Fleetwood Mac Black Jack Blues

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Blues Jam at Chess, an Album by Fleetwood Mac. Released in December 1969 on Blue Horizon (catalog no. 7-66227; Vinyl LP). Genres: Blues Rock, Chicago Blues, British Blues, Electric Blues, Jam Band. Featured peformers: Peter Green (guitar), Danny Kirwan (guitar), John McVie (bass), Mick Fleetwood (drums), Mike Vernon (producer), Marshall Chess (producer), Stu Black (engineer), Terence Ibbott. Listen free to Fleetwood Mac – The Blues Years (Black Magic Woman, Madison Blues and more). 12 tracks (52:38). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.


Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Title: Blue Horizon Box 1967-1969
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Rhino / Wea
Genre: Blues Rock
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Size: 2.37 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Take 2-Master Version With Studio Talk)
2. Merry Go Round (Take 2-Master Version With Studio Talk/Remix)
3. Long Grey Mare Mac
4. Hellhound On My Trail (Take 1-Complete Master Version/Remix)
5. Shake Your Moneymaker (Master Version With Studio Talk)
6. Looking For Somebody
7. No Place To Go
8. My Baby's Good To Me
9. I Loved Another Woman
10. Cold Black Night
11. The Wolrd Keep On Turning
12. Got To Move
13. My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Take 1-Previously Unissued)
14. Merry Go Round (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
15. I Loved Another Woman (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete, Take 2-Previously Unissued...
16. I Loved Another Woman (Take 5-Complete Master Version/Remix, Take 6-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
17. Cold Black Night (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start, Take 2-Previously Unissued/False Start...
18. You're So Evil (Previously Unissued)
19. I'm Coming Home To Stay (Previously Unissued)
Disc: 2
1. Stop Messin' Round (Take 4-Master Album Version With Studio Talk/Rexmix)
2. I've Lost My Baby
3. Rollin' Man
4. Dust My Broom
5. Love That Burns
6. Doctor Brown
7. Need Your Love Tonight
8. If You Be My Baby
9. Evenin' Boogie
10. Lazy Poker Blues
11. Coming Home
12. Trying So Hard To Forget
13. Stop Messin' Round (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start...
14. Stop Messin' Round (Take 5-Master Single Version/Remix) Fleetwood
15. I Held My Baby Last Night (Previously Unissued)
16. Mystery Boogie (Previously Unissued)
Disc: 3
1. Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2 (Remake), Take 2-Complete Version/Remix)
2. Rambling Pony (Complete Master Version/Remix)
3. I Believe My Time Ain't Long (Master Version With Studio Talk/Remix)
4. The Sun Is Shining
5. Albatross
6. Black Magic Woman
7. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
8. Like Crying (Previously Unissued)
9. Need Your Love So Bad (Version #1: Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start...
10. Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2: Take 1-Previously Unissued, Take 2-Previously Unissued)
11. Need Your Love So Bad (Take 3-Previously Unissued)

Fleetwood Mac Black Jack Blues Band

12. Need Your Love So Bad (USA Version: Previously Unissued)
Disc: 4
1. Watch Out
2. Ooh Baby
3. South Indiana-Take 1
4. South Indiana-Take 2
5. Last Night
6. Red Hot Jam (Take 1-Previously Unissued With Studio Talk)
7. Red Hot Jam
8. I'm Worried
9. I Held My Baby Last Night
10. Madison Blues
11. I Can't Hold Out
12. Bobby's Rock (Previously Unissued)
13. I Need Your Love (Take 2-Master Version With Previously Unissued Studio Talk)
14. Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 1-Previously Unissued)
15. I Got The Blues (Master Version With Previously Unissued False Start)
Disc: 5
1. World's In A Tangle
2. Talk WIth You
3. Like It This Way
4. Someday Soon Baby
5. Hungry Country Girl
6. Black Jack Blues
7. Everyday I Have The Blues
8. Rockin' Boogie
9. My Baby's Gone
10. Sugar Mama (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
11. Sugar Mama
12. Homework
13. Honey Boy Blues (Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
14. I Need Your Love (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
15. Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 2-Previously Unissued)
16. Have A Good Time (Previously Unissued)
17. That's Wrong (Previously Unissued)
18. Rock Me Baby (Previously Unissued)
Disc: 6
1. Drifting
Mac2. Leaving Town Blues (Take 5-Master Version/Remix With Previously Unissued False Start)
3. Watch Out (Take 2-Complete Master Version/Remix)
4. A Fool No More (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start, Take 2-Previously Unissued/False Start...
5. Mean Old Fireman (Take 1-Previously Unissued/False Start/Take 2- Master Version/Alternative Original
6. Can't Afford To Do It
7. Fleetwood Mac (Mono)
8. Worried Dream (Take 1-Master Version/Remix With Previously Unissued Incomplete Take)
9. Love That Woman (Alternative Original Mix)
10. Allow Me One More Show (Alternative Original Mix)
11. First Train Home (Mono)
12. Rambling Pony No.2 (Alternative Original Mix)
13. Watch Out (Take 1-Previously Unissued/Incomplete)
14. Something Inside Of Me Listen
15. Something Inside Of Me (Take 2-Previously Unissued)
16. Something Inside Of Me (Take 3-Previously Unissued)
17. One Sunny Day (Master Version/Remix)
18. Without You
19. Coming Your Way (Take 6-Previously Unissued)
A six-CD set of everything Fleetwood Mac recorded for the British Blue Horizon label. Wait, you're saying, didn't they only do two albums for Blue Horizon before leaving the company in early 1969? True, but there were also the non-LP singles that comprised the bulk of the U.K. compilation The Pious Bird of Good Omen, the two albums of blues jams in Chicago that came out later in 1969, and the 1971 LP The Original Fleetwood Mac, comprised of early outtakes. Make each of those half-dozen LPs a CD, add some outtakes and alternate takes to each, and you've got a pretty full box. Unintentionally, this box makes the Mac a candidate for Most Erratic Major Rock Group of the Late 1960s, ranging from the sheer brilliance of Peter Green's songs to rote blues covers that are downright mundane, particularly some of the Jeremy Spencer showcases and Chicago blues jams. If you're a committed enough fan to consider buying this box, you already know that; you're probably more concerned with whether the previously unreleased material merits the cost. Those extras are marginal, to be honest, comprised largely of false starts, incidental studio chatter, and alternate versions that are pretty close to the official takes. Certainly the highlight of those newly unearthed tracks is the 37 minutes of alternate takes of 'Need Your Love So Bad.' It's also nice that the Danny Kirwan tracks that appeared only on the U.S. album English Rose are here as well. Unfortunately, this is not a complete retrospective of the Peter Green era, whose best material was recorded for Reprise; there's also a lot of noteworthy live stuff that appeared on different labels. Looking for more reasons to get the box anyway? There are extensive notes by producer Mike Vernon, which incorporate a few comments from Green.


