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| Track Listing 1. Got To Move 2. I Held My Baby Last Night 3. My Baby's Sweet 4. My Baby's A Good 'un 5. Don't Know Which Way To Go 6. Buzz Me 7. Worried Dream 8. World Keeps On Turning 9. How Blue Can You Get 10. Bleeding Heart
Album Notes Fleetwood Mac: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer (guitar); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums).Recorded live at the Main Extension Building of the Polytechnic of Central London, London, England on April 27, 1968. Includes liner notes by Joseph Adair.Though they ultimately made their name as a blues-rock band, and Peter Green's admiration of artists like Jerry Garcia eventually found its way into their music, Fleetwood Mac began as a straight-ahead blues band. A bunch of Brits devoted to the music of Chicago and the Delta, Green and company couldn't help but put their own twist on the blues, but they were simultaneously reverential towards it. This is the situation presented in this 1968 live recording.While the sound quality is less than stellar, it's good enough to make the guitar talents of Green and Jeremy Spencer obvious, as they work up effective solos over "Got To Move," "Vuzz Me" and others. Unlike their peers, who used blues as a vehicle to something larger and louder, Mac circa '68 stuck close to their roots and made it work. The live setting proved even more inspiring for the two guitarists, whose blistering lead work is the central focus throughout this album. | |||||||||||
Reviews  Great blues but terrible sound qualityReview created: 18/01/08 by:  As an example of the earliest Fleetwood Mac incarnation (pre Danny Kirwin) this album does give a fair indication of how the band sounded performing live.As a result it serves its purpose. However the quality of the sound recoding is very low-fi mono with so much background echo that no matter how one fiddles with the graphic equalizer it's quite hard to make out some of the lyrics. I don't know the source of the recording but it sound much more 'bootleg' than I was expecting. Even though the magical guitar picking of Green & Spencer survives the poor recording rather better than the vocals it is still something of a test to sit through the whole album at one go. Fleetwood Mac in the late 1960s were a totally dedicated blues band - a million miles from the smooth rocker/pop act of later years and many of the songs here have that certain sameness about them as a result. If you love raw electric-blues played by excellent musicians in a rather earthy enviroment, then you will appreciate this alubum but if Fleetwood Mac to you is THE CHAIN or even ALBATROSS, then it's something of a culture shock! Review ID: 10000000005146897 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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