. Lonely Without You (5:15)
15. Tell Me All The Things You Do (6:04)
16. Jewel-Eyed Judy (3:57)

Peter Green formed and named the band Fleetwood Mac in 1967 after its rhythm section Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. To him, it sounded like the name of an American express train (as does Green's wailing harmonica on the instrumental of the same name).

However disillusionised with the music business, band leader Peter Green left three years later due to various personal issues. Things looked up however for the band when Christine McVie joined, only for Jeremy Spencer then suddenly and mysteriously leave the band swapping a rock 'n' roll lifestyle for a religious one! All this trauma occurred within a year with Jeremy Spencer walking out of the band on February 15th 1971.

The music featured here on Crazy About The Blues is from a pivotal 12ish month period in time in Fleetwood Mac's history when they lost their original if-it-ain't-blues-we-don't-wanna-know attitude and looked to their own songwriters and America's West Coast sound for inspiration. /Excerpt from the liner notes

Tracks 1-4 studio demos 1969 (Christine Perfect Band). Tracks 5-9 studio/live 1970 (Fleetwood Mac). Tracks 10-16 live in concert 1970 (Fleetwood Mac).

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Fleetwood Mac - Preaching The Blues: In Concert 1971

Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:40
Size: 131,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock, rock
Scans: Full

1. Madison Blues (4:10)
2. Purple Dancer (7:36)
3. Open The Door (3:04)
4. Preaching Blues (3:41)
5. Dust My Broom (3:27)
6. Get Like You Used To Be (3:49)
7. Don't Go, Please Stay (3:15)
8. Station Man (6:27)
9. I'm On My Way (4:57)
10. Jailhouse Rock (3:24)
11. The King Speaks (Narrative) (2:59)
12. Teenage Darlin' (4:08)
13. Honey Hush (5:37)

This 2011 Secret Records release is essentially Disc 2 of the 2003 Madison Blues box set. The 1971 concert date comprises 12 musical numbers and 1 spoken word track, totaling 56 minutes. The band consists of Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Christine McVie, who participates throughout the concert, was not an official member of Fleetwood Mac at this time but was acting in a guest capacity. Peter Green, the group founder, lead guitarist/singer and composer had just departed the group a few months prior to this concert. Jeremy and Danny were attempting to fill the gap by expanding their vocals and guitar contributions.

They were also introducing more of their self penned material. Five of the twelve numbers are attributed to either Spencer and/or Kirwan. The remaining selections are primarily blues standards credited to Son House, Elmore James,etc. Christine McVie offers up the lead vocal on her original tune entitled," Girl Like You Used To Be ". It's not an exceptionally strong number, material wise, and her vocal chops, although interesting, lack the authority and maturity aptly demonstrated on her later work. Other then this selection, her contributions are limited to keyboards and background vocals.

The true pleasure is listening to the emerging talent of Kirwan and Spencer as the prominent performers within Fleetwood Mac. This is not taking anything away from John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, who are without doubt, one of the best rhythm sections in Rock n Roll. However, realizing that Spencer would abruptly exit the group within weeks of this concert and that Kirwan's performances would be soon severely compromised by his emerging health issues, make this recorded performance invaluable. Jeremy Spencer's vocals and slide guitar work are exceptional and Danny Kirwan's lead guitar is flawless throughout.

Also contained on this CD is one of Spencer's legendary send-ups of Elvis Presley. He plows through" Jailhouse Rock" with wild abandonment and then segues into an Elvis narrative impersonation. Finally ending the bit with an Elvis influenced original titled," Teenage Darling". These Spencer narratives of Elvis, Buddy Holly and other early rock icons were historically greeted with mixed reactions. Some audience members responded favorably and others hated it. Fortunately for Jeremy, this concert audience demonstrates their approval.

The CD audio quality is exceptional, given the 40 year time span. Dennis Blackham has accomplished a remarkable plateau with his mastering efforts. The audio mix is spot on, clearly capturing each artist's instrumental contributions. All in all a very satisfying listening experience for those who appreciate British Blues Rock.

