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John MayallEric Clapton;
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2000-12-15;
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seminal and timeless! a must for all guitar lovers, 26 Dec 2008
This is a fantastic album. Clapton's playing from one so young (he was 21) and Mayall's singing and keyboards, and arrangements, are just spine-chilling. Best moments for me - Clapton's solo on "Have You heard" and the whole band/arrangement/composition "Double Crossing Time". Oh, and by the way, you get to hear Clapton's first lead vocal on record - "Ramblin on my Mind". Great band, great performances and SO well recorded - hats off to Mike Vernion and decca!
I first heard it in 1972 on a dansette "gramophone" and it an album I keep coming back to again and again. A "must have" album for any lover or student of electric guitar and blues.
Beyond brilliance, 05 Dec 2008
I first listened to this album when it was released during the 1960's
I was 17 years old and could not believe what I was hearing!
A truly ground breaking album that influenced most aspiring guitar players of that era.
The Bluesbreaker album features the young Eric Clapton at his best, in my opinion he has never surpassed the sublime guitar breaks on this album, he was truly inspired when this was recorded, with the great John Mayall's haunting vocals and keyboard skills, John Mcvie's bass work and Hughie Flint on drums, it is a brilliant piece of work.
If I was only allowed to own one CD, this would be it!
can you imagine..., 02 Mar 2007
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.
So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Simply put, a life changing experience.
The most important guitar album of all time!, 08 Feb 2007
The best guitar player of the time on top of his game. Classic tracks. The perfect combination of guitar and amp. Incredible solos... Listening to this album it is easy to see why rock took the directions it did. This is the blueprint for pretty much every rock/blues album that followed, and in my opinion the closest Clapton ever got to this ever again is on Layla... This is Essential.
The album that changed my life., 28 May 2006
On a week's holiday with my parent's in Littlehampton in Sussex during the summer of '66, as ever, I found a record shop. Without much money as I was still at school, (just), I had the choice, in my mind anyway, between two albums; The Mother's Of Invention's 'Freakout,' and 'Bluesbreakers.' Maybe there had been a lot of publicity at the time about 'Freakout,' I can't remember, but for some reason I was torn between which one to buy. Probably the fact that I was a Yardbirds fan and had listened to 'Five Live' a great deal made up my mind, and I plumped for 'Bluesbreakers.' It was to be the wisest move and the best purchase I ever made. As a then, and still now, 'would-be' guitarist, this album, for its time in rock history, had everything you wanted and more, and has pretty much stayed that way over the ensuing years. To play with this degree of skill and feeling at Clapton's age of 21 at the time, was and is incredible. At 15, he was almost an old man to me being 6 years older, yet even so, the bluesmen I had heard were in their 30's and over, (really old men!), and even now this album begs the question "Why was Clapton so great at such a young age?" We will never know, and if put to the question, probably neither would he? It was just something he was drawn to and did, and has had the good fortune to do so for the rest of his life. If you're a guitarist, Clapton fan, blues enthusiast, whatever, and you don't own this album, simply buy it now - it will remain a classic for as long as planet Earth keeps turning.
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seminal and timeless! a must for all guitar lovers, 26 Dec 2008
This is a fantastic album. Clapton's playing from one so young (he was 21) and Mayall's singing and keyboards, and arrangements, are just spine-chilling. Best moments for me - Clapton's solo on "Have You heard" and the whole band/arrangement/composition "Double Crossing Time". Oh, and by the way, you get to hear Clapton's first lead vocal on record - "Ramblin on my Mind". Great band, great performances and SO well recorded - hats off to Mike Vernion and decca!
I first heard it in 1972 on a dansette "gramophone" and it an album I keep coming back to again and again. A "must have" album for any lover or student of electric guitar and blues.
Beyond brilliance, 05 Dec 2008
I first listened to this album when it was released during the 1960's
I was 17 years old and could not believe what I was hearing!
A truly ground breaking album that influenced most aspiring guitar players of that era.
The Bluesbreaker album features the young Eric Clapton at his best, in my opinion he has never surpassed the sublime guitar breaks on this album, he was truly inspired when this was recorded, with the great John Mayall's haunting vocals and keyboard skills, John Mcvie's bass work and Hughie Flint on drums, it is a brilliant piece of work.
If I was only allowed to own one CD, this would be it!
can you imagine..., 02 Mar 2007
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.
So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Simply put, a life changing experience.
The most important guitar album of all time!, 08 Feb 2007
The best guitar player of the time on top of his game. Classic tracks. The perfect combination of guitar and amp. Incredible solos... Listening to this album it is easy to see why rock took the directions it did. This is the blueprint for pretty much every rock/blues album that followed, and in my opinion the closest Clapton ever got to this ever again is on Layla... This is Essential.
The album that changed my life., 28 May 2006
On a week's holiday with my parent's in Littlehampton in Sussex during the summer of '66, as ever, I found a record shop. Without much money as I was still at school, (just), I had the choice, in my mind anyway, between two albums; The Mother's Of Invention's 'Freakout,' and 'Bluesbreakers.' Maybe there had been a lot of publicity at the time about 'Freakout,' I can't remember, but for some reason I was torn between which one to buy. Probably the fact that I was a Yardbirds fan and had listened to 'Five Live' a great deal made up my mind, and I plumped for 'Bluesbreakers.' It was to be the wisest move and the best purchase I ever made. As a then, and still now, 'would-be' guitarist, this album, for its time in rock history, had everything you wanted and more, and has pretty much stayed that way over the ensuing years. To play with this degree of skill and feeling at Clapton's age of 21 at the time, was and is incredible. At 15, he was almost an old man to me being 6 years older, yet even so, the bluesmen I had heard were in their 30's and over, (really old men!), and even now this album begs the question "Why was Clapton so great at such a young age?" We will never know, and if put to the question, probably neither would he? It was just something he was drawn to and did, and has had the good fortune to do so for the rest of his life. If you're a guitarist, Clapton fan, blues enthusiast, whatever, and you don't own this album, simply buy it now - it will remain a classic for as long as planet Earth keeps turning.
Uneven testiment to the genius of the early Peter Green, 24 Nov 2008
How highly do I rate Peter Green(baum)? Well put it this way, at his peak he was at least as good as anyone that has EVER picked up an axe, plus he had the ability to write songs that still sound amazing thirty years later. So how good is this as a testament to his lost talent? Well, about as good as it could be given his early crack-up and losing his "magic stick." Tragedy really. A far bigger loss than Syd Barrett was to the Pink Floyd.
Here we have classics and filler in equal numbers. To be frank the blues pastiche (not all written by Green) was ho-hum at the time and is skip material here. The sixties recording time was shorter and there are even a few bum notes that should not be there.
However the genius of Albatross (who but a genius could make a number one instrumental?) and the sad Oh Well are worth the price alone. Green could do it all from rock to acoustic to ballad. Didn't really do more than one show stopping classic in every department, but who cares? Quality over quantity.
The only really bad part is that it includes the slash-and-burn remix of Albatross by Chris Coco. Green once came after an accountant with a gun (do a Wiki) - if he was in the same room as Coco he would have probably used it.
I can't think of a better way to spend £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 15 May 2008
I have loved all these tracks from when they were first released and I was a schoolboy,I managed to see them live twice around that time, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, I generally don't listen to that much older music and tend to move on,usually staying quite contempory, but just about everything on this CD sounds just as great as it always did!
The CD I have been looking for, 07 Apr 2008
I saw Peter Green with the original Fleetwood Mac playing live at the Fishmongers Arms, Tottenham in the 60's and have been trying to find a CD which included many of the early tracks and at last I have found it. I agree that Peter Green never received the recognition that he is truly deserves and I rate him as posibly the finest gutarists of that era. I would urge people to buy this CD and listen to it and try to imagine what Fleetwood Mac could have become.
Masterpiece!, 05 Jul 2007
I would give this cd 10 stars if I could. I am a great fan of the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green when they were first and foremost a blues band. Every song on this is good if not excellent and for me it is a masterpiece and one of my favourite cds in my collection.
sticking to their roots and so much the better., 01 Feb 2007
it's refreshing to say the least that a compilation of fleetwood mac's early years has been released. on the whole, i much prefer this line-up to the later 70s one. the all-male quartet stick to their blues roots without letting themselves be turned into a commerical pop group. this amazing C.D proves that without a doubt.
best songs on here, are masterpieces like "black magic woman," "albatross," "man of the world," "oh well," "black magic woman" etc.
this group present blues music at its very best.
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Experience Hendrix
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Jimi Hendrix;
Universal / Island;
2000-03-27;
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Experience Hendrix brings together the major singles with a stack of majestic album tracks and the career-defining live Woodstock version of "The Star Spangled Banner" on a fat 20-tracker. While best used as a sampler to direct new listeners to the immortal Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland, and so on, the CD (which supplants the short-lived Ultimate Experience collection) does hang together as a listen. Its blend of Hendrix the rocker and Hendrix the underrated soul man is suggestive, painting a picture of a multifaceted genius and transcending its plainly mercenary origins. In the end, its effect--like that of all Hendrix's best records--is to remind us of a Jimi very, very much alive. --Rickey Wright
Customer Reviews
seminal and timeless! a must for all guitar lovers, 26 Dec 2008
This is a fantastic album. Clapton's playing from one so young (he was 21) and Mayall's singing and keyboards, and arrangements, are just spine-chilling. Best moments for me - Clapton's solo on "Have You heard" and the whole band/arrangement/composition "Double Crossing Time". Oh, and by the way, you get to hear Clapton's first lead vocal on record - "Ramblin on my Mind". Great band, great performances and SO well recorded - hats off to Mike Vernion and decca!
