Blues Jam in Chicago [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings

1. Watch Out

2. Ooh Baby

3. South Indiana

4. South Indiana - Take 2

5. Last Night

6. Red Hot Jam

7. I'm Worried

8. I Held My Baby Last Night

9. Madison Blues

10. I Can't Hold Out

11. I Need Your Love

12. I Got The Blues

13. World's In A Tangle

14. Talk With You

15. Like It This Way

16. Someday Soon Baby

17. Hungry Country Girl

18. Black Jack Blues

19. Everyday I Have The Blues

20. Rockin' Boogie

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Editorial Reviews
Album Details
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.mhcp-

Tracks:

World's in a Tangle
Talk With You
Like It This Way
Someday Soon Baby
Hungry Country Girl
Black Jack Blues - (Bonus Track)
Everyday I Have The Blues
Rockin' Boogie
My Baby's Gone
Sugar Mama (Take 1) - (Bonus Track)
Sugar Mama
Homework - (Bonus Track)
Honey Boy Blues
I Need Your Love (Take 1) - (Bonus Track)
Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 2)
Have A Good Time
That's Wrong
Rock Me Baby

Customer Reviews:

Solid if unspectacular.......2007-01-16

This is the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, not the 70s band that featured Stevie Nicks. The original FM followed the same path as the Yardbirds and the Rolling Stones by covering blues standards and gradually making the transition to rock with original songs.

One of two volumes recorded at the legendary Chess Studios in Chicago, this teams the original FM musicians with the older generation of bluesmen, a popular idea at the time. As is often the case with these all-star matchups, the sessions don't produce anything spectacular, but the playing is solid blues throughout. A standout is Otis Rush's "Homework", which many years later became a staple for Peter Green's Splinter Group (which also started out doing blues covers).

It's not Fleetwood Mac at their best, nor does it feature the best of the "old pros," but I'd recommend this set to fans of Peter Green's incomparable guitar, and those who like Fleetwood Mac's take on the blues.

Again, if you're expecting Stevie Nicks, you'll be disappointed. This is a completely different style of music.

lifeless.......2005-09-26

this project had great potential-team up fleetwood mac with some of chicago's best musicians. but the british band is awful-sounds like the brits are bored,especially the drummer .Get Magic sam (black Magic) J.B. Hutto (hawk squat) Big Walter Horton (fine cuts) for some real blues.

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Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1
Fleetwood Mac & Otis Spann
Manufacturer: Blue Horizon
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ASIN: B00030607Y
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

World's in a Tangle
Talk With You
Like It This Way
Someday Soon Baby
Hungry Country Girl
Black Jack Blues - (Bonus Track)
Everyday I Have The Blues
Rockin' Boogie
My Baby's Gone
Sugar Mama (Take 1) - (Bonus Track)
Sugar Mama
Homework - (Bonus Track)
Honey Boy Blues
I Need Your Love (Take 1) - (Bonus Track)
Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 2)

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Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1
Fleetwood Mac & Otis Spann
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
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Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 2

ASIN: B0001ZXM04
Release Date: 2004-07-19

Tracks:

Watch Out - Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John McVie
Ooh Baby - Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, John McVie
South Indiana [Take 1] - Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, John McVie
South Indiana [Take 2] - Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, John McVie
Last Night - Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, John McVie
Red Hot Jam [Take 1 With Studio Talk][*] - Willie Dixon, , Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Big Walter Horton,
Red Hot Jam [Master Version][Take] - Willie Dixon, , Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Big Walter Horton,
I'm Worried - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer
I Held My Baby Last Night - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer
Madison Blues - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer
I Can't Hold Out - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer
Bobby's Rock [*] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, , Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer
I Need Your Love [Master Version][Take] - Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Horton's Boogie Woogie [Take 1][*] - Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
I Got the Blues [False Start][Version] - Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann

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Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 2
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
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Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1

ASIN: B0001ZXM0E
Release Date: 2004-07-19

Tracks:

