Live at the BBC (Fleetwood Mac album)
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Live at the BBC is a 2CD album
by British
blues rock band Fleetwood Mac
, recorded at various BBC
radio sessions between 1967 and 1971. It contains many tracks by Fleetwood Mac which are otherwise unavailable.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
blues rock band Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
, recorded at various BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
radio sessions between 1967 and 1971. It contains many tracks by Fleetwood Mac which are otherwise unavailable.
Disc one
- "Rattlesnake Shake" (Green) - 1970 - 7:38
- "Sandy Mary" (Green) - 1970 - 5:00
- "I Believe My Time Ain't Long" (Johnson arr. Spencer) - 1967 - 3:00
- "Although the Sun Is Shining" (Kirwan) - 1969 - 2:31
- "Only You" (Kirwan) - 1970 - 2:51
- "You Never Know What You're Missing" (Spencer) - 1969 - 2:52
- "Oh WellOh Well (song)"Oh Well" is a song recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1969, and composed by vocalist and lead guitarist Peter Green. It first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1969, subsequently appearing on the Greatest Hits album in 1971...
" (Green) - 1969 - 2:26 - "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" (Price) - 1969 - 3:25
- "Jenny Lee" (Spencer) - 1970 - 2:19
- "Heavenly" (Unknown) - 1969 - 2:37
- "When Will I Be Loved" (Everly) - 1970 - 2:13
- "When I See My Baby" (Kirwan) - 1970 - 2:11
- "Buddy's Song" (HollyBuddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
) - 1970 - 2:09 - "Honey HushHoney Hush"Honey Hush", written by Big Joe Turner , was recorded in May 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana and released that August by Atlantic Records. It was a number-one song on the U.S...
" (Turner) - 1970 - 3:08 - "Preachin'" (Unknown) - 1971 - 3:05
- "Jumping at Shadows" (BennettDuster BennettAnthony "Duster" Bennett was a British blues singer and musician. Based around London, his first album Smiling Like I'm Happy saw him playing as a one-man band, playing a bass drum with his foot and blowing a harmonica on a rack while strumming a 1952 Les Paul Goldtop guitar given to him in 1968...
) - 1969 - 3:35 - "Preachin' Blues" (Johnson) - 1968 - 1:59
- "Need Your Love So BadNeed Your Love So Bad"Need Your Love So Bad" sometimes known as "I Need Your Love So Bad", is a blues song first published in 1955 and written by Mertis John Jr....
" (Mertis John Jr.) - 1968 - 3:48
Disc two
- "Long Grey Mare" (Green) - 1967 - 2:53
- "Sweet Home ChicagoSweet Home Chicago"Sweet Home Chicago" is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson...
" (Johnson) - 1968 - 3:10 - "Baby Please Set a Date" (McCoy) - 1967 - 2:59
- "Blues with a FeelingBlues with a Feeling"Blues with a Feeling" is a blues song first released by Rabon Tarrant with Jack McVea and His All Stars in 1947. Later, the song became an important hit for Little Walter and "has been cited by a number of his imitators as the song that inspired them to take up harmonica"...
" (Jacobs) - 1969 - 2:56 - "Stop Messin' Round" (Green) - 1968 - 2:17
- "Tallahassee Lassie" (Slay/Picariello/Crewe) - 1969 - 3:24
- "Hang on to a DreamHow Can We Hang On to a Dream?How Can We Hang On to a Dream? is a song composed and recorded by Tim Hardin.A cover version with a choral arrangement by Duncan Browne was recorded by The Nice, as "Hang On to a Dream," on their third album, Nice and Nazareth on Snakes 'N' Ladders . A closer cover version was performed by...
" (HardinTim HardinJames Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...
) - 1968 - 2:56 - "Linda" (Spencer) - 1969 - 2:03
- "Mean Mistreatin' Mama" (Carr) - 1968 - 4:03
- "World Keeps Turning" (Green) - 1968 - 2:39
- "I Can't Hold Out" (JamesElmore JamesElmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...
) - 1968 - 2:27 - "Early Morning Come" (Kirwan) - 1969 - 2:29
- "AlbatrossAlbatross (composition)"Albatross" is a guitar-based instrumental by Fleetwood Mac, released as a single in 1969, later featuring on the compilation albums The Pious Bird of Good Omen and English Rose...
" (Green) - 1968 - 2:48 - "Looking for Somebody" (Green) - 1967 - 2:40
- "A Fool No More" (Green) - 3:40
- "Got To Move" (James/Seahorn) - 1967 - 2:57
- "Like Crying Like Dying" (Kirwan) - 2:33
- "Man of the WorldMan of the World (song)"Man of the World" is a song recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1969, and composed by vocalist and lead guitarist Peter Green. It first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1969, subsequently appearing on the Greatest Hits album in 1971...
" (Green) - 1969 - 2:49
Credits
- Peter GreenPeter Green (musician)Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes... - Jeremy SpencerJeremy SpencerJeremy Cedric Spencer , is a British musician, best known as one of the first guitarists in Fleetwood Mac.Spencer was born in Hartlepool, County Durham. He grew up in South London and was educated at Strand School, where he became known for hilarious impressions of the headmaster and several of his...
– guitar, vocals, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Danny KirwanDanny KirwanDaniel David "Danny" Kirwan is a British musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972.-Early career:...
– guitar, vocals - John McVieJohn McVieJohn Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fleetwood, was the inspiration for the band's name...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Mick FleetwoodMick FleetwoodMichael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood is a British musician and actor best known for his role as the drummer and namesake of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of John McVie, was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...