I first heard it in 1972 on a dansette "gramophone" and it an album I keep coming back to again and again. A "must have" album for any lover or student of electric guitar and blues.
Beyond brilliance, 05 Dec 2008
I first listened to this album when it was released during the 1960's
I was 17 years old and could not believe what I was hearing!
A truly ground breaking album that influenced most aspiring guitar players of that era.
The Bluesbreaker album features the young Eric Clapton at his best, in my opinion he has never surpassed the sublime guitar breaks on this album, he was truly inspired when this was recorded, with the great John Mayall's haunting vocals and keyboard skills, John Mcvie's bass work and Hughie Flint on drums, it is a brilliant piece of work.
If I was only allowed to own one CD, this would be it!
can you imagine..., 02 Mar 2007
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.
So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Simply put, a life changing experience.
The most important guitar album of all time!, 08 Feb 2007
The best guitar player of the time on top of his game. Classic tracks. The perfect combination of guitar and amp. Incredible solos... Listening to this album it is easy to see why rock took the directions it did. This is the blueprint for pretty much every rock/blues album that followed, and in my opinion the closest Clapton ever got to this ever again is on Layla... This is Essential.
The album that changed my life., 28 May 2006
On a week's holiday with my parent's in Littlehampton in Sussex during the summer of '66, as ever, I found a record shop. Without much money as I was still at school, (just), I had the choice, in my mind anyway, between two albums; The Mother's Of Invention's 'Freakout,' and 'Bluesbreakers.' Maybe there had been a lot of publicity at the time about 'Freakout,' I can't remember, but for some reason I was torn between which one to buy. Probably the fact that I was a Yardbirds fan and had listened to 'Five Live' a great deal made up my mind, and I plumped for 'Bluesbreakers.' It was to be the wisest move and the best purchase I ever made. As a then, and still now, 'would-be' guitarist, this album, for its time in rock history, had everything you wanted and more, and has pretty much stayed that way over the ensuing years. To play with this degree of skill and feeling at Clapton's age of 21 at the time, was and is incredible. At 15, he was almost an old man to me being 6 years older, yet even so, the bluesmen I had heard were in their 30's and over, (really old men!), and even now this album begs the question "Why was Clapton so great at such a young age?" We will never know, and if put to the question, probably neither would he? It was just something he was drawn to and did, and has had the good fortune to do so for the rest of his life. If you're a guitarist, Clapton fan, blues enthusiast, whatever, and you don't own this album, simply buy it now - it will remain a classic for as long as planet Earth keeps turning.
Uneven testiment to the genius of the early Peter Green, 24 Nov 2008
How highly do I rate Peter Green(baum)? Well put it this way, at his peak he was at least as good as anyone that has EVER picked up an axe, plus he had the ability to write songs that still sound amazing thirty years later. So how good is this as a testament to his lost talent? Well, about as good as it could be given his early crack-up and losing his "magic stick." Tragedy really. A far bigger loss than Syd Barrett was to the Pink Floyd.
Here we have classics and filler in equal numbers. To be frank the blues pastiche (not all written by Green) was ho-hum at the time and is skip material here. The sixties recording time was shorter and there are even a few bum notes that should not be there.
However the genius of Albatross (who but a genius could make a number one instrumental?) and the sad Oh Well are worth the price alone. Green could do it all from rock to acoustic to ballad. Didn't really do more than one show stopping classic in every department, but who cares? Quality over quantity.
The only really bad part is that it includes the slash-and-burn remix of Albatross by Chris Coco. Green once came after an accountant with a gun (do a Wiki) - if he was in the same room as Coco he would have probably used it.
I can't think of a better way to spend £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 15 May 2008
I have loved all these tracks from when they were first released and I was a schoolboy,I managed to see them live twice around that time, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, I generally don't listen to that much older music and tend to move on,usually staying quite contempory, but just about everything on this CD sounds just as great as it always did!
The CD I have been looking for, 07 Apr 2008
I saw Peter Green with the original Fleetwood Mac playing live at the Fishmongers Arms, Tottenham in the 60's and have been trying to find a CD which included many of the early tracks and at last I have found it. I agree that Peter Green never received the recognition that he is truly deserves and I rate him as posibly the finest gutarists of that era. I would urge people to buy this CD and listen to it and try to imagine what Fleetwood Mac could have become.
Masterpiece!, 05 Jul 2007
I would give this cd 10 stars if I could. I am a great fan of the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green when they were first and foremost a blues band. Every song on this is good if not excellent and for me it is a masterpiece and one of my favourite cds in my collection.
sticking to their roots and so much the better., 01 Feb 2007
it's refreshing to say the least that a compilation of fleetwood mac's early years has been released. on the whole, i much prefer this line-up to the later 70s one. the all-male quartet stick to their blues roots without letting themselves be turned into a commerical pop group. this amazing C.D proves that without a doubt.
best songs on here, are masterpieces like "black magic woman," "albatross," "man of the world," "oh well," "black magic woman" etc.
this group present blues music at its very best.
simply the best, 25 Dec 2008
Got this for £2.98 useing freemp3s
Puts Itunes To Shame
Great Price, All Songs 5 Stars
the best jimi hendrix compilation he is the bomb!!, 20 Jul 2008
what a legend this is the best jimi hendrix compilation cd its fantastic love the wind cries mary,vodoo child,red house,all along the watchtower,and more u2 ruined the song all along the watchtower hate u2!! bonos voice annoying like bruce springsteen rubbish jimi hendrix had a good and unique talent before his time with the phcadelic thing!! its some trip elecric ladyland need i say more anouther album from the 60s i like was hey love by the rotary connection featuring the legend minnie riperton she is cool!! and the beatles dusty springfield aretha franklin ray charles all had at least one good album from the 60s there legends i also recommend nuggetts 60s phcadelic rock compilation cd its cool!! buy this its fab jimi hendrix R.I.P
Pure Guitar Genius!, 10 Apr 2008
Jimi was the first real experimenter with the then new fangled electronic gadgetry associated with electric guitar and guitar effects, and the first man to actually try to make a guitar talk! In '69 at the Albert Hall, The Experience were superb. Ever seen a guitar player playing the background and melody both at the same time on one guitar left handed? This was Hendrix! Absolute genius!! If any musician ever deserved legendary status it was Jimi. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding too were superb artists in their own right in The Experience. Although better guitarists have come, and gone, nobody has been as revolutionary on electric guitar as Jimi was. Always striving to exceed the limits of the technology back then, and with such wonderful songs, I really miss him. On this album you can hear just how good. Favourite? Little Wing. It is such a short tune, but always fills me up inside almost to tears. Jimi always was and always will be special. Get this compilation to find out just how special.
Voodoo Chile, 18 Dec 2007
I own this album, its got to be probably my most played album.
I jam along to it, I can listen to it. I have some of Jimi's stuff, you know the original albums etc, but this compilation just for me is what Jimi was all about.
A must have, every one should have this CD in their collection.
the guy who invented the heavy metal guitar, 03 Nov 2007
i really miss jimi hendrix he was a great guitar player and would be one of my favorite guitar players of all time. he invented the great heavy metal guitar and he was a great one for a beginner. i'm so sad that he's been dead for a long time. i love this compilation, my favorite hit from the album is voodoo child that is some of his best guitar. purple haize and all along the watchtower are my other favorites. i also like the wind cries mary, fire, hey joe, and foxy lady too. it is highly recommended to get this cd.
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Led Zeppelin II: Remastered
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Led Zeppelin;
Warner;
1997-08-25;
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Riff rock had been what Jimmy Page's former band, the Yardbirds, were all about and on Led Zeppelin's second album, released, like its predecessor, in 1969, the inventive guitarist demonstrated that he'd indeed learned his lessons well. Witness "Whole Lotta Love", a woozy epic based on one simple, head-banging-friendly guitar riff. Or the mock-dramatic "Heartbreaker", propelled by far more intricate but similarly effective note squashing. Between Page's sonic wizardry, John Bonham beating his drums into submission ("Moby Dick"), and the juice running down Robert Plant's leg ("The Lemon Song"), Led Zeppelin here just about succeeded in raising rock & roll excess to an art form. --Billy Altman
Customer Reviews
seminal and timeless! a must for all guitar lovers, 26 Dec 2008
This is a fantastic album. Clapton's playing from one so young (he was 21) and Mayall's singing and keyboards, and arrangements, are just spine-chilling. Best moments for me - Clapton's solo on "Have You heard" and the whole band/arrangement/composition "Double Crossing Time". Oh, and by the way, you get to hear Clapton's first lead vocal on record - "Ramblin on my Mind". Great band, great performances and SO well recorded - hats off to Mike Vernion and decca!
I first heard it in 1972 on a dansette "gramophone" and it an album I keep coming back to again and again. A "must have" album for any lover or student of electric guitar and blues.
Beyond brilliance, 05 Dec 2008
I first listened to this album when it was released during the 1960's
I was 17 years old and could not believe what I was hearing!
A truly ground breaking album that influenced most aspiring guitar players of that era.
