The Brunning Sunflower Band - Trackside Blues

Album: Trackside Blues
Size: 95,7 MB
Time: 41:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1969/1983/1994
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Ride With Your Daddy Tonight (3:37)
2. Tube Train Blues (3:22)
3. Sunflower Shuffle (3:17)
4. Simple Simon (2:17)
5. I Met This Bird In Playboy (2:36)
6. Ah! Soul (2:37)
7. It Takes Time (3:37)
8. Baby You're The Real Thing (3:06)
9. If You Let Me Love You (7:02)
10. North Star (3:00)
11. Closing Hours (3:17)
12. Uranus (Take II) (3:22)

The Brunning Sunflower Blues Band was the part-time British blues-rock outfit led by former Fleetwood Mac bassist Bob Brunning and blues pianist Bob Hall. A founding member of Fleetwood Mac, Brunning kept a low profile after having been let go by Peter Green once John McVie was free of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. He worked briefly with Savoy Brown and became a schoolteacher, but still found time - with Hall and their Sunflower Blues Band - to release four albums: 1968's Bullen Street Blues, 1969's Trackside Blues (featuring Green), 1970's I Wish You Would, and 1971's The Brunning/Hall Sunflower Blues Band.

The group reconvened in the '80s as the Deluxe Blues Band, and the bandmembers often served as backup players for stateside blues musicians touring England. Trackside Blues and I Wish You Would were re-released on Appaloosa in 2000. Brunning continues to be involved in blues music and study, delivering lectures on the topic from time to time. /Biography by Chris True, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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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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Peter Green - The Anthology

Size: 826 MB
Time: 4:31:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Evil Woman Blues (4:04)
02. The Stumble (2:54)
03. Sitting In The Rain (2:58)
04. The World Keep On Turning (2:29)
05. The Supernatural (2:56)
06. Looking For Somebody (2:51)
07. Long Grey Mare (Feat. Bob Brunning) (2:15)
08. Stop Messin' Around (2:21)
09. Train Is Coming (4:29)
10. Greeny (3:55)
11. Soul Dressing (3:49)
12. I Loved Another Woman (2:56)
13. No Place To Go (3:21)
14. You Don't Love Me (2:49)
15. Lazy Poker Blues (2:35)
16. Merry Go Round (4:09)
17. Trying So Hard To Forget (4:48)
18. Ramblin' Pony (3:34)
19. Drifting (3:32)

CD 2:
01. Black Magic Woman ( 2:53)
02. Albatross ( 3:11)
03. Ain't Nobodys Business ( 5:13)
04. Someday Baby ( 3:03)
05. Watch Out ( 4:21)
06. Ooh Baby ( 4:08)
07. Hartun's Boogie Woogie (Take One) ( 3:39)
08. Love That Burns ( 5:03)
09. First Train Home ( 4:07)
10. Need Your Love So Bad ( 6:15)
11. Don't Goof With The Spook ( 7:23)
12. The Answer ( 5:27)
13. Homage To The God Of Light (13:34)
14. Oh Well (Part1 And Part 2) ( 9:05)

CD 3:
01. Man Of The World (2:53)
02. Before The Beginning (3:27)
03. Mamma Don'tcha Cry (3:21)
04. Underway (2:53)
05. Rattlesnake Shake (3:30)
06. It's Gonna Be Me (3:36)
07. White Sky (Love That Evil Woman) (8:49)
08. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (4:35)
09. Show-Biz Blues (3:54)
10. In The Skies (3:48)
11. Like A Hot Tomato (3:07)
12. Whatcha Gonna Do (3:50)
13. Carry My Love (4:59)
14. Corners Of My Mind (3:46)
15. Hidden Depth (Feat. Zoot Money) (4:56)

CD 4:
01. Big Change Is Gonna Come (With Splinter Group) (5:05)
02. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (Ft. Otis Rush With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group) (3:32)
03. It Takes Time (With Splinter Group) (5:09)
04. Don't Walk Away (With Splinter Group) (4:34)
05. Heart Of Stone (With Splinter Group) (4:43)
06. Love In Vain Blues (With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group) (4:46)
07. From Four Until Late Ft. Dr. John (With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group) (3:02)
08. I'm Ready For You (With Splinter Group) (4:41)
09. Cruel Contradictions (With Dick Heckstall-Smith) (6:47)
10. Me And The Devil Blues (With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group) (3:01)
11. Cross Road Blues Ft. Buddy Guy (With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group) (2:55)
12. Dead Shrimp Blues Ft. Hubert Sumlin (With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group) (2:50)
13. Travelling Riverside Blues (Ft. Joe Louis Walker & Honey Boy Edwards With Nigel Watson) (4:06)
14. Time Keeps Slippin' Away (With Splinter Group) (4:44)
15. Look Out For Yourself (With Splinter Group) (4:30)
16. Albatross (With Chris Coco) (5:27)

