Fleetwood Mac Live [Live]

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This 1980, 2 CD live set captures Fleetwood Mac at the height of its platinum popularity, performing such durable faves as "Don't Stop," "Dreams," "Say You Love Me," "Rhiannon," "Go Your Own Way," "Over My Head," "Monday Morning," and "Sara." The band's energetic performances put a fresh spin on the familiar material. Elsewhere, the band throws some ace curveballs with left-field oddities like Lindsey Buckingham's gritty blues workout on the early (Peter Green era) Mac tune "Oh Well" and a lilting, harmony-laden reading of The Beach Boys' "Farmer's Daughter." --Scott Schinder

Tracks:

Monday Morning
Say You Love Me
Dreams
Oh Well
Over & Over
Sara
Not That Funny
Never Going Back Again
Landslide

Tracks:

Fireflies
Over My Head
Rhiannon
Don't Let Me Down Again
One More Night
Go Your Own Way
Don't Stop
I'm So Afraid
The Farmer's Daughter

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This 1980, 2 CD live set captures Fleetwood Mac at the height of its platinum popularity, performing such durable faves as "Don't Stop," "Dreams," "Say You Love Me," "Rhiannon," "Go Your Own Way," "Over My Head," "Monday Morning," and "Sara." The band's energetic performances put a fresh spin on the familiar material. Elsewhere, the band throws some ace curveballs with left-field oddities like Lindsey Buckingham's gritty blues workout on the early (Peter Green era) Mac tune "Oh Well" and a lilting, harmony-laden reading of The Beach Boys' "Farmer's Daughter." --Scott Schinder

Customer Reviews:

Vintage Mac.......2007-02-04

I love this album. I know it received lukewarm reviews upon its initial release in '80 (including a measly two and a half stars from Rolling Stone - if memory serves me). I know it isn't quite as polished as The Dance and was no where near as successful sales wise. But I could listen to this double live set over and over and never get tired of it. (And in fact that's exactly what I've been doing this winter. It makes a great companion on a cold night's drive home from work.) Maybe it is my thirty years love affair with the band. Or maybe, more likely, it is the brilliance of their singing and songwriting. There is no other group quite like them. They are unmistakable and inimitable.

In addition to playing familiar hits live, the band offers new songs as well. Once again Christine McVie scores a vocal bull's eye with "One More Lonely Night." Seemingly, deceptively without effort, she manages to convey anguish, loneliness, desire, and wisdom. "Farmer's Daughter" is just a lovely bit of jauntiness. And I was floored by L. Buckingham's version of "Oh Well." Yes, he does go a bit overboard with the extracurricular wails and cries, as though he forgot the song he was supposed to sing and lapses into John Lennon's "Well Well Well" instead, but overall it's a stunning, moving performance.

As for the classic songs, whether they're performed in a studio or on a stage, they never fail to enthrall. They move you, make you dance, have you singing right along with them. If not, you're not really a Mac fan.

This is an underappreciated classic. I predict it will gain prestige in the years to come.

Three long lost brilliant songs!.......2007-02-01

Fleetwood Mac included three new tracks on this live album, and
all of them are brilliant! Fireflies is one of the best Stevie
Nicks tunes she ever recorded, believe it or not. Great melody
and perfect vocal. Strangely, this track got buried and was
never played on the radio. They also buried another of her best tunes,
Silver Springs for 20 years, very strange! There was saturation of Fleetwood Mac
in 1980, which may explain why Fireflies wasn't a hit.
They should have re-released this one later, or included it on
a compilation.

Christine McVie's new tune, One More Night is fantastic, and also
could easily have been a hit record. Very pretty, soft tune.

Fleetwood Mac rival the Beach Boys with their incredible harmonies
on The Farmer's Daughter. This is a big surprise and beautiful way
to close the record.

The rest of the live recordings are interesting, but the real treasure
are the new tracks, don't miss them if you are a Fleetwood Mac
fan! It's a shame they got lost in the shuffle, so long ago...

LIVE Fleetwood Mac!!.......2007-01-20

This CD is great! It genuinely flows along ,you can tell this was a good time for Fleetwood Mac (not alot of fighting and competing). In my opinion this Cd was captured during the groups prime! My favorite song is Firelies!

An great live document of one of the all-time great bands at it's peak.......2006-10-25

Still smarting from the negative reception that Tusk received from many fans and critics, the Mac decided to release a live album of their previous hits to remind fans of why they became so successful in the first place. A whopping 10 of the double album's 18 tracks come from 1975's FLEETWOOD MAC and 1977's RUMOURS, with "Sara," "Over and Over," and "Not That Funny" standing in as the only songs to represent 1979's underrated masterpiece TUSK. Still, there are a few surprises, including a stunning cover of Peter Green's "Oh Well" and a rare performance of "Don't Let Me Down Again," a stellar number form Buckingham Nicks' long out-of-print debut album.

There are also two newly-written songs, which will be of interest to fans. Christine McVie contributes the lovely ballad "One More Night," which is yet another beautiful, bittersweet ballad, very much in the same vein as much of her melancholy material on TUSK. Stevie's new composition "Fireflies" (#60 Pop, #59 Mainstream Rock) is a groovy mid-tempo rocker, that many of Nicks' fans will no doubt buy this record especially for - although the song was not a hit, it was a charting single, and it has yet to appear on any other album. There is also a terrific backstage recording the Beach Boys' "The Farmer's Daughter," which highlights the groups gorgeous harmonies at the peak of their strength.

Live albums are a sometimes a tough sell, as they are often routine and predictable. This one is one of my favorites, however, as it contains raw and energetic performances that are a nice counterpart to the heavily-produced studio versions. In particular, "Rhiannon," "Don't Stop," "I'm So Afraid," and especially "Go Your Own Way" all rock harder than ever, brimming forth with an almost carnal energy that becomes intoxicating. The set's ballads like "Sara" and "Over and Over" also seem to strike stronger emotional chords in the live setting, with Stevie's tattered rendition of "Landslide" emerging as especially moving; it sounds as though she's literally experiencing the lyrics right in front of your own ears.

On the downside, the material isn't always very well recorded (the mastering of live albums has come a long way since then), and all of the tracks come from different concert dates spliced together, but this device actually works surprisingly well as it gives listeners a well rounded view of the overall tour. I do wonder why the original two record set is presented on two compact discs, when, at about 80 minutes, it could have fit on one CD by editing only a couple seconds. This is a minor nitpick, however, as the album remains an amazing document of one of the all-time great bands at the top of it's game. The album was also a commercial success, peaking at #14 on the Hot 200, which is a great showing for a live recording.

REAL DELIGHT.......2006-03-23

I love this album. It represents the shows of Fleetwood Mac when they were in their prime. The Dance is very good, but is also very polished. When a band goes on tour, the concert goer does not go to a sound stage venue with perfect acoustics as on The Dance.

This album represents the band in all it's glory playing arenas around the world. I was at the St. Louis shows which are featured here on Oh Well and Sara. I'll take a show like this... RAW and rockin' anyday over an album that sounds identical to the studio albums.

If you are forty something and want to be reminded of the shows you saw at arenas when you were in High School, buy this.