The Bluesbreaker album features the young Eric Clapton at his best, in my opinion he has never surpassed the sublime guitar breaks on this album, he was truly inspired when this was recorded, with the great John Mayall's haunting vocals and keyboard skills, John Mcvie's bass work and Hughie Flint on drums, it is a brilliant piece of work.
If I was only allowed to own one CD, this would be it!
can you imagine..., 02 Mar 2007
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.
So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Simply put, a life changing experience.
The most important guitar album of all time!, 08 Feb 2007
The best guitar player of the time on top of his game. Classic tracks. The perfect combination of guitar and amp. Incredible solos... Listening to this album it is easy to see why rock took the directions it did. This is the blueprint for pretty much every rock/blues album that followed, and in my opinion the closest Clapton ever got to this ever again is on Layla... This is Essential.
The album that changed my life., 28 May 2006
On a week's holiday with my parent's in Littlehampton in Sussex during the summer of '66, as ever, I found a record shop. Without much money as I was still at school, (just), I had the choice, in my mind anyway, between two albums; The Mother's Of Invention's 'Freakout,' and 'Bluesbreakers.' Maybe there had been a lot of publicity at the time about 'Freakout,' I can't remember, but for some reason I was torn between which one to buy. Probably the fact that I was a Yardbirds fan and had listened to 'Five Live' a great deal made up my mind, and I plumped for 'Bluesbreakers.' It was to be the wisest move and the best purchase I ever made. As a then, and still now, 'would-be' guitarist, this album, for its time in rock history, had everything you wanted and more, and has pretty much stayed that way over the ensuing years. To play with this degree of skill and feeling at Clapton's age of 21 at the time, was and is incredible. At 15, he was almost an old man to me being 6 years older, yet even so, the bluesmen I had heard were in their 30's and over, (really old men!), and even now this album begs the question "Why was Clapton so great at such a young age?" We will never know, and if put to the question, probably neither would he? It was just something he was drawn to and did, and has had the good fortune to do so for the rest of his life. If you're a guitarist, Clapton fan, blues enthusiast, whatever, and you don't own this album, simply buy it now - it will remain a classic for as long as planet Earth keeps turning.
Uneven testiment to the genius of the early Peter Green, 24 Nov 2008
How highly do I rate Peter Green(baum)? Well put it this way, at his peak he was at least as good as anyone that has EVER picked up an axe, plus he had the ability to write songs that still sound amazing thirty years later. So how good is this as a testament to his lost talent? Well, about as good as it could be given his early crack-up and losing his "magic stick." Tragedy really. A far bigger loss than Syd Barrett was to the Pink Floyd.
Here we have classics and filler in equal numbers. To be frank the blues pastiche (not all written by Green) was ho-hum at the time and is skip material here. The sixties recording time was shorter and there are even a few bum notes that should not be there.
However the genius of Albatross (who but a genius could make a number one instrumental?) and the sad Oh Well are worth the price alone. Green could do it all from rock to acoustic to ballad. Didn't really do more than one show stopping classic in every department, but who cares? Quality over quantity.
The only really bad part is that it includes the slash-and-burn remix of Albatross by Chris Coco. Green once came after an accountant with a gun (do a Wiki) - if he was in the same room as Coco he would have probably used it.
I can't think of a better way to spend £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 15 May 2008
I have loved all these tracks from when they were first released and I was a schoolboy,I managed to see them live twice around that time, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, I generally don't listen to that much older music and tend to move on,usually staying quite contempory, but just about everything on this CD sounds just as great as it always did!
The CD I have been looking for, 07 Apr 2008
I saw Peter Green with the original Fleetwood Mac playing live at the Fishmongers Arms, Tottenham in the 60's and have been trying to find a CD which included many of the early tracks and at last I have found it. I agree that Peter Green never received the recognition that he is truly deserves and I rate him as posibly the finest gutarists of that era. I would urge people to buy this CD and listen to it and try to imagine what Fleetwood Mac could have become.
Masterpiece!, 05 Jul 2007
I would give this cd 10 stars if I could. I am a great fan of the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green when they were first and foremost a blues band. Every song on this is good if not excellent and for me it is a masterpiece and one of my favourite cds in my collection.
sticking to their roots and so much the better., 01 Feb 2007
it's refreshing to say the least that a compilation of fleetwood mac's early years has been released. on the whole, i much prefer this line-up to the later 70s one. the all-male quartet stick to their blues roots without letting themselves be turned into a commerical pop group. this amazing C.D proves that without a doubt.
best songs on here, are masterpieces like "black magic woman," "albatross," "man of the world," "oh well," "black magic woman" etc.
this group present blues music at its very best.
simply the best, 25 Dec 2008
Got this for £2.98 useing freemp3s
Puts Itunes To Shame
Great Price, All Songs 5 Stars
the best jimi hendrix compilation he is the bomb!!, 20 Jul 2008
what a legend this is the best jimi hendrix compilation cd its fantastic love the wind cries mary,vodoo child,red house,all along the watchtower,and more u2 ruined the song all along the watchtower hate u2!! bonos voice annoying like bruce springsteen rubbish jimi hendrix had a good and unique talent before his time with the phcadelic thing!! its some trip elecric ladyland need i say more anouther album from the 60s i like was hey love by the rotary connection featuring the legend minnie riperton she is cool!! and the beatles dusty springfield aretha franklin ray charles all had at least one good album from the 60s there legends i also recommend nuggetts 60s phcadelic rock compilation cd its cool!! buy this its fab jimi hendrix R.I.P
Pure Guitar Genius!, 10 Apr 2008
Jimi was the first real experimenter with the then new fangled electronic gadgetry associated with electric guitar and guitar effects, and the first man to actually try to make a guitar talk! In '69 at the Albert Hall, The Experience were superb. Ever seen a guitar player playing the background and melody both at the same time on one guitar left handed? This was Hendrix! Absolute genius!! If any musician ever deserved legendary status it was Jimi. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding too were superb artists in their own right in The Experience. Although better guitarists have come, and gone, nobody has been as revolutionary on electric guitar as Jimi was. Always striving to exceed the limits of the technology back then, and with such wonderful songs, I really miss him. On this album you can hear just how good. Favourite? Little Wing. It is such a short tune, but always fills me up inside almost to tears. Jimi always was and always will be special. Get this compilation to find out just how special.
Voodoo Chile, 18 Dec 2007
I own this album, its got to be probably my most played album.
I jam along to it, I can listen to it. I have some of Jimi's stuff, you know the original albums etc, but this compilation just for me is what Jimi was all about.
A must have, every one should have this CD in their collection.
the guy who invented the heavy metal guitar, 03 Nov 2007
i really miss jimi hendrix he was a great guitar player and would be one of my favorite guitar players of all time. he invented the great heavy metal guitar and he was a great one for a beginner. i'm so sad that he's been dead for a long time. i love this compilation, my favorite hit from the album is voodoo child that is some of his best guitar. purple haize and all along the watchtower are my other favorites. i also like the wind cries mary, fire, hey joe, and foxy lady too. it is highly recommended to get this cd.
A last !! A band that can compete with The Who, 12 Nov 2008
I found this album in my dad's collection and decided to whack it on my ipod. I'd heard good things about them from other people at school and they weren't lying.
The band are awesome. Great vocals and really good guitar. I love the bass and i think John Bonham is a brilliant drummer (Listen to Moby Dick & Stairway to Heaven). Personally i think Keith Moon is better.
There are loads of great tracks on this album. Everyone will recognise whole lotta love from a certain tv programme!! There's also 'What is and what should never be', Moby Dick, Heartbreaker ..... there isnt really a weak song.
A great album, but nothing compares to The Who. Defo 5/5. It would be in my top ten
Fantastic Album, 30 Jul 2008
Led Zeppelin II is the definitive Led Zeppelin album for anyone who discovers this band today, the Untitled Fourth Album owes a lot to what was created on this record. Led Zeppelin II is the bluesy side to Zeppelin, a fitting tribute to their delta blues roots - which continued in IV. This album begs to be listened to.
The Greatest Of Them All!, 01 Apr 2008
This has to be the greatest Led Zeppelin album EVER!
From start to finish the whole album is filled with the greatest classic hard rock you will ever know.
If you are a very big music fan and don't have this in your collection then you are not as big music fan than you thought! This album is as pure and raw sounds.
Don't miss out. If you are new to Led Zeppelin this is the album to go for!
Whole lotta love - A classic riff which most people know from the Top Of the Pops old music theme, still a fantastic track with a killer of a guitar solo near the end.
I have left a few review on my favourite tracks. I must say all tracks are fantastic these are just ones that can'tbe missed!
What is and what should never be - First time I heard this it blew my mind, starts off slow and gets a little harder in true Led Zepp style.
Lemon song - This track has to be in my top 5 greatest Led Zeppelin tracks, you get a nice breakdown with a fantastic moving bass line. Must check this one out!
Livin' lovin' maid (she's just a woman) - Such a great upbeat track, great riffs and guitar solo's.
Moby dick - Any drummers? you must try out the over 1 minute drum solo in this track, amazing to say the least!
Bring it on home - Starts off nice and mellow, then kicks in one of my favourite Zeppelin riffs!