Some Peter Green fans might be put off by this 64-song/four-CD collection, owing to the fact that they are likely to already own a significant chunk of what's here (especially the Fleetwood Mac material). (And in fairness, there apparently isn't a lot of -- or any -- unreleased material to draw on from Green's classic period with the band). But this reviewer had to spring for this four-and-a-half hour showcase of his work, and for one major reason -- vitality. Green's virtuosity is a given, and his taste and his insights into blues and what can be done with it -- while still leaving it as blues -- are well known to anyone who's heard his work. But what the makers have done here is to truly assemble his finest, most energetic and inspired work across over 35 years and well over four hours' listening time, into a collection that's greater than the sum of its parts -- in that regard, this set rivals the Eric Clapton Crossroads retrospective, except that doing this set took a bit more courage, as Green hasn't gotten nearly the publicity for his musicianship that Clapton has for his across the last four decades. The first two discs and the first half of the third contain a track list that, distilled slightly more, could be a strong contender for a "best of Fleetwood Mac" in their pre-pop incarnation, 23 tracks that, thanks to some ambitious cross-licensing, combine the group's Blue Horizon and Reprise catalog material into a comprehensive whole, and the makers have even included one cut off of Green's post-Mac End of the Game solo album. Green's earlier work with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers is represented, if not quite so thoroughly, and his two distinct periods working with Pete Bardens, under his own name and earlier as part of Peter B's Looners, is offered, along with material done with Duster Bennett and Otis Spann. The quality of the playing (and singing) speaks for itself, but the producers have also assembled the material in not quite strict chronological order -- "Soul Dressing" with Peter B's Looners is right in the middle of a disc that includes work with Mayall, Duster Bennett, Otis Spann, and early Fleetwood Mac -- so that there's a lot of variety in the listening. The sounds range from Mississippi Delta and electric Chicago blues to prog rock-ish and psychedelic pieces, and into R&B-based material, acoustic tracks placed just right in the middle of electric sides, and all manner of variation. The fourth disc covers the highlights of Green's solo career, and while the tendency of some would be to dismiss it or, at least, regard it as more of an appendix to his classic years, it turns out to be as vital as the rest of the set -- whatever personal demons Green had to overcome to get to the point represented here, it will be plain to anyone that he brought as much energy and finely tuned musical insights to his post-1971 career as he did to his work with his early bands. In other words, for anyone who truly loves the blues, Green's solo work with the Splinter Group (and some other contexts), represented on Disc Four, is every bit as worthwhile as his early stuff. And that -- and the killer sound, and the excellent annotation -- more than makes up for any repetition that might be entailed in buying this set. For longtime fans it's still essential, and for anyone who's ever wondered what the big deal was about Peter Green, or the "other" Fleetwood Mac, or even British blues, it's a great place to start, and might just be a revelation. (And it will also be a good introduction to the work of Pete Bardens, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Zoot Money, et al.). ~Bruce Eder

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Peter Green Splinter Group With Nigel Watson - Hot Foot Powder

Year: 2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:55
Size: 99,8 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (3:34)
2. From Four Until Late (3:02)
3. Dead Shrimp Blues (2:49)
4. Little Queen Of Spades (3:01)
5. They're Red Hot (3:51)
6. Preachin' Blues (2:44)
7. Hell Hound On My Trail (3:31)
8. Traveling Riverside Blues (4:08)
9. Malted Milk (3:12)
10. Milkcow's Calf Blues (3:32)
11. Drunken Hearted Man (3:22)
12. Cross Road Blues (2:56)
13. Come On In My Kitchen (3:08)

Hot Foot Powder is Peter Green's second album made up entirely of covers of the music by the legendary Delta bluesman Robert Johnson. In fact, with this album and its predecessor, The Robert Johnson Songbook, Green has recorded every song that Robert Johnson is known to have composed and recorded. Where Johnson often played and sang like a man whose life depended on it, Green plays and sings like a man whose next beer depends on it, surprisingly with very nice results.

His performance on the title track is marvelously lazy and laid-back throughout this bluesy album, which also features Green's band, the Splinter Group, including Nigel Watson. Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Hubert Sumlin, and Joe Louis Walker all make guest appearances on the album, along with Honey Boy Edwards, who knew and performed with Robert Johnson.

The only slight drawback to this album are the few vocal performances of Nigel Watson, who is, perhaps, technically a better vocalist than Peter Green; however, his voice lacks Green's soulful weariness. Hot Foot Powder's packaging, designed by 9th Planet, is both a creative and fun complement to the music within. /Tim Griggs, AllMusic

Personnel: Peter Green (guitar, harmonica, vocals); Nigel Watson (guitar, vocals); Roger Cotton (guitar, piano); Pete Stroud (upright bass); Larry Tolfree (drums); Brian Bulls (guitar).

Special guests: Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards, Joe Louis Walker.

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Duster Bennett Feat. Peter Green - Out In The Blue

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:01
Size: 143,2 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Worried Mind (2:51)
2. I've Been A Fool (3:20)
3. I Wonder, I Wonder (Feat. Top Topham) (7:21)
4. Down The Road (Feat. Top Topham) (6:34)
5. Trying So Hard To Forget (Feat. Peter Green) (5:15)
6. Kind Hearted Woman (Feat. Peter Green) (2:30)
7. Coming, I'm Coming (Feat. Peter Green) (1:44)
8. I'm Thinking About A Woman (Feat. Peter Green) (6:19)
9. Two Harps (Feat. Peter Green) (1:40)
10. Everybody's Got A Friend But Me (3:17)
11. Blues With A Feeling (2:56)
12. As Years Roll By (Instrumental) (3:21)
13. I Don't Wanna Fuss (3:35)
14. Sleep With Myself (4:11)
15. Losing Love (3:50)
16. Everyday (3:11)

Odds and ends, mostly from 1966-68, with a few tracks from 1975 and 1976, the year Bennett was killed in a car wreck. Two tracks feature fine lead guitar by Duster's longtime friend (and original Yardbird) Top Topham - home tapes worthy of inclusion if only for Top's amazing and expressive vibrato.

