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Release date: 21-07-2011 (originally released in 1968) 2011 Dutch 12-track LP vinyl edition - Pressing on 180 grams audiophile vinyl='Fleetwood Mac', the self-titled debut album, was released in 1968, and was one of the highlights of the late British Blues movement, climbing to the #4 slot in the UK album charts without producing one single, and managing to stay in the charts for 37 weeks. This sought-after record is back out on vinyl for the first time in almost 35 years! = stickered & sealed
Tracks: A1 My Heart Beat Like A Hammer A2 Merry Go Round A3 Long Grey Mare A4 Hellhound On My Trail A5 Shake Your Moneymaker A6 Looking For Somebody
B1 No Place To Go B2 My Baby's Good to Me B3 I Loved Another Woman B4 Cold Black Night B5 The World Keep On Turning B6 Got To Move
In 1967 Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie played in the legendary John Mayall & The Blues Brakers, and were given free studio time during which they recorded five songs. Peter Green was so convinced of this band´s musical prowess that he formed it on the spot and named it after the drummer & the bass player. John McVie, however, wasn't convinced yet, and it forced Fleetwood Mac to find a temporary replacement in Bob Burning. After a short while, however, he was as hooked on the Elmore James influenced British Blues that he left John Mayall to take a risk on a group of unknowns. The rest is history.
It was a traditional blues album true to form, but one that also showcased Peter Green's budding singing and songwriting skills; 'I Loved A Woman' has a hint of the Latin Blues fusion he would perfect in 'Black Magic Woman' a year later, while 'Looking For Somebody' balanced humour and vulnerability that would come to characterize their style.
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