Fleetwood Mac (1968 album)

Fleetwood Mac
Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	24 February 1968
Recorded	CBS Studios, London, November–December 1967
Genre	Blues rock
Length	35:05 (1968 original release) 63:26 (October 1999 Re-release)
Label	Blue Horizon
Producer	Mike Vernon
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Fleetwood Mac (1968) Mr. Wonderful (1968 UK)

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Fleetwood Mac, sometimes known as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, is the debut album by the band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1968. The album is a mixture of blues covers and originals penned by guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer, who also share the vocal duties.

The release of the album brought the band overnight success; in the UK, the album reached #4 and stayed on the charts 37 weeks, despite the lack of a hit single. The album barely made the charts in the US, reaching #198.

An expanded version of this album was included in the box set The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Heart Beat Like a Hammer"	Jeremy Spencer	2:55
2.	"Merry Go Round"	Peter Green	4:05
3.	"Long Grey Mare"	Green	2:15
4.	"Hellhound on My Trail"	Robert Johnson	2:00
5.	"Shake Your Moneymaker"	Elmore James	2:55
6.	"Looking for Somebody"	Green	2:50

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Place to Go"	Chester Burnett	3:20
2.	"My Baby's Good to Me"	Spencer	2:50
3.	"I Loved Another Woman"	Green	2:55
4.	"Cold Black Night"	Spencer	3:15
5.	"The World Keep On Turning"	Green	2:30
6.	"Got to Move"	James, Sehorn	3:20

1999 re-release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Heart Beat Like a Hammer" (Take 2 - master version with studio talk*)	Spencer	3:31
2.	"Merry Go Round" (Take 2 - master version with studio talk/remix*)	Green	4:19
3.	"Long Grey Mare"	Green	2:12
4.	"Hellhound on My Trail" (Take 1 - complete master version/remix*)	Johnson	2:04
5.	"Shake Your Moneymaker" (Master version with studio talk*)	James	3:11
6.	"Looking for Somebody"	Green	2:49
7.	"No Place to Go"	Burnett	3:20
8.	"My Baby's Good to Me"	Spencer	2:49
9.	"I Loved Another Woman"	Green	2:54
10.	"Cold Black Night"	Spencer	3:15
11.	"The World Keep On Turning"	Green	2:27
12.	"Got to Move"	James, Sehorn	3:18
13.	"My Heart Beat Like a Hammer" (Take 1*)	Spencer	3:18
14.	"Merry Go Round" (Take 1 - incomplete*)	Green	0:54
15.	"I Loved Another Woman" (Take 1 - incomplete*, take 2*, take 3 - false start* and take 4 - incomplete*)	Green	6:08
16.	"I Loved Another Woman" (Take 5 - complete master version/remix* and take 6 - incomplete*)	Green	5:08
17.	"Cold Black Night" (Takes 1–5 with false starts, take 6 - complete master version/remix*)	Spencer	5:28
18.	"You're So Evil" (*)	Spencer	3:05
19.	"I'm Coming Home to Stay" (*)	Spencer	2:27

* Bonus track

Credits

• Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Jeremy Spencer – vocals, slide guitar, piano
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums
• Bob Brunning – bass guitar on "Long Grey Mare"

References

• "British Hot Albums" Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice, Jonathan Rice (Guinness Publishing, 5th edition, 1992)