01	Drifting						03:27
	02	Leaving Town Blues						02:57
	03	Watch Out						03:26
	04	A Fool No More						04:38
	05	Mean Old Fireman						03:48
	06	Can't Afford To Do It						02:04
	07	Fleetwood Mac						03:52
	08	Worried Dream						05:26
	09	Love That Woman						02:30
	10	Allow Me One More Show						03:02
	11	First Train Home (mono)						04:09
	12	Rambling Pony No. 2 (mono)						02:58

Peter Green - vocal, guitar, harmonica
Jeremy Spencer - vocal, guitar, piano
John McVie - bass-guitar
Mick Fleetwood - drums, washboard

Guest: Christine McVie - piano


The Original Fleetwood Mac

Format : Import CD
Released : 14 May 1971
Label : CBS / Sire / Castle

Mick Fleetwood
Peter Green
John McVie
Jeremy Spencer
Bob Brunning


Drifting
Leaving Town Blues
Watch Out
A Fool No More
Mean Old Fireman
Can't Afford To Do It
Fleetwood Mac [instrumental]
Worried Dream
Love That Woman
Allow Me One More Show
First Train Home
Rambling Pony No. 2


Recorded in 1969, around the time of the debut Fleetwood Mac album - the one with the dog and dustbin cover - but unreleased until 1971, by which time both Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer had flipped their wigs and flown the coop, Original Fleetwood Mac is a variable mix of typical early-Fleetwood Mac material. At that time, the group were notable for wringing dry the inspirational riffs of old blues masters - Jeremy Spencer's variations on the Elmore James Dust My Broom theme on Mr Wonderful remains quite outrageous - and such is the case here. Watch Out and Can't Afford To Do It are rudimentary boogie shuffles; Allow Me One More Show and Mean Old Fireman feature Jeremy Spencer on solo country-blues slide outings; and Rambling Pony No 2 and Leaving Town Blues both ride roughshod over the old Rollin' and Tumblin' riff (the latter would appear to be dubbed from vinyl, judging by the audible scratches on the CD). The best numbers are those which demonstrate Peter Green's peerless sensitivity, particularly the limpid guitar on First Train Home, and the stinging breaks that punctuate the brooding, introspective A Fool No More. 3 out of 5 stars. (Andy Gill, Q Album Reviews)



Number of The Original Fleetwood Mac (1971) Reviews: 1


Superlative, despite being an out take collection
Reviewer: John Fitzgerald, Human resources staff database assistant February 22, 2001

The songs compiled herein are by no means throwaways, they just go to show how hard it
must have been to decide what songs to use at the time of sequencing the first couple of
albums. Jeremy Spencer's highlight is his great cover of Homesick James Williamson's
"Can't afford to do it" which is really quite hard to resist, while his other tracks, like on
the debut album, don't suffer from sameness. Meanwhile, Peter Green aces his lot.
"Drifting" has got some scorching leads which command attention and deserve it as well
as "Leaving town blues". You won't find country blues much better than this, two of
Peter's best ever slow burners, "A fool no more" and masterfully covering BB King's
"Worried dream" (with Christine Mcvie guesting, chiming the 88's... well... perfectly.
Excuse the pun) For the purists, there's the selftitled track, "Fleetwood Mac" where
Green plays that harp something fierce and two alternate takes which surpass their
originally released counterparts, "Watch out" & "Rambling pony (no. 2)" which chug and
rumble (respectively) along at breakneck speed. I would urge any of you who've thought
twice about this release due to fears of it being a "bargain bin, scraping the bottom of the
barrel collection", to please reconsider.


This album was digitally remastered and re-released with bonus tracks.