This does it for me!, 10 Dec 2007
This is my favourite Zep album. Pure and simple - it does everything. These musicians had devils and angels on their side when they were at the top of their game - this album is the proof. Listen to John Paul Jones's bass on 'Lemon Song', Plant's tenderness on 'Thank You' and his wondrous howls in 'Whole Lotta Love, Bonham's ridiculous virtuousity on 'Moby Dick' and Page presiding over all over matters with that arrogant brilliance we love him for.
If you invest in one other Zep album apart from No:4, make it this one. But for me, No:2 is where the Zep showed class and brilliance.
Probably the best rock album , 05 Dec 2007
Unbelievably it is 38yrs old.
A masterclass in drumming and guitar playing; outstanding vocals, bass, songwriting and arranging.Often copied but never bettered in my humble opinion.
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As it turned out, Led Zeppelin's infamous 1969 debut album was indicative of the decade to come--one that, fittingly, this band helped define with its decadently exaggerated, bowdlerized blues-rock. In shrieker Robert Plant, ex-Yardbird Jimmy Page found a vocalist who could match his guitar pyrotechnics, and the band pounded out its music with swaggering ferocity and Richter-scale-worthy volume. Pumping up blues classics such as Otis Rush's "I Can't Quit You Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "How Many More Times" into near-cartoon parodies, the band also hinted at things to come with the manic "Communication Breakdown" and the lumbering set stopper "Dazed and Confused". --Billy Altman
Customer Reviews
seminal and timeless! a must for all guitar lovers, 26 Dec 2008
This is a fantastic album. Clapton's playing from one so young (he was 21) and Mayall's singing and keyboards, and arrangements, are just spine-chilling. Best moments for me - Clapton's solo on "Have You heard" and the whole band/arrangement/composition "Double Crossing Time". Oh, and by the way, you get to hear Clapton's first lead vocal on record - "Ramblin on my Mind". Great band, great performances and SO well recorded - hats off to Mike Vernion and decca!
I first heard it in 1972 on a dansette "gramophone" and it an album I keep coming back to again and again. A "must have" album for any lover or student of electric guitar and blues.
Beyond brilliance, 05 Dec 2008
I first listened to this album when it was released during the 1960's
I was 17 years old and could not believe what I was hearing!
A truly ground breaking album that influenced most aspiring guitar players of that era.
The Bluesbreaker album features the young Eric Clapton at his best, in my opinion he has never surpassed the sublime guitar breaks on this album, he was truly inspired when this was recorded, with the great John Mayall's haunting vocals and keyboard skills, John Mcvie's bass work and Hughie Flint on drums, it is a brilliant piece of work.
If I was only allowed to own one CD, this would be it!
can you imagine..., 02 Mar 2007
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.
So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Simply put, a life changing experience.
The most important guitar album of all time!, 08 Feb 2007
The best guitar player of the time on top of his game. Classic tracks. The perfect combination of guitar and amp. Incredible solos... Listening to this album it is easy to see why rock took the directions it did. This is the blueprint for pretty much every rock/blues album that followed, and in my opinion the closest Clapton ever got to this ever again is on Layla... This is Essential.
The album that changed my life., 28 May 2006
On a week's holiday with my parent's in Littlehampton in Sussex during the summer of '66, as ever, I found a record shop. Without much money as I was still at school, (just), I had the choice, in my mind anyway, between two albums; The Mother's Of Invention's 'Freakout,' and 'Bluesbreakers.' Maybe there had been a lot of publicity at the time about 'Freakout,' I can't remember, but for some reason I was torn between which one to buy. Probably the fact that I was a Yardbirds fan and had listened to 'Five Live' a great deal made up my mind, and I plumped for 'Bluesbreakers.' It was to be the wisest move and the best purchase I ever made. As a then, and still now, 'would-be' guitarist, this album, for its time in rock history, had everything you wanted and more, and has pretty much stayed that way over the ensuing years. To play with this degree of skill and feeling at Clapton's age of 21 at the time, was and is incredible. At 15, he was almost an old man to me being 6 years older, yet even so, the bluesmen I had heard were in their 30's and over, (really old men!), and even now this album begs the question "Why was Clapton so great at such a young age?" We will never know, and if put to the question, probably neither would he? It was just something he was drawn to and did, and has had the good fortune to do so for the rest of his life. If you're a guitarist, Clapton fan, blues enthusiast, whatever, and you don't own this album, simply buy it now - it will remain a classic for as long as planet Earth keeps turning.
Uneven testiment to the genius of the early Peter Green, 24 Nov 2008
How highly do I rate Peter Green(baum)? Well put it this way, at his peak he was at least as good as anyone that has EVER picked up an axe, plus he had the ability to write songs that still sound amazing thirty years later. So how good is this as a testament to his lost talent? Well, about as good as it could be given his early crack-up and losing his "magic stick." Tragedy really. A far bigger loss than Syd Barrett was to the Pink Floyd.
Here we have classics and filler in equal numbers. To be frank the blues pastiche (not all written by Green) was ho-hum at the time and is skip material here. The sixties recording time was shorter and there are even a few bum notes that should not be there.
However the genius of Albatross (who but a genius could make a number one instrumental?) and the sad Oh Well are worth the price alone. Green could do it all from rock to acoustic to ballad. Didn't really do more than one show stopping classic in every department, but who cares? Quality over quantity.
The only really bad part is that it includes the slash-and-burn remix of Albatross by Chris Coco. Green once came after an accountant with a gun (do a Wiki) - if he was in the same room as Coco he would have probably used it.
I can't think of a better way to spend £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 15 May 2008
I have loved all these tracks from when they were first released and I was a schoolboy,I managed to see them live twice around that time, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, I generally don't listen to that much older music and tend to move on,usually staying quite contempory, but just about everything on this CD sounds just as great as it always did!
The CD I have been looking for, 07 Apr 2008
I saw Peter Green with the original Fleetwood Mac playing live at the Fishmongers Arms, Tottenham in the 60's and have been trying to find a CD which included many of the early tracks and at last I have found it. I agree that Peter Green never received the recognition that he is truly deserves and I rate him as posibly the finest gutarists of that era. I would urge people to buy this CD and listen to it and try to imagine what Fleetwood Mac could have become.
Masterpiece!, 05 Jul 2007
I would give this cd 10 stars if I could. I am a great fan of the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green when they were first and foremost a blues band. Every song on this is good if not excellent and for me it is a masterpiece and one of my favourite cds in my collection.
sticking to their roots and so much the better., 01 Feb 2007
it's refreshing to say the least that a compilation of fleetwood mac's early years has been released. on the whole, i much prefer this line-up to the later 70s one. the all-male quartet stick to their blues roots without letting themselves be turned into a commerical pop group. this amazing C.D proves that without a doubt.
best songs on here, are masterpieces like "black magic woman," "albatross," "man of the world," "oh well," "black magic woman" etc.
this group present blues music at its very best.
simply the best, 25 Dec 2008
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the best jimi hendrix compilation he is the bomb!!, 20 Jul 2008
what a legend this is the best jimi hendrix compilation cd its fantastic love the wind cries mary,vodoo child,red house,all along the watchtower,and more u2 ruined the song all along the watchtower hate u2!! bonos voice annoying like bruce springsteen rubbish jimi hendrix had a good and unique talent before his time with the phcadelic thing!! its some trip elecric ladyland need i say more anouther album from the 60s i like was hey love by the rotary connection featuring the legend minnie riperton she is cool!! and the beatles dusty springfield aretha franklin ray charles all had at least one good album from the 60s there legends i also recommend nuggetts 60s phcadelic rock compilation cd its cool!! buy this its fab jimi hendrix R.I.P
Pure Guitar Genius!, 10 Apr 2008
Jimi was the first real experimenter with the then new fangled electronic gadgetry associated with electric guitar and guitar effects, and the first man to actually try to make a guitar talk! In '69 at the Albert Hall, The Experience were superb. Ever seen a guitar player playing the background and melody both at the same time on one guitar left handed? This was Hendrix! Absolute genius!! If any musician ever deserved legendary status it was Jimi. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding too were superb artists in their own right in The Experience. Although better guitarists have come, and gone, nobody has been as revolutionary on electric guitar as Jimi was. Always striving to exceed the limits of the technology back then, and with such wonderful songs, I really miss him. On this album you can hear just how good. Favourite? Little Wing. It is such a short tune, but always fills me up inside almost to tears. Jimi always was and always will be special. Get this compilation to find out just how special.
Voodoo Chile, 18 Dec 2007
I own this album, its got to be probably my most played album.
I jam along to it, I can listen to it. I have some of Jimi's stuff, you know the original albums etc, but this compilation just for me is what Jimi was all about.
A must have, every one should have this CD in their collection.
the guy who invented the heavy metal guitar, 03 Nov 2007
i really miss jimi hendrix he was a great guitar player and would be one of my favorite guitar players of all time. he invented the great heavy metal guitar and he was a great one for a beginner. i'm so sad that he's been dead for a long time. i love this compilation, my favorite hit from the album is voodoo child that is some of his best guitar. purple haize and all along the watchtower are my other favorites. i also like the wind cries mary, fire, hey joe, and foxy lady too. it is highly recommended to get this cd.
A last !! A band that can compete with The Who, 12 Nov 2008
I found this album in my dad's collection and decided to whack it on my ipod. I'd heard good things about them from other people at school and they weren't lying.
The band are awesome. Great vocals and really good guitar. I love the bass and i think John Bonham is a brilliant drummer (Listen to Moby Dick & Stairway to Heaven). Personally i think Keith Moon is better.