Five tracks feature Peter Green, including a demo of his "Trying So Hard to Forget" that's especially moody and the fascinating snippet "Two Harps" instrumental duet (unaccompanied harmonicas, as the title implies), showing the similarity in the pair's harp styles. The final cut, "Everyday," from 1976, sets one of Bennett's finest vocal performances against a string backdrop. What a contrast to the one-man band shouting "Worried Mind" - and it works. /Dan Forte, AllMusic

Additional info: Tracks 13-15 are credited to the band "Thirty Days" featuring Duster Bennett (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Keith Randall (vocals, guitar, harmonica): Richard Ford (vocals, bass, drums).

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Peter Green & Kolors - Live in Frankfurt (Bootleg)

Size: 167,2+74,7 MB
Time: 72:14+32:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1984
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Womanizer ( 7:03)
02. Green Instrumental ( 6:36)
03. White Sky ( 6:13)
04. Where You Goin' ( 4:34)
05. A Loser Two Times ( 5:20)
06. Into The Skies ( 6:51)
07. Love That Burns ( 8:22)
08. Man Of The World ( 4:32)
09. I'm A Free Boy Now ( 6:01)
10. Oh Well ( 6:09)
11. Black Magic Woman (10:05)
12. Outros ( 0:23)

CD 2:
01. Albatross (6:46)
02. Stay Out (7:12)
03. Green Manalishi (8:53)
04. Applause (1:23)
05. Need Your Love So Bad (7:55)

Live At Sinkkasten, Frankfurt, Germany, December 13, 1984

Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, 29 October 1946) is a British blues rock guitarist. As the founder of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Green's songs, such as "Albatross", "Black Magic Woman", "Oh Well", and "Man of the World", appeared on the record charts, and several have been adapted by a variety of musicians.

Green was a major figure in the "second great epoch" of the British blues movement. B.B. King commented, "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats." Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page have both praised his guitar playing; he is noted for his use of string bending, vibrato, and economy of style.

Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Green at number 38 in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". His tone on the instrumental "The Supernatural" was rated as one of the 50 greatest of all time by Guitar Player. In June 1996, Green was voted the third-best guitarist of all time in Mojo magazine.

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Peter Green - The Very Best Of Peter Green

Size: 132,4+125,5 MB
Time: 56:43+53:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock, British Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Time Keeps Slipping Away (4:42)
02. Help Me Through The Day (5:15)
03. Big Boy Now (5:54)
04. Boogie All The Way (4:28)
05. Needs Must The Devil Drives (4:16)
06. Born On The Wild Side (2:59)
07. In The Skies (3:49)
08. Gotta Do It With Me (4:00)
09. I Can't Help Myself (7:00)
10. Momma Don'tcha Cry (3:23)
11. Got To See Her Tonight (5:47)
12. Cryin' Won't Bring You Back (5:06)

CD 2:
01. Time For Me To Go (3:51)
02. One More Night Without You (5:26)
03. Black Magic Woman (6:53)
04. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (3:32)
05. Seven Stars (3:07)
06. Burglar (5:55)
07. Loser Two Times (4:31)
08. Indian Lover (3:30)
09. What Am I Doing Here? (3:29)
10. Shining Star (3:07)
11. The Clown (6:00)
12. Feeling Good (4:14)

Peter Green is regarded by some fans as the greatest white blues guitarist ever, Eric Clapton notwithstanding. Born Peter Greenbaum but calling himself Peter Green by age 15, he grew up in London's working-class East End. Green's early musical influences were Hank Marvin of the Shadows, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Freddie King, and traditional Jewish music. He originally played bass before being invited in 1966 by keyboardist Peter Bardens to play lead in the Peter B's, whose drummer was a lanky chap named Mick Fleetwood. The 19-year-old Green was with Bardens just three months before joining John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, whose rapidly shifting personnel included bassist John McVie and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. A keen fan of Clapton, Green badgered Mayall to give him a chance when the Bluesbreakers guitarist split for an indefinite vacation in Greece. Green sounded great and, as Mayall recalls, was not amused when Clapton returned after a handful of gigs, and Green was out.

When Clapton left the band for good six months later to form Cream, Mayall cajoled Green back. Fans were openly hostile because Green was not God, although they appreciated Clapton's replacement in time. Producer Mike Vernon was aghast when the Bluesbreakers showed up without Clapton to record the album A Hard Road in late 1966, but was won over by Green's playing. On many tracks you'd be hard-pressed to tell it wasn't Clapton playing. With an eerie Green instrumental called "The Supernatural," he demonstrated the beginning of his trademark fluid, haunting style so reminiscent of B.B. King.

When Green left Mayall in 1967, he took McVie and Fleetwood to found Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan shortly afterward gave Fleetwood Mac an unusual three-guitar front line. Green was at his peak for the albums Mr. Wonderful, English Rose, Then Play On, and a live Boston Tea Party recording. His instrumental "Albatross" was the band's first British number one single and "Black Magic Woman" was later a huge hit for Carlos Santana. But Green had been experimenting with acid and his behavior became increasingly irrational, especially after he disappeared for three days of rampant drug use in Munich. He became very religious, appearing on-stage wearing crucifixes and flowing robes. His bandmates resisted Green's suggestion to donate most of their money to charity, and he left in mid-1970 after writing a harrowing biographical tune called "The Green Manalishi."

