The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
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The Best Of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is a compilation featuring tracks from Fleetwood Mac's
Peter Green
years. The album serves as a digitally remastered replacement for the band's 1971 Greatest Hits album
, with the remastering and cover art taken from the 1999 box set The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969
.
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...
Peter Green
Peter Green (musician)
Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...
years. The album serves as a digitally remastered replacement for the band's 1971 Greatest Hits album
Greatest Hits (1971 Fleetwood Mac album)
Greatest Hits was the first hits compilation package from the rock band Fleetwood Mac, covering the period from the band's beginning in 1968 to 1971, mostly in its original incarnation led by guitarist Peter Green...
, with the remastering and cover art taken from the 1999 box set The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969 is a boxed set by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1999. It was a 6CD compilation of previously released material, plus outtakes and unreleased tracks from the band's early line-up, coming in a longbox with individually boxed CDs and a...
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Track listing
- "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...
" - "Black Magic WomanBlack Magic Woman"Black Magic Woman" is a song written by Peter Green that first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1968, subsequently appearing on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose and The Pious Bird of Good Omen . In 1970, it became a classic hit by Santana, as sung...
" - "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....
" (US Version) - "My Heart Beat Like a Hammer"
- "Rollin' Man"
- "The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown)The Green Manalishi"The Green Manalishi " is a song written by Peter Green and recorded by Fleetwood Mac. It was released as a single in the UK in May 1970 and reached #10 on the British charts. The song was written during Green's final months with the band, at a time when he was struggling with LSD and had...
" - "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...
" - "Something Inside of Me"
- "Looking for Somebody"
- "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...
(Parts 1 & 2)" - "Rattlesnake Shake"
- "Merry-Go-Round"
- "I Loved Another Woman"
- "Need Your Love Tonight"
- "Worried Dream"
- "DragonflyDragonfly (Fleetwood Mac song)"Dragonfly" is a song written by British musician Danny Kirwan with lyrics taken from a poem by Welsh poet W. H. Davies. It was originally recorded by Kirwan's band Fleetwood Mac in 1970, and became the first UK single released by the band after the departure of their frontman Peter Green. It was...
" - "Stop Messin' Round"
- "Shake Your MoneymakerShake Your Moneymaker (song)"Shake Your Moneymaker" or "Shake Your Money Maker" is a song recorded by Elmore James in 1961 that has become a standard of the blues. Inspired by earlier songs, it has been interpreted and recorded by several blues and other artists...
" - "I'd Rather Go Blind" (by Chicken Shack)
- "Albatross" (by Chris Coco featuring Peter Green)