Rating: 5/5
Review:
A fabulous set
This is a fabulous set of Fleetwood Mac's first three
albums:
Fleetwood Mac (later called "Peter Green's Fleetwood
Mac") (1968)
Mr Wonderful (1968)
The Pious Bird of Good Omen (1969)
These are great albums, I think. I still have my original LPs from when they
were first issued and they have stood the test of time extremely well. This is
the classic pre-Buckingham/Nicks line-up of Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, John
McVie and Mick Fleetwood, and with Danny Kirwan on Pious Bird. They were a magnificent blues band at this
time; the great BB King said of Peter Green that, of all the blues guitarists
of that generation, "He was the only one who ever gave
me the cold sweats." You can see
why here – there's some magnificent blues playing from Green, with a wonderful
tone and beautiful touch. There's also a
good deal of the more knockabout stuff which Jeremy Spencer was keen on – and
that's great, too, especially some fabulous, rollicking Elmore James songs.
There's no messing about with
"bonus material" here – you just get the original album as they were
released, which is just fine with me.
It's excellent as it stands and at this price for 3 CDs (even if they
are shortish by modern standards) don't hesitate. This is an absolutely terrific set.
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