After a bitter, rambling solo album called The End of the Game, Green saddened fans when he hung up his guitar, except for helping the Mac complete a tour when Spencer suddenly joined the Children of God in Los Angeles and quit the band. Green's chaotic odyssey of almost a decade included rumors that he was a gravedigger, a bartender in Cornwall, a hospital orderly, and a member of an Israeli commune. When an accountant sent him an unwanted royalty check, Green confronted his tormentor with a gun, although it was unloaded. Green went to jail briefly before being transferred to an asylum.

Green emerged in the late '70s and early '80s with albums In the Skies, Little Dreamer, White Sky, and Kolors, featuring at times Bardens, Robin Trower drummer Reg Isidore, and Fairport Convention drummer Dave Mattacks. He reprised the Then Play On Mac standard "Rattlesnake Shake" on Fleetwood's solo 1981 album, The Visitor. British author Martin Celmins wrote Green's biography in 1995. Psychologically troubled, on medication, and hardly playing the guitar for most of the '90s, the reclusive Green resumed sporadic recording in the second half of the decade. He surfaces unexpectedly from time to time, most prominently January 12, 1998, when Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In a rare, perfect moment, Green jammed with fellow inductee Santana on "Black Magic Woman." ~by Mark Allan

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Eddie Boyd - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

Size: 146,0 MB
Time: 61:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. It's So Miserable To Be Alone (3:44)
02. Empty Arms (2:54)
03. You Got To Reap (2:23)
04. Just The Blues (5:36)
05. She's Real (3:01)
06. Back Slack (2:50)
07. Be Careful (5:28)
08. Ten To One (2:44)
09. The Blues Is Here To Stay (2:06)
10. You Are My Love (4:15)
11. Third Degree (4:41)
12. Thank You Baby (2:00)
13. She's Gone (5:34)
14. (I Can't Stop) Loving You (3:23)
15. The Big Boat (2:40)
16. Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (3:06)
17. The Stroller (2:40)
18. No Place Like Home (2:43)

Personnel:
Eddie Boyd - Piano & Vocals
Peter Green - Guitar
John McVie - Bass
Ansley Dunbar - Drums
Mick Fleetwood - Drums

Recorded in London, 1967 & 1968 (The last two tracks, recorded in Chicago, 1960).

Chicago blues pianist Eddie Boyd only released one album for Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label (7936 South Rhodes), so in addition to those 12 tracks, this reissue scrapes together another four rarities from around the same period (1967-1968) and two from 1960 to expand the song listing to 18. The bulk of this recording was laid down in a single day, a situation that kept the energy flowing in the studio. This was producer Vernon's second session with Boyd, two leftover tunes from his 1967 Decca album open the disc, so he was acquainted with the bluesman's method of working. The project was originally credited to Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, and indeed three quarters of that band (Green, Fleetwood, and McVie) provide backing duties for the majority of these tracks. The Mac, which had started to experience their first shot of stardom in the U.K., are in typically fine form with Green's slashing, quicksilver leads a particular treat. There are also vocal similarities between Green (who doesn't sing here) and Boyd, showing that this session was a two-way street. The pianist sounds relaxed and comfortable, especially considering the rushed atmosphere in which the recording was held. While there is nothing as classic as "Five Long Years," there is plenty of quality music as the Mac push Boyd to spirited performances of straight Chicago blues. But arguably the most attractive aspect of this single-disc compilation is not audible. Vernon's extensive, detailed, and captivating liner notes, laid out over 11 pages of small type, explain how the sessions came about, and more specifically Boyd's history and status in the blues world. They are beautifully written, as Vernon shows himself to not only be a fan and friend of Boyd, but someone who understood his importance as a blues artist. Die-hard Eddie Boyd fans who already own the majority of this material (two previously unreleased tracks from 1960 close the disc and four others were only available on hard to find singles) will need this just for Vernon's story. The sound has also been cleaned up, which brings Green's guitar and Boyd's voice even further into the spotlight on this terrific set. ~by Hal Horowitz

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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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The Enemy Within (Feat. Peter Green & Mick Green) - Two Greens Make A Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:27
Size: 124.7 MB
Styles: Blues rock
Year: 1998/2013
Art: Front

[4:36] 1. All Quiet
[3:44] 2. Chinese White Boy
[3:48] 3. Rock And Roll Feeling
[4:50] 4. Doctor
[2:43] 5. Four Minute Melody
[3:21] 6. Post Modern Blues
[3:09] 7. Eprom Song
[3:05] 8. Intensity Of Vision
[3:34] 9. Camel's Eye Blues
[2:35] 10. Way You Dance
[5:44] 11. End Zone
[2:56] 12. Nietzsche's Ass
[3:29] 13. Who Do You Love
[3:03] 14. Stab The Knife
[3:44] 15. Rosy