Highlights are: Monday Morning, Oh Well, Sara, Don't Let Me Down Again (from the Buckingham/Nicks album released just before joining FM) Rhiannon, Never Going Back Again, Not That Funny and I'm So Afraid. I also love the two new studio tracks included, Fireflies and The Farmer's Daughter.

Fireup and hold your bic lighter up high. Remember all the concert goers who would show up in the crowd dressed like Stevie Nicks. Great memories and this album is a treasure.

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Oh My God!
Absolutely, Positively UNBELIEVABLE

Live in Boston 1 (Dig)
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Snapper Classics UK
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ASIN: B00007FZGA
Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

Black Magic Woman
Jumping At Shadows
Like It This Way
Only You
Rattlesnake Shake (Previously Unreleased)
I Cant Hold Out
Got To Move (Previously Unreleased)
Green Manalishi

Album Description

Subtitled - The Boston Tea Party. Remastered reissue of 1970 recording repackaged in a gatefold digipak sleeve recreating the look & feel of the original vinyl album. Eight tracks including the previously unreleased 'Rattlesnake Shake'. Snapper. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Oh My God!.......2007-05-02

To say that Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is an understated jewel in the blues/rock world is too dismissive. They have a raw energy that could only be matched by only a few, and I can't really even think of who they are. I got Then Play On when I was 15 in 79. I have replaced the album 3 or 4 times, and still listen to it at least once a month. It is a staple in my home, car, and ipod.

I have heard, but not owned Albatross, and somewhere have two Peter Green cassette tapes. I never heard them live. What a shallow existance I have lived. I just got Live in Boston 1 and 2 today (from Amazon) and can not beleive what I am hearing. Truely some of the greatest music I have ever heard.

If you know the early works of Fleetwood Mac or Peter Green, then this is the creme de la creme. Words can not describe how absorbing the music is. I am addicted to Jam Bands (the Dead, Garcia, moe., the cheese...) and see many similarities, but mellower and bluesier.

Buy it, listen to it, fall in love with the lost art of Fleetwood Mac / Peter green et al.

Absolutely, Positively UNBELIEVABLE.......2005-04-12

This is impossible to describe in words. It defies logic. It's like asking to describe Pearl Harbor in words. It can't be done. But I will try.

This is, simply put, the most raw, intense blues-rock ever recorded. The original Fleetwood Mac. Sure, the later lineup was cool with "The Chain" and all that, but this is something else. This is pure, unbridled jamming with a capital 'J'. These performances are so intense, so rocking and so devastating that it seems futile to even compare anything else to it. Peter Green and Danny Kirwan are amazing individually. But when they actually duel and play together, it's beyond description. Case in point - "Like It This Way". Easily the most ass-kicking blues rocker I've ever heard in my life. This is a boogie that's sure to blow your mind, believe me. The groove is intoxicating, and the duelling of Green/Kirwan on this song is so good it almost reduced me to tears. You thought Duane Allman and Dickey Betts were good? Forget it, Green and Kirwan blow them out of the water. No question. In fact, the Allmans in general could not compete with Mac's jams on this album. Don't say I didn't warn you.

One listen to this version of "Black Magic Woman" and you'll be saying "Santana who?". Green's tone here is stunning, and the second half is a boogie where he and Kirwan battle it out again. Frightening stuff.
"Jumping At Shadows" is a unique cover of a blues classic. Awesome melody.
Already mentioned "Like It This Way". It's enough to tear the roof off TWO buildings!
"Only You" has a very unusual melody and riff, almost Dick Dale-ish surf rock. Great song though.
And then you have a 25-minute "Rattlesnake Shake" that takes you to places you never knew existed. Unreal. An improv jam that defies normality. If that's not enough, I've heard that the version on Volume 2 is even BETTER!! I shudder to think...
"I Can't Hold Out" features Jeremy Spencer joining in on slide guitar, and he's damn good at it. Most people don't seem to care for his Elmore James schtick, but this guy can really play, believe me.
"Got To Move" is the only song here that isn't amazing. It's not bad, though.
"Green Manalishi" really can't be categorized. Part psychedelic, part blues, it's interesting. Also features Green playing some killer six-string bass at the end.

If you haven't already noticed, this album is breath-taking. It also has the most amazing sound quality I've ever heard on a live album. It literally sounds like you're there in the front row, watching these guys tear the house down.

Better than Allmans, better than Grateful Dead, and at least equal to Cream. This is the Holy Grail of blues-rock jamming.

7th National Jazz & Blues Festival Windsor Aug. 1967 Plus Live at the Marquee

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7th National Jazz & Blues Festival Windsor Aug. 1967 Plus Live at the Marquee
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000S850B8
Release Date: 2007-08-20

Tracks:

Talk To Me Baby
Im Going Home
I Need You
Instrumental
Fine Little Mama
World Keeps On Turning
Shake Your Moneymaker
Talk To Me Baby
I Held My Baby Last Night
My Babys Sweet
Looking For Somebody
Evil Woman Blues
Got To Move
No Place To Go
Watch Out For Me Woman
Mighty Long Time
Dust My Blues
I Need You To Come On Home To Me
Shake Your Moneymaker

Album Details

When the Omnipotent Peter Green Assembled his New Band in the Summer of '67, He'd Already Decided to Name them after his Rhythm Section - and Former Colleagues in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Bassist John Mcvie and Drummer Mick Fleetwood. But Initially Mcvie was Unwilling to Make the Switch, and So Bob Brunning Joined Fleetwood Mac on a Short-term/Temporary Basis, Thus Completing a Quartet Which, of Course, also Included Minuscule Singer/Slide Guitarist/Pianist Jeremy Spencer. After Just a Handful of Rehearsals the Band Debuted, to Great Critical Acclaim, at the Prestigious Windsor National Jazz and Blues Festival, on Sunday August 13th. A Few Nights Later They Played their First Club Gig, at the Famous Marquee. Unknown to the Band These Gigs were Recorded, by a Couple of Fans, Albeit on Primitive, Hand-held Mini-tape Recorders. Fortuitously, These Tapes Survived…and Although Lo-fi Recordings, of Bootleg Quality, These Remain Unique and Powerful Historical Artefacts.

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Unique recordings of a legendary band
Great example of White Boy Blues
Heard only one cut, but oh man!

Live at the BBC
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Silverline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007OY3WK
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

Rattlesnake Shake
Sandy Mary
Believe My Time Aint Long
Although The Sun Is Shining
Only You
You Never Know What Youre Missing
Oh Well
Cant Believe You Wanna Leave
Jenny Lee
Heavenly
When Will I Be Loved
When I See My Baby
Buddys Song
Honey Hush
Preachin
Jumping At The Shadows
Preachin Blues
Need Your Love So Bad
Long Grey Mare
Sweet Home Chicago
Baby Please Set A Date
Blues With A Feeling
Stop Messing Around
Tallahassee Lassie
Hang On To A Dream
Linda
Mean Mistreating Mama
World Keeps Turning
I Cant Hold Out
Early Morning Come
Albatross
Looking For Somebody
A Fool No More
Got To Move
Like Crying Like Dying
Man Of The World

Album Description

A substantial supplement to the band's recorded legacy with Peter Green, this album features 36 songs broadcast between 1967 and 1971. The music presents more solid evidence of the band's skills in both blues and rock during its earliest incarnation.

