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The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac | 
| Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 194
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766482225248
EAN: 0766482225248
ASIN: B000075AJ1
Release Date: November 11, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Albatross | | • | Black Magic Woman | | • | Need Your Love So Bad | | • | My Heart Beat Like A Hammer | | • | Rollin' Man | | • | Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) | | • | Man Of The World | | • | Something Inside Me | | • | Looking For Somebody | | • | Oh Well | | • | Rattlesnake Shake | | • | Merry Go Round | | • | I Loved Another Woman | | • | Need Your Love Tonight | | • | Worried Dream | | • | Dragon Fly | | • | Stop Messin' Around | | • | Shake Your Moneymaker | | • | I Would Rather Go Blind | | • | Albatross |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 29
 Everyone should buy this December 3, 2003
Jeannie
63 out of 64 found this review helpful
For anyone out there (and I've come across one or two) who's only heard post-Green, Stevie Nicks and co. Fleetwood Mac, this album will be a big surprise as they might as well be two completely different bands. Some of the best music you'll ever hear is on this album, including Man of the World - in my opinion the greatest song of all time - and Albatross, surely THE instrumental that no other instrumental will ever match. It seems to me that when people think about THE guitarists of the 20th century it's always Hendrix/Clapton/Page way ahead of Peter Green, which is a great shame as the man is a genius and early Fleetwood Mac was groundbreaking stuff. This album is an essential addition to any 'proper' music collection!
At last... July 10, 2005
nicjaytee (London)
70 out of 72 found this review helpful
Up until now it's been impossible to find a sensible and comprehensive overview of this "first iteration" of Fleetwood Mac's music... but here it is. Including virtually all of their best tracks, it pretty much perfectly captures what they were all about. A million miles away from their second (or was that fourth?) iteration that took the world by storm in the mid 70's early 80's, this is a very different proposition. Featuring Peter Green's exceptional blues guitar playing singing supported by the mercurial Jeremy Spencer's slide guitar and, latterly, Danny Kirwin's third lead guitar - none of who made it past their late 60's/early 70's implosion - and backed up by John McVie Mick Fleetwood's ultra-tight rhythm section, they were, quite justifiably, one of the most successful groups to emerge from the UK's mid 60's RB scene. pLike all "Best of..." compilations it arguably misses a couple of their lesser known "stand-out" tracks, in particular "Long Grey Mare" "Without You", but just about everything else is here plus, as an added bonus, Christine McVie's wonderful rendition of "I'd Rather Go Blind" from her earlier Chicken Shack days and the excellent and previously difficult to find Danny Kirwin penned 1971 single "Dragonfly". And, on the way, you get all the hits, including the stunningly powerful "Oh Well Part 1" "The Green Manalishi", the heart rending "Man of the World" and the beautiful, extended USA version of "Need Your Love So Bad", plus some real hidden gems, in particular Peter Green's outstanding vocals and guitar-work on his brilliant "I Loved Another Woman" and his fabulously "raw" harmonica playing on "Looking for Somebody".br brSo, if you're looking for "Rhiannon" "Tusk" you've dropped into the wrong section of Fleetwood Mac's notoriously complex back catalogue, but if you're looking for some superb UK blues and RB then you're most definitely in the right place.
Peter Green still sounding good. January 17, 2004
kevin allen (England)
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
I have recently purchased this C.D. after seeing Peter Green Splinter Group live in concert on the Isle of Wight. It was great to see a hardworking band obviously enjoying entertaining a full house with a diverse collection of work from the early years of Fleetwood Mac together with more recent compositions by the Splinter Group and a selection of work from Robert Johnson and other Blues legends.The highlights of that live performance were undoubtedly the Peter Green compositions which feature on this C.D. Albatross, Green Manalishi and of course Black Magic Woman. Listening to these classic tracks now it is hard to believe they have been with us for 35 years. So go on buy the C.D. re-aquaint yourself with some great music then get onto the Splinter Group website to find out where you can see the band live -You won't be dissapointed.
The real Fleetwood Mac December 2, 2002
A.lan Stevens (LONDON United Kingdom)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
This was the genuine heart of Fleetwood Mac. Forget that failed Californian pop duo, and even the "legendary" Christine Perfect (later McVie), this is the real deal. Peter Green, bless him, is now an avuncular British blues icon, and finally recapturing some of the form that led many of us to idolise him in the 60's. This collection shows why we all loved him, despite the inclusion of "Need your love so bad" (Fleetwood Mac with strings? - what were they thinking of?). Listening to "Oh Well" again, I'm reminded why I saved all my pocket money for months to try and buy a National Steel guitar from a pawn shop in Battersea. When I finally saved enough, it had gone. Maybe that's why I never joined Fleetwood Mac, but more likely it was because they were so brilliant, I wouldn't have stood a chance. Just listen to the first guitar chord of "Black Magic Woman" - it't make the wee hairs go up on the back of your neck.
Quintessential Mac July 29, 2003
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
If 'Fleetwood Mac' rings a bell with you somewhere, but Lindsey Buckingham or Stevy Nicks are the names that spring to your mind, just take a comfy chair and listen to this grey old grandad. Way back in the 60s, while 'they' were changing the world or so they said, like a bolt from the blue appeared this London-based seminal band fertilized by the clashing titan musical geniuses of Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. brWhile at the onset, their roots were mainly geared towards blues music, and crossed with rock, the band were soon on their way to developing its very own and honest voice in their own right. brTo be true, there was nothing in 60s rock that quite matched the Mac for style; perhaps the ones that came closest were Alexis Korner, Chris Farlowe or (Clapton's) Yardbirds or Cream. brAnd we were listening to Radio London (was it?) on Sunday evenings with Alan Freeman's dark voice announcing the power blues of Oh Well - part 1 (up six at #7) or, better, the sheer force of The Green Manalishi (listen to those power guitars and forget about Don't stop thinking about tomorrow)... brNo wonder, another young guitar genius, Carlos Santana, was later to discover Black Magic Woman. brMeanwhile, now you've already raced to your nearest record shop, young girl or man, listen to the blues breathing from Need your love so bad - just be sure: one tile was more than enough on the dance floor -, the wistfully reflecting Man of the world or imagine your own movie to Oh well part 2 . Mine plays somewhere in inland southern Spain...brAnd promise along with grandad that "I'd rather go blind" than to think that the 80s Fleetwood Mac have anything to do with these tops guys who helped to shape the musical heritage of the past century and will never cease to impress, philosophize and ring through the years.brThis is the only indispensable Fleetwood collection the right-minded music fan will ever need.
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