Live in Boston 2

Fleetwood Mac - Live in Boston 2

Live in Boston 2
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Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Brand: Snapper
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-03-18
Music Label: Snapper Classics UK
Soundtracks:
  1. World In Harmony
  2. Oh Well
  3. Rattlesnake Shake
  4. Stranger Blues
  5. Red Hot Mamma
  6. Teenate Darling
  7. Keep A Knocking
  8. Jenny Jenny
  9. Encore Jam (Previously Unreleased)

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Music Review: The Mac DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT!
Rating: 5 Stars

In February of 1970 Peter Green, Daniel Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood, the BLUES-ROCK outfit known as Fleetwood Mac, played three consecutive nights at The Boston Tea Party. They had plans to record and release their first live album. The band was at the peak of their powers but, unfortunately, it was a peak right before a fall as the band was about to loose their leader, Peter Green, a few months later. Peter left the Mac in May of 1970 and plans for the live album were canceled. Peter's departure would start the ball rolling for the numerous personnel changes that would plague Mac for the rest of their career! But on those three nights that February, no one in the audience could have suspected such a thing. No doubt had the proposed live album been released it would have been hailed alongside The Who's "Live At Leeds" or Deep Purple's "Made In Japan" as one of the most fierce documents of a '60s/'70s rock band in concert.

To say that "Live In Boston Vol. 2" rocks would be an understatement. This is probably the best live Mark I Fleetwood Mac anyone could ever hope to hear! The remastered sound quality, direct from the original 8-track masters, is top notch and all the elements that made the first Fleetwood Mac great are in full display. You've got Peter Green and Danny Kirwan's blazing lead trade offs, Jeremy Spencer's Elmore James inspired slide work and '50s parody, John McVie's looping bass lines, and Mick Fleetwood's relentless attack on the skins that never lets up. "Live In Boston Vol. 2" comes from a three-volume set of their Boston Tea Party concerts held Feb. 5-7, 1970. The band's second show finds the group ready to fire on all cylinders after the "warming up" of the first night. This is nowhere more evident than on the CD's centerpiece, the 25+ minute jam of "Rattlesnake Shake." Like stated in the CD's booklet, the band's confidence in their jamming ability here boils right over into flat out cockiness. And it's a good thing too. Rarely do you get to hear two twin lead guitarist spar onstage with such gusto! Peter and Danny will blow your mind on this one! The band moves from "Rattlesnake Shake" into the "Madge" jam, then into "Underway" for a breather, then right back into "Madge." You'll be so wrapped up in the performance it certainly won't feel like close to an half hour has passed.

The second volume opens with the stage announcer warning the audience, "If anyone here has a weak heart, you better leave now 'cause it's gonna get really heavy from here on out." The band then cleverly underscores his statement by opening the show with the gentle Green/Kirwan instrumental "World In Harmony." But as soon as that song ends, all bets are off as Green rips into the guitar intro to "Oh Well." HEAVY INDEED! After the exhaustive jam of "Rattlesnake Shake" (how did the group manage to continue afterward), the spotlight is then given over to Jeremy Spencer. Jeremy almost manages to steal the show here starting out his set with "Stranger Blues" and following it with "Red Hot Mama." Suddenly the band is no longer Fleetwood Mac, but another band....Earl Vince and The Valiants! Jeremy takes the band into this '50s doo-[...] parody with his very own "Teenage Darling," introducing the song as a "hit" he had long ago spoken in a mock Elvis voice. After that, Peter takes over and launches the band into "Keep-A-Knockin" with some dirty lyrics thrown in for good measure ("You said you'd let me [...]you but you can't come in"). The early live Fleetwood Mac was anything but family friendly! The group keeps it rocking with "Jenny Jenny" and then does an encore jam with The James Gang who opened for them that night. Apparently Eric Clapton got onstage with them to for this last jam but he's barely decipherable in the mix of guitars.

So you want to hear some killer live Mac? Look no further than "Live In Boston VOL. 2" and then get the other two volumes. "Vol. 3" has been out of print for some time now but be sure to look for it. It features a bigger spotlight on Danny Kirwan and another great set from Jeremy Spencer (doing a killer version of Fabian's "Tiger" no less). They might not be as proficient now as they were on Feb. 6, 1970, but all five members of THIS Fleetwood Mac are still alive and to see this line up take the stage once more would be incredible. Com'on guys! Whatdaya say?
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Description of Live in Boston 2

2003 remastered reissue of 1970 live album, packaged in a digipak. Includes one previously unreleased track, 'Encore Jam'. Nine tracks. Snapper.

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