- Audio CD (10 Mar 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Metro
- ASIN: B00004RIMP
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 88,494 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Walkin' The Road |
| 2. Trying So Hard To Forget |
| 3. Coming, I'm Coming |
| 4. Kind Hearted Woman |
| 5. Jumping At Shadows |
| 6. Sandy Mary |
| 7. Same Old Blues |
| 8. Born Under A Bad Sign |
| 9. Tribal Dance |
| 10. Time For Me To Go |
| 11. A Fool No More |
| 12. Loser Two Times |
| 13. Fallin' Apart |
| 14. Just For You |
| 15. Last Train To San Antone |
| 16. Give Me Back My Freedom |
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well I was looking forward to this one, as the samples were full of promise. But be aware that some the original recordings are not of the highest quality and rob the music of life, which presents a problem because the musical content of the CD is really good, but when I am looking for something to listen to I always seem to pass this one by and it just sits on the shelf gathering dust. A prime candidate for remastering.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Like most compliations from an artist who has lasted more than 5 minutes this is a mixed bag, but I wouldn't describe it as a total loss. I tend to lose interest once the initial salvo of Fleetwood Mac tracks are over, but some of those are worth the price of admission on their own. It may be one you don't listen to a lot, but when you do tracks like Sandy Mary and Jumping at Shadows provide all the necessary chills that only THE REAL THING can give. A tragically wasted artist - file under what might have been.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5 stars for Greenie
2 Dec 2003
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Why five? Because you loved the man's touch and feel on the strings; because he sounded so good with soulful down-hearted blues on "Trying So Hard to Forget" and "Coming, I'm Coming"? Dig that slide he's teasing. Or kick it back on the porch with a "Kind Hearted Woman" by way of Mr. Robert Johnson.
And tell me how woeful and hurtin' Peter cries on "Jumping At Shadows"--who's in more pain, his song or his guitar? Listen to those peals of sorrow--the voice AND the tortured notes he's pulling off that Les Paul. You didn't feel the knife cut you that deep until you heard the end of his solo, did ya?
If grief could be made into work, he could sing the nails out of the wall, and don't forget the squeals and squawks he'd grind out on lead guitar. I heard "Same Old Blues" by Bonnie Bramlett; Peter would make the perfect duet. And lookee-here, Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign" is as menacing as the original. Those are Albert's signature licks, aren't they?
Shake it, shake it, with "Tribal Dance." It's spacy and it moves. And could that be a hint of a David Gilmore-like influence on "Time for Me To Go"?
Get this because you loved the early Fleetwood Mac. Buy it because you have a friend who loves to learn new guitar ideas from an old source. Keep it because you need it in your collection.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Highs, lows, tortured blues
19 Jun 2000
Format:Audio CD
A broad collection of blues covers and originals that spans the curiously blue life of Peter Green. The vocals are every bit as revealing as the fine guitar work (from gritty to smooth, harnessed to wild). I would have loved to hear Peter and Albert together on Born under a Bad Sign, but I guess I'll settle for Peter's short, but reverential cover of this fine blues anthem. An earlier issue of this disc included Black Magic Woman and Green Manilishi, but I think their absence does not detract from this cd. I think inclusion of The Supernatural would have been an important cut, but Oh Well!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Much Better Than I Expected! Peter Plays The Blues!
2 Jan 2002
Format:Audio CD
I bought this not knowing exactly what it was. I had hoped it would not be Peter doing the weird stuff that I had heard plagued some of his post-Fleetwood Mac solo records. I was not disappointed! This is a really great collection if you are just looking to recapture some of the old Bluesbreakers/Fleetwood Mac sound. Much of what is here would have sat comfortably next to any of the Fleetwood Mac era tracks.
In response to one of the other reviewers, if you had read the back cover notes you would not have been misled into thinking it's all from the Fleetwood Mac days - in any case I knew this couldn't all be from the Mac era since I didn't recognise most of the songs, and I know all of them from the box set. Actually, only Sandy Mary and Jumping at Shadows are definitely from the Fleetwood Mac lineup (from the Boston Tea Party concerts).
It is not clear exactly where some of the rest of the songs originate - the liner notes are no help at all although it is claimed that at least one track is from the Bluesbreakers era (but, no indication as to which one!).
Walkin' Down The Road opens the disc with a classic blues cut that I had never heard - great stuff! Worth the price of admission alone just for that song! The next three songs are probably from a live show and the sound quality suffers, but actually this adds to rather than detracts from the music - gives it a certain vibe! In any case, the performances on those live tracks are really great! Especially "Kind Hearted Woman" which you should compare to the later version that Peter did recently. I think I like this one better!
The rest of the tracks (including the first song) are in fine sound quality and I would guess are from the post-Mac era(?). Good stuff, and every song is blues-based - no weird experimental stuff.
I highly recommend this disc if you want a sample of the post-Mac Peter Green filtered to give you just the real blues stuff, you will not be disppointed!
In response to one of the other reviewers, if you had read the back cover notes you would not have been misled into thinking it's all from the Fleetwood Mac days - in any case I knew this couldn't all be from the Mac era since I didn't recognise most of the songs, and I know all of them from the box set. Actually, only Sandy Mary and Jumping at Shadows are definitely from the Fleetwood Mac lineup (from the Boston Tea Party concerts).
It is not clear exactly where some of the rest of the songs originate - the liner notes are no help at all although it is claimed that at least one track is from the Bluesbreakers era (but, no indication as to which one!).
Walkin' Down The Road opens the disc with a classic blues cut that I had never heard - great stuff! Worth the price of admission alone just for that song! The next three songs are probably from a live show and the sound quality suffers, but actually this adds to rather than detracts from the music - gives it a certain vibe! In any case, the performances on those live tracks are really great! Especially "Kind Hearted Woman" which you should compare to the later version that Peter did recently. I think I like this one better!
The rest of the tracks (including the first song) are in fine sound quality and I would guess are from the post-Mac era(?). Good stuff, and every song is blues-based - no weird experimental stuff.
I highly recommend this disc if you want a sample of the post-Mac Peter Green filtered to give you just the real blues stuff, you will not be disppointed!
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