English Rose [Import]

Fleetwood Mac | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Japanese Import
• ASIN: B000025SME
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,169 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stop Messin' Around

2. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues

3. Doctor Brown

4. Something Inside Of Me

5. Evenin' Boogie

6. Love That Burns

7. Black Magic Woman

8. I've Lost My Baby

9. One Sunny Day

10. Without You

11. Coming Home

12. Albatross

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered reissue of this classic, late '60s U.S. collection of the Peter Green-led incarnation of the band. 12 tracks including 'Albatross', 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Stop Messin' 'Round'. BGO. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice cover,eh?, April 6, 2008

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Glen Kepic "IBZRRSR" (Norcal native) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: English Rose (Audio CD)

This is the original Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac at their gritty best. I actually bought this as part of a 2 record set called Black Magic Woman on Epic records paired with the eponymous Trash Can release (also worth owning) back in '74 and has been played consistently ever since (I jammed with it just yesterday). For me there isn't a bad track to be had and is I think essential listening for anyone who digs Les Pauls, from the biting intro to Stop Messin' Round to the beautiful Albatross.

This album also shows how talented Danny Kirwan was with his tracks Something Inside Of Me (awesome minor key blues plus nice rhythm guitar work from Peter) and One Sunny Day (pretty mean sounding with great rhythm section work from Fleetwood and McVie, simple but effective). Jigsaw Puzzle Blues is another fine offering by Danny showing a bit of a Django Reinhardt influence, as was the case for many of the British players of the '60s.

I like Jeremy Spencer's work as well especially Doctor Brown with strong vocals and slide work.

But the best of all is the original version of Black Magic Woman, one of the all time greats (I also have the British single version where reverb is added to Peter's tone for the second cycle of his solo).
When I was in a cover band a couple of years ago we did Santana's version, mainly as a showcase for our drummer, but I would have been happy to play it Peters way. Love That Burns is another fave, displaying not only Peter's less is more fills, lead work and picking hand dynamics but his awesome vocals.

Its funny, my wife has a bunch of the Buckingham/Nicks Mac recordings but I can hardly think of them as the same group as the Peter Green era. English Rose is a perfect example of why. What an outstanding recording.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nix on Stevie....vote for the Green party!, March 20, 2001

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D. Hartley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English Rose (Audio CD)

This early Mac import album from the Peter Green days was a tough one to track down even during its vinyl heyday (maybe distributors were concerned that pre-Monty Python era U.S. record-buyers would be frightened by the cross-dressed Mick Fleetwood on the cover!). Collectors can rejoice that it is now on CD! This 1968 release can be labeled "seminal" just on the basis of two tracks..."Black Magic Woman" and "Albatross". "Black Magic Woman" obviously inspired Carlos Santana, who not only covered it, but followed the original guitar arrangement almost note for note, which shows the kind of respect Green had from some higher profile musicians. And then there's the sublime "Albatross"... at least one of the Beatles has stated that "Sun King" was inspired by Green's memorable instrumental (listen to the two songs back-to-back sometime). The rest of the album is dominated by Green's authentic blues tone and great slide playing. While several compilations (of varying quality) of the Peter Green-led Mac are currently available, "English Rose", along with the domestic "Then Play On" are your best bets.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential re-issue, October 8, 2003

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Neal T Dimick (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English Rose (Audio CD)

This recording is not a compilation, as stated, but a straight re-issue of the 1968 Epic release I bought when it was new. Nothing has been changed, except the elimination of surface noise. Listen to the riffs as they were laid down here, before they were imitated into rock cliches. Was Green imitating the great Chicago bluesmen? Of course, but he listened more effectively than most. A raw, beautiful album that has engendered decades of debate as to how he got that tone from his instrument.