Show-Biz Blues
Compilation album by
Released26 June 2001
Recorded1968–70
GenreBlues rock
LabelReceiver Records
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Allmusic [1]

Show-Biz Blues: Fleetwood Mac 1968 to 1970 is an album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 2001. It was a compilation of outtakes and unreleased tracks from the band's early line-up, none of which had previously seen the light of day officially. Available on double vinyl LP and double CD, it came with a booklet of extensive notes and anecdotes, and was the companion release to The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac 1968–1970.

Track listing

Disc One[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Soul Dressing" ("Jazz Beat" BBC Session) (Booker T. & The M.G.'s cover)Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Lewie Steinberg1966-02-023:47
2."If You Want to Be Happy" ("Jazz Beat" BBC Session) (Jimmy Soul cover)Frank Guida, Carmela Guida, Joseph Royster1966-02-022:28
3."Outrage" ("Jazz Beat" BBC Session) (Booker T. & The M.G.'s cover)William Allen Jr., Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg1966-02-022:47
4."The Sun Is Shining" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Elmore James cover)Elmore James1968-01-163:02
5."Don't Be Cruel" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Elvis Presley cover)Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley1968-01-161:40
6."I'm So Lonely and Blue" ("Nightride" BBC Session)Jeremy Spencer1968-04-163:53
7."How Blue Can You Get?" ("Nightride" BBC Session) (B.B. King cover)Leonard Feather1968-04-163:36
8."My Baby's Sweeter" ("Nightride" BBC Session) (Homesick James cover)Homesick James1968-04-163:38
9."Long Grey Mare" ("Nightride" BBC Session)Peter Green1968-04-161:58
10."Buzz Me Baby" ("Nightride" BBC Session) (B.B. King cover)Fleecy Moore, Dave Dexter Jr.1968-04-163:33
11."Mind of My Own" ("Top Gear" BBC Session)Danny Kirwan1968-08-262:59
12."I Have to Laugh" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Otis Rush cover)Otis Rush, Dave Clark1968-08-263:27
13."You're the One" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Buddy Holly cover)Buddy Holly, Ray Corbin, Waylon Jennings1968-08-262:05
14."Do You Give a Damn for Me" (Early version of "Show-Biz Blues", alternative take to Vaudeville Years)Green19693:58
15."Him and Me" (Early version of "Show-Biz Blues")Green19694:02
16."Show-Biz Blues" (Alternative take #2)Green19694:06
17."Fast Talking Woman Blues" (Remake of "Drifting", alternative take)Green1969-103:22
18."World in Harmony" (Alternative take #2)Kirwan, Green19703:24
19."Leaving Town Blues" ("Top Gear" BBC Session)Green1970-04-273:49

Tracks 1–3 are not performed by Fleetwood Mac, but by Peter B's Looners (credits below).

Track 8 is listed as "My Baby's Sweeter" (not by Sonny Boy Williamson but a Willie Dixon composition performed by Little Walter) but it actually is the Homesick James song "My Baby's Sweet", which they often played at concerts.

Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Black Magic Woman" (Live at the Boston Tea Party)Green1970-02-057:39
2."Jumping at Shadows" (Live at the Boston Tea Party) (Duster Bennett cover)Anthony Bennett1970-02-055:24
3."Rattlesnake Shake / Underway" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)Green1970-04-0914:06
4."Stranger Blues" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (Elmore James cover)Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis1970-04-094:15
5."World in Harmony" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)Kirwan, Green1970-04-093:32
6."Tiger" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (Fabian cover)Ollie Jones1970-04-093:22
7."The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)Green1970-04-0915:15
8."Coming Your Way" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)Kirwan1970-04-097:32
9."Great Balls of Fire" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)Blackwell, Jack Hammer1970-04-092:32
10."Twist and Shout" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (The Isley Brothers cover)Phil Medley, Bert Russell1970-04-097:45
  • Disc 2 consists of live recordings.

Credits

Peter B's Looners (1-1 to 1–3)

Fleetwood Mac (remainder)

References

  1. Show-Biz Blues at AllMusic
  2. "Show Biz Blues: 1968–1970, Volume 2". fleetwoodmac.net. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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