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Greatest Hits (1971) - Fleetwood Mac
Featuring »
Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Christine McVie, Jeremy Spencer
The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) Date Performance: 1970-04-00, Running Time: 4:36 Comments: Chart: Billboard UK Top 50/40 Singles Peak Position: 10 Peak Dates: Jun 27, 1970 - Jul 4, 1970 - Jul 11, 1970 - Jul 18, 1970 Weeks on Charts: 12
Oh Well Date Performance: 1969, Running Time: 3:29 Comments: (Part 1) Chart: Billboard US Hot 100 Singles Peak Position: 55 Peak Dates: Mar 7, 1970 & Mar 14, 1970 Weeks on Charts: 14 Chart: Billboard UK Top 50/40 Singles Peak Position: 1 Peak Dates: Nov 8, 1969 Weeks on Charts: 16
Oh Well Date Performance: 1969, Running Time: 5:39 Comments: (Part 2)
Shake Your Moneymaker Date Performance: 1967-12-11, Running Time: 2:52 Comments: Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Street, London.
Need Your Love So Bad Date Performance: 1968-04-28, Running Time: 3:53 Comments: (Edit of version #2, remake) (Take 4) Stereo Version. Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Street, London. Original Release: Blue Horizon #57-3139 (A-Side). Source: Original analogue tape. Chart: Billboard UK Top 50/40 Singles Peak Position: 31 Peak Dates: Sep 28, 1968 Weeks on Charts: 22
Rattlesnake Shake Date Performance: 1969-06-00, Running Time: 3:32
Dragonfly Date Performance: 1970, Running Time: 2:46
Black Magic Woman Date Performance: 1968-02-22, Running Time: 2:54 Comments: Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Street, London. Chart: Billboard UK Top 50/40 Singles Peak Position: 37 Peak Dates: May 4, 1968 Weeks on Charts: 7
Albatross Date Performance: 1968-10-06, Running Time: 3:08 Comments: Stereo Version. Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Street, London. Original Release: Blue Horizon #57-3145 (A-Side). Source: Original analogue tape. Chart: Billboard US Hot 100 Singles Peak Position: 104 Peak Dates: Apr 5, 1969 & Apr 12, 1969 Weeks on Charts: 4 Chart: Billboard UK Top 50/40 Singles Peak Position: 1 (2 times) Peak Dates: Feb 8, 1969 & Jun 1973 Weeks on Charts: 35
Man Of The World Date Performance: 1969, Running Time: 2:51 Comments: Chart: Billboard UK Top 50/40 Singles Peak Position: 2 Peak Dates: Jun 7, 1969 Weeks on Charts: 14
Stop Messin' Round Date Performance: 1968-04-28, Running Time: 2:19 Comments: (Take 4) Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Steet, London
Love That Burns Date Performance: 1968-04-00, Running Time: 5:02 Comments: Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Street, London
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Guest Appearances »
John(ny) Almond, Sandra Elsdon, Steve/Stephen Gregory, David/Dave Howard, David Katz, Christine McVie, Roland Vaughan
Released »
1971-11
Format »
Import Vinyl/CD Album
Other Appearances »
W(illiam) H(enry) Davies (Songwriter), Clifford (G.) Davis (Adams) (Songwriter), Peter Green (Songwriter), Peter Green (Songwriter), Elmore James (Songwriter), Little Willie (William Edgar) John (Mertis, Jr.) (Songwriter), Danny Kirwan (Songwriter), Danny Kirwan (Songwriter), Terry Noonan (Strings Under The Direction Of), Mick Fleetwood (Produced By), Mick Fleetwood (Produced By), Fleetwood Mac (Produced By), Peter Green (Produced By), Peter Green (Produced By), Danny Kirwan (Produced By), Danny Kirwan (Produced By), John McVie (Produced By), John McVie (Produced By), Jeremy Spencer (Produced By), Jeremy Spencer (Produced By), Mike Vernon (Produced By), Mike Ross(-Trevor) (Engineered By), Terry Noonan (Horns Under The Direction Of), Mickey 'Guitar' Baker (String Arrangement), Martin Birch (Recording Engineer), Mickey 'Guitar' Baker (Strings Conductor)
Record Label »
CBS
Catalogue Number »
460704 2 (CD)
Running Time »
42:20
Liner Notes »
1989 UK Import CD Reissue Notes:
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LC 0149
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Brilliant Peter Green Review written by Woody, October 5th, 2010
As a teenager in England in the late 60's I used to play these tunes repeatedly on juke boxes in cafes and pubs around where I lived. When the compilation came out in 1971 I leapt at the opportunity to listen to all of them at home. That is why I now own two copies of this on vinyl. When I try to obtain copies in a more modern format my searches yield only collections of cocaine induced ditties written & performed by some rich people in California many years later. If I had been Peter Green I too might have hidden reclusively for years in an Israeli chicken shed and moved irrigation pipes at night to provide myself with food. Anything to escape the anguish of witnessing the misuse of his brainchild. Yes Green Manalishi is the work of genius, with it's interplay between vocal and guitar refrains, but equally so 'Oh Well' pts 1 & 2, (which in it's time occupied both sides of a single) which has the stamp of a classical composition, the slick interworking of Acoustic & Electric guitars reinforced by McVie's strong bass playing. Black Magic in it's original form is simple but captivating: no wonder Carlos Santana covered it on Abraxas in 1970. The moody and melodic instrumental Albatross was tragically never a hit in USA, and is said to have inspired the Beatles 'Sun King'. Man of the World showcases Green's surprising vocal range and like many of the tracks features Fleetwood's imaginative and almost classical use of soft mallets. Add to that a couple of well performed blues standards, 3 Green Blues compositions and Kirwan's post-Green Dragonfly and you have it.