Customer Reviews:

Unique recordings of a legendary band.......2007-05-14

During the three years or so covered on these two discs, Fleetwood Mac evolved from being a blues band to being something else entirely, and they still had another four fraught years to go before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were to join the remaining members and turn them into a license for printing money. The original line-up that signed to Blue Horizon in 1967 stayed relatively stable during these three years but apparently Jeremy Spencer's unwillingness to collaborate with Peter Green on his boss's material meant that a third guitarist was drafted into the band.

Eighteen-year old Danny Kirwan from the band Boilerhouse joined in August 1968, and made his BBC debut later that month with a live broadcast for the Radio One O'Clock Club before a studio audience. By this time, the band's name had shortened to just Fleetwood Mac, and for the final two sessions represented on this disc (from July 1970 and January 1971) Peter Green was no longer in the line-up.

Changes in direction and line-up meant that a fair amount of material was amassed that did not see the light of day on their records and there are seventeen titles on this set otherwise unrecorded, plus two that were on a solo album by Jeremy Spencer (helped out by mates from the band).

The one and three-quarter hours here barely scratches the surface of the amount of material they recorded for the BBC, though there are plenty enough Elmore James covers, psychedelic blues and time-stopping flights of guitar to feed the soul. Twenty-one sessions between 1967 and 1971 are mentioned in Ken Garner's book of BBC sessions In Session Tonight, each probably averaging 20 minutes in playing time, though many of these may well not be preserved, at least not in the quality of those here, which is largely excellent and appears in the main to have come from single-track master tapes (Need Your Love So Bad is a notable exception).

Nearly all are session recordings, though the CD kicks off with a blistering seven and a half minute version of Rattlesnake Shake that was recorded live at the Paris Theatre in 1970 for the In Concert series; and includes two live performances from the Radio One O'Clock Club show mentioned earlier.

Liner notes are sparse, giving only first broadcast dates without specifying the programme involved, and unfortunately line-ups are limited to surnames, not specifying what instruments were played or who is singing lead. In Session Tonight helps out a little here but doesn't identify the mystery pianist who crops up on ten of the tracks. The most likely candidates are Jeremy Spencer, when not playing guitar, or Christine Perfect, who is credited with playing on Stop Messing Around, and appeared on some of their records of this period. Sweet Home Chicago comes from a World Service session they shared with Eddie Boyd, who may well be the pianist on that particular track.

BBC sessions are not synonymous with John Peel and though nineteen tracks come from his Top Gear programme, the rest were all recorded for shows presented by other disc-jockeys, including David Symonds and hairy cornflake Dave Lee Travis. One session, the only one to appear in full, was recorded for a Top Gear spin-off called First Gear, presented by producer John Walters while Peel was off on holiday. The theme for this month-long series was rock and roll and Fleetwood Mac came up with an appropriate mix of originals in the style of Buddy Holly and Elvis, as well as covers of songs by the Everlies, Big Joe Turner and Bobby Vee, the last being a tribute to Buddy written by his mother to the tune of Peggy Sue Got Married. Their blues roots were not forgotten, though, and the newest session included features Jeremy Spencer's version of Son House's Preachin'. This is the song that inspired Robert Johnson's Preachin' Blues, as also featured in a brilliant solo rendition by Peter Green in 1968 for Top Gear.

These double-sided discs feature a CD one one side and DVD-A on the other. I do not have DVD-A or surround sound equipment, but the DVD sides, played in standard DVD format through a digital amplifier, sounded clear and full of detail. I would have to query the benefits of 5.1 surround sound, though, as all the tracks were recorded and mixed to monaural single-track tape; and the claim on the sticker that the CD sides comprise "complete album in stereo" is clearly incorrect.

Great example of White Boy Blues.......2006-11-25

As a previous reviewer pointed out, there are (at least) two flavors of Fleetwood Mac, the most familiar being the "pop" Mac of the '80s and beyond.

But before the arrival of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and to a lesser extent, Christine McVie and Bob Welch... they were a pure "Chicago" style blues band. Guitarists Peter Green... Jeremy Spencer... Danny Kirwan... and the namesake rythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie - they were truly devoted to the blues genre. They, and several other "white boy blues" bands (John Mayall and Mike Bloomfield come immeditely to mind) proved their legitimacy, and were embraced by the "real" bluesmen of the era.

The guitarists knew their chops. (Peter Green, in particular, has become a living legend.) And Fleetwood and McVie have ALWAYS laid down the beat, whether it was "Sweet Home Chicago" or "Go Your Own Way."

This 2-CD set is "quasi live" at the BBC (recorded at a time when The Yardbirds, The Stones, The Beatles were also making similar recordings - talk about an era in music evolution!). I believe it's recorded in mono, but it sounds pretty good. The song selection contains Mac originals - "Rattlesnake Shake," "Albatross," etc. - novelty tunes like the Buddy-Holly-esque "Buddy's Song" and "Linda" - and a lot of covers of the standard blues repertoire.

Highly recommended for fans of (early) Fleetwood Mac or electric blues. (My own copy of this CD set has sentimental value, as I purchased it in London as a souvenir of a visit there.)

Heard only one cut, but oh man!.......2005-06-09

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and what it morphed into (they went condo) are two different planets. Just heard "Rattlesnake Shake" on the 2-disc BBC Live CD and I know I need to have this CD. I wouldn't touch the 80's+ Fleetwood Mac with a ten-foot pole, but Peter Green's original band is WAY underheard.

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if you play guitar...
Great Live Album, but little disappointed
ONE OF THE GREATEST CONCERTS EVER RECORDED! PART 1 OF 3
Superb
The Mac at it's improv. best...

Live In Boston, Vol. 1
Fleetwood Mac
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ASIN: B000007P3N
Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

Black Magic Woman
Jumping At Shadows
Like It This Way
Only You
Rattlesnake Shake
I Can't Hold Out
Got To Move
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Customer Reviews:

if you play guitar..........2007-05-07

You'll love this. How old was Danny Kirwan when this was recorded? 20? Man he could shake those strings. Peter Green isn't bad either that tone! Those blues riffs he just tosses out--how did he do it? And his scary lyrics..Oh, and Jeremy Spencer's wicked slide playing. Three great guitarists. And the rhythm section, uh ,oh yeah Mick Fleetwood and John MacVeigh. One of the only "jam bands" that doesn't bore me to tears. Cheers!
Almost forgot...as Jeremy asks, if you believe in prayer, please pray that Danny comes back to us, or at least finds peace one day.

Great Live Album, but little disappointed.......2006-10-14

In Feb. 1970 the original Fleetwood Mac line up with Peter Green recorded three nights at the legendary Boston Tea Party. Vol. 1 serves up a generous 69 minutes of live music with a couple of extended jams (Rattlesnake Shake at 25 mins. and Green Manalishi at 12 mins.). I'm a huge fan of the blues and early Fleetwood Mac, but I have to say I was a little disappointed with the CD. While I think it is a great show, the recording catches the band at a point of tradition. Peter Green was starting to turn away from traditional blues and becoming more experimental pushing the Blues format in a new direction. That's fine and the music is great, but for folks looking for a live version of their original work this is not it. I much preferred English Rose and the album they did with Otis Spann. If I was to rate this as a prue blues album it would be only 3 stars. As a music fan that appreciates live music I give it 4 stars.