There are loads of great tracks on this album. Everyone will recognise whole lotta love from a certain tv programme!! There's also 'What is and what should never be', Moby Dick, Heartbreaker ..... there isnt really a weak song.
A great album, but nothing compares to The Who. Defo 5/5. It would be in my top ten
Fantastic Album, 30 Jul 2008
Led Zeppelin II is the definitive Led Zeppelin album for anyone who discovers this band today, the Untitled Fourth Album owes a lot to what was created on this record. Led Zeppelin II is the bluesy side to Zeppelin, a fitting tribute to their delta blues roots - which continued in IV. This album begs to be listened to.
The Greatest Of Them All!, 01 Apr 2008
This has to be the greatest Led Zeppelin album EVER!
From start to finish the whole album is filled with the greatest classic hard rock you will ever know.
If you are a very big music fan and don't have this in your collection then you are not as big music fan than you thought! This album is as pure and raw sounds.
Don't miss out. If you are new to Led Zeppelin this is the album to go for!
Whole lotta love - A classic riff which most people know from the Top Of the Pops old music theme, still a fantastic track with a killer of a guitar solo near the end.
I have left a few review on my favourite tracks. I must say all tracks are fantastic these are just ones that can'tbe missed!
What is and what should never be - First time I heard this it blew my mind, starts off slow and gets a little harder in true Led Zepp style.
Lemon song - This track has to be in my top 5 greatest Led Zeppelin tracks, you get a nice breakdown with a fantastic moving bass line. Must check this one out!
Livin' lovin' maid (she's just a woman) - Such a great upbeat track, great riffs and guitar solo's.
Moby dick - Any drummers? you must try out the over 1 minute drum solo in this track, amazing to say the least!
Bring it on home - Starts off nice and mellow, then kicks in one of my favourite Zeppelin riffs!
This does it for me!, 10 Dec 2007
This is my favourite Zep album. Pure and simple - it does everything. These musicians had devils and angels on their side when they were at the top of their game - this album is the proof. Listen to John Paul Jones's bass on 'Lemon Song', Plant's tenderness on 'Thank You' and his wondrous howls in 'Whole Lotta Love, Bonham's ridiculous virtuousity on 'Moby Dick' and Page presiding over all over matters with that arrogant brilliance we love him for.
If you invest in one other Zep album apart from No:4, make it this one. But for me, No:2 is where the Zep showed class and brilliance.
Probably the best rock album , 05 Dec 2007
Unbelievably it is 38yrs old.
A masterclass in drumming and guitar playing; outstanding vocals, bass, songwriting and arranging.Often copied but never bettered in my humble opinion.
Best album ever, 01 Aug 2008
Along with Kind of Blue (Miles Davis), Follow the Reaper (Children of Bodom), and Clapton's CD with the Bluesbreakers, this is the best album ever. You should already own this. Seriously. The songs are all completely different, not a single filler track!
Rough diamond, 16 Jun 2008
This was the work of a band trying to find itself. Robert Plant was still finding himself as a vocalist but put in a good performance, one he would build on for future records. There aren't too many full-band compositions to speak of as the album was put together in something of a rush by Page, so apart from the covers most of the writing was his. Not that this was a bad thing, perhaps the only genuine criticism of this record is that it lacks a clear direction. Page clearly was leaning toward the Blues and yet, having only just emerged from the yardbirds, he placed a little moment of throwaway pop on here too, along with a version of a Yardbirds instrumental. Alongside the occasional pop moment and the deep blues there are, of course, two songs which some say invented punk, some say invented metal, but most say are beyond brilliant. 'Communication Breakdown' and ballsy opener 'Good Times, Bad Times' are fast paced, heavy and have incredibly energetic guitar work which many bands of the future would use as a blueprint for their entire career. The true gem here, however, is 'Dazed and Confused'. A 6-minute epic (generally stretched out to over half an hour in the live arena) of blues with what became customary Pageisms added is (the violin bow became legendary). One of the most ambitious, and one of the finest debut albums ever.
Awesome Debut there's a reason why led zeppelin are one of the most famous rock bands ever., 07 Jun 2008
This album is a fantastic debut and has supposedly the first metal song ever Communication Breakdown ( which to be honest it's not metal). This album has alot of classics like Good Time The Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, Dazed And Confused, Communication what am i doing the whole albums a classic. Led Zeppelinare an awesome rock n' roll band buy this album then buy Led Zeppelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3 & Led Zeppelin4 and continue on from their. LED ZEPPELIN ROCKS!!!
Spine-tingling , 27 Nov 2007
This is where it all started for me. The first long playing record I bought. There's not one duff track and it still sounds fresh and exhilarating, especially in this re-mastered format, as it did all those years ago. A mixture of some re-worked covers and original material, it's strongly rooted in the blues but with an electrifying rock slant. This is the daddy debut album of all time (see also "Marquee Moon" by Television). The bass is powerful and melodic, the drumming tight and thunderous, and, after the demise of the Yardbirds, Jimmy Page must have been straining at the leash to get these blistering guitar tracks down, sizzling with crackle and spit, the spontaneity of the solos - not too long, inventive - catch that strangled squeak at the end of the fast break just before it all comes crashing down into the final verse of Dazed & Confused and the tempo resumes its trance-like drone. And of course in the midst of it all, the soulful blues wail of Robert "Percy" Plant.
There is nothing antique about this music. In fact, it's so warm it sounds like they're playing in your front room - I believe it took them 3 days to record - in complete contrast to the bloated old dinosaur that is Physical Graffiti (six years later), which is laboured, lumpish and far too long.
The follow up album, released in the same year is almost equally as good - yawn inducing drum solo aside, de rigueur for that time - whilst the third was rather patchy, again the blues (a great performance of "Since I've Been Loving You" recorded live in the studio) but on the original second side some twee folk elements which have dated somewhat. Their fourth, much better, ruined however by the awful "Stairway to Heaven", much loved by everybody except me, guitar shop owners and the band members themselves it would seem! If we're talking ballads, I much prefer "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" from Zep I and "Thank You" from II.
Led not Lead, Blues not Metal, 15 Nov 2007
So Jimmy Page's New Yardbirds - are they any good? Well yes you'll hear more about them I'm sure. Eric Clapton famously left the Yardbirds as they were too poppy and not bluesy enough. Ironic then that from the ashes of the Yardbirds - LZ toured Scandanavia as the new Yardbirds as a contractural obligation - the greatest blues rock band of them all took flight, and Clapton never made abluesier record than this. The debut album must have been a punch in the guts to any first time listener in 1969.
The intensity and virtuosity of the band which went on to conquer the world are incredible when you consider they were two session musicians and two jobbing musicians from the West Midlands, but what sets them apart is the obvious chemistry from the outset. There has never been a tighter band.
Half of the first album is composed of a number of reworked Chicago blues classics courtesy Mr Willie Dixon, Otis Rush and the excellent Howlin' Wolf. Page's guitar work and Plant's primal screaming would elicit nods of approval from the old bluesmen. The rhythm section is peerless.
The balance of the album is made up of a number of great Zeppelin originals, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You with its delicate intro and verse contrasts with is vicious, raucous chorus, the building intensity of Your Time is Gonna Come. Heavy metal (although I want to strangle anyone that thinks Zep are a metal band) was invented with the aural assault that is Communication Breakdown.
The signs that LZ were not another run of the mill member of the British blues movement were apparent on the trippy Dazed and Confused, the mesmeric JPJ bass line and Page's guitar as violin. Yes it is bluesy but it is also otherworldly. Page demonstrates his virtuosity on the dextrous guitar workout of Black Mountain Side.
This genuinely music changing album closes with the pounding blues of How Many More Times.
If you know this album - the remaster is a huge improvement and more involving that previous cds. If it's new to you then prepare to be dazzled, look at what else was happening in 1969 and put yourself in the shoes of people hearing a revolution as it happened.
Blues only louder but definitely not metal.
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seminal and timeless! a must for all guitar lovers, 26 Dec 2008
This is a fantastic album. Clapton's playing from one so young (he was 21) and Mayall's singing and keyboards, and arrangements, are just spine-chilling. Best moments for me - Clapton's solo on "Have You heard" and the whole band/arrangement/composition "Double Crossing Time". Oh, and by the way, you get to hear Clapton's first lead vocal on record - "Ramblin on my Mind". Great band, great performances and SO well recorded - hats off to Mike Vernion and decca!
I first heard it in 1972 on a dansette "gramophone" and it an album I keep coming back to again and again. A "must have" album for any lover or student of electric guitar and blues.
Beyond brilliance, 05 Dec 2008
I first listened to this album when it was released during the 1960's
I was 17 years old and could not believe what I was hearing!
A truly ground breaking album that influenced most aspiring guitar players of that era.
The Bluesbreaker album features the young Eric Clapton at his best, in my opinion he has never surpassed the sublime guitar breaks on this album, he was truly inspired when this was recorded, with the great John Mayall's haunting vocals and keyboard skills, John Mcvie's bass work and Hughie Flint on drums, it is a brilliant piece of work.
If I was only allowed to own one CD, this would be it!
can you imagine..., 02 Mar 2007
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.
So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Simply put, a life changing experience.
