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Actors: Peter Green
Format: PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Scanbox Entertainment UK Ltd
DVD Release Date: 18 Jun 2007
Run Time: 120 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000R56WTG
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,339 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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After replacing the legendary Eric Clapton in John Mayall's blues breakers, Peter went on to form Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, one of the most successful bands to come out of Britain in the 60's. Peter's genius on the guitar was matched by the songs he wrote including Black Magic Woman, later a huge debut hit for Santana, and the supernatural and sublime instrumental Albatross, as well as the classic 'Oh Well'

The film will trace that early success, explore Peters drug use and his eternal spiral into schizophrenia. The film also examines how the treatment he received, (electroconvulsive therapy), prolonged his illness and extended absence from the music scene.

The story continues with Peters fragile mental and artistic recovery, his return to the recording studio and live music scene in the mid 1990's that saw his most positive creative output for many years, and will portray an artist who has now come to express his feelings, not just through the guitar music he still loves, but also his art and photography.

The film contains extensive and rare archive footage of live and studio performances, stills, and original in depth interviews, with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Mike Vernon, (legendary producer of the original Fleetwood Mac Blue Horizons albums), Martin Celmins, (Peters official biographer), Carlos Santana, Jeremy Spencer, (the original Fleetwood Mac guitatarist), and many others who were fortunate to work with or know the man.

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After a stint in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Peter Green formed Fleetwood Mac with the sidemen of the title, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. After a mere three albums of quintessential Brit blues, Green left to explore the darker regions of LSD culture. Though he returned to music in the '70s, and continued to record and tour sporadically into the '90s, it's been said by many that Green never really came back from those trips. The tormented musician was committed to two mental institutions in the wake of his unsettled behaviour. The mid-90's saw a return to the recording studio, the formation of his popular Splinter Group, and a new passion for art and photography. Despite his personal traumas Peter Green is still known to this day for having perhaps the most sweet and supple tone of any blues guitarist, British or otherwise. This documentary charts his rollercoaster life and career, with rare archive footage and stills of live and studio performances, plus indepth interviews with the man himself and his former bandmates John McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Jeremy Spencer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars For Peter Green Fans, 4 Jul 2007

By	James Jones (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was really pleased with this dvd as i am a huge Peter Green fan. It gives some good info on how it all started and then went wrong for him and how he's doing now. Unfortunately it doesn't dwell on his Splinter Group or his current work but there's plenty of the early stuff.

There are many interviews with the man himself, his family, John Mayall, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood & John McVie as well as their manager and other assorted people.

Theres not a lot to add to his legend as most of it is well documented but this is still a great thing to own, but not for the extras which are a bit naff. Oh well...

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3.0 out of 5 stars Frustratingly Incomplete, 16 Sep 2007

By	Otiselevator (Herts, UK) - See all my reviews

Despite the great cast list, including Fleetwood Mac's rhythm section, long lost Jeremy Spencer and various Green family members, the man himself remains as much an enigma as ever. It's a good account of his rise and drug induced fall even to those who know the story quite well, but it ends abruptly with Green's years in the wilderness. There's no mention of the many records he made during his time out of the public eye, and no exploration of his current rehabilitation. It's good to see the man himself recalling his disastrous experiments with LSD but the performance clips are woefully short and surely decent length versions could have been included as extras. As it is, fans will have to make do with an amiable but inessential tour round "Peter's guitars". It would have been great to have had some analysis and appreciation of his incredible guitar technique but there's little beyond Carlos Santana's typically opaque San Francisco take on events. In fairness that seems about par for rock DVDs which usually prefer tabloid style tales of excess to even the mildest consideration of the actual music. Mick Fleetwood's frank and soul searching comments about whether Peter Green could have been saved are a highlight here. But for me the best was Jeremy Spencer's remarkably honest revelation that at the time Peter wanted to develop Fleetwood Mac's sound he just didn't have any more to add than Elmore James and Rock n' Roll covers. If only some other ageing rockers could be half as honest.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Look at a Legend, 4 Oct 2007

By	C. S. Junker "soul_survivor" (Burien, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This tells the story of the early Fleetwood Mac in great detail, skipping hastily over Peter Green's post-Mac life. The film focuses on Peter's struggles with mental illness, and looks at some of the lurid tales that have been told of Peter's life during his retirement; but oddly makes no mention of the five solo albums he produced between 1979 and 1981. As for his late 90s comeback, there is a very brief mention of his Robert Johnson cover albums, but that's that for the Splinter Group.

Like most rockumentaries, there are no complete performance clips (some of the vintage clips can be seen in their entirety on the FLEETWOOD MAC: THE EARLY YEARS disc). However, this the first time I've seen Peter Green himself interviewed, discussing some of the controversies that have surrounded him over the years. Remarkably, he looks happy, relaxed and comfortable, having come through his struggles more or less intact.

It's also surprising to see Jeremy Spencer alive and well. Mick Fleetwood mentions in his memoir that Jeremy had still been with the Children of God when they were expelled from Sri Lanka back in the late 70s, but I didn't know he'd returned to England.

If you've read Mick's book, or the biography by Martin Celmins, there's not a great deal of new information here, but you do get a fresh, up to date perspective, including that of Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer.

My only criticism is that more attention could have been paid to the music, particularly Peter's solo career. IN THE SKIES is an underrated album, and as Peter's last work containing his songwriting, deserves at least a passing mention.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the best of them all
really enjoyed this when it came it out the highlight of the dvd for me was peter talking about oh well one the best singles of all time not to get to number one. Read more

Published 1 day ago by Mr. Frank Keefe

3.0 out of 5 stars The Peter Green story (with subtitles)
As a big fan of electric blues and in particular early Fleetwood Mac, or "Peter Greens" Fleetwood Mac as they were then known, this was a must have for my collection. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Mick Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
An enjoyable DVD, even though 'fans' will know of Peter's health problems already as they have been published so many times before, and can only wish him well whatever he decides... Read more

Published 3 months ago by A. Smith

1.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU LIVE IN THE U.S. DON'T BUY THIS
I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE PETER GREEN STORY AND WAITED WITH GREAT ANTICAPATION TO WATCH IT, ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED . THE DVD DOES NO PLAY ON ANY U.S. PLAYER . Read more

Published 4 months ago by James Evans

4.0 out of 5 stars Undersung hero
Have always loved PG and various permutations of his bands but was a little disappointed with this DVD. Read more

Published 21 months ago by R. Szweda

3.0 out of 5 stars The Man Who Would Be King
An interesting look at the career of possibly the greatest white blues guitarist this country has ever produced. A strange but fascinating tale. Read more

Published on 31 Jul 2007 by R. Seymour

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