Bad sound quality but EXCELLENT playing.

This is among the best of Peter's live playing, in my opinion. All five of them rock, plus Peter's vocals are louder and harsher than usual. The sound quality isn't the best but on "Don't know which way to go" he's on fire.

Be warned..

This is another Fleetwood Mac live set where the sound is really bad. I'd only get this if you, like me, need to get everything Peter Green recorded. Some nice playing, but it's hard for me to appreciate it, since the recording quality is so distracting. Get the Boston or Shrine sets first! Personally, I thnk the Shrine CD is Green at his absolute best with some super confident playing and singing.

Greens finest hour, if you can get past the sound quality

I'm the kinda guy who listens to either lots of bootlegs, or compilations of old blues 78's from the 20's and 30's. Thus being the case the sound quality here doesn't really bother me so bad, but it is fairly atrocious. Sounds like it was recorded in the back of the room with a handheld mic and an elcheapo tape recorder, which probably isn't far from the truth. I really dig the fact that these historic recordings are making their way to commercially available CD's, providing a glimpse into a moment of rock and roll history.

Now for the music. The set starts off with several Jeremy Spencer-led tunes with him doing his Elmore James inspired vocals and slide guitar work. His work seems to be an acquired taste as some folks find him hard to take after a couple tunes. I like it, but I wouldn't want to hear a whole album of it. Peter Green, on the other hand, is ON FIRE! His vocals are passionate, and his guitar work, although it's obviously B.B.King influenced, is just amazing here. This has been the album that I play for my guitar students when I want to give them an example of using space while soloing, instead of a million notes all over the place. Peter Green is a master at this kind of phrasing.

I've seen Peter recently, and while his playing doesn't have nowhere near the fire of the old days, he's doing well and it's great to see him back out and trying.