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Fleetwood Mac - The Vaudeville Years 1968-1970

Two long CDs' worth of outtakes, alternate versions, and full-length versions from the Peter Green era, most in exemplary sound quality. Although much of this is interesting, and it's occasionally very good, it resembles Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live at the BBC in its unevenness, both in aesthetic quality and in stylistic tone. One is struck by how much the numbers featuring Green's singing and songwriting surpass those in which the other guitarists come to the fore.

When Jeremy Spencer's in charge, it means you get 1950s rock pastiches and blues satires (though he does an OK Elmore James schtick with "Talk to Me Baby" and "My Baby Is Sweeter"). These aren't without their amusing points - there's the entire session of songs that would have made a bonus EP with Then Play On, on which Spencer does fairly humorous impressions of Alexis Korner and John Mayall - but deathless art it's not.

Green shines on a live version of "Oh Well" (everything else here, incidentally, is from the studio) and alternates of "Showbiz Blues" and "Love that Burns." There are also alternates of "Man of the World" and "The Green Manalishi," though frankly these aren't so different from the familiar renditions that they'll jar you into taking notice. Some of the cuts are nothing more than shapeless jams or instrumental tracks with ideas that sometimes got pumped up into full tunes on official albums. So it's kind of like having a high-quality, easily available bootleg of the Green-era Mac, accent on the Then Play On era. But those who like that period of Fleetwood Mac a lot will want to hear this. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:55 + 71:46
Size: 159,1 + 165,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Front & back, inside, cds

CD 1:
1. Intro/Lazy Poker Blues (Unissued Version) (3:48)
2. My Baby's Sweeter (Unissued Version) (3:53)
3. Love That Burns (Unissued Version) (4:15)
4. Talk To Me Baby (Unissued Version) (3:37)
5. Everyday I Have The Blues - 1 (Unissued Version) (4:13)
6. Jeremy's Contribution To Doo Wop (Prev. Unissued) (3:34)
7. Everyday I Have The Blues - 2 (Unissued Version) (4:23)
8. Death Bells (Prev. Unissued) (5:05)
9. (Watch Out For Yourself) Mr Jones (Prev. Unissued) (3:35)
10. Man Of Action (Prev. Unissued) (5:21)
11. Do You Give A Damn For Me (Unissued Version) (3:45)
12. Man Of The World (Unissued Version) (3:29)
13. Like It This Way (Unissued Version) (3:18)
14. Blues In B Flat Minor (Unissued Instrumental) (4:17)
15. Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (Full Length Version) (2:58)
16. Although The Sun Is Shining (Unissued Version) (2:24)
17. Showbiz Blues (Unissued Version) (6:51)

CD 2:
1. Underway (Full Length Version) (16:15)
2. The Madge Sessions - 1 (Full Length Version) (17:21)
3. The Madge Sessions - 2 (Unissued Instrumental) (2:42)
4. (That's What) I Want To Know (Prev. Unissued) (3:54)
5. Oh Well (Alternate Version) (2:47)
6. Love It Seems (Prev. Unissued) (2:39)
7. Mighty Cold (Prev. Unissued) (2:28)
8. Fast Talking Woman Blues (Unissued Instrumental) (4:02)
9. Tell Me From The Start (Prev. Unissued) (2:02)
10. October Jam - 1 (Unissued Instrumental) (5:01)
11. October Jam - 2 (Unissued Instrumental) (1:57)
12. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (Unissued Version) (4:43)
13. World In Harmony (Unissued Version) (3:28)
14. Farewell (Unissued Demo) (2:18)

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Fleetwood Mac - Love That Burns: The Blues Years

This double CD divides into Mac studio and live performances. CD 1 features Mac Recordings from 1967-1970 and demonstrates how quickly they developed as a band - and how irreverent they could be: Jermy Spencers "Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight" even enjoyed a certain kudos amongst boot boy bands during the punk era!

