English Rose [Import]

Fleetwood Mac

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1992)
• Original Release Date: January 1969
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Japanese Import
• ASIN: B000025SME
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,124 in Music (See Bestsellers 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

Product Description

1991 Japanese compilation featuring 12 early greats by The Mac from 1968-1969, including 'Doctor Brown', 'Stop Messin' Round', 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Albatross'. An Epic/ Sony release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	D. Hartley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

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.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mac's US only release you can't find in the US anymore, October 2, 2005

By	Kevin P. MacNutt "Thatmuse!!!" (West of the sun and east of the moon) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Released in 1969, "English Rose" was Fleetwood Mac's second US release which features the highlights from their second UK release, "Mr. Wonderful", the 1969 UK compilation "Pious Bird Of Good Omen" along with several Danny Kirwan contributions otherwise unavailable on LP. Unfortunately this album is rather hard to find nowadays since it provides a much more natural transition between the blues-wailing nature of their 1968 debut album and the 1970 "progressive blues" stylings of "Then Play On." "English Rose" features a variety contributions from Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer instead of "Mr. Wonderful" which seemed to concentrate only on Spencer's ability to emulate the stylings Elmore James, often to the point of irritating repetition. "English Rose" also subsitutes the Eddie Boyd tracks from "Pious," with newer Kirwan penned tracks which flow a little better with the rest of the material on the album. If you can find this for a reasonable price (or find it at all) I would recommend this over both "Mr. Wonderful" or "Pious Bird Of Good Omen."