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THIS- really turned everyone inside out

John Antonuccio | S.California | 10/12/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mostly a Jeremy Spencer introduction- which ain't bad a-tall- his overdriven slide matches perfectly with his voice while Mick Fleetwood goes berserk with that driving shuffle of his with McVie steady as always. Peter Green is just sublime- his velvety smooth tone with an edge-& at the time this came out -it was PURE BLUES- Pete blows harp- sings just great- even plays a quasi jazz like guitar("I loved Another Woman ")-Greeeny plays an acoustic blues on "World Keeps on Turning"- & this alone is worth the price of admission

"How Many More Years" (H. Wolf tune)is played as if it could have been a Cream song- but retains that Chicago sound- OUTSTANDING-

This is the begining of Fleetwood Mac- THIS is what propelled them to out sell the Beatles & Stones in England- a SUPERB album."

Gotta love Peter Green

Philip Bradshaw | toronto canada | 07/07/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Remarkably, Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and Jeremy Spencer were just 21 years of age when they recorded the band's debut album. John McVie was the old man at 22! The music on this LP is, of course, many miles removed from the catchy pop songs that earned the 1976 version of the band all of those millions. On Fleetwood Mac, the 1968 album these young English boys try their hand at Chicago blues and do a very creditable job. This LP reached number 4 on the UK album's charts but topped at 198 in the US. Green and Spencer are each terrific guitarists who play in entirely different styles. Like others I do prefer the cool Peter Green songs with his smooth guitar and harmonica (Looking for Somebody, If I Loved Another Woman, Long Grey Mare) to the Spencer songs dominated by his slide guitar. Listening to Green play here and with The Bluesbreakers (The Supernatural always comes to mind) makes you wish that he had managed to hold it together. One can only imagine what great music he might have produced in the seventies had he done so. If you are a fan of the genre, enjoyed John Mayall and Paul Butterfield, then you should pick this up."