
Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
While most bands undergo a number of changes over the course of their career, few groups experienced such radical stylistic changes as Fleetwood Mac. Initially conceived as a hard-edged British blues combo in the late '60s, the band gradually evolved into a polished pop/rock act over the course of a decade. Throughout all of their incarnations, the only consistent members of Fleetwood Mac were drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie — the rhythm section who provided the band with its name. ...
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Fleetwood MacThe Complete Blue Horizon Sessions: 1967-1969Review by Richie Unterberger
A six-CD set of everything Fleetwood Mac recorded for the British Blue Horizon label. Wait, you're saying, didn't they only do two albums for Blue Horizon before leaving the company in early 1969? True, but there were also the non-LP singles that comprised the bulk of the U.K. compilation The Pious Bird of Good Omen, the two albums of blues jams in Chicago that came out later in 1969, and the 1971 LP The Original Fleetwood Mac, comprised of early outtakes. Make each of those half-dozen LPs a CD, add some ...
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CD1: Fleetwood Mac. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. 1968 1
My Heart Beat Like a Hammer Spencer 3:32
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Merry-Go-Round Green 4:19
3
Long Grey Mare Green 2:14
4
Hellhound on My Trail Johnson 2:05
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Shake Your Moneymaker James 3:13
6
Looking for Somebody Green 2:51
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No Place to Go Howlin' Wolf 3:20
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My Baby's Good to Me Spencer 2:50
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I Loved Another Woman Green 2:56
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Cold Black Night Spencer 3:16
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The World Keep on Turning Green 2:29
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Got to Move James, Sehorn 3:20
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My Heart Beat Like a Hammer [#] Spencer 3:43
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Merry-Go-Round [#] Green :56
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I Loved Another Woman [#] Green 6:08
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I Loved Another Woman [#] Green 5:10
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Cold Black Night [#] Spencer 5:29
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You're So Evil [#] Spencer 3:06
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I'm Coming Home to Stay [#] Spencer 2:28
Review by Richie Unterberger
Fleetwood Mac's debut LP was a highlight of the late-'60s British blues boom. Green's always inspired playing, the capable (if erratic) songwriting, and the general panache of the band as a whole placed them leagues above the overcrowded field. Elmore James is a big influence on this set, particularly on the tunes fronted by Jeremy Spencer ("Shake Your Moneymaker," "Got to Move"). Spencer's bluster, however, was outshone by the budding singing and songwriting skills of Green...
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