ONE OF THE GREATEST CONCERTS EVER RECORDED! PART 1 OF 3.......2006-05-18

I will be doing three reviews on the legendary three part masterpiece albums by Fleetwood Mac: Live At The Boston Tea Party Parts one, two and three released in 1998. The distributor of these three part albums is Snapper Music Inc. I will also be editing these three reviews from time to time so you the consumer will get the best accurate review possible. This review focuses on Live At The Boston Tea Party Part one. These live recordings is quite simply, Peter Green at his absolute BEST! Part one along with parts two and three of Live At the Boston Tea Party should definitely be voted as one of the GREATEST CONCERTS EVER RECORDED. If you REALLY want to hear three skillful guitarists harmonize beautifully together and REALLY ROCK OUT, then these are definitely the albums for you. Many rock fans are unaware that the legendary Fleetwood Mac were already legendary before the mega star lineup of the beautiful Stevie Nicks, the beautiful Christine McVie, the gracefully multi-talented Lindsey Buckingham and the combined multi-talented masterminds and co-founders Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Once upon a time in the 60's, there were three extremely talented guitarists in Fleetwood Mac. Their names are Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan and Peter Green. Out of these three legendary guitarists, only one would later be voted as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. That guitarist of course is the legendary Peter Green. Rock fans are also unaware that Peter Green wrote a song that would later be a signature trademark for another of rock's premiere guitarists: the song is "Black Magic Woman" by the great Santana. All three parts of Live At The Boston Tea Party highlight all three legendary shows recorded on February 5th, 6th and 7th, 1970. In Part one, all the songs are well performed but I will only review certain songs and not all eight. On part one of Live At The Boston Tea Party, Fleetwood Mac takes the stage and doesn't waste any time. The band begins with the legendary "Black Magic Woman". This live version sounds completely different from the version we are all accustomed to listening to by Santana. This version by Fleetwood Mac really rocks and explodes at the end. You have to listen to it to believe it. After "Black Magic Woman", Fleetwood Mac jumps right into the next song entitled "Jumping At Shadows". Part one's version of "Jumping At Shadows" (Unlike part three's version), is a little mellow but still kicks. The song "jumping At Shadows" is so haunting and disturbing that Peter Green pretty much pours out his very tormented soul through his blistering guitar playing. Peter Green's singing and guitar solo is absolutely breathtaking. Just imagine what Part three's version of "Jumping At Shadows" sounds like. Next, we jump down to the fifth song entitled "Rattlesnake Shake". "Rattlesnake Shake", another Peter Green composition (Co-writtened with Danny Kirwan), was also trademark song for the legendary Aerosmith. Part one's version of "Rattlesnake Shake" (Unlike part two's version), is also a little mellow but still ROCKING. "Rattlesnake Shake" (Like part two's version), clocks in at least around 25 minutes long and features some of the greatest guitar playing that you have ever heard. Next, we jump down to the haunting eighth and final song of part one entitled "The Green Manalishi". "The Green Manalishi", also a Peter Green composition, was also a trademark song for Judas Priest. "The Green Manalishi", as described in Peter Green's own words: is about his conversations with the devil concerning his battles over his tortured tormented soul and losing his frightening sanity. Listening to the lyrics of both songs "Jumping At Shadows" and "The Green Manalishi" closely, these songs truly define what would soon be the illness that would haunt and torment such artists as Peter Green and Brian Wilson to this day. The illness of course is called Auditorial Hallucinations. One of the most frightening symptoms of this evil illness is hearing voices or evil spirits haunting and tormenting you. You are probably asking yourself: What took so long for these three part albums to come out? Fleetwood Mac originally recorded these live shows in hopes of releasing the ultimate live album. However, the resignation of Peter Green from the original Fleetwood Mac lineup dashed and cancelled all hopes and the project was shelved indefinitely. There is no doubt that these three part live concerts would have been the ultimate live album and voted one of the greatest live albums ever recorded had it have been released as planned in 1970. Recordings of these breathtaking concerts were only available in "Bootleg" form with terrible sound quality throughout the 80's and 90's, but it wasn't until the late 90's that the original 8-track master tapes were finally found and digitally remastered with the HDCD recording technology process. In my opinion, TRUST ME, These three part "Live At The Boston Tea Party" albums are ALL WORTH EVERY PENNY! If you love the Blues and REAL Rock n' Roll, I DARE you to check these three parts out, you won't be sorry or disappointed. Thanks for your attention and reading my first of three parts of the "Live At The Boston Tea Party" reviews. I hope you read all of my reviews when time permits. Take care. J.L.

Superb.......2004-08-17

Superb live album. I could do without the Jeremy Spencer slide guitar and 50's imitations, but Peter Green is top notch. The Green Manalishi solo is some of the best blues guitar soloing I've heard. If you like blues guitar, you must give it a listen.

The Mac at it's improv. best..........2004-01-24

If you get this, get all the volumes. This will make you forget that little band from the '70s that sang Go Your Own Way, Rhiannon, and Don't Stop.

This is the original Mac, at its very best live.

Turn it up, and listen to the Mac blown your minds.

Tracks:

World In Harmony
Oh Well
Rattlesnake Shake
Stranger Blues
Red Hot Mama
Teenage Darling
Keep A-Knocking
Jenny Jenny
Encore

Customer Reviews:

ONE OF THE GREATEST CONCERTS EVER RECORDED! PART 2 OF 3........2006-05-18

I will be doing three reviews on the legendary three part masterpiece albums by Fleetwood Mac: Live At The Boston Tea Party Parts one, two and three released in 1998. The distributor of these three part albums is Snapper Music Inc. These live shows were recorded on February 5th, 6th and 7th, 1970. These three part albums were all digitally remastered using the HDCD recording technology process. I will be editing these three reviews from time to time so you the consumer will get the best accurate review possible. This review picks up and continues where part one left off and focuses on Live At The Boston Tea Party Part two. If you have not read part one's review yet, I would definitely suggest that you read part one first before proceeding on to reading part two. I will be reviewing certain songs in part two and not all nine songs listed in this album. Fleetwood Mac takes the stage for the second show and begins with the slow ROCKING song entitled "World In Harmony". There are no vocals in "World In Harmony", just some guitarists harmonizing and playing beautifully together. "World In Harmony" speeds up and really rocks in the middle. Guitarists Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer sound like three guitarists that naturally blend, harmonize and embrace so well together. After "World In Harmony", Fleetwood Mac TEARS into the next song entitled "OH WELL". "OH WELL", another Peter Green composition sounds like a ROCKER that would have blended PERFECTLY with Led Zeppelin's I & II. Coincidently, "OH WELL" was also recorded live recently by Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes. After "OH WELL", the band TEARS into another ROCKER entitled "Rattlesnake Shake". "Rattlesnake Shake", as mentioned in part one, was also a trademark song for the great Aerosmith. "Rattlesnake Shake" clocks in well over 28 minutes long and displays some of the greatest live guitar playing ever attempted by any band anywhere. You have to listen to it and get into the feel of it to believe it. After "Rattlesnake Shake", Fleetwood Mac would play some bluesy rock songs which are absolutely breathtaking. Songs such as "Stranger Blues", "Red Hot Mama" and "Teenage Darling" were hot blues rockers. The seventh, eighth and ninth songs on the Fleetwood Mac playlist: "Keep A-Knocking", "Jenny Jenny" and "Encore" (With Joe Walsh of James Gang and Eric Clapton) are GREAT ROCKING SONGS. "Keep A-Knocking" is a fast ROCKING SONG! Peter Green changes the lyrics to "Keep A-Knocking" to something else that I cannot mention in this review. "Jenny Jenny" is another fast 50's type bluesy rock song that really kicks. The last song in part two is a song entitled "Encore" with Joe Walsh and Eric Clapton. "Encore" sounds like a first time jam together on stage with just experimenting and exploring the depths of writing and playing music for the first time. "Encore" sounds GREAT! You have to hear it to believe it. Live At The Boston Tea Party Part two, overall, is an EXCELLENT sequel to Part one and is worth every penny. The whole three part collection, overall is DEFINITELY WORTH EVERY PENNY. If you love the Blues and REAL Rock n' Roll, I DARE you to check these three parts out, you won't be sorry or disappointed. Thanks for your attention and for reading my second of three parts of the "Live At The Boston Tea Party" reviews. I hope you will read all of my reviews when time permits. Rock out and take care. J.L.

Strong start, but more than a little disappointing..........2006-03-11

After listening to volume 1, I was absolutely blown away. I immediately ordered a copy of Volume 2, hoping for it to be every bit as amazing as volume 1, but now that I finally have it, I can't help but feel disappointed. It's not because the band is low on energy. Far from it. The problem is that Volume two showcases Jeremy Spencer's work the way Volume one showcased Peter Green and Danny Kirwan's.

The show starts off with the beautiful guitar interplay of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan on "World In Harmony." A lighter number that changes up with a rougher bluesy sound for a few minutes before softening up again for the ending. They follow this up with a devastating performance of "Oh Well". Lasting just under 3 minutes, it's short but oh-so-sweet, with some great lead played by Danny. "Rattlesnake Shake" comes next, nearly the same as the version from Volume 1, but a little less organized and a little more free form jam.

After these three songs, they turn the set over to Jeremy Spencer, and it goes downhill from here. Jeremy goes into a couple blues covers, he does a little 50s doo wop imitation thing that was probably better to watch than listen to, and he finishes off with a Little Richard tune. The songs aren't bad, but they just don't come close to touching the unique skill of Green and Kirwan.

After this, they turn it back over to Green for a song, but instead of doing one of his own he decides to finish off the show with a cover of "Jenny, Jenny". Not bad, but not enough to recover what could have been another amazing performance.
This isn't the last song on the disc, however. The band gets back onstage for an encore jam, featuring Eric Clapton and Joe Walsh. It's a pretty good jam that sort of peeters out after about 12 minutes.

Overall, not a bad CD, but not that great either. It starts off strong for the first 3 songs, and never quite gets back up there after that.

The 2nd Volume is as good as the 1st!!!.......2004-01-30

More Mac Attack!

This second volume of 3 from the band's 1970 run at the Boston Tea Party is just as strong as the 1st volume of tracks.

You can just feel the energy in these tracks with the first 3 being the highlights. The jam at the end is pretty tasty as well - as well as the steaming cover of Little Richard's Keep On Knocking.

Awesome!!

Bottom Line: Forget about picking one volume -- get them ALL!!!

I wept.......2001-03-17

Peter Green-integrity and simplicity,McVie / Fleetwood - a fabulous rhythm section and-oh!-what a stupendous drummer M Fleetwood is/was on this night(Rattlesnake Shake,for example)-McVie is 1st class too but it is sometimetimes hard to hear him but you know he is going at it in his own unique manner (I'm confident in John-OK ?)-plus the young Kirwan(well hired Peter) and the delightful Jeremy Spencer(described in the liner notes to this triple set as a bit of a rock and roll afficionado / Elmore James copyist but just listen to track 4's Stranger Blues and hear JS's exuberance and -in my view- you've already hit 1 of the at leat 10 highlights of this magical groove).. if you have the edition in my paw: Vol 2SMMCD 556 on Snapper Music then you have a precious -remixed in near the original concert order-event in your ears. A band at the apogee of its form. Thank you all and thanks for still playing. For similar "exuberance" try remixes of Who Live At Leeds, Frank Zappa's Hot Rats and anything by Humble Pie,Foo Fighters and Eddie Cochran ...I could go on....

Great sound on remastered re-released live album.......2000-12-15

Capturing Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac at the height of their powers, Live at the Boston Tea Party Volume Two features the superb guitar interplay of Danny Kirwan and Peter Green. This edition features a 28 minute version of Rattlesnake Shake that burns.

Featuring one previously unreleased track (the encore jam featuring Joe Walsh whose band at the time The James Gang opened for FM), this astonishing album has never been heard this clear before. Nick Watson has remixed and remastered these classic recordings using the High Definition Compact Disc technology that has improved so many marginal (and not so marginal) sounding albums.

Tracks:

Talk to Me Baby
I Held My Baby Last Night
My Baby's Sweet
Looking for Somebody
Evil Woman Blues
Got to Move
No Place to Go
Watch out for Me Woman
Mighty Long Time
Dust My Blues
I Need You, Come on Home to Me
Shake Your Moneymaker

Customer Reviews:

For Completists Only.......2007-06-08

When one is shopping for arhival music, one has to balance sound quality with performance quality (one assumes you already have a passion for the artist...). Not including the rockabilly throwback Green and Spencer loved to perform, there are a little over 250 officially released unique Fleetwood Mac w/ Peter Green tracks available off and on in the market place. This recording is for the completist only - while the performance is a rare glimpse of the very first formal incarnation of Fleetwood Mac (Bob Brunning on bass, not John McVie), and a view into the famed Marquee club atmosphere, the sound quality is at the bottom of the aforementioned 250+ tracks one can collect. BTW, while Green would always play backup to Spencer, the reverse was rarely true. Much Peter Green listening requires attention to subtleties.

Live @ the Marquee.......2001-10-10

It is a neverending search to try to find good quality recordings of early Peter Green and this is not the end of that search. The sound quality is fair, at best, and Green stays in the background too much for my taste. This maybe due to Danny Kirwan not being on this one, leaving too much Jeremy Spencer. I am glad I have this recording though as Mean Woman Blues is GREAT despite the sound quality. Green is dynamite at the end of it. So far, I still think you're better off with the Live at the Boston Tea Party discs.

