Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: Reprise Records/RS 6368 | Released: 1969 | This Issue: 197? | Genre: Blues-Rock
A1 Coming Your Way
A2 Closing My Eyes
A3 Show-Biz Blues
A4 Underway
A5 Oh Well
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B1 Although The Sun Is Shining
B2 Rattlesnake Shake
B3 Searching For Madge
B4 Fighting For Madge
B5 Like Crying
B6 Before The Beginning
Credits
Bass – John McVie
Design [Photo Design] – Terence Ibbott
Drums – Mick Fleetwood
Engineer [Recording] – Martin Birch
Guitar – Danny Kirwan
Guitar, Vocals – Jeremy Spencer, Peter Green (2)
Painting [Front Cover] – Maxwell Armfield
Producer – Fleetwood Mac
Written-By – Danny Kirwan (tracks: A1, B2, B5), Peter Green (2) (tracks: A2 to A5, B2, B6)
Notes
Appears "Oh, Well"
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: Reprise Records/RS 6368 | Released: 1969 | This Issue: 197? | Genre: Blues-Rock
A1 Coming Your Way
A2 Closing My Eyes
A3 Show-Biz Blues
A4 Underway
A5 Oh Well
-
B1 Although The Sun Is Shining
B2 Rattlesnake Shake
B3 Searching For Madge
B4 Fighting For Madge
B5 Like Crying
B6 Before The Beginning
Credits
Bass – John McVie
Design [Photo Design] – Terence Ibbott
Drums – Mick Fleetwood
Engineer [Recording] – Martin Birch
Guitar – Danny Kirwan
Guitar, Vocals – Jeremy Spencer, Peter Green (2)
Painting [Front Cover] – Maxwell Armfield
Producer – Fleetwood Mac
Written-By – Danny Kirwan (tracks: A1, B2, B5), Peter Green (2) (tracks: A2 to A5, B2, B6)
Notes
Appears "Oh, Well"
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
This Rip: 2015
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
Direct Drive Turntable: Marantz 6170
Cartridge: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Amplifier: Marantz 2252
ADC: E-MU 0404
DeClick with iZotope RX4: Only Manual (Click per click)
Vinyl Condition: NM
This LP: From my personal collection
LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
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This Peter Green-led edition of the Mac isn't just an important transition between their initial blues-based incarnation and the mega-pop band they became, it's also their most vital, exciting version. The addition of Danny Kirwan as second guitarist and songwriter foreshadows not only the soft-rock terrain of "Bare Trees" and "Kiln House" with Christine Perfect-McVie, but also predicts Rumours. That only pertains to roughly half of the also excellent material here, though; the rest is quintessential Green. The immortal "Oh Well," with its hard-edged, thickly layered guitars and chamber-like sections, is perhaps the band's most enduring progressive composition. "Rattlesnake Shake" is another familiar number, a down-and-dirty, even-paced funk, with clean, wall-of-sound guitars. Choogling drums and Green's fiery improvisations power "Searching for Madge," perhaps Mac's most inspired work save "Green Manalishi," and leads into an unlikely symphonic interlude and the similar, lighter boogie "Fighting for Madge." A hot Afro-Cuban rhythm with beautiful guitars from Kirwan and Green on "Coming Your Way" not only defines the Mac's sound, but the rock aesthetic of the day. Of the songs with Kirwan's stamp on them, "Closing My Eyes" is a mysterious waltz love song; haunting guitars approach surf music on the instrumental "My Dream"; while "Although the Sun Is Shining" is the ultimate pre-Rumours number someone should revisit. Blues roots still crop up on the spatial, loose, Hendrix-tinged "Underway," the folky "Like Crying," and the final outcry of the ever-poignant "Show Biz Blues," with Green moaning "do you really give a damn for me?" Then Play On is a reminder of how pervasive and powerful Green's influence was on Mac's originality and individual stance beyond his involvement. Still highly recommended and a must-buy after all these years, it remains their magnum opus.Review by Michael G. Nastos, allmusic.com
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