The End of the Game is also the final trilogy in the True Game

The True Game

The True Game is the collective name for a series of three related trilogies of short novels by Sheri S. Tepper. The novels explore the Lands of the True Game, a portion of a planet explored by humanity somewhere in the future...

 series of novels by Sheri S. Tepper

Sheri S. Tepper

Sheri Stewart Tepper is an American author of science fiction, horror and mystery novels; she is particularly known as a feminist science fiction writer, often with an ecofeminist slant....

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The End of the Game is an album

Album

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 by British

Great Britain

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 blues rock musician Peter Green

Peter Green (musician)

Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...

, who was the founder of 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...

 and a member from 1967–70. Released in 1970

1970 in music

- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....

, this was his first solo album, recorded in June of that year, only a month after leaving Fleetwood Mac.

The style of this album is a radical departure from his work with Fleetwood Mac, consisting of edited pieces of a long studio jam. Musically, it is experimental and free-form, with very loose or non-existent musical structure, and all the tracks are instrumentals. Apart from Green's two singles from this period, "Heavy Heart" / "No Way Out" and "Beasts Of Burden" / "Uganda Woman" (recorded with Nigel Watson

Nigel Watson (musician)

Nigel Watson is a British blues-rock guitarist best known for his work with ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green.-Career:After Green left Fleetwood Mac in 1970, he worked with Watson on two solo singles, "Heavy Heart" and "Beasts of Burden", the latter being credited to both musicians...

), this album bears little resemblance to any of Green's other recorded work.

The bassist on this album is Alex Dmochowski, otherwise known as "Erroneous", who also played bass on the Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

 jazz rock fusion albums "Waka/Jawaka

Waka/Jawaka

Waka/Jawaka is an album by Frank Zappa, released in 1972. The album is the jazz-influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo, and, as the front cover indicates, sequel of sorts to 1969's Hot Rats. Miles Davis's Bitches Brew-era influence is readily apparent on this and its sister album, The Grand Wazoo...

" (Hot Rats II) and "The Grand Wazoo

The Grand Wazoo

The Grand Wazoo is a 1972 jazz fusion album by Frank Zappa. Composed and recorded during Zappa's period of convalescence following his assault in London, the album, along with its "twin brother" Waka/Jawaka, represent Zappa's foray into big band fusion, the logical progression from Hot Rats, which...

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Track listing

• All tracks composed by Peter Green

1. "Bottoms Up" – 9:05
2. "Timeless Time" – 2:37
3. "Descending Scale" – 8:17
4. "Burnt Foot" – 5:16
5. "Hidden Depth" – 4:54
6. "The End of the Game" – 5:08

Personnel

• Peter Green
  Peter Green (musician)
  Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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• Zoot Money
  Zoot Money
  George Bruno Money, known as Zoot Money is a British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band...
  
   – piano
  Piano
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• Nick Buck – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Alex Dmochowski – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Godfrey Maclean – drums, percussion

Production

• Produced by Peter Green
• Recording engineer – Martin Birch
  Martin Birch
  Martin Birch is a British rock and heavy metal music producer, who became renowned for engineering and producing albums by the British rock bands Deep Purple and Iron Maiden....
  
  
• Cover design by Afracadabra
• Photographs – Keystone