Fleetwood Mac: the name brings to mind billowy scarves, manic guitars, silky vocals, internal soap-opera strife and enough vinyl sold to roof a city. But there was an earlier FMac (actually, there were several editions of the band before mega-platinum status) -- but I'm thinking of the original Fleetwood Mac, blues band. No, really. While my wife still sings the praises of Mr. Clapton as the epitome of '60s/'70s era blues guitar, I place my pounds on Peter Green. Peter's had his share of rough times (at one point he dropped music altogether, became a gravedigger, and threatened a record company employee who attempted to deliver a royalty check) and his eventual return to music was as the ghost of the man who gave us "Albatross", "Oh Well" and "The Green Manalishi". So pick up on the early stuff, with one caveat: the box set is great, BUT you have to refer to the box booklet for the correct track info, since the CD sleeves just list the original tracks. But far worse is the fact that yes, you get studio chatter and false starts -- but you can't skip past them, they're all part of the same track. I enjoyed it once, but why do I have to hear 3 or 4 flubs before the full track commences?!?
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