CD 2 features fierce Mac concert performances. Whether having fun with "Twist & Shout" or Peter Green battling demons with his guitar on an epic performance of "The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)" (a full fifteen minutes) this documents why Fleetwood Mac were the greatest blues rock band of the era. /Excerpt from the liner notes by Garth Cartwright

Album: Love That Burns: The Blues Years
Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:00 + 74:36 min
Size: 171,0 + 171,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Full

CD 1:
1. Albatross (3:10)
2. Need Your Love So bad (3:54)
3. Long Grey Mare (2001 Remaster) (2:00)
4. Intro/Lazy Poker Blues (3:48)
5. My Baby's Sweeter (3:53)
6. Talk To Me Baby (3:38)
7. The Sun Is Shining (3:03)
8. Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (2:58)
9. Do You Give A Damn For Me? (3:41)
10. Buzz Me Baby (3:34)
11. Fast Talking Woman Blues (2001 Remaster) (3:23)
12. Love That Burns (4:15)
13. Man Of The World (1998 Remaster) (3:01)
14. Mind Of My Own (3:00)
15. Farewell (2:18)
16. How Blue Can You Get? (3:37)
17. I Have To Laugh (3:28)
18. Leaving Town Blues (3:51)
19. Like It This Way (3:11)
20. Tell Me From The Start (2:01)
21. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (4:43)
22. World In Harmony (Alternative Take) (3:24)

CD 2 (Live):
1. Oh Well (1998 Remaster) (2:48)
2. Jumping At Shadows (2001 Remaster) (5:11)
3. Stranger Blues (4:25)
4. Black Magic Woman (2001 Remaster) (7:12)
5. Rattlesnake Shake (7:49)
6. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (15:28)
7. Twist And Shout (7:42)
8. Coming Your Way (7:45)
9. Underway (16:11)

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Fleetwood Mac - Live In The Studio: Trodd Nossel Studios 1975

Size: 128,7 MB
Time: 55:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Get Like You Used To Be (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (4:20)
02. Station Man (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (6:00)
03. Spare Me A Little (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (4:51)
04. Rhiannon (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (6:37)
05. Why (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (4:07)
06. Landslide (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (3:28)
07. Over My Head (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (2:55)
08. I'm So Afraid (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (5:06)
09. Oh Well (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (3:01)
10. The Green Manalishi (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (5:34)
11. World Turning (Live 1975 FM Broadcast) (8:57)

Soundboard recorded live at Trod Nossel Studios, Wallingford, CT September 23rd 1975.

Trod Nossel was historically one the first in the region to bring public audiences right into the studio for artists' live performances beginning as early as the 60s. Although live performances have continued up and through the present with some local and self-managed acts, the most famous of the Trod Nossel Concert Series occurred in the decade of the 70s, and is still highly sought after to this day (yet unreleased, pirated versions taped off the radio are floating around out on the web). Artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf and Chick Corea would do a private, live concert at the facility while promoting their album on radio tours, or to promote a performance at an area coliseum. A select group won tickets off the radio and anywhere from 50-100+ folks got the thrill of a lifetime. The concerts were simultaneously broadcast on WPLR New Haven, what is now Clear Channel Radio.

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Peter Green & The Original Fleetwood Mac - Alone With The Blues

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:54
Size: 161,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Walkin' The Road (3:51)
2. Trying So Hard To Forget (5:14)
3. Coming, I'm Coming (1:43)
4. Kind Hearted Woman (2:33)
5. Jumping At Shadows (4:11)
6. Sandy Mary (5:20)
7. Same Old Blues (3:45)
8. Born Under A Bad Sign (2:56)
9. Tribal Dance (4:30)
10. Time For Me To Go (3:51)
11. A Fool No More (7:44)
12. Loser Two Times (4:29)
13. Fallin' Apart (3:50)
14. Just For You (4:40)
15. Last Train To San Antone (5:32)
16. Give Me Back My Freedom (5:39)

Peter Green was a great talent but put out very erratic records, and never recaptured the brilliance of his best work with the early Fleetwood Mac. This compilation, though drawing from both solo and Fleetwood Mac recordings, is far from the best way to sample or even gain some appreciation for his music. The track selection is so haphazard, and so concentrated on the margins of his discography, that Alone with the Blues doesn't often showcase Green at his best, leaving the impression that the pool of possibilities to be licensed was severely limited. Just two of the songs - "Jumping at Shadows" and "Sandy Mary" - are performed by Fleetwood Mac, and while they're good, these live February 1970 tracks have been available on a number of other releases.

