Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (1971) 24-bit/96kHz
Rock, British Blues | 1971 UK LP | CBS 69011
Greatest Hits was the first hits compilation package from the rock band Fleetwood Mac, covering the period from the band's beginning in 1968 to 1971, mostly 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 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.
Long out of print, it has been replaced on compact disc by the 2002 compilation The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac on the Sony International label, which now owns the Columbia/CBS catalogue.
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. Wikipedia
Track listing:
01. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)
02. Oh Well - Part 1
03. Oh Well - Part 2
04. Shake Your Money Maker
05. Need Your Love So Bad
06. Rattle Snake Shake
07. Dragonfly
08. Black Magic Woman
09. Albatross
10. Man of The World
11. Stop Messin' Round
12. Love That Burns
Bonus:
13. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues ('b' side of Albatross) from Blue Horizon single 57-3145
14. Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite ('b' side of Man of The World)
Fleetwood Mac as Earl Vince And The Valiants, from Immediate single IM 080
Technicals:
Knosti RCM.
Michell GyroDec full version.
Funk Firm FXR II Tonearm.
Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge.
Harman Kardon HK990 Integrated Amplifier.
Gold Interconnects. E-MU 0204 Audio Interface.
Recording, split and manual de-click with Adobe Audition 3.0.1
Click Repair 3.9.1
Vinyl transfer by son-of-albion, January 2014