Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years

Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green - Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years

Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years
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Artist: Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-07-23
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
  2. JUMPIN' AT SHADOWS
  3. OH WELL
  4. RIDE WITH YOUR DADDY TONIGHT - Brunning Sunflower Blues Band
  5. DO YOU GIVE A DAMN FOR ME? - Peter Green
  6. LOVE THAT BURNS
  7. WORLD IN HARMONY
  8. LONG GREY MARE
  9. TALK TO ME BABY
  10. FAST TALKING WOMAN BLUES
  11. MAN OF THE WORLD
  12. IF YOU LET ME LOVE YOU - Peter Green
  13. MY BABY'S SWEETER
  14. LIKE IT THIS WAY
  15. THE MADGE SESSIONS
  16. LAZY POKER BLUES
  17. I HAVE TO LAUGH
  18. THE GREEN MANALISHI
Music CD 2
  1. MAN OF THE WORLD
  2. SHOWBIZ BLUES
  3. BUZZ ME BABY
  4. BLUES IN B FLAT MINOR
  5. IT TAKES TIME - Burning Sunflower Blues Band
  6. LEAVING TOWN BLUES - Peter Green
  7. THE SUN IS SHINING
  8. URANUS - Burning Sunflower Blues Band
  9. MIND OF MY OWN
  10. HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET?
  11. TRYING SO HARD TO FORGET - Peter Green
  12. TWO HARPS - Peter Green
  13. THINKING ABOUT A WOMAN - Peter Green
  14. KIND HEARTED WOMAN - Peter Green
  15. COMING, I'M COMING - Peter Green
  16. STRANGER BLUES
  17. COMING YOUR WAY
  18. RATTLESNAKE SHAKE

Music reviews of Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years

Music Review: Too much mediocrity drags down the best material
Rating: 3 Stars

This collection appears to be an attempt to bridge the gap between the casual Fleetwood Mac fan who didn't know they ever played blues...and the obsessives who feel the Blue Horizon box set represents the pinnacle of the band's achievement. While the box set is overkill on a nuclear scale, two discs is still more than really needed to get the best of Green together when a CD can hold 80 minutes of material.

Here, You get material previously found on the "Mr. Wonderful","Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac", and "Then Play On" albums, some period singles, and some tracks heard in different versions on the double disc "Fleetwood Mac Live in Chicago".

The material that best acquits itself is usually the tunes the band wrote for itself. "Oh Well","Jumpin' at Shadows" and "Black Magic Woman" are revelatory here in live versions, revealing that most of the Green era's magic came in concert, not in the studio. "World in Harmony" proves to be one of the more tuneful and interesting instrumentals the early unit put out. "Green Manalishi" is tough and an early version of the single "Man of the World" sounds crisper here. (Presumably, the master for the single has deterioarated over time..it sounds very hissy.) 2 of the songs also found on "Live in Chicago" ("Talk to me Baby" AKA "I Can't Hold Out","Like it This way") sound better in more guitar oriented versions without the piano/horn clutter.

On the 2nd disc, highlights are "Blues in B Flat Minor" (this later became "Before the Beginning" on "Then Play On"), slide workout "Coming, I'm Coming" and "Stranger Blues" in a live rendition with plenty of screaming slide from Jeremy Spencer. "Rattlesnake Shake" is also great.

Unfortunately, Spencer is mostly responsible for the disc's lowest points (overbearing vocals on Elmore James' "The Sun is Shining" and Otis Rush's "I Have to Laugh"). The live cut of "Coming Your Way" from "Then Play On" suffers from a poor vocal mix. Many of the blues chestnuts covered by the band here are just not inspiring.

The set also is missing several important recordings from the Green era, 2 time single hit instrumental "Albatross", Kirwan's "Although the Sun is Shining" and "Like Crying", and Spencer's take on James' "Dust my Broom".

Had those been added to the highlights above, you come out with a 5 star 15 track overview. But as released, it tends to make the case AGAINST Green era Mac. The best Peter Green era CD is still "Then Play On".
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Description of Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years

Two CD set. In the Summer of 1966, when Peter Green replaced Eric Clapton in John Mayall?s Bluesbreakers, nobody had heard of him. When he quit, exactly 12 months later, he was already being hailed as a potentially greater guitarist than Clapton. He promptly formed Fleetwood Mac with former Bluesbreakers John McVie & Mick Fleetwood and slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer, later adding a third guitarist, Danny Kirwan. This compilation concentrates on Mac?s Blues sessions, recorded between 1967-70, showcasing Peter Green?s talents as a singer, songwriter, and a simply devastating guitarist. It acts as a ?fly on the wall? documentary of the band as these are largely outtakes, alternate takes, and unreleased cuts from their first three albums. During this period Peter also guested on a couple of albums by the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band and made several home recordings with Duster Bennett, the veritable one-man Blues band. Several of these sides are included to complete a unique package. Castle. 2007

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