Audio CD review:
Fleetwood Mac - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

Fleetwood Mac - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

Band: Fleetwood Mac Title: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions Rating: Release Date: 1999-11-23 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: My Heart Beat Like a Hammer - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 2: Merry-Go-Round - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 3: Long Grey Mare - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 4: Hellhound on My Trail - Fleetwood Mac, Johnson, Robert [01 5: Shake Your Moneymaker - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 6: Looking for Somebody - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 7: No Place to Go - Fleetwood Mac, Howlin' Wolf 8: My Baby's Good to Me - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 9: I Loved Another Woman - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 10: Cold Black Night - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 11: The World Keep on Turning - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 12: Got to Move - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 13: My Heart Beat Like a Hammer - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 14: Merry-Go-Round - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 15: I Loved Another Woman - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 16: I Loved Another Woman - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 17: Cold Black Night - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 18: You're So Evil - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 19: I'm Coming Home to Stay - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 20: Stop Messin' Round - Fleetwood Mac, Adams, Clifford 21: I've Lost My Baby - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 22: Rollin' Man - Fleetwood Mac, Adams, Clifford 23: Dust My Broom - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 24: Love That Burns - Fleetwood Mac, Adams, Clifford 25: Doctor Brown - Fleetwood Mac, Brown, J.T. 26: Need Your Love Tonight - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 27: If You Be My Baby - Fleetwood Mac, Adams, Clifford 28: Evenin' Boogie - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 29: Lazy Poker Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 30: Coming Home - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 31: Trying So Hard to Forget - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 32: Stop Messin' Round - Fleetwood Mac, Adams, Clifford 33: Stop Messin' Round - Fleetwood Mac, Adams, Clifford 34: I Held My Baby Last Night - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 35: Mystery Boogie - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 36: Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac, Little Willie John 37: Coming Home - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 38: Rambling Pony - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 39: The Big Boat - Fleetwood Mac, Boyd, Eddie 40: I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Fleetwood Mac, Johnson, Robert [01 41: The Sun Is Shining - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 42: Albatross - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 43: Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 44: Just the Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Boyd, Eddie 45: Jigsaw Puzzle Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 46: Looking for Somebody - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 47: Stop Messin' Round - Fleetwood Mac, Adams, Clifford 48: Watch Out - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 49: Ooh Baby - Fleetwood Mac, Howlin' Wolf 50: South Indiana - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 51: South Indiana - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 52: Last Night - Fleetwood Mac, Little Walter 53: Red Hot Jam - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 54: Red Hot Jam - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 55: I'm Worried - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 56: I Held My Baby Last Night - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 57: Madison Blues - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 58: I Can't Hold Out - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 59: Bobby's Rock - Fleetwood Mac, James, Elmore 60: I Need Your Love - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 61: Horton's Boogie Woogie - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 62: I Got the Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 63: The World's in a Tangle - Fleetwood Mac, Lane, James A. 64: Talk With You - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 65: Like It This Way - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 66: Someday Soon Baby - Fleetwood Mac, Spann, Otis 67: Hungry Country Girl - Fleetwood Mac, Spann, Otis 68: Black Jack Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Brown, J.T. 69: Every Day I Have the Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Chatman, Peter 70: Rockin' Boogie - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 71: My Baby's Gone - Fleetwood Mac, Edwards, David [2] 72: Sugar Mama - Fleetwood Mac, Howlin' Wolf 73: Sugar Mama - Fleetwood Mac, Howlin' Wolf 74: Homework - Fleetwood Mac, Clark, Dave 75: Honey Boy Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Edwards, David [2] 76: I Need Your Love - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 77: Horton's Boogie Woogie - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 78: Have a Good Time - Fleetwood Mac, Dixon, Willie 79: That's Wrong - Fleetwood Mac, Horton, Walter 80: Rock Me Baby - Fleetwood Mac, Jackson, Melvin [1] 81: Drifting - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 82: Leaving Town Blues - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 83: Watch Out - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 84: A Fool No More - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 85: Mean Old Fireman - Fleetwood Mac, Crudup, Arthur "Big 86: Can't Afford to Do It - Fleetwood Mac, Williamson, Homesic 87: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 88: Worried Dream - Fleetwood Mac, King, B.B. 89: Love That Woman - Fleetwood Mac, Leake, Lafayette 90: Allow Me One More Show - Fleetwood Mac, Spencer, Jeremy 91: First Train Home - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 92: Rambling Pony No. 2 - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 93: Watch Out - Fleetwood Mac, Green, Peter [1] 94: Something Inside of Me - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 95: Something Inside of Me - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 96: Something Inside of Me - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 97: One Sunny Day - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 98: Without You - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny 99: Coming Your Way - Fleetwood Mac, Kirwan, Danny

