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 outtakes and alternate takes to
each, and you've got a pretty full box. Unintentionally, this box makes
the Mac a candidate for Most Erratic Major Rock Group of the Late 1960s,
ranging from the sheer brilliance of Peter Green's songs to rote blues
covers that are downright mundane, particularly some of the Jeremy
Spencer showcases and Chicago blues jams. If you're a committed enough
fan to consider buying this box, you already know that; you're probably
more concerned with whether the previously unreleased material merits
the cost. Those extras are marginal, to be honest, comprised largely of
false starts, incidental studio chatter, and alternate versions that are
pretty close to the official takes. Certainly the highlight of those
newly unearthed tracks is the 37 minutes of alternate takes of "Need
Your Love So Bad." It's also nice that the Danny Kirwan tracks that
appeared only on the U.S. album English Rose are here as well.
Unfortunately, this is not a complete retrospective of the Peter Green
era, whose best material was recorded for Reprise; there's also a lot of
noteworthy live stuff that appeared on different labels.
CD1 “Peter Green’s Fleetwood Maс 1968
1. My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Take2-Master Version With Studio Talk)
2. Merry Go Round (Take2-Master Version With Studio Talk/Remix)
3. Long Grey Mare
4. Hellhound On My Trail (Take1-Complete Master Version/Remix)
5. Shake Your Moneymaker (Master Version With Studio Talk)
6. Looking For Somebody
7. No Place To Go
8. My Baby’s Good To Me
9. I Loved Another Woman
10. Cold Black Night
11. The Wolrd Keep On Turning
12. Got To Move
13. My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Take1-Previously Unissued)
14. Merry Go Round (Take1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
15. I Loved Another Woman (Take1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete, Take2-Previously Unissued…
16. I Loved Another Woman (Take5-Complete Master Version/Remix, Take6-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
17. Cold Black Night (Take1-Previously Unissued/False Start, Take2-Previously Unissued/False Start…
18. You’re So Evil (Previously Unissued)
19. I’m Coming Home To Stay (Previously Unissued)
CD2 “Mr. Wonderful 1968
1. Stop Messin’ Round (Take4-Master Album Version With Studio Talk/Rexmix)
2. I’ve Lost My Baby
3. Rollin’ Man
4. Dust My Broom
5. Love That Burns
6. Doctor Brown
7. Need Your Love Tonight
8. If You Be My Baby
9. Evenin’ Boogie
10. Lazy Poker Blues
11. Coming Home
12. Trying So Hard To Forget
13. Stop Messin’ Round (Take1-Previously Unissued/False Start…
14. Stop Messin’ Round (Take5-Master Single Version/Remix)
15. I Held My Baby Last Night (Previously Unissued)
16. Mystery Boogie (Previously Unissued)
CD3 “The Pious Bird Of Good Omen 1969
1. Need Your Love So Bad (Version#2 (Remake), Take2-Complete Version/Remix)
2. Rambling Pony (Complete Master Version/Remix)
3. I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (Master Version With Studio Talk/Remix)
4. The Sun Is Shining
5. Albatross
6. Black Magic Woman
7. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
8. Like Crying (Previously Unissued)
9. Need Your Love So Bad (Versio #1: Take1-Previously Unissued/False Start…
10. Need Your Love So Bad (Version#2: Take1-Previously Unissued, Take2-Previously Unissued)
11. Need Your Love So Bad (Take3-Previously Unissued)
12. Need Your Love So Bad (USA Version: Previously Unissued)
CD4 “Blues Jam In Chicago Vol.1 1969
1. Watch Out
2. Ooh Baby
3. South Indiana-Take 1
4. South Indiana-Take 2
5. Last Night
6. Red Hot Jam (Take1-Previously Unissued With Studio Talk)
7. Red Hot Jam
8. I’m Worried
9. I Held My Baby Last Night
10. Madison Blues
11. I Can’t Hold Out
12. Bobby’s Rock (Previously Unissued)
13. I Need Your Love (Take2-Master Version With Previously Unissued Studio Talk)
14. Horton’s Boogie Woogie (Take1-Previously Unissued)
15. I Got The Blues (Master Version With Previously Unissued False Start)
CD5 “Blues Jam In Chicago Vol.2 1969
1. World’s In A Tangle
2. Talk WIth You
3. Like It This Way
4. Someday Soon Baby
5. Hungry Country Girl
6. Black Jack Blues
7. Everyday I Have The Blues
8. Rockin’ Boogie
9. My Baby’s Gone
10. Sugar Mama (Take1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
11. Sugar Mama
12. Homework
13. Honey Boy Blues (Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
14. I Need Your Love (Take1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
15. Horton’s Boogie Woogie (Take2-Previously Unissued)
16. Have A Good Time (Previously Unissued)
17. That’s Wrong (Previously Unissued)
18. Rock Me Baby (Previously Unissued)
CD6 “The Original Fleetwood Mac 1971
1. Drifting
2. Leaving Town Blues (Take5-Master Version/Remix With Previously Unissued False Start)
3. Watch Out (Take2-Complete Master Version/Remix)
4. A Fool No More (Take1-Previously Unissued/False Start, Take2-Previously Unissued/False Start…
5. Mean Old Fireman (Take1-Previously Unissued/False Start/Take2- Master Version/Alternative Original
6. Can’t Afford To Do It
7. Fleetwood Mac (Mono)
8. Worried Dream (Take1-Master Version/Remix With Previously Unissued Incomplete Take)
9. Love That Woman (Alternative Original Mix)
10. Allow Me One More Show (Alternative Original Mix)
11. First Train Home (Mono)
12. Rambling Pony No.2 (Alternative Original Mix)
13. Watch Out (Take1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
14. Something Inside Of Me
15. Something Inside Of Me (Take2-Previously Unissued)
16. Something Inside Of Me (Take3-Previously Unissued)
17. One Sunny Day (Master Version/Remix)
18. Without You
19. Coming Your Way (Take6-Previously Unissued)