World's in a Tangle - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Talk With You - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Like It This Way - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Someday Soon Baby - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Hungry Country Girl - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Black Jack Blues - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, S.P. Leary, Otis Spann, Jeremy Spencer
Everyday I Have the Blues - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, S.P. Leary, Otis Spann, Jeremy Spencer
Rockin' Boogie - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, S.P. Leary, Otis Spann, Jeremy Spencer
My Baby's Gone - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Buddy Guy, S.P. Leary, Otis Spann
Sugar Mama: Take 1 - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Sugar Mama [Take 2] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Homework - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Honey Boy Blues [Incomplete Take][*] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Buddy Guy, Big Walter Horton, , S.P. Leary, Otis Spann
I Need Your Love: Take 1 [*] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Horton's Boogie Woogie [Take 2][*] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Have a Good Time [*] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
That's Wrong [*] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann
Rock Me Baby [*] - J.T. Brown, Willie Dixon, Honeyboy Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Big Walter Horton, , Danny Kirwan, S.P. Leary, John McVie, Otis Spann

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INCORRECT TRACK LISTING ABOVE

Blues Jam in Chicago
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B9EX2Q
Release Date: 2005-12-05

Tracks:

Watch Out
Ooh Baby
South Indiana
South Indiana - Take 2
Last Night
Red Hot Jam
I'm Worried
I Held My Baby Last Night
Madison Blues
I Can't Hold Out
I Need Your Love
I Got The Blues
World's In A Tangle
Talk With You
Like It This Way
Someday Soon Baby
Hungry Country Girl
Black Jack Blues
Everyday I Have The Blues
Rockin' Boogie
Sugar Mama
Homework

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.mhcp-

Customer Reviews:

INCORRECT TRACK LISTING ABOVE.......2006-04-30

Once again, Amazon has it wrong. This set has the same mastering & expanded track offered on the 1999 "Complete Blue Horizons Sessions" Box Set.

The correct track listing is as follows:

Disc 1:
1. Watch Out
2. Ooh Baby
3. South Indiana-Take 1ten
4. South Indiana-Take 2
5. Last Night
6. Red Hot Jam (Take 1-Previously Unissued With Studio Talk)
7. Red Hot Jam
8. I'm Worried
9. I Held My Baby Last Night
10. Madison Blues
11. I Can't Hold Out
12. Bobby's Rock (Previously Unissued)
13. I Need Your Love (Take 2-Master Version w/Previously Unissued Studio Talk)
14. Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 1-Previously Unissued)
15. I Got The Blues (Master Version With Previously Unissued False Start)

Disc 2:
1. World's In A Tangle
2. Talk WIth You
3. Like It This Way
4. Someday Soon Baby
5. Hungry Country Girl
6. Black Jack Blues
7. Everyday I Have The Blues
8. Rockin' Boogie
9. My Baby's Gone
10. Sugar Mama (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
11. Sugar Mama
12. Homework
13. Honey Boy Blues (Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
14. I Need Your Love (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
15. Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 2-Previously Unissued)
16. Have A Good Time (Previously Unissued)
17. That's Wrong (Previously Unissued)
18. Rock Me Baby (Previously Unissued)

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Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1
Fleetwood Mac & Otis Spann
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007U2M
Release Date: 1996-04-18

Tracks:

Watch Out
Ooh Baby
South Indiana [Take 1]
South Indiana [Take 2]
Last Night
Red Hot Jam
I'm Worried
I Held My Baby Last Night
Madison Blues
I Can't Hold Out
I Need Your Love
I Got the Blues

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Blues Jam in Chicago V.2
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Sony/Epic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007U2L
Release Date: 1996-06-26

Tracks:

World's In A Tangle
Talk With You
Like It This Way
Someday Soon Baby
Hungry Country Girl
Black Jack Blues
Everyday I Have The Blues
Rockin Boogie
My Baby's Gone
Suigar Mama (Take 1)
Sugar Mama
Homework
Honey Boy Blues
I Need Your Love (Take 1)
Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 2)
Have A Good Time
That's Wrong
Rock Me Baby

Album Details

Reissued with Seven Additional Tracks.