Watch Out Peter Green Fans.......2001-09-27

I just picked up this new issue of the 1967 Live at The
Marquee recordings of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.
I am a collector of all Peter Green era recordings
and was really hoping to find something along of the
lines of Dinky Dawson's excellent Shrine '69 on Ryko.
Unfortunately, this CD can't compare. The sound
quality on Live At The Marquee is extremely poor.
The performance is good especially considering that
the band had been together for a very short time at
this point. Peter Green's guitar playing is tentative
at the beginning of the set but he seems to quickly
gain confidence. By the time they start "Watch Out",
he is clearly in control but again, the recording
quality is so poor that only a true Green-o-phile
will stick it out long enough to find out. There
is some kind of disclaimer about the sound inside
the brief booklet but even that doesn't prepare you
for how bad this sounds. It claims that the recording
stems from a sound board source but I would be very
surprised if that were true. The only thing I can
compare this to is 12/31/62 Star Club recordings of
The Beatles. That night was captured by an alleged
friend of the band on unprofessional recording equipment.
Fleewood Mac Live At The Marquee sounds to me like
it has similar origins. Original Mac bassist Bob
Brunning supplies some interesting notes inside (first
published with the 1992 of this release) and the
period photos from the band are nice (although familiar

Tracks:

Jumping At Shadows
Sandy Mary
If You Let Me Love You
Loving Kind
Coming Your Way
Madison Blues
Got To Move
The Sun Is Shining
Oh Baby
Tiger
Great Balls Of Fire
Tutti Frutti
On We Jam

Customer Reviews:

ONE OF THE GREATEST CONCERTS EVER RECORDED! PART 3 OF 3........2006-05-18

I will be doing three reviews on the legendary three part masterpiece albums by Fleetwood Mac: "Live At The Boston Tea Party" Parts one, two and three released in 1998. The distributor of these three part albums is Snapper Music Inc. These live shows were recorded on February 5th, 6th and 7th, 1970. These three part albums were all digitally remastered using the HDCD recording technology process. I will be editing these three reviews from time to time so you the consumer will get the best accurate review possible. This review picks up and continues where part two left off and focuses on "Live At The Boston Tea Party" part three. If you have not read parts one and two reviews yet, I would definitely suggest that you read the first two parts first before proceeding on to reading part three. I will be reviewing certain songs in part three and not all thirteen songs listed in this album. Fleetwood Mac takes the stage for the third and final show and begins with the slow haunting, blues rocking song entitled "Jumping At Shadows". "Jumping At Shadows" (Unlike part one's version), sounds more loud and emotional and it shows in Peter Green's guitar playing. Peter Green must have been angry while performing "Jumping At Shadows" (Part three version) especially since his guitar playing in this song is merciless and ruthless. "Jumping At Shadows" sounds as if Peter Green REALLY is pouring out and baring his tormented tortured soul before our very eyes! His BLISTERING guitar solo sounds as if he's ready to kill! After "Jumping At Shadows", Fleetwood Mac TEARS into the second song entitled "Sandy Mary". This song truly ROCKS, enough said. After "Sandy Mary", Fleetwood Mac ROARS into the third song entitled "If You Let Me Love You". "If You Let Me Love You" was written and recorded by the legendary B.B. King. "If You Let Me Love You" was performed brilliantly by Fleetwood Mac. In this song there was technical problems while Green was singing through the microphone. However, Peter Green's BLISTERING GUITAR SOLO made up for it. After "If You Let Me Love You", Fleetwood Mac KICKS AND TEARS through the fourth ("Loving Kind"), fifth ("Coming Your way"), sixth ("Madison Blues"), seventh ("Got To Move"), eighth ("The Sun Is Shining") and ninth ("Oh Baby"). These six songs REALLY ROCK and are well performed. You have to listen to them all to believe it. After "Oh Baby", Fleetwood Mac TEARS into the tenth song entitled "Tiger". "Tiger" REALLY ROCKS OUT! After "Tiger", Fleetwood Mac Roars into the eleventh song entitled "Great Balls Of Fire". "Great Balls Of Fire" is the fast rockin' Jerry Lee Lewis classic played live the Fleetwood Mac style. This song really KICKS! After "Great Balls Of Fire", Fleetwood Mac TEARS into the twelveth song entitled quite simply "Tutti Frutti". "Tutti Frutti" is also a fast rockin' Little Richard classic (Also recorded by Pat Boone) played live the Fleetwood Mac style. This song REALLY ROCKS OUT! After "Tutti Frutti", Fleetwood Mac RIPS AND TEARS into the thirteenth and final song entitled "On We Jam". This song really KICKS! The guitar playing in this song is nothing but incredible. You DEFINITELY have to hear this song to believe it. In my opinion, ALL THREE PARTS ARE WORTH EVERY PENNY! I am so glad that these three part recordings are finally released worldwide so the whole world can listen to them and finally hear for themselves how great of a guitarist Peter Green really is. In closing of these three part reviews, I can only hope that Peter Green has truly found peace within himself and is on the road to a complete recovery from the illness that has been tormenting, torturing and haunting him for so many years which has eluded him from performing at his best. I also hope that Peter Green realizes that he is truly a legend and the world is a far better place because of what he has contributed to Rock n' Roll. Thanks for your attention and for reading my third of three parts of "Live At The Boston Tea Party" reviews. I also hope that you will read all of my reviews when time permits. Rock out always and take care. J.L.

The final Boston Tea Party volume..........2004-01-30

This one - although not as strong jamming wise as the previous two volumes - is just as strong.

Featuring some steaming blues from Peter Green on tracks Jumpin' At Shadows and If You Let Me Love You, this set is sure to please.

Other outstanding tracks on here include an instrumental Coming Your Way, Sandy Mary, Great Balls of Fire, and On We Jam.

But again, the whole thing is excellent!!

It does sound though that the archivers were grabbing at the "leftovers" on this one, for a couple of tracks, most notably If You Let Me Love You, sounds like it was taken from an audience source (though I'm sure it is the best quality possible) and also the lacking of more stronger jams like on the first two volumes) - Coming Your Way fades out right when they really start to cook.

Other than that, it still is a truly great CD to listen to.

Eclectic Electric Blues/Rock.......2003-10-05

The band that refused to be labled, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac shows off some of its eclectic nature in this final volume of the legendary 1970 Boston concerts. The great Peter Green's guitar work was better featured on the first two volumes of this series. But, Greenie still shows the intense tenderness his playing was always imbued with on Jumping At Shadows and If You Let Me Love You. Green was THE best blues guitarist because of his feel. His guitar playing was spare and beautifully vocal. He could reach depths of emotion and express it with an incredible, soaring openness. The live performances in all three of these volumes are among the finest examples of this virtuoso's work.

One of my favorite tracks is Coming Your Way with Green and Danny Kirwan trading guitar licks and pushing each other over an intense Afro/Surf beat. Way ahead of its time!

Most of the remainder of this volume features the sweet yet strong slide guitar work of Mac's third guitar wiz, Jeremy Spencer. Spencer's joy was to cover Elmore Jmaes and Otis Rush along with almost anything from the 50's.

The band won over its audiences with a bizarre mixture of the best British Blues around, the most focused and inventive jamming of the time AND a rock and roll show to boot! Imagine the best British blues guitarist at his zenith shifting from sensitive blues to proto heavy metal to Afro/Latin grooves to Little Richard and ending with Twist and Shout! That's what you'll get on this cd.