Fleetwood Mac in Chicago
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 5, 1969
RecordedJanuary 4, 1969
StudioChess Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago
GenreBlues rock
Length103:28
LabelBlue Horizon
Epic Records
Sire Records (US)
ProducerMike Vernon
Marshall Chess
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Then Play On
(1969)		Fleetwood Mac in Chicago
(1969)		Kiln House
(1970)
Alternative cover

Fleetwood Mac in Chicago is an album by the rock band Fleetwood Mac. It was the result of a recording session in early 1969 at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, et al.) with Fleetwood Mac, then a young British blues band, and a number of famous Chicago blues artists from whom they drew inspiration.[1][2] The album has also been released, with slightly different track listings, under the titles Blues Jam at Chess[3][4] and Blues Jam in Chicago Volumes One and Two.[5][6]

The members of Fleetwood Mac at the time of this recording were Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie. The Chicago blues musicians who played at this session were Otis Spann (piano, vocals), Willie Dixon (upright bass), Shakey Horton (harmonica, vocals), J.T. Brown (tenor saxophone, vocals), Buddy Guy (guitar), Honeyboy Edwards (guitar, vocals), and S.P. Leary (drums).

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Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB+[7]

Fleetwood Mac Blue Letter

Writing in Rolling Stone in 1976, Greil Marcus said, 'Thanks to the near-permanent success of the current Fleetwood Mac LP, virtually all the band's pre-Warner Bros. material – featuring guitarists Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer – is back on the market. The best stuff is to be found on Fleetwood Mac in Chicago (Sire), a double album cut in '69 at the Chess studios, with real-life black bluesmen sitting in.... The Fleetwood Mac that cut this album was a rough, derivative band, full of enthusiasm and committed to their music... The shade of Elmore James smiled on the band, and never more so than on Chicago...'[1]

AllMusic said, 'Put together on short notice, and recorded in one day, the sessions have something of a ramshackle feel, but the energy of the performances transcends any shortcomings on this date....'[5] 'Given that the Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac was already deeply rooted in Chicago blues, the project proved to be a natural for the group...'[6]

Fleetwood Mac Black Jack Blues Lyrics

Robert Christgau wrote, 'Knowledgeable song selection, expressive playing – especially by Peter Green, who filters B.B. King through Santo & Johnny with a saxophonist's sense of line – and lots of help from Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Shakey Horton, and others makes the thinness of the singing seem like a tribute to a new tradition.'[7]

On Analog Planet, Michael Fremer said, 'Whatever you think of the blues, you gotta love the sound of these recordings, and more importantly the spirited playing as the veterans join in the fun of playing with the white youngsters from across the sea. These are jams – surprisingly tight ones – with snippets of producer Mike Vernon's communication between the recording booth and the studio left in between the music to help give you an indication of how the tunes were conceived.'[3]

Track listing[edit]

Blues Jam at Chess[edit]

Side A

  1. 'Watch Out' (Peter Green) - 4:20 - vocals: Peter Green
  2. 'Ooh Baby' (Howlin' Wolf) - 4:05 - vocals: Peter Green
  3. 'South Indiana' (take 1) (Walter Horton) - 3:21 - instrumental
  4. 'South Indiana' (take 2) (Walter Horton) - 3:46 - instrumental
  5. 'Last Night' (Little Walter Jacobs) - 5:01 - vocals: Peter Green
  6. 'Red Hot Jam' (Peter Green) - 6:02 - instrumental