The green manalishi Review written by Anonymous, January 24th, 2007
Thé number one track on this record is The green manalishi. A great track and very good music. But !! It is not digital available. All Greatest Hits CD's from Fleetwood Mac are without The Green Manalishi. How come??
The best place to start for collecting early Mac Review written by John Fitzgerald, September 18th, 2004
The 1971 CBS Greatest hits package is rather difficult to get a hold of in the US but no matter where you are, if you can get it and you want to learn about the early days of Fleetwood Mac, this is the best place to start. Although I personally would have changed the order of the songs and I think a better song could've been chosen in favor of 'Love that burns'. Also, I was surprised both parts of 'Oh well' were present, that's not a bad thing by any means, it certainly adds some color to the overall musical feel of the album. The only two non Peter Green numbers, Danny Kirwan's highly underrated 'Dragonfly' from the rare 1971 single and Jeremy's best moment 'Shake your moneymaker' stand up well with Peter's pure gold nuggets. I especially like how the early traditional stuff is mixed with the more rockin' 1969/70 stuff. This is such a varied collection of the early greats, I think everyone will like at least something on here. I've heard this record described as 'the perfect crash course in early Mac' and they're absolutely right.
Comments »
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, that is, for this is a straightforward re-issue of a 1971 compilation rather than a recent or comprehensive survey. Pulling together fairly neatly the band's successes up to their troubled leader's departure, the 12 tracks centre on the Blue Horizon era: early covers of roots favourites by Elmore James (Shake Your Money Maker) and Little Willie John (Need Your Love So Bad), plus Peter Green's own compositions, which show him developing from the derivative Rattle Snake Shake through Black Magic Woman to the more imaginative Albatross. Tacked on are the subsequent, more progressive hits: the lonely Man Of The World (from their brief stay at Andrew Oldham's Immediate), the more adventurous and disturbing Oh WellParts 1 and 2 and Green Manalishi, plus Danny Kirwan's gentle Dragonfly, all from the first recordings for Reprise. Even so, at just 43 minutes, this is another example of archive material that could have been much better reworked. 3 out of 5 stars. (Ian Cranna, Q Album Reviews)
Charts Peak : UK #36 (Feb 1972)
Last Modified »
2011-06-13
Tracklisting »
Discography entry submitted by Mary Anne. Q album review submitted by Julie Kedward.
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released
November 1971
Recorded
1967–1970
Genre
Blues rock
Length
43:23
Label
CBS
Producer
Mike Vernon, Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac chronology
The Original Fleetwood Mac (1970)
Greatest Hits (1971)
Vintage Years (1975)
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac released on CBS Records in the United Kingdom in 1971. The band's first compilation package,[citation needed] it assembles the band's hit singles in the UK covering the period from the band's beginning in 1968 to 1971, mostly in its original incarnation led by guitarist Peter Green. It peaked at No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Background and content[edit]
Part of the second British blues boom of the late 1960s, during that time Fleetwood Mac enjoyed six British hit singles, collated here along with one non-charting single, two B-sides, and three album tracks. The band's UK single 'Black Magic Woman' received greater exposure in the US when it was covered by the American group Santana, who placed their version in the Billboard Top 40.
A very similar release with the same title and same cover was released by Sony BMG in 1989, but consisted of the tracks from The Pious Bird of Good Omen plus 'Shake Your Moneymaker' and 'Love That Burns'. Another identically-titled but entirely different 1988 Greatest Hits album concentrates exclusively on post-1975 material and has no tracks in common with either this release or the 1989 one.
The album gatefold shows a full-size photo of the post-Green line up of the band with Christine McVie (née Perfect), even though she just plays piano on a couple of tracks and was not a full member until after Kiln House was released. Long out of print, it was replaced on compact disc by the 2002 compilation The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac on the Sony International label, which now owns the Columbia/CBS catalogue. It was reissued on vinyl in 2010, however.
'The Green Manalishi', 'Oh Well', 'Rattlesnake Shake', and 'Dragonfly' were licensed from Warner Bros. Records.
Track listing[edit]
Side one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
'The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)' (Reprise 27007 UK #10)
Peter Green
4:36
2.
'Oh Well (Part 1)' (Reprise 27000 UK #2)
Green
3:29
3.
'Oh Well (Part 2)' (Reprise 27000b)
Green
5:39
4.
'Shake Your Moneymaker' (from Fleetwood Mac)
Elmore James
2:55
5.
'Need Your Love So Bad' (Blue Horizon 3157 UK #31)
Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.
3:53
6.
'Rattlesnake Shake' (from Then Play On)
Green
3:29
Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits 1988
Side two
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
'Dragonfly' (Reprise 27010)
Danny Kirwan, W. H. Davies
2:42
2.
'Black Magic Woman' (Blue Horizon 3138 UK #37)
Green
2:54
3.
'Albatross' (Blue Horizon 3145 UK #1)
Green
3:08
4.
'Man of the World' (Immediate IM080 UK #2)
Green
2:51
5.
'Stop Messin' Round' (Blue Horizon 3157b)
Green, C.G. Adams
2:19
6.
'Love That Burns' (from Mr. Wonderful)
Green, Adams
5:02
Personnel[edit]
Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits Live
Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Jeremy Spencer – vocals, slide guitar, piano, maracas
Danny Kirwan – vocals, guitar
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion
Christine McVie – piano on 'Dragonfly'
References[edit]
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