Fleetwood Mac - The 1968 Sessions CD 2020

RARE RADIO RECORDINGS FROM FLEETWOOD MAC S EARLIEST DAYS Formed in 1967 by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, with bassist John McVie completing the line-up for their self-titled debut album, Fleetwood Mac began as a very different animal to the one they would become by the mid-1970s. Danny Kirwan joined as third guitarist in 1968 and keyboardist Christine Perfect, who contributed as a session musician from the second album onwards, married John McVie and joined the line-up in 1970. Following the tragic news in July 2020 of the death of Peter Green, this disc, from their earliest days, focusses on the band s 1968 radio recordings, made primarily for the BBC, with sessions for legendary shows such as Top Gear and Saturday Club.

Primarily a British blues band to start, they went on to score a UK number one with “Albatross”, and had lesser hits with the singles “Oh Well” and “Black Magic Woman”, the latter successfully covered by Santana. All three guitarists left in succession during the early 1970s, changing the sound of the group dramatically.

1) Sweet Little Angel (4.28)
2) Bee-I-bicky-bop Blue Jean Honey Babe Meets High School Hound Dog Hot Rod Man (3.24)
3) Where You Belong (2.12)
4) Please Find My Baby (3.14)
5) Black Magic Woman (2.32)
6) Peggy Sue Got Married (1.45)
7) That Ain't It (2.31)
8) Intergalactic Musicians Walking On Velvet (4.29)
9) Dead Shrimp Blues (3.12)
10) Sheila (2.04)
11) Mean Old World (3.17)
12) Evening Boogie (2.55)
13) You Need Love (4.48)
14) Talk With You (4.13)
15) Bo Diddley (2.45)
16) Wine, Whiskey, Women (2.14)
17) Crutch and Cane (3.09)
18) If You Be My Baby (3.31)
19) Without You (3.07)

Release Date: 9 Oct 2020