As for the three lo-fi late-'60s duets with fellow British bluesman Duster Bennett, their placement on any Peter Green compilation other than a rarity-oriented one is downright peculiar; they're of interest to serious fans and collectors, but too informal and poorly recorded to merit high praise. The rest of the CD is devoted to cuts culled from Green's solo releases of the late '70s and early '80s, and while these contained more acceptable stuff than many listeners acknowledge, they didn't approach the fire and inspiration that Green brought to his Fleetwood Mac days.

At times, the rough-hewn vocals and silvery blues-rock guitar work approaches the special soul he was capable of mustering, as on the Santana-esque instrumental "Tribal Dance" and the slow-burning blues "A Fool No More"; at others, he sounds like he's just going through the motions; and on yet others, there's a misguided attempt to follow trends (as on the mildly disco-fied "Loser Two Times"). The documentation on the packaging, too, is wholly inadequate, offering hardly any recording dates or original release info. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

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Fleetwood Mac - Shrine '69

Year: 1999
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:21
Size: 100,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Full

1. Tune Up (2:10)
2. If You Be My Baby (4:28)
3. Something Inside Of Me (4:03)
4. My Sweet Baby (4:26)
5. Albatross (3:26)
6. Before The Beginning (3:05)
7. Rollin' Man (5:33)
8. Lemon Squeezer (5:29)
9. Need Your Love So Bad (6:59)
10. Great Balls Of Fire (3:37)

A live concert from January 25, 1969, recorded in Los Angeles by soundman Dinky Dawson. The fidelity is very good (excellent, in fact, by late-1960s standards), and the band are good form on a nine-song set (a tenth track is just a "Tune Up") that sticks mostly to lesser-known originals and covers. That means you don't get classics on the order of "Black Magic Woman" or "Oh Well", but on the other hand it's nice to hear different versions of some of the lesser-known early Mac originals, like Peter Green's anguished "Before the Beginning" and one of Danny Kirwan's better tunes, "Something Inside of Me".

It's getting hard to keep track because of the bumper crop of official and semi-official live late-sixties Fleetwood Mac releases now available, but this is the first appearance of "Lemon Squeezer" to my knowledge, and "My Baby Sweet" is not easy to come by (although at least one version has appeared on a hard-to-find CD). No late-sixties Fleetwood Mac live release, it seems, is deemed complete without the inclusion of a couple of comic fifties rock covers, and you have to sit through "Great Balls of Fire" and "Blue Suede Shoes" here. The latter boasts over-the-top lewd lyrics, "lick my dick" being substituted for "blue blue, blue suede shoes" for a while in the chorus - just the type of schoolboy humor that might have seemed taboo-smashing in 1969, but seems sort of stupid on disc.

This release would be of more interest if there wasn't already an abundance of live and outtake early Mac available on Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live at the BBC, Jumping at Shadows, Cerulean, and Vaudeville Years. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

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Fleetwood Mac - Live At The BBC (2 CD)

A substantial (and official) supplement to the band's recorded legacy with Peter Green, this double CD features 36 songs broadcasted between 1967 and 1971, in mostly superlative sound. The title, though, isn't 100 percent accurate; half a dozen tracks were recorded shortly after Green left the band, and since Green is still listed as part of the lineup for all but one of these in the liner notes, Castle Communications either has the dates or personnel wrong. Anyway, the music gives a good idea of the range of the band in their earliest, and by many accounts, best incarnation. It is not, however, all blues-rock by any means; quite a few of these are given over to Jeremy Spencer-dominated parodies of '50s rock, and while these are entertaining in a modest fashion, the best moments, unsurprisingly, are when guitarists Danny Kirwan and (more particularly) Green play their own material.

Some of Green's most well-known compositions from the era are here ("Man of the World", "Albatross", "Rattlesnake Shake", and "Oh Well"), and in the usual BBC tradition, these have a sparer and rougher feel than the studio versions, though they don't either match or redefine them. "Preachin'", "Preachin' Blues", and "Early Morning Come" are otherwise unavailable showcases for Spencer, Green, and Kirwan, respectively, that demonstrate their facility with no-nonsense, down-home blues when they got in a serious mood.