But, get the other two FIRST!

Just Buy This Album.......2000-07-20

This is jamming blues based rock at its best. Well before Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks interjected their pop influence on Fleetwood Mac, it was "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac", a group of five enormously talented musicians who rivaled any of the blues-based British rock bands of the late 60's.

Starting off with the classic "Black Magic Woman," written and sung by Peter Green, the band goes bluesy with "Jumpin' At Shadows," then rocks out with a couple of Danny Kirwan songs. The three guitar line-up of Green, Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer on slide guitar adds a wall of sound that just resonates.

When the 24 minute "Rattlesnake Shake" starts out so true to its studio version, you wonder how they'll fill all the time. Don't worry. Included in the jam are "Searching/Fighting for Madge" and "Underway" off the classic "Then Play On" album. This is jamming the way you wish Cream would have done it: playing off and with each other rather than against each other.

The CD is capped with "Green Manalishi", a cult classic that Green must have visited the devil to write. Listen to the prolonged jam and see if you also don't think Freddie Mercury and Brian May lifted it to write "Another One Bites the Dust."

Fleetwood Mac had established itself as a "pure" rock blues band that could switch over to great mainstream stuff as needed. Critically and commercially coming into their own in the early 70's, Peter Green--who had been labeled a "Blues God" to offset Clapton's "God"--suddenly left the band. The rest is history. Enter the pop-rock success of latter day Fleetwood Mac.

Tracks:

Black Magic Woman
Green Manalishi
Oh Well
Rattlesnake Shake
Got To Move
Only You
Madison Blues
Sandy Mary
Jenny Jenny

Customer Reviews:

ferocious.......2005-12-11

If you're into intense blues-rock with plenty of jamming, 'Fleetwood Mac - The Vintage Years Live' is for you. I absolutely love extended guitar jams, of the sort that Eric Clapton delivers on his 'Live At the Fillmore East' discs. While I think Eric was working with slightly better compositions, this 9 track collection, drawn from three nights of concerts at The Tea Party venue in Boston over the February 5-7 weekend in 1970, certainly stands as one of the finest performed and recorded blues-rock discs from the era.

Guitarist Peter Green's version of Fleetwood Mac had difficulty establishing themselves in America, but their blues oriented rock sound produced six Top-40 hits in the UK between April of 1968 and May of 1970. Three of those charting numbers, 'Black Magic Woman' (#37 in April of 1968), 'Oh Well' (#2 in October of 1969), and 'Green Manalishi' (#10 in May of 1970), are offered on this CD. If you're looking to score the other three charting songs, 'Albatross' (#1 in December of 1968), 'Man of the World' (#2 in April of 1969), and 'Need Your Love So Bad' (#32 in July of 1969), you can purchase live versions on the 3-CD 'Live In Boston' box set, from which 'The Vintage Years' recordings are drawn from. Four of 'The Vintage Years' tracks (track #1, 2, 4 and 6) are drawn from Volume One, two (tracks #3 and 9) from Volume Two, and three (tracks #5, 7, and 8) from Volume Three. All three discs can be purchased seperately.

The Tea Pary venue in Boston opened in January of 1967, and quickly became a stopping off point for bands on the rise, such as Led Zeppelin, Santana, and The Allman Brothers, as well as established bands such as Traffic, The Yardbirds, The Who, and Van Morrison. 'Regulars' at the converted church, reknown for its high ceilings and superb acoustics, included the J. Geils Blues Band, and Fleetwood Mac. The excellent acoustics really shine in this superb set of recordings, which are unusually clear and crisp, especially given the era and the high decibel approach of the band. The first four tracks, including a twelve minute 'Green Manalishi' and a version of 'Rattlesnake Shake' that is twice that length, possess enough cumulative wattage to threaten the East Coast with a black-out for the second straight year. A cover of Elmore James' 'Got To Move' (courtesy of James fanatic Jeremy Spencer) serves as something of an intermission before the band cranks back up into high gear for Danny Kirwin's 'Only You'. A more robust and funky James cover, 'Madison Blues' keeps the joint jumping, and sets up the charging finish of Green's 'Sandy Mary' and a cover of Little Richard's 'Jenny Jenny'. The vocals on Santana's version of 'Black Magic Woman' are superior to Fleetwood Mac's, but the Mac wins kudos for their instrumental prowess on the track. There is little comparison, however, between Mac's version of 'Jenny Jenny', and the better known version by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, alternately titled 'Jenny Take a Ride', which hit #10 in the US in 1966. Mitch's version is faster and, being aimed at AM radio, didn't develop the song as Mac's eight minute version does here.

This disc features three quality guitarists, the most outstanding being Peter Green, with able backing and occasional leads from Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwin, playing with fire. With Mick Fleetwood on drums and one of the finest bass players ever to come out of England, John McVie, there is hardly a beat missed. The jamming is just stupendous, creating aural sculptures around perfect changes in tempo and volume (this is one of the few bands that can fade a song on stage every bit as well as studio tracks are faded out). While the presence of three guitarists in a live concert setting certainly increased the odds for a muddied sound, the fine recording job by Vic Maile, Andy Rose, and Nick Reynolds keeps them clear and distinct. This is live 1970 rock & roll at its absolute finest. If you're into the type of music I've been describing, check out the low price for this disc, and buy it now.

Blistering Live Stuff from Peter Green Era.......2002-12-24

This is one of many repackagings of their legendary Boston Tea Party concerts of February 5-7 1970. Completists should opt for the "legit" releases that contain everything from all three nights, but if you're looking for a one-disc distillation, you couldn't do much better. This has most of the highlights; Green's bass solo on Green Manalishi, Oh Well, Black Magic Woman (never forget... they did it first), and a flat-out unbelievable 24-minute Rattlesnake Shake. Great sound quality, too.

This is what Blues Rock is all about !!!!!.......2002-12-17

When Peter Green is at the top of his game, he is just as vital as Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, SRV or any other of the all time greats who have picked up a guitar. Not too many bands could have 3 guitarists who don't step all over each other but Fleetwood Mac did, very well. This cd has pretty good sound. I was hesident to buy this, but I did and I love it. Peter Greens guitar playing has never been better or as emotional,and if you like music thats a little bluey and a little rock, played by some of the best musicians on this earth, then you must purchase this cd. Black Magic Women is worth it by itself.

