The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

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The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
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Greatest hits album by
Fleetwood Mac
Released11 November 2002 (2002-11-11)
Recorded1967–1971
Genre Blues rock
Label Columbia, Blue Horizon
Producer Mike Vernon, Fleetwood Mac

The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is a compilation album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac released in November 2002 and focusing on the Peter Green years. The album serves as a digitally remastered replacement for the band's Greatest Hits, with the remastering and cover art taken from the 1999 box set The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969 .

Contents

The disc contains every single by the band released in the United Kingdom during the years 1968 to 1971, seven in total, with the exception of their joint single credited also to Otis Spann, although the band's cover of "Need Your Love So Bad" is a longer outtake rather than the UK single version. That single's b-side does appear, as does the b-side to "Oh Well (Part 1)" without the edit separating the track from its A-side. An eighth single "I'd Rather Go Blind" by the band Chicken Shack features future Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie.

The other twelve tracks were all released on album, with nine on either the debut, Mr. Wonderful , or Then Play On . "Something Inside of Me" and "Worried Dream" are outtakes, appearing on compilations. Only two tracks do not include Green: "Dragonfly" recorded after Green left; and the Chicken Shack single. Horns and strings were added to "Need Your Love So Bad," with horns as well on "I'd Rather Go Blind"; credited musicians unknown on both. The version of "Albatross" that closes the disc is a 2002 recording by DJ Chris Coco, featuring Green.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Albatross" (Blue Horizon 3145 UK #1 ) Peter Green 3:08
2."Black Magic Woman" (Blue Horizon 3138 UK #37)Peter Green2:49
3."Need Your Love So Bad" (US version; UK edit issued as Blue Horizon 3157 UK #31) Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.6:18
4."My Heart Beat Like a Hammer" (from Fleetwood Mac ) Jeremy Spencer 2:57
5."Rollin' Man" (from Mr. Wonderful )Peter Green, C.G. Adams 2:52
6."The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Reprise 27007 UK #10)Peter Green4:30
7."Man of the World" (Immediate IM080 UK #2)Peter Green2:46
8."Something Inside of Me" (from English Rose ) Danny Kirwan 3:54
9."Looking for Somebody" (from Fleetwood Mac)Peter Green2:50
10."Oh Well (Parts 1 & 2)" (Reprise 27000 UK #2)Peter Green9:03
11."Rattlesnake Shake" (from Then Play On )Peter Green3:29
12."Merry Go Round" (from Fleetwood Mac)Peter Green4:05
13."I Loved Another Woman" (from Fleetwood Mac)Peter Green2:55
14."Need Your Love Tonight" (from Mr. Wonderful)Jeremy Spencer3:26
15."Worried Dream" (from The Original Fleetwood Mac ) B.B. King 5:22
16."Dragonfly" (Reprise 27010)Danny Kirwan, W. H. Davies 2:42
17."Stop Messin' Round" (Blue Horizon 3157b)Peter Green, C.G. Adams2:19
18."Shake Your Moneymaker" (from Fleetwood Mac) Elmore James 2:54
19."I'd Rather Go Blind" (Blue Horizon 3160 UK #14) Etta James, Ellington Jordan, Billy Foster3:12
20."Albatross" (Chris Coco featuring Peter Green)Peter Green5:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [1] 65
UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [2] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ "British album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood mac". British Phonographic Industry.
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