The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [Columbia]

by Fleetwood Mac

Overview

Countless blues-rock guitar greats emerged during the late '60s -- the most recognizable names being Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. But one who usually gets overlooked is the great Peter Green, who led Fleetwood Mac early in their career. To coincide with the mammoth six-disc box set The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions, a single-disc compilation was issued, The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (with both releases sharing the same front cover artwork). Although the latter version of Fleetwood Mac is more renowned, it was this early version that influenced a legion of subsequent rock acts, including Aerosmith (who covered Mac's "Rattlesnake Shake"), Judas Priest (who covered "Green Manalishi"), and Gary Moore (who went so far as to purchase Green's favorite Les Paul...from Green himself). And upon investigating this extensive 20-track set, you'll understand why, as the aforementioned tracks, as well as "Albatross," "Stop Messin' Round," and "Shake Your Moneymaker" are all bluesy gems. The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is an exceptional document of Fleetwood Mac's early years. ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date:	05/27/2003
Label:	Sony Music Distribution / Columbia
UPC:	5099751015529

Tracks

1. Albatross
2. Black Magic Woman
3. Need Your Love So Bad
4. My Heart Beat Like a Hammer
5. Rollin' Man
6. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)
7. The Man of the World
8. Something Inside of Me
9. Looking for Somebody
10. Oh Well
11. Rattlesnake Shake
12. Merry-Go-Round
13. I Loved Another Woman
14. Need Your Love Tonight
15. Worried Dream
16. Dragonfly
17. Stop Messin' Round
18. Shake Your Moneymaker
19. I'd Rather Go Blind
20. Albatross

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fleetwood Mac   Primary Artist,Vocals
Chicken Shack   Primary Artist
Christine Perfect   Primary Artist,Piano
Chris Coco   Primary Artist
Peter Green   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Roland Vaughan   Tenor (Vocal)
John McVie   Bass
Johnny Almond   Tenor (Vocal)
Jeremy Spencer   Piano,Vocals,Slide Guitar
Mick Fleetwood   Drums
Chris Traynor   Guitar
Duster Bennett   Harmonica
Dave Howard   Alto (Vocals)
Steve Gregory   Alto (Vocals)

Technical Credits

B.B. King   Lyricist,Composer
Bill Foster   Composer
Chris Coco   Mixing,Producer,Programming
Clifford Adams   Composer,Lyricist
Ellington Jordan   Composer
Elmore James   Composer,Lyricist
Little Willie John   Composer,Lyricist
Jeremy Spencer   Composer,Lyricist
Mike Vernon   Producer
Danny Kirwan   Composer,Lyricist
Peter Green   Composer,Lyricist
Neil Slaven   Liner Notes
Sacha Puttnam   Producer,Programming
Ritchie Varmeulen   Mixing
Mick Jackson   Engineer
W.H. Davies   Composer,Lyricist
Mike Rose   Engineer
Billy Foster   Composer
Patrick Adams   Composer,Lyricist