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| Fleetwood Mac - Showbiz Blues 1968-1970 Band: Fleetwood Mac Tracks: - Soul Dressing - If You Want to Be Happy - Outrage - Sun Is Shining - Don't Be Cruel - I'm So Lonely and Blue - How Blue Can You Get? - My Baby's Sweeter - Long Grey Mare - Buzz Me Baby - Mind of My Own - I Have to Laugh - You're the One - Do You Give a Damn for Me - Him and Me - Show-Biz Blues - Fast Talkin' Woman Blues - World in Harmony - Leaving Town Blues - Black Magic Woman - Jumpin' at Shadowa - Rattlesnake Shake/Underway - Stranger Blues - World in Harmony - Tiger - Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) - Coming Your Way - Great Balls of Fire - Twist and Shout The Best Years - Raw And Gutsy This is the original Mac blues band, the Peter Green Band with John & Mick laying down the rhythm for Peter and his young acolites Jeremy Spencer & Danny Kirwan. It was also before Christine joined. So if you like Mac for that little ... Stevie or for Lindsay, please don't buy this.....it's reserved for the original Mac fans. Having got that out of my system, here's what you probably want to know about this set. I think it can join with the Chicago sessions and The Boston Tea Party set to showcase the best of the original Mac. However, along with the earlier companion set The Vaudeville Years, it does hold a secondary place in the ultimate collection of the early band. You really should get both the Vol. I Vaudeville and this Vol. II Show-Biz Blues . Personally I think this set has a bit better tracks....Jeremey gets nicely into his Elvis/Buddy Holly/Elmore James groove with Don't Be Cruel, Great Balls of Fire, and a slowed down Twist & Shout.....but the strength of the set lies in a killer Black Magic Woman followed by what I think is the best version of Jumpin' At Shadows and then a great Shake following that...all on Disc 2. But this one is worth purchasing because it gives full hearing to The Band that became famous for jamming, driving rhythm section, and both brilliant and roaring fun guitarists. Mac evolved, but this was a very special time and for anyone who fell in Love with the Boston Tea Party releases, this one will fix you up for a couple more years. It ain't nobody but Him and Me Once again the fine people involved with Fleetwood Mac pump out another brilliantly compiled ORIGINAL Fleetwood Mac outakes collection.<BR>For those who find the Original blues Band to be better than the pop rock Rumours Mac this is a 5 star gem. The first disc is a collection of outakes, featuring some fine blues numbers from Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, and Jeremy Spencer. Jeremy also delivers some good 50's songs. It also has some excellent slide play on the takes of what became Showbiz Blues as well as great alternative versions of songs on the Vaudeville Years collection.<BR>Disc Two is the best reason why you should get this album. The first two songs are from the famed Boston performances now available on three discs. (Though these two versions of Black Magic Woman are not on the new Boston CDs.) The rest of it is a exciting BBC performance. The performance is very loose and passionate, featuring some of the Mac's best improvisational jams. (I've always thought that the original Mac were up there with The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers when it came to Live jamming.) Though the sound is patchy, the performance is very entertaining.<BR>So if you've been a long time fan of the Original Fleetwood Mac this is a gem you must have! It is both interesting and at times great! If you're beginning to get into the Original Mac I would reccomend the Boston cd's or Then Play On. PETER GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC AT THEIR BEST!!! First, a disclaimer: this is PETER GREEN'S (ORIGINAL)FLEETWOOD MAC, not the Buckingham-Nicks-Christine McVie pop juggernaut. This was arguably the finest British Blues outfit to come out the late 60's, led by the brilliant eccentric genious, Peter Green, and ably assisted by Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, John Mcvie & Mick Fleetwood. This is a welcome collection of rare, never before releasd material: one side studio and one side Live in concert. About half of the Live CD's 73 minutes were from a BBC radio broadcast that was heavilly bootlegged. 2 other Live cuts are scortching alternate versions from the '70 Boston Tea Party shows. The sound on the Live disc is very good for the era during which the material was recorded. The performances are Truly inspired, among the best ever. It's a great selection of this band's best songs. Peter Green is the frontman on the majority, with a few ably fronted by Jeremy Spencer or Danny Kirwan. The studio CD is more of a mixed-bag. Cuts 1-3 are by Green & Fleetwood in Peter B's Looners, a 1966 R&B outfit put together by keyboardist Peter Bardens (of later fame with Camel & Them). These cuts are OK, but are welcome due to their rarity and historical significance. There is a higher percentage of Jeremy Spencer on this studio disc, doing his Elvis/Buddy Holly/Elmore James routine to the max. There is a lot of Peter Green material here pre-Kirwan. There are 3 versions of "Showbiz Blues" fascinatingly showing the evolution of the song from the earliest demo into an alternate take, very close to the final version that appeared on "Then Play On". The sound quality of this studio CD varies quite a bit, due to the time range from 1966-1970. There are over 50 pages of text and rare photos in this fine package. As with the recent excellent releases of original Fleetwood Mac material on CD, we've once again hit the motherlode with this EXCELLENT collection. I Highly recommend this release, along with its 2CD twin set, "The Vaudeville Years". Also absolutely essential are The "Blue Horizon Years"(a 6-CD budget Box Set), the 3CD "Boston Tea Party" Box Set, and of course Peter Green's phenominal Fleetwood Mac swansong, "Then Play On". All of this material is among the finest music ever recorded; essential, powerful, passionate British Blues and Beyond! This music smokes!!! However, if you are into Fleetwood Mac's later Pop offerings, you probably will not like this at all. Apples & oranges....... Buy Fleetwood Mac Showbiz Blues 1968 1970 at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