Most of these recordings apparently started out on an album by a band called The Enemy Within released in 1986 and the album was called "A touch of sunburn". Then a few years later, the album was repackaged a few times over with bonus tracks, this is one of the rehashes wherein the releasing label was blowing up the fact that Peter Green (among others) had played on it (albeit in an obviously very minor way). I've heard rumblings that "Chinese white boy" may be the only track to include Green's work but even then, I don't know how reliable the information is that he is even on that track as I wouldn't have known he was on that track by listening to it. I only "know" from what tales I've heard. Green is listed as playing guitar and bass on this CD but states nothing further regarding his appearance so anyone's guess is as good as mine as to where he may be on this platter as I don't even know if the "Chinese white boy" legends were made before the releasing of the bonus tracks (which of course confuses the issue even further in that questions then arise to the effect of "Is he on any of those?"). Pressing on to the Enemy Within's music itself, these guys were obviously trying to do something they felt would be groundbreaking in some musical sense but I think few have been influenced by the recordings enclosed on this disc. The aforementioned "Chinese white boy" is a back and forth bouncer with twangy guitars (possibly trying to give it an oriental feel) and fuzzy vocals. "All quiet" is a funkish opener, "Rock and roll feeling" is a straight ahead rocker, "Doctor" is a rasping chirper, "Four minute melody" is a bouncy tumbler, "Post modern blues" is a plinking doodle, "Eprom song" starts promising but fades fast. "Intensity of vision" tries to sound futuristic and sophisticated but fails, "Camel's eye blues" includes thin searings, "Way you dance" is a new wave blues boogie that's not very useful, "End zone" has a suspenseful theme but instead of building off of hat, it goes nowhere. "Nietzsch's ass" is an unfunny rolling twanger, "Who do you love" is a cold mechanical cover, "Stab the knife" is a galloper that I think could've worked had it been done in a straightforward way and the yowler "Rosy" is a bland closer. Purely for Green completests and no other reason. ~John Fitzgerald

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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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John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - A Hard Road

Year: 1967/2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:24
Size: 188,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. A Hard Road (3:10)
2. It's Over (2:50)
3. You Don't Love Me (2:49)
4. The Stumble (2:53)
5. Another Kinda Love (3:05)
6. Hit The Highway (2:16)
7. Leaping Christine (2:23)
8. Dust My Blues (2:48)
9. There's Always Work (1:35)
10. The Same Way (2:11)
11. The Supernatural (2:56)
12. Top Of The Hill (2:39)
13. Someday After Awhile (You'll Be Sorry) (3:01)
14. Living Alone (2:28)
15. Looking Back (Single A Side, Bonus) (2:37)
16. So Many Roads (Single B Side, Bonus) (4:44)
17. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter (Featured On 'Thru The Years', 1971, Bonus) (2:39)
18. Alabama Blues (Featured On 'Thru The Years', 1971, Bonus) (2:31)
19. All My Life (w. Paul Butterfield, Bonus) (4:24)
20. Ridin' On The L&N (w. Paul Butterfield, Bonus) (2:27)
21. Eagle Eye (w. Paul Butterfield, Bonus) (2:53)
22. Little By Little (w. Paul Butterfield, Bonus) (2:47)
23. Sitting In The Rain (Single A Side, Bonus) (2:57)
24. Out Of Reach (Single B Side, Bonus) (4:44)
25. No More Tears (BBC Session 1967, Bonus) (2:17)
26. Ridin' On The L&N (BBC Session 1967, Bonus) (2:19)
27. Sitting In The Rain (BBC Session 1967, Bonus) (2:52)
28. Leaping Christine (BBC Session 1967, Bonus) (1:54)

Eric Clapton is usually thought of as John Mayall's most important right-hand man, but the case could also be made for his successor, Peter Green. The future Fleetwood Mac founder leaves a strong stamp on his only album with the Bluesbreakers, singing a few tracks and writing a couple, including the devastating instrumental "Supernatural". Green's use of thick sustain on this track clearly pointed the way to his use of guitar riffs with elongated, slithery tones on Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" and "Black Magic Woman", as well as anticipating some aspects of Carlos Santana's style.

Mayall acquits himself fairly well on this mostly original set (with occasional guest horns), though some of the material is fairly mundane. Highlights include the uncharacteristically rambunctious "Leaping Christine" and the cover of Freddie King's "Someday After a While (You'll Be Sorry)". /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

Personnel:
John Mayall - vocals, organ, piano, harmonica, guitar
Peter Green - guitar, vocals
John McVie - bass
Aynsley Dunbar - drums

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VA - A Double Dose Of The Blues

Size: 177,2+195,3 MB
Time: 75:44+83:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Zakiya Hooker, Johnnie Johnson & Bobby Murray - I Want To Hug You (4:00)
02 Jack Bruce & Gary Moore - I'm In The Mood (6:16)
03 Llc-Vince Converse - Bad Like Jesse James (7:03)
04 Jeff Beck - Will The Circle Be Unbroken (6:04)
05 Gary Brooker & Andy Fairweather Low - Baby Lee (4:44)
06 T.S. McPhee & Dick Heckstall-Smith - Ground Hog Blues (5:40)
07 Mick Taylor & Max Middleton - This Is Hip (3:45)
08 Peter Green Splinter Group - Crawlin' King Snake (5:37)
09 Clem Clempson, Dick Heckstall-Smith & T.S. Mcphee - I'm Leaving (5:21)
10 Gary Brooker & Andy Fairweather-Low - Little Wheel (5:31)
11 Gregg's Eggs - The Business (4:34)
12 Jeff Beck - Hobo Blues (5:49)
13 Gary Moore & Jack Bruce - Serve Me Right To Suffer (6:22)
14 John Lee Hooker, Booker T. Jones & Randy California - Red House (4:52)