While this isn't as essential a collection as Then Play On or the numerous best-of anthologies covering the Peter Green era, it presents more solid evidence of the band's skills in both blues-rock and surprisingly straight rock (a cover of Tim Hardin's "Hang on to a Dream" is the surprise find of the set), though some may find the detours into comedy and '50s rock irksome. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

Album: Live At The BBC - CD 1
Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:55
Size: 134,5 MB
Styles: Blues, blues-rock, rock
Scans: Full

1. Rattlesnake Shake (7:39)
2. Sandy Mary (5:00)
3. Believe My Time Ain't Long (3:00)
4. Although The Sun Is Shining (2:31)
5. Only You (2:51)
6. You Never Know What You're Missing (2:52)
7. Oh Well (2:26)
8. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (3:25)
9. Jenny Lee (2:19)
10. Heavenly (2:37)
11. When Will I Be Loved? (2:13)
12. When I See My Baby (2:11)
13. Buddy's Song (2:09)
14. Honey Hush (3:08)
15. Preachin' (3:05)
16. Jumping At Shadows (3:35)
17. Preachin' Blues (1:59)
18. Need Your Love So Bad (3:48)

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Album: Live At The BBC - CD 2
Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:53
Size: 122,9 MB
Styles: Blues, blues-rock, rock
Scans: Full

1. Long Grey Mare (2:54)
2. Sweet Home Chicago (3:10)
3. Baby Please Set A Date (2:59)
4. Blues With A Feeling (2:56)
5. Stop Messing Around (2:17)
6. Tallahassee Lassie (3:24)
7. Hang On To A Dream (2:56)
8. Linda (2:03)
9. Mean Mistreatin' Mama (4:03)
10. World Keep On Turning (2:39)
11. I Can't Hold Out (2:27)
12. Early Morning Come (2:29)
13. Albatross (2:48)
14. Looking For Somebody (2:40)
15. A Fool No More (3:40)
16. Got To Move (2:57)
17. Like Crying Like Dying (2:33)
18. Man Of The World (2:49)

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Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On

Year: 1969/2013
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:54
Size: 164,2 MB
Styles: Blues, rock
Scans: Full

1. Coming Your Way (3:44)
2. Closing My Eyes (4:50)
3. Fighting For Madge (2:42)
4. When You Say (4:31)
5. Show-Biz Blues (3:50)
6. Under Way (3:04)
7. One Sunny Day (3:13)
8. Although The Sun Is Shining (2:24)
9. Rattlesnake Shake (3:29)
10. Without You (4:35)
11. Searching For Madge (6:55)
12. My Dream (3:30)
13. Like Crying (2:25)
14. Before The Beginning (3:29)
15. Oh Well - Pt. 1 (Bonus Track) (3:22)
16. Oh Well - Pt. 2 (Bonus Track) (5:39)
17. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (Bonus Track) (4:36)
18. World In Harmony (Bonus Track) (3:26)

Then Play On, originally released in September 1969, was the group’s final album to feature founding member Peter Green. Guitarist/vocalist Green joined Mick Fleetwood (drums), John McVie (bass), Jeremy Spencer (piano/guitar) and new recruit Danny Kirwan (vocals/guitar). Kirwan, Green, Fleetwood and McVie all contributed songs to Then Play On, which has had quite a convoluted release history. Two songs were dropped from the U.K. line-up when the album was released in the U.S., namely “One Sunny Day” and “Without You,” as both tracks had already appeared on the compilation album English Rose.

When the non-LP single “Oh Well – Pt. 1” b/w “Oh Well – Pt. 2” became a hit in November 1969, however, Reprise made the decision to add both sides to the LP as one rather sloppily-edited track, dropping “When You Say” and “My Dream”. (Interestingly, all four dropped songs were written by Danny Kirwan.) The LP sequence was also shuffled. When Reprise reissued Then Play On as a compact disc, “My Dream” and “When You Say” were reinstated into the revised running order, but not “One Sunny Day” and “Without You.”

The new reissue of Then Play On, includes not only “My Dream” and “When You Say”, but “One Sunny Day” and “Without You”, recreating the original U.K. 14-song line-up. The merged “Oh Well” has been jettisoned in favor of the original two-part single, now included in the bonus section, and one more non-LP single has been added: “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)” b/w “World in Harmony.” To top off the fully-remastered package, David Fricke has contributed new liner notes.

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