The most important guitar album of all time!, 08 Feb 2007
The best guitar player of the time on top of his game. Classic tracks. The perfect combination of guitar and amp. Incredible solos... Listening to this album it is easy to see why rock took the directions it did. This is the blueprint for pretty much every rock/blues album that followed, and in my opinion the closest Clapton ever got to this ever again is on Layla... This is Essential.
The album that changed my life., 28 May 2006
On a week's holiday with my parent's in Littlehampton in Sussex during the summer of '66, as ever, I found a record shop. Without much money as I was still at school, (just), I had the choice, in my mind anyway, between two albums; The Mother's Of Invention's 'Freakout,' and 'Bluesbreakers.' Maybe there had been a lot of publicity at the time about 'Freakout,' I can't remember, but for some reason I was torn between which one to buy. Probably the fact that I was a Yardbirds fan and had listened to 'Five Live' a great deal made up my mind, and I plumped for 'Bluesbreakers.' It was to be the wisest move and the best purchase I ever made. As a then, and still now, 'would-be' guitarist, this album, for its time in rock history, had everything you wanted and more, and has pretty much stayed that way over the ensuing years. To play with this degree of skill and feeling at Clapton's age of 21 at the time, was and is incredible. At 15, he was almost an old man to me being 6 years older, yet even so, the bluesmen I had heard were in their 30's and over, (really old men!), and even now this album begs the question "Why was Clapton so great at such a young age?" We will never know, and if put to the question, probably neither would he? It was just something he was drawn to and did, and has had the good fortune to do so for the rest of his life. If you're a guitarist, Clapton fan, blues enthusiast, whatever, and you don't own this album, simply buy it now - it will remain a classic for as long as planet Earth keeps turning.
Uneven testiment to the genius of the early Peter Green, 24 Nov 2008
How highly do I rate Peter Green(baum)? Well put it this way, at his peak he was at least as good as anyone that has EVER picked up an axe, plus he had the ability to write songs that still sound amazing thirty years later. So how good is this as a testament to his lost talent? Well, about as good as it could be given his early crack-up and losing his "magic stick." Tragedy really. A far bigger loss than Syd Barrett was to the Pink Floyd.
Here we have classics and filler in equal numbers. To be frank the blues pastiche (not all written by Green) was ho-hum at the time and is skip material here. The sixties recording time was shorter and there are even a few bum notes that should not be there.
However the genius of Albatross (who but a genius could make a number one instrumental?) and the sad Oh Well are worth the price alone. Green could do it all from rock to acoustic to ballad. Didn't really do more than one show stopping classic in every department, but who cares? Quality over quantity.
The only really bad part is that it includes the slash-and-burn remix of Albatross by Chris Coco. Green once came after an accountant with a gun (do a Wiki) - if he was in the same room as Coco he would have probably used it.
I can't think of a better way to spend £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 15 May 2008
I have loved all these tracks from when they were first released and I was a schoolboy,I managed to see them live twice around that time, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, I generally don't listen to that much older music and tend to move on,usually staying quite contempory, but just about everything on this CD sounds just as great as it always did!
The CD I have been looking for, 07 Apr 2008
I saw Peter Green with the original Fleetwood Mac playing live at the Fishmongers Arms, Tottenham in the 60's and have been trying to find a CD which included many of the early tracks and at last I have found it. I agree that Peter Green never received the recognition that he is truly deserves and I rate him as posibly the finest gutarists of that era. I would urge people to buy this CD and listen to it and try to imagine what Fleetwood Mac could have become.
Masterpiece!, 05 Jul 2007
I would give this cd 10 stars if I could. I am a great fan of the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green when they were first and foremost a blues band. Every song on this is good if not excellent and for me it is a masterpiece and one of my favourite cds in my collection.
sticking to their roots and so much the better., 01 Feb 2007
it's refreshing to say the least that a compilation of fleetwood mac's early years has been released. on the whole, i much prefer this line-up to the later 70s one. the all-male quartet stick to their blues roots without letting themselves be turned into a commerical pop group. this amazing C.D proves that without a doubt.
best songs on here, are masterpieces like "black magic woman," "albatross," "man of the world," "oh well," "black magic woman" etc.
this group present blues music at its very best.
simply the best, 25 Dec 2008
Got this for £2.98 useing freemp3s
Puts Itunes To Shame
Great Price, All Songs 5 Stars
the best jimi hendrix compilation he is the bomb!!, 20 Jul 2008
what a legend this is the best jimi hendrix compilation cd its fantastic love the wind cries mary,vodoo child,red house,all along the watchtower,and more u2 ruined the song all along the watchtower hate u2!! bonos voice annoying like bruce springsteen rubbish jimi hendrix had a good and unique talent before his time with the phcadelic thing!! its some trip elecric ladyland need i say more anouther album from the 60s i like was hey love by the rotary connection featuring the legend minnie riperton she is cool!! and the beatles dusty springfield aretha franklin ray charles all had at least one good album from the 60s there legends i also recommend nuggetts 60s phcadelic rock compilation cd its cool!! buy this its fab jimi hendrix R.I.P
Pure Guitar Genius!, 10 Apr 2008
Jimi was the first real experimenter with the then new fangled electronic gadgetry associated with electric guitar and guitar effects, and the first man to actually try to make a guitar talk! In '69 at the Albert Hall, The Experience were superb. Ever seen a guitar player playing the background and melody both at the same time on one guitar left handed? This was Hendrix! Absolute genius!! If any musician ever deserved legendary status it was Jimi. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding too were superb artists in their own right in The Experience. Although better guitarists have come, and gone, nobody has been as revolutionary on electric guitar as Jimi was. Always striving to exceed the limits of the technology back then, and with such wonderful songs, I really miss him. On this album you can hear just how good. Favourite? Little Wing. It is such a short tune, but always fills me up inside almost to tears. Jimi always was and always will be special. Get this compilation to find out just how special.
Voodoo Chile, 18 Dec 2007
I own this album, its got to be probably my most played album.
I jam along to it, I can listen to it. I have some of Jimi's stuff, you know the original albums etc, but this compilation just for me is what Jimi was all about.
A must have, every one should have this CD in their collection.
the guy who invented the heavy metal guitar, 03 Nov 2007
i really miss jimi hendrix he was a great guitar player and would be one of my favorite guitar players of all time. he invented the great heavy metal guitar and he was a great one for a beginner. i'm so sad that he's been dead for a long time. i love this compilation, my favorite hit from the album is voodoo child that is some of his best guitar. purple haize and all along the watchtower are my other favorites. i also like the wind cries mary, fire, hey joe, and foxy lady too. it is highly recommended to get this cd.
A last !! A band that can compete with The Who, 12 Nov 2008
I found this album in my dad's collection and decided to whack it on my ipod. I'd heard good things about them from other people at school and they weren't lying.
The band are awesome. Great vocals and really good guitar. I love the bass and i think John Bonham is a brilliant drummer (Listen to Moby Dick & Stairway to Heaven). Personally i think Keith Moon is better.
There are loads of great tracks on this album. Everyone will recognise whole lotta love from a certain tv programme!! There's also 'What is and what should never be', Moby Dick, Heartbreaker ..... there isnt really a weak song.
A great album, but nothing compares to The Who. Defo 5/5. It would be in my top ten
Fantastic Album, 30 Jul 2008
Led Zeppelin II is the definitive Led Zeppelin album for anyone who discovers this band today, the Untitled Fourth Album owes a lot to what was created on this record. Led Zeppelin II is the bluesy side to Zeppelin, a fitting tribute to their delta blues roots - which continued in IV. This album begs to be listened to.
The Greatest Of Them All!, 01 Apr 2008
This has to be the greatest Led Zeppelin album EVER!
From start to finish the whole album is filled with the greatest classic hard rock you will ever know.
If you are a very big music fan and don't have this in your collection then you are not as big music fan than you thought! This album is as pure and raw sounds.
Don't miss out. If you are new to Led Zeppelin this is the album to go for!
Whole lotta love - A classic riff which most people know from the Top Of the Pops old music theme, still a fantastic track with a killer of a guitar solo near the end.
I have left a few review on my favourite tracks. I must say all tracks are fantastic these are just ones that can'tbe missed!
What is and what should never be - First time I heard this it blew my mind, starts off slow and gets a little harder in true Led Zepp style.
Lemon song - This track has to be in my top 5 greatest Led Zeppelin tracks, you get a nice breakdown with a fantastic moving bass line. Must check this one out!
Livin' lovin' maid (she's just a woman) - Such a great upbeat track, great riffs and guitar solo's.
Moby dick - Any drummers? you must try out the over 1 minute drum solo in this track, amazing to say the least!
Bring it on home - Starts off nice and mellow, then kicks in one of my favourite Zeppelin riffs!
This does it for me!, 10 Dec 2007
This is my favourite Zep album. Pure and simple - it does everything. These musicians had devils and angels on their side when they were at the top of their game - this album is the proof. Listen to John Paul Jones's bass on 'Lemon Song', Plant's tenderness on 'Thank You' and his wondrous howls in 'Whole Lotta Love, Bonham's ridiculous virtuousity on 'Moby Dick' and Page presiding over all over matters with that arrogant brilliance we love him for.
If you invest in one other Zep album apart from No:4, make it this one. But for me, No:2 is where the Zep showed class and brilliance.
Probably the best rock album , 05 Dec 2007
Unbelievably it is 38yrs old.
