Blue Horizon/Speakers Corner 7-63215 180g LP
The Pious Bird of Good Omen is a compilation album by Fleetwood Mac, released in 1969. It consisted of the first four UK singles and their B-sides, two tracks from the second album "Mr. Wonderful", and two tracks by Blues artist Eddie Boyd with backing by members of Fleetwood Mac. These two tracks came from Boyd's album "7936 South Rhodes".
As usual for compilations the sound quality differs... In this case between good and fantastic :)
1. "Need Your Love So Bad" (Little Willie John)
2. "Coming Home" (Elmore James)
3. "Rambling Pony" (Green)
4. "The Big Boat" (Eddie Boyd) *
5. "I Believe My Time Ain't Long" (Spencer)
6. "The Sun Is Shining" (Spencer)
7. "Albatross" (Green)
8. "Black Magic Woman" (Green)
9. "Just The Blues" (Boyd) *
10. "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" (Kirwan)
11. "Looking For Somebody" (Green)
12. "Stop Messin' Round" (Green/Adams)
* Credited to "Eddie Boyd with Fleetwood Mac"
Personnel
* Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica
* Jeremy Spencer – vocals, slide guitar
* Danny Kirwan – vocals, electric guitar on tracks 7 and 10 (original release); 5, 7 and 8 (2004 release)
* John McVie – bass
* Mick Fleetwood – drums
* Eddie Boyd – vocals, piano on tracks 4 and 9 (original release)
Production
* Producer: Mike Vernon
* Engineer: M. Ross
* Mastered by Maarten de Boer @ The Masters; NL