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Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Rock · 1968 · 12 tracks · 35m

Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac

British blues revivalism, defined by Peter Green's weeping Les Paul, raw shuffles, and a stark, late-night emotional intensity.

February 24, 1968 · Embassy

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Rain-slicked London asphalt meets the humid heat of a Chicago basement on this debut, where the electric blues stops being an imitation and becomes a physical ache. Recorded live in the studio with bleeding microphones and hissing amplifiers, these tracks capture a band finding their footing in the dark. The weeping, sustain-heavy notes of a Gibson Les Paul cut through thick, late-night air, grounded by a rhythm section that swings with heavy, unhurried weight. You are placed right on the beer-stained floor, feeling the exact moment British youth transformed American folklore into something desperately personal, raw, and entirely their own.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 35m
01
My Heart Beat Like a Hammer
3:00
02
Merry Go Round
4:11
03
Long Grey Mare
2:15
04
Hellhound on My Trail
2:02
05
Shake Your Moneymaker
2:57
06
Looking for Somebody
2:53
07
No Place to Go
3:22
08
My Baby’s Good to Me
2:52
09
I Loved Another Woman
2:57
10
Cold Black Night
3:18
11
The World Keep On Turning
2:30
12
Got to Move
3:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
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How does Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac sound next to the rest of Fleetwood Mac's catalogue?

Dive Bar+2.0σ

The record trades any future stadium-sized sheen for a smoky dive bar atmosphere, placing the listener right on the beer-stained floorboards next to a howling amplifier.

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