Average customer rating:

Not your typical polished blues album
Nice for Mac fans, not so much for blues lovers
McCrap
An accurate reflection of the time
The real Fleetwood Mac

Blues Jam in Chicago V.1
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005A1FQ
Release Date: 1996-04-18

Tracks:

Watch Out
Ooh Baby
South Indiana (Take 1)
South Indiana (Take 2)
Last Night
Red Hot Jam
I'm Worried
I Held My Baby Last Night
Madison Blues
I Can't Hold Out
I Need Your Love
I Got The Blues

Customer Reviews:

Not your typical polished blues album.......2007-06-28

I am not a blues fanatic. I enjoy listening to it and don't really follow the specific musicians.

Having said that, I enjoy listening to good traditional riffs and good blues jams, and this double CD seems to have a plenty of that. A lot of it seems free form with little rehearsal, but that's also the beauty of this CD set. I'm also not sure I could sit and listen to both CD's straight through very often, but with the great musicianship and fun listening this CD offers, it's a good listen.

Enjoy.

Nice for Mac fans, not so much for blues lovers.......2005-02-01

Saying "white folks can't sing blues" is as patently racist (and wrong) as saying black people can't sing country. You have to take the evidence on a case for case basis.

The recorded evidence here shows that sometimes the singing is too clipped and mannered to make good blues ("Watch Out","Like it This Way") but at others it's more relaxed and works well ("Ooh Baby","I'm Worried"). Of the 3 Fleetwood Mac vocalists, Jeremy Spencer is the most frequently convincing.

Most of the time the tunes never really are allowed to open up and burn, instrumentally OR vocally. This is true of both the Mac players, and most of the blues legends they're collaborating with.

Shakey Horton sounds anemic on "South Indiana (2nd take)" and "Last Night". "Red Hot Jam" just ISN'T..despite the presence of Honeyboy Edwards, Green, Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon AND Shakey Horton all on the track. There's never the sort of frantic guitar interplay you'd imagine from such an assemblage. On "Someday Soon Baby", it's leaden drumming from Mick Fleetwood that sinks it;Danny Kirwan's overly stiff vocal ruins "Like It This Way".

Another thing that will detract from this package for all but the most ardent Mac fans is the consistent use of false starts and studio chatter to lead off and finish up tracks.This might have been better either removed, or left at the end as "bonus tracks" to allow for a better listening experience.

The standouts here usually feature Otis Spann, who does several impassioned vocals and adds some wonderful piano (particularly on "World's in a Tangle") or Jeremy Spencer, who pours stinging slide into the mix on his idol Elmore James' "I'm Worried" and "I Can't Hold Out", along with credible vocals.

BOTTOM LINE:
I've heard worse blues albums, but then again, I've heard many that are better. This one is really only for rabid fans of the Mac, not blues aficionados in general.

McCrap.......2005-01-19

Save your $$ for some real blues. (See Wolf, Muddy, Hooker, etc.)

This album proves the general rule, which has virtually no exceptions: White guys can't sing the blues. (See Eric Clapton, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, etc., etc.) Peter Green is just an awful blues vocalist. He's got knowledge, but he ain't got the soul. There's one thing to live the life and sing the blues; there's another to study the records and sing the blues. And boy, does it show here. So, given the fact that he's the lead vocalist on almost all of the tracks, this make the album torturous. As proof, I offer the two tracks sung by Otis Spann and J.T. Brown. That's the blues.

It's also clear, as another reviewer pointed out, that the Chess artists are none to happy to "collaborate" on this album. The uneasy feeling between Mac and the Chess artists is palpable. This is not always the case. (See the Wolf London Seessions.)

Do yourself a favor. Take a pass on this one.

An accurate reflection of the time.......2004-05-22

Peter Green was NOT happy with Chess studios. He was "angry" in his own words. Many of the Chicago bluesmen that the Mac idolized were not so fond of the Mac either. And, it shows on this record.

Much of the music is horrendously out of tune. Honeyboy Edwards especially refused to tune. But, so did supposedly great producer Willie Dixon. Buddy Guy appeared on one uninspired track and left.

