Fleetwood Mac - The Boston Box (3CD) (1999) Live featuring Peter Green
Disc 01
01. Black Magic Woman
02. Jumping At Shadows (Vers. 1)
03. Like It This Way
04. Only You
05. Rattlesnake Shake (Vers. 2) *
06. I Can't Hold Out
07. Got To Move (Vers. 2) *
08. The Green Manalishi
Disc 02
01. World In Harmony
02. Oh Well
03. Rattlesnake Shake (Vers. 1)
04. Stranger Blues
05. Red Hot Momma
06. Teenage Darling
07. Keep A Knocking
08. Jenny Jenny
09. Encore Jam (w/ Joe Walsh & Eric Clapton) *
Disc 03
01. Jumping At Shadows (Vers. 2) *
02. Sandy Mary
03. If You Let Me Love *
04. Loving Kind
05. Coming Your Way *
06. Madison Blues
07. Got To Move (Vers. 1)
08. The Sun Is Shining *
09. Oh Baby
10. Tiger *
11. Great Balls Of Fire
12. Tutti Frutti
13. On We Jam *
* Previously Unreleased
Original CD's -> EAC (secure) -> FLAC (8)
Includes scans of the complete artwork in 600 dpi.
Format : Limited Edition 3 CD Live Box Set (10,000 copies)
Released : 9 November 1999
Label : Snapper Music Inc.
Recorded Live at Boston Tea Party, Boston, M.A. February 5/6/7, 1970 by The Fleetwood Mobile.
Remixed from original 8-track masters by Nick Watson, SRT Studios St. Ives England June, 1998
(with the help of Neil Slaven).
Contains a six page biography written by Roger Dopson.
From the back cover:
"By the turn of the seventies Fleetwood Mac were on a roll, having established themselves
as headliners in the United States via repeated touring.
In Feb '70 they tapes three consecutive nights at the Boston Tea Party with the view to
rush-releasing a live album: the band played out of their skins
and the LP would doubtless have been a killer.
But within just weeks the mercurial Peter Green - their founder, leader & frontman -
had sensationally announced his decision to quit, and the project was shelved.
Some of the material eventually crept out on a couple of mid-80's albums,
Jumping At Shadows and a double-LP Roots - The Original Fleetwood Mac Live in Concert.
However, these were poorly-compiled affairs, with patchy sound quality, a problem which
worsened steadily with subsequent reissue packages.
Following the recent discovery of the original 8-track master tapes they have all
now been remixed & remastered.
A further nine previously unissued performances were also found, and the material has
been extensively re-compiled to take into consideration the original set sequencings."
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Prof sez:
This is one of the best ways -if not the best way- to hear Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live
in their full glory. Released as a limited box set nearly ten years ago, I was lucky to obtain
one of these when they had just come out on a record fair for 50 gulden (equivalent to less than 25 Euros).
All three CD's came out as separate releases as well, and can be viewed as such too.
Disc 3 has gone OOP for a long time though, and has become quite pricey on the eBay market.
Sound wise, this is a improvement on the previous Boston compilations (there are countless variations).
Unfortunately, this collection has been mastered a bit on the hot side. And it seems NR was used on the multitracks.
But the original mixes are really not that good as the ones here, and they sound like they have been copied
a million times.
Music wise, this is a great testimony to FM's legacy.
The only thing that was unnecessary (even annoying) is Jeremy Spencer's contribution.
But the ability to skip or program tracks is one thing that makes CD's preferable above vinyl.
One more minor point of critism though, is that 'World in Harmony' is not the same version that appeared
on the earlier grey market versions, and I happen to prefer that version.
Also, the 16 minute version of Green Manalishi has been edited down to 13 minutes here,
and appeared in complete form on some of the early versions as well.
I can up one of these compilations sometimes here if anybody wants to hear the original mixes.
It may also be of interest to note that some more unreleased material from these shows has since come
out on "Show Biz Blues: 1968-1970" (2001) & "Jumping At Shadows: The Blues Years" (2002).
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