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Agreed this is first class Mac at their best before they became a factory pop band, but the previous review's song mentions do not match the titles on the spec listing. The CD cover art does not include "Oh Well" and "Green Manalishi"-two superp must haves for Mac fans. I have the original LP issue on UK CBS and they are on the cover. Is there some error here? Has the original been reissued on CD minus those two towering tracks?

Truly a "best of"

If you absolutely have to buy ONLY one cd featuring the Peter Green version of the Mac, let this be it. It has the sweetly soaring instrumental hit "Albatross", the song that inspired Monty Python's running gag. It has the single version of Green's FM swan song "Green Manalishi". It has both parts of "Oh Well", Green's unusal and beautiful opus. This collection is a truly comprehensive representation of Mac's more popular early blues and blues/rock. "Black Magic Woman", "Shake Your Moneymaker" and "Love That Burns" are both here.

One unusual aspect of this cd is the inclusion of "Dragonfly", Danny Kirwan's gorgeous song that was Mac's first single release post-Peter Green. It did not chart well, but it has some incredibly exquisite guitar, like Kirwan's later work on Bare Trees and Kiln House. Dragonfly is rarely included on Mac's compilation albums.

This is a Mac compilation album that is all highlights.