Yet, there is some terrific music here among the crud. Otis Spann, one of the greatest bluesmen ever, shines. He seemed to be among the few locals who appreciated what the Mac were trying to do. A few months later, he cut an album in NY with the band that is one of the most stunning blues albums I've ever heard. Otis became a fan of Peter Green's, reciprocating a love Green himself had for Otis' deeply emotional, flowing work. Later, Christine McVie carried Otis' influence into the more "popular" version of the Mac. Her piano playing was always heavily influenced by Otis.

Even amid the rather lackluster playing by the other bluesmen, Otis' playing stands out...from the background!

But, there is an even stranger aspect to this recording. Jeremy Spencer, whose renditions of Elmore James songs seem to rankle so many Mac fans, was in his glory. Although people accused him of mockery, Jeremy truly loved Elmore James' music. On this recording he had the opportunity to play his versions of EJ with Elmo's own sax player, the great JT Brown. And, the tracks featuring the pettite slidemeister with the old vet are absolutely the highlight of the set. Jeremy was so obviously ecstatic and humbled to play with JT that the glee oozes from the recording.

This is not a "Peter Green" highlight. This is Jeremy Spencer and Otis Spann in Chicago. Jeremy in ecstasy and Otis simply saving what could easily have been a nightmare with his incredible empathy and compassion. No crap from Otis. Too bad the other bluesmen couldn't get past their "We'z the blues" arrogance and Peter Green couldn't get past his anger at their attitude. Both show on this set.

The real Fleetwood Mac.......2001-12-26

Peter Green, Spencer and Kerwin, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. Wow. Pull me out of my nostalgia and recognize that these guys had a band!!!! Fleetwood and McVie may be the best bottom end in 'popular' music. And PA Green knew it from before the beginning; a man whose playing had an honest and felt depth that was, and I hope still is, unmistakeable and fine. Any young kid wanting to start out today with the hope of ending up with style, integrity, and soul, should listen to these guys.

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Blues Jam in Chicago V.2
Fleetwood Mac
Manufacturer: Epic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000054A17
Release Date: 1996-06-26

Tracks:

World's In A Tangle
Talk With You
Like It THis Way
Someday Soon Baby
Hungry Country Girl
Black Jack Blues
Everyday I Have The Blues
Rockin Boogie
My Baby's Gone
Suigar Mama (take 1)
Sugar Mama
Homework
Honey Boy Blues
I Need Your Love (take 1)
Horton's Boogie Woogie (take 2)
Have A Good Time
That's Wrong
Rock Me Baby

Customer Reviews:

all.......2001-04-06

Something happened. A Jewsih kid from England got it. Easy in fact. And the proof is in this smooth pudding. We'r etalking the quintesential post-war Chicago sound of the heavy symbols, the up beat, and the solid rythm that make this the one esential album to include in your Chcago Blues library. Throw in Otis Spann and his famous piano "trill" and you've got what has been delegated to the ranks of musical perfection. But how did it all come together? After all we're talking English kids playing with the greatest blues piano player to ever come out of Chicago and Muddy Waters' cousin/brother-in-law to boot. Otis'voice, eirly reminicent of Muddy's, only more restrained and sweeter, delivers such prefect phrasing and tonal control as to furhter establish, along with the suberb rythm section, the finest example of recorded Chicago Blues. If you haven't heard this, it's probably the only reason you don't own it. Do, by all means.

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Music Review

1. Watch Out
2. Ooh Baby
3. South Indiana
4. South Indiana - Take 2
5. Last Night
6. Red Hot Jam
7. I'm Worried
8. I Held My Baby Last Night
9. Madison Blues
10. I Can't Hold Out
11. I Need Your Love
12. I Got The Blues
13. World's In A Tangle
14. Talk With You
15. Like It This Way
16. Someday Soon Baby
17. Hungry Country Girl
18. Black Jack Blues
19. Everyday I Have The Blues
20. Rockin' Boogie