Precious Little

Jeremy Spencer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blind Pig
• ASIN: B000G1R4JI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,269 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Jeremy Spencer was part of the creative heart of the original, pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac--a talented songwriter and slide guitar foil to the estimable Peter Green, blessed with the sweet, high voice of a teen idol. Thirty-five years after his departure from the band to find God, and twenty-seven since his last solo recording, Spencer still has that angelic voice and a touch on slide guitar that makes Precious Little the comeback blues album of 2006. A few songs do misfire. "Bitter Lemon" has a clichéd premise, but Spencer's buttery ease on the slide resonator is spellbinding. And "Psychic Waste," which lays humanity's sorry state at the feet of the entertainment industry, is flatly delusional. Yet his "Trouble and Woe" is remarkable: a deep song about wanting and loneliness with twined guitar and harmonica melodies that moan out the tune's sad emotional core. Elmore James's "It Hurts Me Too" and "Bleeding Heart" shimmer with authenticity as Spencer slows them down to let his unhurried, dark-toned slide take command. And the title track, which recalls Mark Knopfler's post-Dire Straits work with an arrangement built around gentle electric guitar fingerpicking, is a song of faith and pilgrimage befitting the former rock star's hard-won spiritual orientation. --Ted Drozdowski

Jeremy Spencer with Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac	Then Play On	Kiln House

Product Description

"Precious Little" represents a sensational comeback for Jeremy Spencer, one of the original members of Fleetwood Mac, whose signature slide guitar and vocals helped define the early sound of that legendary group. After thirty years, with his chops fully intact, Jeremy has returned with a stunning new album that easily equals any of his early triumphs. As his former bandmate, Mick Fleetwood, remarked after hearing "Precious Little", "Great! All the passion, humour, poignancy, and yes, the magic touch. Congratulations on a righteous album."

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite new alblum- replayed 15 times already in 2 days., August 1, 2006

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Davesdd3 "DD" (Washington) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Precious Little (Audio CD)

I heard Bitter Lemon and Psychic waste on KLCC (Lane college) a station in Oregon while on a vacation. Ordered the CD and it arrived the same day I returned home. Played it the next day and listened to the whole alblum about 15 times the next 2 days. The music is clean, not overproduced, extremely easy to listen to. There is enough variety in style between songs, that you don't get tired of the same thing after 3-4 songs.

Love the slide guitar on Bitter Lemon and Serene Serena.

If you want something that you can listen to anywhere, get this alblum.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The deeper you go, the better it is, July 27, 2006

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[e-mail] "Tom from the Foothills" (ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Precious Little (Audio CD)

I well recall Jeremy Spencer and his sweet slide guitar from the Fleetwood Mac days and I still think that the Mac put on the best concert I have ever heard that hot and sweaty night back in Detroit when about 300 of us were totally blown away by this unknown and unlikey English blues band. When I tell people today that the Mac were great back then, they think of the post-Green and Spencer group and immediately roll their eyes, but let me tell you the Mac that night were beyond awesome and would have played all night but for Mick Fleetwood finally tiring. Spencer would sit out the occasional number and sit, on the stage, and stare out at the audience. He struck me as an odd duck and so I wasn't too surprised when I heard he quit the group to join the Children of God. And that was the last of Jeremy Spenser.

But, no! Through the years I've trolled search engines for word of him and was jacked to find out, a month ago, that he was releasing a CD. It came the other day and I popped it on, figuring I would hear 12 Elmore James variations, but that wasn't the case at all. The CD starts out slowly, as one reviewer on here has already mentioned. My advice is start listening on track 5, a sweet remake of "Corrine, Corrina," and take it from there. It gets better and better, finally cimaxing with the sublimely soulful "Precious Little." It's been 35 years in the making and it's been worth the wait. Welcome back, Doctor J.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars worth the 35 year wait !, September 6, 2006

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rick from Boston - See all my reviews

This review is from: Precious Little (Audio CD)

Amazing.35 years after literally dissappearing from the music scene, Jeremy Spencer pops up with a brilliant new album. His voice hasn't suffered and his slide playing is better than ever. Mellow and bluesy, these songs will transport you back to the late sixties when Fleetwood Mac ruled the British blues scene. Reminds me of the Kiln House album and Spencers solo record from the late sixties.The backup band does a great job on all the tracks, but it's Spencers slide guitar and vocals that take center stage. Some blues, some 50's style rock, all Jeremy! One can only hope he decides to tour.