Live in Boston, Vol. 2 [Live]

Track Listings

1. World in Harmony

2. Oh Well

3. Rattlesnake Shake

4. Stranger Blues

5. Red Hot Mama

6. Teenage Darling

7. Keep a Knockin'

8. Jenny Jenny

9. Encore Jam [#]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
2003 remastered reissue of 1970 live album, packaged in a digipak. Includes one previously unreleased track, 'Encore Jam'. Nine tracks. Snapper.

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.

Highly recommended.

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1. World in Harmony
2. Oh Well
3. Rattlesnake Shake
4. Stranger Blues
5. Red Hot Mama
6. Teenage Darling
7. Keep a Knockin'
8. Jenny Jenny
9. Encore Jam [#]