CD 2:
01 Jack Bruce & Clem Clempson - Send For Me ( 7:48)
02 Georgie Fame - If You Live ( 4:19)
03 Duffy Power - Go Down Sunshine ( 4:51)
04 Mick Jagger & Chris Jagger - Racketeer's Blues ( 3:50)
05 Pete Brown, Phil Ryan & Dick Heckstall-Smith - Rocks In My Bed ( 3:26)
06 Miller Anderson - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood ( 3:45)
07 Maggie Bell & Big Jim Sullivan - Blind Man ( 4:52)
08 Peter Green & Nigel Watson - Traveling Riverside Blues ( 3:56)
09 T.S. McPhee - Drop Down Mama ( 2:59)
10 Jack Bruce & Clem Clempson - I've Got News For You ( 4:51)
11 Nine Below Zero - Nine Below Zero ( 3:54)
12 The Pretty Things - Judgment Day ( 3:41)
13 Pascal 'Junior' Delmas - Play On Little Girl/T-Bone Shuffle ( 6:00)
14 Mick Clarke & Lou Martin - One More Mile To Go ( 5:07)
15 Max Middleton & Mick Taylor - You Shook Me (10:18)
16 Tom Killner - Midnight Call ( 4:56)
17 Tinsley Ellis & Eli Cook - Sweet Thang ( 4:35)

A deluxe 2-for-1 package featuring a star-studded tribute to the music of John Lee Hooker (From Clarksdale To Heaven – Remembering John Lee Hooker) and a superb gathering of UK bluesmen (Knights Of The Blues Table)!

With Jeff Beck, John Lee Hooker, Gary Moore, Mick Taylor, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Peter Green, Clem Clempson, Johnnie Johnson, Georgie Fame, and lots more plus a special appearance on harmonica by Mick Jagger!

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Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic: The Best Of The Early Years

Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:05
Size: 181,1 MB
Styles: Electric Blues
Scans: Full

1. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (4:44)
2. Black Magic Woman (Live) (6:58)
3. Man Of The World (3:01)
4. Oh Well (Live) (2:46)
5. Blues In B Flat Minor (3:02)
6. Do You Give A Damn For Me? (3:41)
7. Buzz Me Baby (3:34)
8. Like It This Way (3:10)
9. Leaving Town Blues (3:50)
10. World In Harmony (3:25)
11. Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (2:58)
12. Everyday I Have The Blues (4:13)
13. Tell Me From The Start (2:02)
14. Stranger Blues (Live) (4:26)
15. Jumping At Shadows (Live) (5:12)
16. The Madge Sessions No. 2 (2:43)
17. My Baby's Sweeter (3:39)
18. Coming Your Way (Live) (7:46)
19. I Have To Laugh (3:27)
20. Farewell (2:18)

UK compilation from the veteran band spotlighting their early years as a British Blues outfit under the guidance of guitarist Peter Green. In 1967, Peter Green formed Fleetwood Mac with former John Mayall sidemen Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass). The band became the toast of the town, playing a unique blend of the Blues that was influenced by traditional American Blues but injected with new life by the expertise of guitarist Peter Green. /Amazon

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Peter Green - Man Of The World: The Anthology 1968-1988 (2-Disc set)

This double-disc overview collection of British super guitarist Peter Green is unique only for the limit of its focus and its seeming willy-nilly sequenced expression of it. If you're a fan, there isn't anything here you don't already have. By concentrating on a 20-year period -- and for most of that Green was lost in his own mind -- listeners get a solid selection of Green's creative genius with Fleetwood Mac, his spotty early solo records when his disintegration begins, and his tentative but still brilliant first return to music-making as well as a pair of sideman gigs with Bob Brunning's Sunflower Blues Band tossed in for good measure. There are only two live cuts in the batch, Boston Tea Party-era versions of "Black Magic Woman" and a cover of Duster Bennett's "Jumping at Shadows," and a wildly interspersed series of solo album cuts, Mac singles, and LP grooves like the juxtaposition of Green's "Lost My Love" with FM's "Fast Talking Woman Blues." In all, the only new thing here is the packaging and the inventive if problematic assemblage. ~Thom Jurek

Album: Man Of The World: 1968-1988 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:51
Size: 178.2 MB
Styles: Blues rock, Electric blues
Year: 2004

[ 2:59] 1. Man Of The World
[ 1:58] 2. Long Grey Mare
[ 5:05] 3. Cryin' Won't Bring You Back
[ 7:43] 4. A Fool No More
[ 3:43] 5. Trying To Hit My Head Against The Wall
[ 5:29] 6. Last Train To San Antone
[ 3:48] 7. Walkin' The Road
[ 3:20] 8. Uranus
[ 3:47] 9. Whatcha Gonna Do
[ 2:57] 10. Born On The Wild Side
[ 5:22] 11. Lost My Love
[ 3:22] 12. Fast Talkin' Woman Blues
[ 3:41] 13. Long Way From Home
[ 3:43] 14. Touch My Spirit
[ 3:03] 15. Seven Stars
[ 4:28] 16. Loser Two Times
[ 2:46] 17. Oh Well
[10:29] 18. If You Let Me Love You

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Album: Man Of The World: 1968-1988 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 79:17
Size: 181.5 MB
Styles: Blues rock, Electric blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[4:20] 1. Jumping At Shadows
[7:11] 2. Black Magic Woman
[5:52] 3. Big Boy Now
[3:36] 4. You Won't See Me Anymore
[5:47] 5. Got To See Her Tonight
[3:41] 6. Same Old Blues
[4:02] 7. Showbiz Blues
[3:28] 8. Ride With Your Daddy Tonight
[4:26] 9. Tribal Dance
[5:36] 10. Give Me Back My Freedom
[3:01] 11. Bandit
[5:34] 12. Baby, When The Sun Goes Down
[3:27] 13. What Am I Doing Here
[3:05] 14. Shining Star
[3:09] 15. Apostle
[4:53] 16. Stranger Blues
[3:21] 17. Lazy Poker Blues
[4:41] 18. The Green Manalishi