Average customer rating:

Good, but watered down
your father's Fleetwood Mac
INCREDIBLE!!
Mixing Elmore James and Buddy Holly

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ASIN: B00005NHNT
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

Rattlesnake Shake
Sandy Mary
Believe My Time Ain't Long
Although The Sun Is Shining
Only You
You Never Know What Your Missing
Oh Well
Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
Jenny Lee
Heavenly
When Will I Be Loved
When I See My Baby
Buddy's Song
Honey Hush
Preachin'
Jumping At Shadows
Preachin' Blues
Need Your Love So Bad

Tracks:

Long Grey Mare
Sweet Home Chicago
Baby Please Set A Date
Blues With A Feeling
Stop Messing Around
Tallahassee Lassie
Hang On To A Dream
Linda
Mean Mistreatin' Mama
World Keeps Turning
I Can't Hold Out
Early Morning Come
Albatross
Looking For Somebody
A Fool No More
Got To Move
Like Crying Like Dying
Man Of The World

Customer Reviews:

Good, but watered down.......2006-03-13

While this album does have many of the great songs that made the early Fleetwood Mac great, it seems as if the band is watering down its sound on many tracks. It's as if they wanted their recordings for the BBC to be listener-friendly, and they threw in some more pop-sounding songs to give people something to like about their music. One example, the reworking of Long Grey Mare found here. In my opinion, the sound you'll find on their main albums is what's really great, and it's present here. I just wish they would have left out some of the songs like Jenny Lee and Heavenly. I have to skip past those songs...

your father's Fleetwood Mac.......2005-11-22

If you were born after the first half of the Baby Boom (1946-55), this is your father's Fleetwood Mac. Although three of the main players in the popular, late 1970's incarnation of the band are present here (Mick Fleetwood on drums, John McVie on bass, and the future Mrs. McVie, Christine Perfect, making guest appearances on three tracks, but offering no vocals), the sound is completely different, save a few pop offerings. The male McVie, Fleetwood, and lead guitarist Peter Green all emerged from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to form Fleetwood Mac, at Green's behest, in 1967. Given their heritage in John Mayall's band, it's no surprise that the bulk of Fleetwood Mac's circa 1970 productions are grounded in the blues. What is surprising is the gamut of other genre's visited by the band, ranging from down and dirty, Jim Morrison style blues and psychedelic rock (Green's 'Rattlesnake Shake'), to almost pure bubblegum fare (guitarist Jeremy Spencer's 'Jenny Lee'). In between are convincing and entertaining parodies on Buddy Holly (Spencer's 'Linda' and Danny Kirwan's 'When I See My Baby'), Elvis (Spencer's 'You Never Know What You're Missing' and 'Heavenly'), and even the power pop sound of Badfinger ('Honey Hush').

The bulk of the better tracks are found on the first disc, and most of them are Peter Green compositions, as well as nice covers of Tim Hardin's 'How Can We Hang On To a Dream' (unusual given its piano foundation) and Phil Everly's 'When Will I Be Loved'. The first disc opens with the two heaviest numbers, every bit as weighty and psychedelic as anything by Led Zeppelin. 'Rattlesnake Shake' is the longest performance on the disc, running seven and a half minutes, and actually is faded out rather than brought to a conclusion by the band. For my money, they could have gone on for another twenty minutes with this roof-raising guitar-fest. The entire disc features an abundance of superb guitar work, courtesy of the three talented guitarists (Green, Kirwan, and Spencer), but nowhere near as flamboyant as on the opening track. Another Green composition follows, 'Sandy Mary', featuring more blues than psychedelia, but just as much appeal as the opening track. Green is on again with perhaps his most recognizable composition, 'Oh Well' on track seven ("don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to..."). It's not until the fourteenth track on the second disc that we find another superb Green composition, 'Looking For Somebody', a slow-tempo blues track with a fetching melody. In between are a wealth of fine tunes from a host of composers including Robert Johnson (3 tracks) and Elmore James (3 tracks). Green supplies ten compositions, and Danny Kirwin five. The emphasis is heavily on the blues. There really aren't any losers, but only seven or eight tracks worthy of mention among the 36 offered.

The recording quality varies greatly. I have no complaint about the quality of the bulk of the tracks, but several, such as 'Need Your Love So Bad' (the last track on the first disc) suffer from poor fidelity, as though the Dolby Noise Reduction accidentally got switched on. The discs were produced by Mick Fleetwood, and he apparently decided to arrange the tracks in his own mysterious manner. Because of this, the contrasting characteristics of each recording session are highlighted, and the listening experience takes on a patchwork quality. I believe Fleetwood would have been better off keeping the tracks from each recording session together. There are five tracks offered from 1967, nine from 1968, eleven from 1969, eight from 1970, and one from January of 1971.

Listening to 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live At the BBC' is an archival experience. While the band wasn't the most influential band of the era, they are clearly an eclectic outfit that reflected, and encapsuled, the dominant sounds of the 1960's. The musicianship is exemplary, and while none of the several vocalists has outstanding talent, they are all adroit, and in combination produce some enticing harmonies. Guests on the disc include Chicago bluesman Eddie Boyd and guitarist Nick Pickett (no relation to Wilson...). This two disc set includes an inlay featuring numerous band photographs, an introduction from Mick Fleetwood, background on the BBC broadcasts from Stephen Davis, and detailed track listings. Altogether, a thoroughly enjoyable package.

INCREDIBLE!!.......2004-10-20

This two cd set belongs in every music lover's collection. It's THAT great! This is a fantastic set of songs by Peter, Jeremy, Danny, Mick, and Jon. Extraordinary!

Mixing Elmore James and Buddy Holly.......2001-12-19

... the ORIGINAL Fleetwood Mac was a force to be reconned with in their heyday 1968-1970. Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (from ONE incarnation of John Mayall's legendary Bluesbreakers) recruited slide virtuoso and 50's stars aping Jeremy Spencer and third guitarist Danny Kirwan (and one Cristine Perfect, soon to be Mrs McVie on some of the later sessions) and took on the world.

Riding british hits (the reverb drenched ALBATROSS which inspired the Beatles SUN KING, the sad and world weary MAN OF THE WORLD and the original BLACK MAGIC WOMAN) the band did these sessions for the BBC 1968-1970 (last broacast was Jan 1971, shortly after Spencer and Green had both left the band). Included are the bluesy stomp of RATTLESNAKE SHAKE (a short version at 7:30, the Elmore James-ey BELIEVE MY TIME AIN'T LONG and BABY PLEASE SET A DATE, a rockin' twin lead peice by Kirwan called ONLY YOU, Spencer's 50s favorites JENNY LEE and a smoking TALLAHASSIE LASSIE), more of Green's trademark world weariness on JUMPING AT SHADOWS and the classic NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD. Add a couple of solo slide pieces (think Robert Johnson) in PREACHIN' and EARLY MORNING COME. They even perform a pretty good imitation of their old boss Mayall on BLUES WITH A FEELING.

If it sounds like this band is all over the map... well maybe. But as a BAND, they make it all work and run together so well. One of the surprising aspects of the set is how much FUN it sounds like these guys are having just playing together. It's hard NOT to be taken in by the shear JOY of SANDY MARY or BUDDY'S SONG (a send up to Holly). This might be the most fun record this side of THE WHO SELL OUT.

This record is NOT for fans of the Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac or even the Bob Welch Mac, unless you like the blues, and like your blues a little loose at that. Personally and as a guitar player I love Green's tone and use of reverb and there is little of that on display here (try THEN PLAY ON or THE VAUDEVILLE YEARS 1968-1970 for big slices or even his album with Mayall, A HARD ROAD), but I really REALLY like this record.

The quality sometimes slips,things get a little "thin" soundwise, but the performances are ACES! A good reference point for digging into the Peter Green era, sadly only three albums and a couple of collctions long.

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