Fleetwood Mac - The 1968 Sessions (2020)

RARE RADIO RECORDINGS FROM FLEETWOOD MAC S EARLIEST DAYS Formed in 1967 by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, with bassist John McVie completing the line-up for their self-titled debut album, Fleetwood Mac began as a very different animal to the one they would become by the mid-1970s. Danny Kirwan joined as third guitarist in 1968 and keyboardist Christine Perfect, who contributed as a session musician from the second album onwards, married John McVie and joined the line-up in 1970. Following the tragic news in July 2020 of the death of Peter Green, this disc, from their earliest days, focusses on the band s 1968 radio recordings, made primarily for the BBC, with sessions for legendary shows such as Top Gear and Saturday Club. Primarily a British blues band to start, they went on to score a UK number one with Albatross , and had lesser hits with the singles Oh Well and Black Magic Woman , the latter successfully covered by Santana. All three guitarists left in succession during the early 1970s, changing the sound of the group dramatically.