Classic Rock

Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green shines on a thumping live show… but skip the demos.

For all the plaudits, Peter Green didn’t leave much of a thumbprint. Until recently, the only records that truly caught the guitarist’s spark were John Mayall (1967) and Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled debut (’68) and (’69). So over the past decade it’s been a revelation to hear this most enigmatic of British Invaders fleshed out by diamonds from the vaults. From Dutch fan Tom Huissen’s arse-rough-but-atmospheric Bluesbreakers bootlegs to last year’s magnetic first volume of early Mac, Greeny is the gift that keeps on giving.

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