1968 FLEETWOOD MAC ENGLISH ROSE Hard Blues GREEN

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        SCARCE 1968 first pressing vinyl collectible

                  Fleetwood Mac

             English Rose

                       ...USA - yellow Epic Records BN 26446

HARD TO FIND  ...ORIGINAL

Thee 1968 first pressing ...a "seminal" album just on the basis of two tracks ~ "Black Magic Woman" and "Albatross". "Black Magic Woman" obviously inspired Carlos Santana, who not only covered it, but followed the original guitar arrangement almost note for note, which shows the kind of respect Green had from some higher profile musicians. And then there's the sublime "Albatross"... at least one of the Beatles has stated that "Sun King" was inspired by Green's memorable instrumental (listen to the two songs back-to-back sometime). The rest of the album is dominated by Green's authentic blues tone and great slide playing.

Released in 1969, "English Rose" was Fleetwood Mac's second US release which features the highlights from their second UK release, "Mr. Wonderful", the 1969 UK compilation "Pious Bird Of Good Omen" along with several Danny Kirwan contributions otherwise unavailable on LP. Unfortunately this album is rather hard to find nowadays since it provides a much more natural transition between the blues-wailing nature of their 1968 debut album and the 1970 "progressive blues" stylings of "Then Play On." "English Rose" features a variety contributions from Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer instead of "Mr. Wonderful" which seemed to concentrate only on Spencer's ability to emulate the stylings Elmore James. "English Rose" also subsitutes the Eddie Boyd tracks from "Pious," with newer Kirwan penned tracks which flow a lot better with the rest of the material on the album and as a result is recommended over both "Mr. Wonderful" or "Pious Bird Of Good Omen.        

1. Stop Messin' Around

2. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues

3. Doctor Brown

4. Something Inside Of Me

5. Evenin' Boogie

6. Love That Burns

7. Black Magic Woman

8. I've Lost My Baby

9. One Sunny Day

10. Without You

11. Coming Home

12. Albatross

CONDITION:

The cover is solid all over and hard to find with a clean copy -- this one upper levels VG++ front = no bends and no split seams, no writing ...the back group cover is M-

The vinyl both sides are TOP level M- clean and shiny smooth...the labels are clean...the 40+ year old item is a very decent collectible...

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