Warner Bros Records Stereo Import Made in England
This was the first greatest hits package from the rock band Fleetwood Mac, covering the period from the band's beginning in 1968 through 1971, in its original incarnation led by guitarist Peter Green. Part of the second British blues boom of the late 1960s, Fleetwood Mac enjoyed several hit singles in the United Kingdom, collated here for this album issued on CBS Records only in the U.K., but available in the United States only as an import.
The single "Black Magic Woman" received exposure in the U.S. via a cover by the San Francisco group Santana, who placed their version in the Billboard Top 40.
A very similar release with the same title and same cover was released by Sony BMG in 1989, but consisted of the tracks from The Pious Bird of Good Omen plus "Shake Your Moneymaker" and "Love That Burns".
The album gatefold shows a full-size photo of the post-Green line up of the band with Christine McVie (née Perfect), even though she just plays piano on a couple of tracks and wasn't a full-fledged member until after Kiln House was released.
"The Green Manalishi", "Oh, Well", "Rattlesnake Shake", and "Dragonfly" were licenced from Warner (then Kinney) and "Man of the World" from Immediate; the others were on Blue Horizon originally.
Side 1.
1. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Peter Green) - 4:36
2. "Oh Well, Part 1" (Green) - 3:29
3. "Oh Well, Part 2" (Green) - 5:39
4. "Shake Your Moneymaker" (Elmore James)
5. "Need Your Love So Bad" (Mertis John Jr.) - 3:53
6. "Rattlesnake Shake" (Green) - 3:29
Side 2
1. "Dragonfly" (Danny Kirwan, W.H. Davies) - 2:42
2. "Black Magic Woman" (Green) - 2:54
3. "Albatross" (Green) - 3:08
4. "Man of the World" (Green) - 2:51
5. "Stop Messin' Round" (Green, C.G. Adams) - 2:19
6. "Love That Burns" (Green, Adams) - 5:02
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