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Fleetwood Mac - Blues Jam In Chicago Vols 1 & 2

Album: Blues Jam In Chicago Vol. 1
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:24
Size: 156.6 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1969/2004
Art: Full

[4:20] 1. Watch Out
[4:05] 2. Ooh Baby
[3:21] 3. South Indiana (Take 1)
[3:46] 4. South Indiana (Take 2)
[5:01] 5. Last Night
[5:55] 6. Red Hot Jam (Take 1) (Bonus Track)
[6:02] 7. Red Hot Jam (Take 2)
[3:46] 8. I'm Worried
[5:16] 9. I Held My Baby Last Night
[4:55] 10. Madison Blues
[4:48] 11. I Can't Hold Out
[3:59] 12. Bobby's Rock (Bonus Track)
[4:31] 13. I Need Your Love
[3:37] 14. Horton's Boogie Woogie (Bonus Track)
[4:55] 15. I Got The Blues

This set, recorded at Chess Record's Ter-Mar complex in Chicago, pairs Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac with some of the Windy City's blues legends including Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Buddy Guy, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. Put together on short notice, and recorded in one day, the sessions have something of a ramshackle feel, but the energy of the performances transcends any shortcomings on this date. Dixon oversaw the proceedings, and can be heard during the between-song banter giving directions and chastising Walter "Shakey" Horton for missing his cues. Since the Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac was so directly influenced by Chicago blues, the session acts as a kind of stylistic homecoming for the band. Bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood contribute driving rhythms while guitarists Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer lend both rhythms and the occasional lead. Green's stunningly fluid guitar work is at the fore, as usual. But the real treat is picking out the Chess players--Otis Spann's piano on "I Got the Blues," J.T. Brown's tenor sax on Elmore James's "I Can't Hold Out," or Guy and Edwards, who go toe-to-toe with Green on "Red Hot Jam," one of the session's indisputable highlights.

Jeremy Spencer (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Danny Kirwan, Peter Green (vocals, guitar); John McVie (bass guitar); Mick Fleetwood (drums); Otis Spann (vocals, piano); David Honeyboy Edwards, Buddy Guy (guitar); Big Walter Horton (harmonica); J.T. Brown (tenor saxophone); Willie Dixon (acoustic bass guitar); S.P. Leary (drums).

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Album: Blues Jam In Chicago Vol. 2
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 75:51
Size: 173.7 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1969/2004
Art: Full

[5:25] 1. World's In A Tangle
[3:27] 2. Talk With You
[4:24] 3. Like It This Way
[7:36] 4. Someday Soon Baby
[5:46] 5. Hungry Country Girl
[5:08] 6. Black Jack Blues
[4:54] 7. Everyday I Have The Blues
[3:57] 8. Rockin' Boogie
[4:04] 9. My Baby's Gone
[0:49] 10. Sugar Mama (Take 1) (Bonus Track)
[6:08] 11. Sugar Mama (Take 2)
[3:20] 12. Homework
[2:19] 13. Honey Boy Blues (Bonus Track)
[2:15] 14. I Need Your Love (Take 1) (Bonus Track)
[3:40] 15. Horton's Boogie Woogie (Bonus Track)
[4:54] 16. Have A Good Time (Bonus Track)
[4:12] 17. That's Wrong (Bonus Track)
[3:24] 18. Rock Me Baby (Bonus Track)

Like Volume 1, BLUES JAM IN CHICAGO Volume 2 documents collaborations between some of Chess Records' most prominent bluesmen and the late-1960s version of Fleetwood Mac (the blues-rock power outfit, as opposed to the commercially successful soft-rock incarnation from the '70s). Given that the Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac was already deeply rooted in Chicago blues, the project proved to be a natural for the group, with Green's blues-drenched leads and the chops of Mick Fleetwood (drums), John McVie (bass), Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer (guitars) providing a perfect framework for contributions by Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards, among others. Green and company bring an edge to the proceedings, playing with the kind of muscle and unbridled energy associated with rock music. Interestingly, Volume 2 has greater variety in the lineup than Volume 1, with Dixon substituting on bass for McVie on a number of tracks, along with much swapping of vocal duties. This last fact gives the second installment the edge over the first, with Edwards singing on his own tunes ("Honey Boy Blues" is a highlight), and the inimitable Spann singing "Someday Soon Baby" and "Hungry Country Girl." This is one of the finer snapshots of British blues-rock meeting its source.

Jeremy Spencer (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Danny Kirwan, Peter Green (vocals, guitar); John McVie (bass guitar); Mick Fleetwood (drums); Otis Spann (vocals, piano); David Honeyboy Edwards, Buddy Guy (guitar); Big Walter Horton (harmonica); J.T. Brown (tenor saxophone); Willie Dixon (acoustic bass guitar); S.P. Leary (drums).