Side B

  1. 'I'm Worried' (Elmore James) - 3:46 - vocals: Jeremy Spencer
  2. 'I Held My Baby Last Night' (Elmore James, Jules Taub) - 5:16 - vocals: Jeremy Spencer
  3. 'Madison Blues' (Elmore James) - 4:55 - vocals: Jeremy Spencer
  4. 'I Can't Hold Out' (Elmore James) - 4:48 - vocals: Jeremy Spencer
  5. 'I Need Your Love' (Walter Horton) - 4:31 - vocals: Shakey Horton
  6. 'I Got the Blues' (Walter Horton) - 3:59 - vocals: Shakey Horton

Side C

  1. 'World's in a Tangle' (Jimmy Rogers) - 5:25 - vocals: Danny Kirwan
  2. 'Talk With You' (Danny Kirwan) - 3:27 - vocals: Danny Kirwan
  3. 'Like It This Way' (Danny Kirwan) - 4:24 - vocals: Danny Kirwan
  4. 'Someday Soon Baby' (Otis Spann) - 7:36 - vocals: Otis Spann
  5. 'Hungry Country Girl' (Otis Spann) - 5:46 - vocals: Otis Spann

Side D

  1. 'Black Jack Blues' (J. T. Brown) - 5:08 - vocals: J.T. Brown
  2. 'Everyday I Have the Blues' (Memphis Slim) - 4:54 - vocals: Jeremy Spencer
  3. 'Rockin' Boogie' (Jeremy Spencer) - 3:57 - instrumental
  4. 'Sugar Mama' (Howlin' Wolf) - 6:08 - vocals: Peter Green
  5. 'Homework' (Dave Clark, Al Perkins) - 3:20 - vocals: Peter Green

Blues Jam in Chicago, Volume One[edit]

  1. 'Watch Out'
  2. 'Ooh Baby'
  3. 'South Indiana' (take 1)
  4. 'South Indiana' (take 2)
  5. 'Last Night'
  6. 'Red Hot Jam' (take 1) - instrumental *
  7. 'Red Hot Jam' (take 2)
  8. 'I'm Worried'
  9. 'I Held My Baby Last Night'
  10. 'Madison Blues'
  11. 'I Can't Hold Out'
  12. 'Bobby's Rock' (Elmore James) - instrumental *
  13. 'I Need Your Love'
  14. 'Horton's Boogie Woogie' (take 1) (Walter Horton) - vocals: Shakey Horton *
  15. 'I Got the Blues'
* Bonus track

Blues Jam in Chicago, Volume Two[edit]

  1. 'World's in a Tangle'
  2. 'Talk With You'
  3. 'Like It This Way'
  4. 'Someday Soon Baby'
  5. 'Hungry Country Girl'
  6. 'Black Jack Blues'
  7. 'Everyday I Have the Blues'
  8. 'Rockin' Boogie'
  9. 'My Baby's Gone' (David Edwards) - vocals: Honeyboy Edwards *
  10. 'Sugar Mama' (take 1) - vocals: Peter Green *
  11. 'Sugar Mama' (take 2)
  12. 'Homework'
  13. 'Honey Boy Blues' (David Edwards) - instrumental *
  14. 'I Need Your Love' (take 1) (Jimmy Rogers) - vocals: Shakey Horton *
  15. 'Horton's Boogie Woogie' (take 2) - vocals: Shakey Horton *
  16. 'Have a Good Time' (Walter Horton) - vocals: Shakey Horton *
  17. 'That's Wrong' (Walter Horton) - vocals: Shakey Horton *
  18. 'Rock Me Baby' (Lil' Son Jackson) - vocals: Shakey Horton*
* Bonus track

Personnel[edit]

Fleetwood Mac

  • Peter Green – guitar, vocals
  • Jeremy Spencer – guitar, vocals
  • Danny Kirwan – guitar, vocals
  • John McVie – bass
  • Mick Fleetwood – drums

Chicago blues artists

  • Otis Spann – piano, vocals
  • Willie Dixon – upright bass
  • Walter 'Shakey' Horton – harmonica, vocals
  • J. T. Brown – tenor saxophone, vocals
  • Buddy Guy – guitar
  • David 'Honeyboy' Edwards – guitar, vocals
  • S.P. Leary - drums

Production

  • Produced by Mike Vernon and Marshall Chess
  • Engineering: Stu Black
  • Photography: Jeff Lowenthal

References[edit]

  1. ^ abMarcus, Greil (October 21, 1976). 'Fleetwood Mac in Chicago'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  2. ^Ruhlmann, William. 'Fleetwood Mac in Chicago'. AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  3. ^ abFremer, Michael (August 1, 2005). 'Not Your Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac!'. Analog Planet. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  4. ^'Blues Jam at Chess'. Discogs. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. ^ ab'Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  6. ^ ab'Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 2'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  7. ^ abChristgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: F'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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