A masterclass in drumming and guitar playing; outstanding vocals, bass, songwriting and arranging.Often copied but never bettered in my humble opinion.
Best album ever, 01 Aug 2008
Along with Kind of Blue (Miles Davis), Follow the Reaper (Children of Bodom), and Clapton's CD with the Bluesbreakers, this is the best album ever. You should already own this. Seriously. The songs are all completely different, not a single filler track!
Rough diamond, 16 Jun 2008
This was the work of a band trying to find itself. Robert Plant was still finding himself as a vocalist but put in a good performance, one he would build on for future records. There aren't too many full-band compositions to speak of as the album was put together in something of a rush by Page, so apart from the covers most of the writing was his. Not that this was a bad thing, perhaps the only genuine criticism of this record is that it lacks a clear direction. Page clearly was leaning toward the Blues and yet, having only just emerged from the yardbirds, he placed a little moment of throwaway pop on here too, along with a version of a Yardbirds instrumental. Alongside the occasional pop moment and the deep blues there are, of course, two songs which some say invented punk, some say invented metal, but most say are beyond brilliant. 'Communication Breakdown' and ballsy opener 'Good Times, Bad Times' are fast paced, heavy and have incredibly energetic guitar work which many bands of the future would use as a blueprint for their entire career. The true gem here, however, is 'Dazed and Confused'. A 6-minute epic (generally stretched out to over half an hour in the live arena) of blues with what became customary Pageisms added is (the violin bow became legendary). One of the most ambitious, and one of the finest debut albums ever.
Awesome Debut there's a reason why led zeppelin are one of the most famous rock bands ever., 07 Jun 2008
This album is a fantastic debut and has supposedly the first metal song ever Communication Breakdown ( which to be honest it's not metal). This album has alot of classics like Good Time The Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, Dazed And Confused, Communication what am i doing the whole albums a classic. Led Zeppelinare an awesome rock n' roll band buy this album then buy Led Zeppelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3 & Led Zeppelin4 and continue on from their. LED ZEPPELIN ROCKS!!!
Spine-tingling , 27 Nov 2007
This is where it all started for me. The first long playing record I bought. There's not one duff track and it still sounds fresh and exhilarating, especially in this re-mastered format, as it did all those years ago. A mixture of some re-worked covers and original material, it's strongly rooted in the blues but with an electrifying rock slant. This is the daddy debut album of all time (see also "Marquee Moon" by Television). The bass is powerful and melodic, the drumming tight and thunderous, and, after the demise of the Yardbirds, Jimmy Page must have been straining at the leash to get these blistering guitar tracks down, sizzling with crackle and spit, the spontaneity of the solos - not too long, inventive - catch that strangled squeak at the end of the fast break just before it all comes crashing down into the final verse of Dazed & Confused and the tempo resumes its trance-like drone. And of course in the midst of it all, the soulful blues wail of Robert "Percy" Plant.
There is nothing antique about this music. In fact, it's so warm it sounds like they're playing in your front room - I believe it took them 3 days to record - in complete contrast to the bloated old dinosaur that is Physical Graffiti (six years later), which is laboured, lumpish and far too long.
The follow up album, released in the same year is almost equally as good - yawn inducing drum solo aside, de rigueur for that time - whilst the third was rather patchy, again the blues (a great performance of "Since I've Been Loving You" recorded live in the studio) but on the original second side some twee folk elements which have dated somewhat. Their fourth, much better, ruined however by the awful "Stairway to Heaven", much loved by everybody except me, guitar shop owners and the band members themselves it would seem! If we're talking ballads, I much prefer "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" from Zep I and "Thank You" from II.
Led not Lead, Blues not Metal, 15 Nov 2007
So Jimmy Page's New Yardbirds - are they any good? Well yes you'll hear more about them I'm sure. Eric Clapton famously left the Yardbirds as they were too poppy and not bluesy enough. Ironic then that from the ashes of the Yardbirds - LZ toured Scandanavia as the new Yardbirds as a contractural obligation - the greatest blues rock band of them all took flight, and Clapton never made abluesier record than this. The debut album must have been a punch in the guts to any first time listener in 1969.
The intensity and virtuosity of the band which went on to conquer the world are incredible when you consider they were two session musicians and two jobbing musicians from the West Midlands, but what sets them apart is the obvious chemistry from the outset. There has never been a tighter band.
Half of the first album is composed of a number of reworked Chicago blues classics courtesy Mr Willie Dixon, Otis Rush and the excellent Howlin' Wolf. Page's guitar work and Plant's primal screaming would elicit nods of approval from the old bluesmen. The rhythm section is peerless.
The balance of the album is made up of a number of great Zeppelin originals, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You with its delicate intro and verse contrasts with is vicious, raucous chorus, the building intensity of Your Time is Gonna Come. Heavy metal (although I want to strangle anyone that thinks Zep are a metal band) was invented with the aural assault that is Communication Breakdown.
The signs that LZ were not another run of the mill member of the British blues movement were apparent on the trippy Dazed and Confused, the mesmeric JPJ bass line and Page's guitar as violin. Yes it is bluesy but it is also otherworldly. Page demonstrates his virtuosity on the dextrous guitar workout of Black Mountain Side.
This genuinely music changing album closes with the pounding blues of How Many More Times.
If you know this album - the remaster is a huge improvement and more involving that previous cds. If it's new to you then prepare to be dazzled, look at what else was happening in 1969 and put yourself in the shoes of people hearing a revolution as it happened.
Blues only louder but definitely not metal.
Slow hand through the decades, 26 Nov 2008
As I've posted some complaints on Amazon about incompleteness of compilations (missing an artist's best-known track, apparently just to hack people off), I'd like to go the other way on this one.
Obviously this compilation is not "complete". That would require not two CDs but, er, an awful lot of CDs. It is a very fair cross-section of Mr C's career from Cream onwards, charting his emergence as a solo artist, the relative blandness of the early 80s, and his return to form from the late 80s onwards.
To be more comprehensive, it should include the early era as well, i.e. Yardbirds and Mayall. This doesn't bother me, but the blues fans might object. The Cream tracks are a mite superfluous; if you want Cream material, you probably want at least a whole compilation album, not just five tracks. Fortunately one of them is the blistering live version of "Crossroads".
I bought the album for the 1970s tracks alone, and all my favourites from this period are here, apart from "Motherless Children". You can't please everyone all of the time, and at this bargain price you really can't complain.
Full marks for the inclusion of the "unplugged" version of "Layla" as well as the original version.
birthday present, 28 Nov 2007
My son knowing I am and always will be a huge Clapton fan, bought this for my last birthday (I don't mean my LAST bithday, I am hoping to have many more!) I would not have gone and purchased this myself, as within my CD collection I have all of these tracks and could have made up this compilation myself. Having said that it is a good collection (how many Clapton collections have there been over the years?). The two discs represent a reasonable selection of the mans work, although I would have liked some of his early stuff with John Mayall and even The Yardbirds, perhaps Blind Faith, just to round the collection out. I played it in the car and it is a great driving companion, even though I know all the tracks well, thay are great songs and just remind you once again what a tremendous guitarist and vocalist Eric was and is. "Clapton is God" well in rock music yes he is one of them!
Elic Crapton, 23 Nov 2007
At the best of times I feel strongly about the marketing machines that engineer best-of CD's just before Christmas. However, I feel let down that EC has jumped on the bandwagon too.
Eric, we will all still love you even if you don't have it in you to create any good new material. I have all your work up to now, on Vinyl, VHS, CD and DVD and I won't be spending money on this.
Shoot me down if you will, but I love EC's work and I love and respect the man. I just think retiring gracefully is cool and he has enough money without needing to release another best-of.
A bit of a con, but great music, 20 Nov 2007
SO there are a number of tracks not on here, and some that probably shouldn't be, yep we are all in agreement about "behind The Mask" and "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and I may be wrong, but "Forever Man" doesn't sound like the original to me. There's also no mention of "It's Probably Me", which was vocalised by Sting, I guess but Clapton's clear and definite sound can be appreciated on it.
It is very misleading it is about as "complete" as a sandwich missing two pieces of bread.
However, there are some magnificent classics brought together, for the first time. Ranging from Cream, Blind Faith (only one track what is that about??) to Derek and The Dominoes and the unplugged sessions. It's good to hear them, but to be blatantly honest buying individual tracks and compiling your own "complete" for your media player (ipod, MP3 etc) would be the best option if that is what you are looking for. This is a "selection of his best" nothing more, nothing less, but still a selection of the best is included.
COMPLETE CLAPTON, 19 Nov 2007
I agree with most of the reviews in that a lot of good music has been left out and some of those which are included are not the best versions in all cases. One or two I have not heard before and are not that good although they may have come from his last dreadful album "Back Home". A complete Clapton cannot be done on 2 disks end of story.
When are we to get a new album with new material from Eric. His last album "Back Home" was one of his worst and very self indulgent. I hope that we have not heard the last of Eric and that future new releases will not be compilations of the same sort as this one.
