The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

This is a must have for Rock & Roll Aficionado's & of fan's of "Fleetwood Mac" of the 70's to see where this bands roots were set! Song's penned by Peter Green like "Black Magic Woman", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)", " Rattle Snake Shake" & "Albatross" would eventually be as covered by other band's as the American Blue's artist that inspired the early Powerhouse Blue's Band known as "Fleetwood Mac" or as often referred to as "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac"! As well as their awesome original material you also get there incredible cover version's of song's by the bands Blue's hero's like Elmore James's "Shake Your Money Maker" & as a bonus you get to hear Christen Perfect's cover of the Eta James Classic "I'd Rather Be Blind" a rare treat from her not so successful band "The Chicken Shack". Christine Perfect would become a better known member of "Fleetwood Mac" after marrying Bassist John McVie becoming Christine McVie. You also get the classic Rock standard penned by Peter right before leaving the band called "Oh Well parts 1 & 2 " If you don't remember the song by its title you may remember it by its opening lines( Can't help it Bout the shape I'm in , can't sing I ain't pretty & my legs are thin) & then the song breaks into a scathing guitar riff as memorable as the lyrics!!! With Drummer Mick Fleetwood & Bassist John McVie making up one of Rock & Roll's tightest bottom Rhythm section's ever, Peter Green & Jeremy Spencer & the addition of Danny Kirwan allowed for twin lead's & solid rhythm that helped make the early "Fleetwood Mac" sound so appealing that it would earn them a solid fan base in the U.K. at a time of giant competitors like "The Yardbirds" not to mention "The Beatles " & "The Rolling Stones" all of which were covering their American Blues hero's music... churning out what would become the British Invasion!!! I strongly recommend this particular collection of song's as a companion to "The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac" a 2 disc set covering the band's 70's line up & capturing that incarnation of Fleetwood Mac's song catalogue quite nicely bringing you right up to their most recent material! By purchasing both you get 5 decades covering the progression & growth of this very influential & timeless Band that gave the world of Rock & Roll so much great music! I know that there are a lot of Fleetwood Mac fans that are unfamiliar with the very first incarnation of the band & this collection of song's is hands down the best offering available so please get acquainted with the "Fleetwood Mac" America missed out on with this "The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" Not only does it capture the best of their songs but it gives you the rare chance to hear "The Chicken Shack's" Best song!

Billed as : " Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Featuring Jeremy Spencer " this exciting blues based band were voted the most popular band in England ( Yes, they even bested the Beatles in many poles in 1968-69. )Today's version of Fleetwood Mac bears no comparision to this the ORIGINAL band,Led by Peter Green , Fresh from his stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac debut album was released in Feb 68 and climbed the charts reaching #4 in the UK. In the era of the Grateful Electric Airplanes this debut record of Raw Blues remained in the British Album charts for an astonshing nine months.Guitar duties were shared with Peter by Jeremy Spencer. An avid devotee of bluesman Elmore James, Jeremy's vocals and stinging slide Guitar make their mark on many cuts featured here. John McVie handled Bass Guitar Duties and a Six-foot six maniac named Mick Fleetwood bashed away on a special built oversized Drum Kit.In concert this band earned a reputation for blowing away any other band that dared get in their way. And yes they could jam on a tune like " The Green Manalishi " for 30 minutes at a go ( See the Boston Tea party tapes for live proof . )What you have here are 18 of the most popular of all early Fleetwood Mac recordings. At 78 minutes there's alot of music jammed on this disc making this a good value for your buck.The highlights here are of course " Black Magic Woman " , " Alabatross " , " Man of the World " , " Oh Well " , " Shake Your Moneymaker ", Rattlesnake Shake " , The Green Manalishi ( With the Two Pronged Crown ) and " Need Your Love So bad.There's a tune by the band " Chicken Shack " called " I'd Rather Go Blind" featuring the singing talents of a certain " Christine Perfect " later to marry John McVie and change her name and by 1971 was a full time member of the band .The last cut on the disc is a remake of Albatross By Chris Coco featuring " Peter Green " and it's a liitle more "spacey " and two minutes longer than the original version but it"s good and proves that Peter Green is indeed still with us here on this planet .If you are a big Stevie Nicks fan this is not for you. But if you are into the Blues and like late sixties British Rock a bit on the Hard Side you will love this great collection by the original Fleetwood Mac.

I’m keeping this record becuz I am tired of returning poor quality vinyl from Amazon. Side 3 huge blemish/smudge? That side also snap, crackles, and pops. Also, not 180 grams, more like 70g a piece. However, heavy records are overrated and these are both flat. They were not warped. Overall, two stars for the music selected for the song selection. There are no versions of Jumping at Shadows but the last song is Amazing. It’s a newer re-recording of Albatross and I found it both enduring and sonically dreamy. Peter Green might have been the best of the bunch from England. (I mean British, not Hendrix). His tone, phrasing, and feedback were sweet! If you want to hear Peter Green and the Mac. Get CD from 1999 entitled “Shrine 69’”. Also seek out Volumes 1-3 at Boston Tea Party. There was also a double CD from 1998 “Live at the BBC”. The studio albums did have some hidden gems. If u don’t know, before the Allman Brothers and Led Zeppelin these guys could play one song for 30 minutes and make it exciting with crescendos and Climax’. Tons of feedback and guitar solos galore with a very underrated drummer who could just absolutely bring it, by the name of Mick Fleetwood. The drummer Mick would go one to play in three more incarnations of Fleetwood Mac with the most popular line up being the last. Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham. Pretty far out, one could make the argument for best band ever. “Oh Well”, I’ll stick with Greenie!