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A must-- the best
Review written by Anonymous, August 25th, 2004
A blues lp that can never be matched. Some of Gary Moore's comes close, but this is as God intended-----no comparsion. I bought the vinyl lp in 1968.
I Got The Blues
Review written by Kevin, August 25th, 2004
If you want to hear blues then grab this album. If you want to hear a totally different-sounding Fleetwood Mac, pick up this album. It's amazing what two people can contribute to a band because this sounds nothing like the Stevie-Lindsey period. It's a shame that this isn't as well known as the later period because it's great. You've got Jeremy Spencer with his slide guitar and jamming on my favorites "My Heart Beat Like A Hammer" and "Shake Your Moneymaker". I like the fact that he didn't use the same riff for each song. Peter Green's best on here are "Long Grey Mare" and "No Place To Go". All the songs on here are good except I could do without "The World Keep On Turning". If you want to hear blues or a different Fleetwood Mac, buy this album now.
At the time it blew me away.
Review written by Anonymous, August 25th, 2004
The Bluesbreakers, at the time, were a very innovative blues band. Mayall carried the torch from Alexis Korner, Peter Green`s Fleetwood Mac took the blues of Chicago and handed them to the Hippie community. The question was " Is the Blues relevant in these times of well being and peace?"
Answer " Who gives a damn " The Blues will always be with mankind `cos he makes `em! It was fresh, it was true and if you have`nt heard it then buy it. Modern Blues seems to have gone the way of all music. It`s over produced. This album retains rawness with incredible solo playing.It`s got boogie blues, quiet blues, laid bac k blues, black blues, white blues, Can blue men sing the whites blues. Yeah it`s got it all. Green`s guitar is so....... precise, yet evokes the deepest cavern of the soul. Spencer`s Slide guitar is really over the top, but makes you feel you`re in Chicago. The Bass and Drum section of McVie and Fleetwood, just drives it on home. I could cite individual tracks, but I ain`t gonna `cos I believe that the whole album should be listened to as a complete piece of music. You into the Blues? Well, you won`t hear anything bluesier than this pal!
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Fleetwood Mac's debut LP was a highlight of the late '60s British blues boom. Green's always inspired playing, the capable (if erratic) songwriting, and the general panache of the band as a whole placed them leagues above the overcrowded field. Elmore James is a big influence on this set, particularly on the tunes fronted by Jeremy Spencer ("Shake Your Moneymaker," "Got to Move"). Spencer's bluster, however, was outshone by the budding singing and songwriting skills of Green. The guitarist balanced humor and vulnerability on cuts like "Looking for Somebody" and "Long Grey Mare," and with "If I Loved Another Woman," he offered a glimpse of the Latin-blues fusion that he would perfect with "Black Magic Woman." The album was an unexpected smash in the U.K., reaching No. 4 on the British charts. (Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide)
Charts Peak : US #198, UK #4 (Mar 1968)
Released in the US on June 3, 1968
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