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Also known as the "rune" album because of the medieval symbols adorning its cover, Led Zeppelin's fourth album, released in 1971, turned them from mere superstars into giant behemoths of the rock world. On tracks like "Black Dog", "Misty Mountain Hop", and "Rock and Roll", the combination of Robert Plant's banshee wails and Jimmy Page's frenetic guitar playing forever altered the stylistic bent of hard rock music. And the foreboding "When the Levee Breaks" demonstrated that Zeppelin could indeed play the blues fairly straight if they so desired. Still, everything here ultimately took a back seat to the album's (and, ultimately, the band's) magnum opus--the expertly constructed and deftly executed classic, "Stairway to Heaven". --Billy Altman
Customer Reviews
seminal and timeless! a must for all guitar lovers, 26 Dec 2008
This is a fantastic album. Clapton's playing from one so young (he was 21) and Mayall's singing and keyboards, and arrangements, are just spine-chilling. Best moments for me - Clapton's solo on "Have You heard" and the whole band/arrangement/composition "Double Crossing Time". Oh, and by the way, you get to hear Clapton's first lead vocal on record - "Ramblin on my Mind". Great band, great performances and SO well recorded - hats off to Mike Vernion and decca!
I first heard it in 1972 on a dansette "gramophone" and it an album I keep coming back to again and again. A "must have" album for any lover or student of electric guitar and blues.
Beyond brilliance, 05 Dec 2008
I first listened to this album when it was released during the 1960's
I was 17 years old and could not believe what I was hearing!
A truly ground breaking album that influenced most aspiring guitar players of that era.
The Bluesbreaker album features the young Eric Clapton at his best, in my opinion he has never surpassed the sublime guitar breaks on this album, he was truly inspired when this was recorded, with the great John Mayall's haunting vocals and keyboard skills, John Mcvie's bass work and Hughie Flint on drums, it is a brilliant piece of work.
If I was only allowed to own one CD, this would be it!
can you imagine..., 02 Mar 2007
I was going to mention Clapton's christening of the Les Paul, Marshall setup, but others have beaten me to it. I liken it's impact to what happened to harp playing when Little Walter and other's deciding to blow through the PA or an early guitar amp. They REDEFINED the sound of the instrument.
So all I'll add is the rhetorical question...can you imagine being a teenage Brit, having been reared on the sounds of the Beatles, Jerry and the Pacemakers, or even the Dave Clark Five, wandering into a London club because someone had recommended the Bluesbreakers, and hearing THIS STUFF? Probably as epiphanic as being a white guy in mid 50's Chicago and having the nerve to wander into the Dew Drop Inn and hearing Muddy, Wolf, or later, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Simply put, a life changing experience.
The most important guitar album of all time!, 08 Feb 2007
The best guitar player of the time on top of his game. Classic tracks. The perfect combination of guitar and amp. Incredible solos... Listening to this album it is easy to see why rock took the directions it did. This is the blueprint for pretty much every rock/blues album that followed, and in my opinion the closest Clapton ever got to this ever again is on Layla... This is Essential.
The album that changed my life., 28 May 2006
On a week's holiday with my parent's in Littlehampton in Sussex during the summer of '66, as ever, I found a record shop. Without much money as I was still at school, (just), I had the choice, in my mind anyway, between two albums; The Mother's Of Invention's 'Freakout,' and 'Bluesbreakers.' Maybe there had been a lot of publicity at the time about 'Freakout,' I can't remember, but for some reason I was torn between which one to buy. Probably the fact that I was a Yardbirds fan and had listened to 'Five Live' a great deal made up my mind, and I plumped for 'Bluesbreakers.' It was to be the wisest move and the best purchase I ever made. As a then, and still now, 'would-be' guitarist, this album, for its time in rock history, had everything you wanted and more, and has pretty much stayed that way over the ensuing years. To play with this degree of skill and feeling at Clapton's age of 21 at the time, was and is incredible. At 15, he was almost an old man to me being 6 years older, yet even so, the bluesmen I had heard were in their 30's and over, (really old men!), and even now this album begs the question "Why was Clapton so great at such a young age?" We will never know, and if put to the question, probably neither would he? It was just something he was drawn to and did, and has had the good fortune to do so for the rest of his life. If you're a guitarist, Clapton fan, blues enthusiast, whatever, and you don't own this album, simply buy it now - it will remain a classic for as long as planet Earth keeps turning.
Uneven testiment to the genius of the early Peter Green, 24 Nov 2008
How highly do I rate Peter Green(baum)? Well put it this way, at his peak he was at least as good as anyone that has EVER picked up an axe, plus he had the ability to write songs that still sound amazing thirty years later. So how good is this as a testament to his lost talent? Well, about as good as it could be given his early crack-up and losing his "magic stick." Tragedy really. A far bigger loss than Syd Barrett was to the Pink Floyd.
Here we have classics and filler in equal numbers. To be frank the blues pastiche (not all written by Green) was ho-hum at the time and is skip material here. The sixties recording time was shorter and there are even a few bum notes that should not be there.
However the genius of Albatross (who but a genius could make a number one instrumental?) and the sad Oh Well are worth the price alone. Green could do it all from rock to acoustic to ballad. Didn't really do more than one show stopping classic in every department, but who cares? Quality over quantity.
The only really bad part is that it includes the slash-and-burn remix of Albatross by Chris Coco. Green once came after an accountant with a gun (do a Wiki) - if he was in the same room as Coco he would have probably used it.
I can't think of a better way to spend £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 15 May 2008
I have loved all these tracks from when they were first released and I was a schoolboy,I managed to see them live twice around that time, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, I generally don't listen to that much older music and tend to move on,usually staying quite contempory, but just about everything on this CD sounds just as great as it always did!
The CD I have been looking for, 07 Apr 2008
I saw Peter Green with the original Fleetwood Mac playing live at the Fishmongers Arms, Tottenham in the 60's and have been trying to find a CD which included many of the early tracks and at last I have found it. I agree that Peter Green never received the recognition that he is truly deserves and I rate him as posibly the finest gutarists of that era. I would urge people to buy this CD and listen to it and try to imagine what Fleetwood Mac could have become.
Masterpiece!, 05 Jul 2007
I would give this cd 10 stars if I could. I am a great fan of the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green when they were first and foremost a blues band. Every song on this is good if not excellent and for me it is a masterpiece and one of my favourite cds in my collection.
sticking to their roots and so much the better., 01 Feb 2007
it's refreshing to say the least that a compilation of fleetwood mac's early years has been released. on the whole, i much prefer this line-up to the later 70s one. the all-male quartet stick to their blues roots without letting themselves be turned into a commerical pop group. this amazing C.D proves that without a doubt.
best songs on here, are masterpieces like "black magic woman," "albatross," "man of the world," "oh well," "black magic woman" etc.
this group present blues music at its very best.
simply the best, 25 Dec 2008
Got this for £2.98 useing freemp3s
Puts Itunes To Shame
Great Price, All Songs 5 Stars
the best jimi hendrix compilation he is the bomb!!, 20 Jul 2008
what a legend this is the best jimi hendrix compilation cd its fantastic love the wind cries mary,vodoo child,red house,all along the watchtower,and more u2 ruined the song all along the watchtower hate u2!! bonos voice annoying like bruce springsteen rubbish jimi hendrix had a good and unique talent before his time with the phcadelic thing!! its some trip elecric ladyland need i say more anouther album from the 60s i like was hey love by the rotary connection featuring the legend minnie riperton she is cool!! and the beatles dusty springfield aretha franklin ray charles all had at least one good album from the 60s there legends i also recommend nuggetts 60s phcadelic rock compilation cd its cool!! buy this its fab jimi hendrix R.I.P
Pure Guitar Genius!, 10 Apr 2008
Jimi was the first real experimenter with the then new fangled electronic gadgetry associated with electric guitar and guitar effects, and the first man to actually try to make a guitar talk! In '69 at the Albert Hall, The Experience were superb. Ever seen a guitar player playing the background and melody both at the same time on one guitar left handed? This was Hendrix! Absolute genius!! If any musician ever deserved legendary status it was Jimi. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding too were superb artists in their own right in The Experience. Although better guitarists have come, and gone, nobody has been as revolutionary on electric guitar as Jimi was. Always striving to exceed the limits of the technology back then, and with such wonderful songs, I really miss him. On this album you can hear just how good. Favourite? Little Wing. It is such a short tune, but always fills me up inside almost to tears. Jimi always was and always will be special. Get this compilation to find out just how special.
Voodoo Chile, 18 Dec 2007
I own this album, its got to be probably my most played album.
I jam along to it, I can listen to it. I have some of Jimi's stuff, you know the original albums etc, but this compilation just for me is what Jimi was all about.
A must have, every one should have this CD in their collection.
the guy who invented the heavy metal guitar, 03 Nov 2007
i really miss jimi hendrix he was a great guitar player and would be one of my favorite guitar players of all time. he invented the great heavy metal guitar and he was a great one for a beginner. i'm so sad that he's been dead for a long time. i love this compilation, my favorite hit from the album is voodoo child that is some of his best guitar. purple haize and all along the watchtower are my other favorites. i also like the wind cries mary, fire, hey joe, and foxy lady too. it is highly recommended to get this cd.
A last !! A band that can compete with The Who, 12 Nov 2008
I found this album in my dad's collection and decided to whack it on my ipod. I'd heard good things about them from other people at school and they weren't lying.
The band are awesome. Great vocals and really good guitar. I love the bass and i think John Bonham is a brilliant drummer (Listen to Moby Dick & Stairway to Heaven). Personally i think Keith Moon is better.
There are loads of great tracks on this album. Everyone will recognise whole lotta love from a certain tv programme!! There's also ' | | |