This is a Solid 5 Star Package Well my friends, I'm glad to report that this is one killer deal for $35! These are spectacular blues performances recorded live in the studio. When I bought this, I was a little concerned about the low price; six discs for $35? Something's wrong. They were recorded excellently and remastered superbly, and any blues enthusiast or audiophile will not be disappointed. If you happen to fall into both categories, this will become a treasured part of your collection. Fleetwood Mac had many incarnations, the most famous being the one with Buckingham and Nicks, but this is my favorite Mac by far. Peter Green was a blues junkie, and his writing and guitar playing earned him the respect of even the old masters of the genre, and two of the included discs are performed with just those men. What a dream team: the old guard playing with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac! Music for the ages. . como puede entrar tanto BLUES en una caja??????? VIRTUOSISMO, DEJADEZ, FIEREZA, INSPIRACION. . ESTA COLECCION DE DISCOS NO PUEDE PASAR DESAPERCIBIDA POR NADIE. . . LA GUITARRA DE GREEN ENVUELVE LA PENUNBRA DEL BLUES PARA DEPOSITARLA BRILLANTE EN CUALQUIER ACORDE. . . MONUMENTAL COLECCION DE TEMAS, POR MOMENTOS EXCESIVA, EXAGERADA, GENIAL, ESTIMULANTE, HIRIENTE, AGRESIVA. . SI CLAPTON ERA DIOS, PETER GREEN ERA EL DIABLO!!!!!!!!!! . Fantastic 6 disc collection Peter Green is fantastic here, sound is pretty fine on this remasters - I was confused only with track order on each discs: order is same on CD's and on general booklet inside box, but not the same on each CD booklets because label try to keep original artwork of CD's. A first few years of fantastic British blues combo Fleetwood Mac on Blue Horrizon label: All songs from that period are here on 6 discs in big long yellow box - all discs are in their slipcases : First two albums (on separate discs with rare and unissued versions and studio chats), first oficial compilation of singles, two CD's with sessions in Chess studios and rare tracks and alternative versions on last disc. Early Mac sessions, not a substitute for the early albums. All the takes of the same song gets a bit overwhelming and the Eddie Boyd tracks have been left off to the "Pious Bird" disc which was a bit of a disappointment. Personally I fall into the catagory of the completeist that would really enjoy a set like this, although I would not recommend it for those not familiar with early Mac. Also, while I respect the fact that they bring you the original album artwork, I find it a little confusing since it really does not reflect the material on the discs themselves. If you want to familiarize yourself with early Mac, get the first one and maybe "Pious Bird of Good Omen," "English Rose" (if you can find it)or "Then Play On. " If you enjoy those, then maybe this boxset is for you. It is really hard to argue with the value factor here, though. Six discs for under $40 is a good deal anyway you slice it. THE MAGIC BENEATH THE SURFACE Both McCartney and Harrison asked him not to do it; but Lennon was pointedly aiming his acid tongue at the British blues revival epitomized by bands such as Fleetwood Mac. When John Lennon recorded "Yer Blues" for the WHITE ALBUM, few remember now that he meant it as a satire. Such was the love for American blues that young Stones like Bill Wyman and Keith Richards tell stories of leaving their hotel rooms during their first American tour not to meet up with girls in the bars but to scoop up arm loads of R&B records from obscure little music shops to take home to listen and study. This Fleetwood Mac was certainly a band of true believers. They wanted to play blues and be blues down to the last detail. Such was their love for the blues they deliberately imitated the primitive recording sound on their records to duplicate the feel of those old Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters discs. While young English blues lovers treasured this approach in the late 1960's, this comes across as nothing more than an annoying affectation to us today. As Eric Clapton's recent forays into the raw blues of Robert Johnson proves, you don't have to employ crude recording techniques to present authentic blues. But given their own premise, Fleetwood Mac did it well. Their first three albums worked the blues mines of Chicago blues for young English ears. Over the years, these three albums have been packaged and repackaged with particular interest for American buyers for the original version of "Black Magic Woman". Truth be told, no matter how these albums were presented, they never sold well in America. Far more interesting are the two discs recorded live at the Chess studios with many of the heroes Fleetwood Mac had celebrated over the years-particularly Otis Spann and Buddy Guy. While I personally value these two discs above all the others in this box set, it is only fair to say that when sold as an album these sessions comprised the lowest selling Fleetwood Mac album of all time. The sixth disc is THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC album many other reviewers feel is the bright spot of the set. It is really a collection of leftovers from the first three albums that didn't fit just thrown together. In spite of the fact this was never intended as a working whole, THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC has a playful and almost joyful air that the first three studio albums do not. While I personally prefer the live sessions recorded at Chess, it is easy to see why many love THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC above the over discs in this set. As far as British blues goes, Ten Years After had it all over Fleetwood Mac. If you want a particularly powerful Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer record, there is no excuse not to have THEN PLAY ON. THEN PLAY ON is the last Fleetwood Mac record in this band's incarnation. It is a work of genius and the sound of two men before they went completely insane. If your record collection is fairly small (less than 500 albums), I would advise you to seek out more the more classic rock albums everyone should have to enjoy. If, however, your record library is fairly expansive (1000-2000) and you have an interest in small sub-currents in rock history, then this chapter in British rock history may well be for you. Was Fleetwood Mac at this time important? Yes, but it was well below the surface as far as us Yanks were concerned. If you are ready, by all means get this box set. Just be forewarned that not all your friends will be ready to enjoy the beauty that is there. . You can see a complete list of all Fleetwood Mac discography, or go back to the Fleetwood Mac tabs