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Peter Green Splinter Group - The Very Best Of

Size: 154,1+146,1 MB
Time: 67:02+63:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Rock, British Blues
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01. Look On Yonder Wall (Live) (6:24)
02. The Stumble (Live) (4:22)
03. Steady Rollin' Man (Live) (3:36)
04. It Takes Time (Live) (5:06)
05. When You Got A Good Friend (2:42)
06. Walkin' Blues (3:07)
07. Ramblin' On My Mind (2:56)
08. Me And The Devil Blues (3:02)
09. Sweet Home Chicago (Feat. Paul Rodgers) (4:13)
10. The Supernatural (Live) (3:09)
11. Shake Your Hips (Live) (5:14)
12. Last Fair Deal Gone Down (3:19)
13. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (4:29)
14. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (5:35)
15. Big Change Is Gonna Come (5:01)
16. Heart Of Stone (4:40)

CD 2:
01. Burglar (5:53)
02. Hiding In Shadows (4:40)
03. Man Of The World (3:02)
04. Dead Shrimp Blues (Feat. Hubert Sumlin) (2:46)
05. Little Queen Of Spades (Feat. Otis Rush) (2:59)
06. They're Red Hot (Feat. Dr. John) (3:50)
07. Cross Road Blues (Feat. Buddy Guy) (2:52)
08. Come On In My Kitchen (3:05)
09. Downsize Blues (Repossess My Body) (3:40)
10. Feeling Good (4:13)
11. Time Keeps Slipping Away (4:41)
12. Underway (Feat. Snowy White) (4:45)
13. Ain't Nothin' Gonna Chnage It (3:26)
14. Look Out For Yourself (4:27)
15. Don't Walk Away (4:30)
16. I'm Ready For You (4:38)

Blues aficionado, guitar guru and virtuoso musician Peter Green, the legendary founding guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, remains an enigma. After knowing great success beginning in the sixties as one of the most heralded guitarists of his generation, Peter Green in the early seventies left his famed band to spend much of the next three decades in the wilderness, plagued by demons and mental illness.

The life of Peter Green has been truly mythologized - making his late 1990s/ early 2000s comeback with the Splinter Group all the more welcome.

'The Very Best of Peter Green Splinter Group' is thus cause for celebration- a deluxe two CD collection comprised of selections from seven albums steeped in Green’s blues rock styling, released from 1997 to 2003.

A Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee for his work with Fleetwood Mac, Green’s work with the Splinter Group includes a mix of blues classics, Robert Johnson covers and Peter Green and Splinter Group originals.

The very best of collection begins with 'Look on Yonder Wall', a funky old Elmore James tune - straight ahead blues. With fine Peter Green-played harmonica bolstering the inspired guitar, bass, drums and piano, Green and company lay down a steady groove. This is healing blues as Green is joined by old friend and band mate Nigel Watson (a guitarist/singer/percussionist) who helped inspire Green to get back in the music game. A talented cadre of other musicians would change a bit as the Splinter Group evolved.

This collection is heavy on covers of the blues great and originator Robert Johnson, as the Splinter Group would release two highly recognised albums of all Johnson songs. This is well played and welcome fare including the Peter Green sung 'Steady Rollin’ Man' - down home blues played with an easy natural flow.

The birthplace of rock is blues, and this surprising quality collection takes the listener back home with a grooving steady back beat and sharp appealing guitar leads.

The classic 'Walkin’ Blues' is an authentic and true treatment of another Johnson gem. Green’s husky vocals are very effective here. With how long Peter Green was out of the music game, one’s expectations are necessarily low, but he and his fine Splinter Group exceed these hopes easily, with consistently solid musicianship.

There are a number of Splinter Group originals here too, but. during the Splinter Group era, Green now shied away from writing new original material, instead preferring to contribute to the group collaborative process, adding his guitar input to the arrangements and so on.

There are nevertheless new versions here of Green originals that date back to the seventies, including a shimmering jazz guitar highlight 'The Supernatural' which conjures the ghost of Green’s guitar god past and was originally written for John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.

Another Green penned original here is a moving version of the stellar Fleetwood Mac blues rock classic 'The Green Manalishi', including a fine intricate Green guitar lead and a real meshing together of his current band.

In 2003 Green suddenly quit without warning and the Splinter Group was over. It remains unclear whether Green will ever again return to the musical fray.

This very best of collection remains a special document as Green and company are blues to the core. ~Review by Carl Bookstein

The Very Best Of Peter Green Splinter Group CD 1
The Very Best Of Peter Green Splinter Group CD 2

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Peter Green Splinter Group - Soho Session (2-disc set)

Soho Session is a live album by the British blues band the Peter Green Splinter Group, led by Peter Green. Released in 1999, this was their third album. Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and a member of that group from 1967–70, before a sporadic solo career during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Recorded on 5 April 1998 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, the double album featured new versions of various songs from the group's previous albums, and also some of Green's Fleetwood Mac songs. On the same night, the group's previous drummer Cozy Powell was killed in a road accident. This was the group's last album to feature bass guitarist Neil Murray.

Bass – Neil Murray; Drums – Larry Tolfree; Guitar, Vocals – Nigel Watson, Peter Green; Keyboards, Vocals – Roger Cotton.

Album: Soho Session (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 44:06
Size: 101.0 MB
Styles: British blues, Electric blues
Year: 1999

[5:16] 1. It Takes Time
[3:45] 2. Homework
[7:12] 3. Black Magic Woman
[4:08] 4. Indians
[6:18] 5. Hey Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
[3:37] 6. Supernatural
[5:00] 7. Rattlesnake Shake
[5:15] 8. Shake Your Hips
[3:29] 9. Albatross

Soho Session (Disc 1)

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Album: Soho Session (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:57
Size: 107.5 MB
Styles: British blues, Electric blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:57] 1. Traveling Riverside Blues
[3:33] 2. Steady Rollin' Man
[3:47] 3. Terraplane Blues
[3:04] 4. Honeymoon Blues
[3:19] 5. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
[4:27] 6. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
[5:37] 7. Green Manalishi
[7:35] 8. Going Down
[4:48] 9. Help Me
[6:45] 10. Look On Yonder Wall

Soho Session (Disc 2)

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