Two CD set. When the omnipotent Peter Green assembled his new band in the Summer of ’67, he’d already decided to name them after his rhythm section - and former colleagues in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers - bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood. But initially McVie was unwilling to make the switch, and so Bob Brunning joined FLEETWOOD MAC on a short-term/temporary basis, thus completing a quartet which, of course, also included minuscule singer/slide guitarist/pianist Jeremy Spencer. After just a handful of rehearsals the band debuted, to great critical acclaim, at the prestigious Windsor National Jazz & Blues Festival, on Sunday August 13th. A few nights later they played their first club gig, at the famous Marquee. Unknown to the band these gigs were recorded, by a couple of fans, albeit on primitive, hand-held mini-tape recorders. Fortuitously, these tapes survived; and although lo-fi recordings, of bootleg quality, these remain unique and powerful historical artifacts. Castle. 2007.
