The new CD will be released in a deluxe, expanded mediabook presentation with a 16-page booklet featuring liner notes by Anthony Bozza and a foreword by Mick Fleetwood. BMG carries on this track list, introducing it to vinyl for the first time in this sequence. track listing omitted the original tracks 'One Sunny Day' and 'Without You,' while a 1970 edition included the hit single 'Oh Well (Parts 1 and 2)' in its reconfigured track listing and excised 'When You Say' and 'My Dream.' Reprise also issued a pair of singles around the time of Then Play On - the aforementioned 'Oh Well' which split the song across two sides of a single, and 'The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown' b/w 'World In Harmony.' When Warner pressed up an edition in 2013 these singles were added to the UK track listing. pressing, and this has slightly complicated matters when it comes to reissuing the album. Green would end up leaving Fleetwood Mac after the release of Then Play On.Д«ut there's more to Then Play On than the 14 songs on the original U.K. The album also showcases a blend of Kirwan's guitar style with founding member Peter Green's. The band's lineup was also in transition - one of many such changes the Mac would see in its 50+ year history - as Danny Kirwan entered contributing guitar and also penning half the songs on the album. On Then Play On, the band steers away from the straight-ahead blues covers that dominated their earlier albums.

On the other hand, when I want to hear brilliant blues rock that never compromises and demands to be heard, I put Then Play On on my turntable and play it loud.On September 18, nearly 51 years to the day from its original release, Fleetwood Mac's third album, Then Play On, will be reissued on BMG on CD and half-speed mastered 2-LP in a special 'Celebration Edition.' And as far as Fleetwood Mac albums go, this one is certainly worth celebrating. Sure, Fleetwood Mac and Rumours are great albums that served up anthems for an era, but I can usually hear select cuts from those records while waiting at my bank machine, or at the grocery store. Side two ends with GreenвЂ™s вЂњBefore the Beginning,вЂќ and his vocals and crying guitar performance are the perfect ending to an almost-perfect record. The groupвЂ™s commitment makes me believe in them. These are exciting, dripping-raw one-key jams, but their presence here feels seamless with the rest of the tracks. In between beautiful orchestrations and heart-wrenching vocals, performance pieces like вЂњSearching for MadgeвЂќ and вЂњFighting for MadgeвЂќ shoulder their way into our listening experience. IвЂ™m impressed by how Then Play On prioritizes what I assume Fleetwood Mac wanted to show of themselves: their ability to create both taut, vocal-led tracks and stunning instrumental workouts. That said, the album version is a nice rendition. ItвЂ™s a reverb-laden sonic exploration, and a performance for the ages that ends with Green playing beautiful, stabbing melodies, long after the entire band has dropped out. In high school, I found a live extended bootleg version of this song that changed my life. GreenвЂ™s vocal performances, on the other hand, always feel like a confession more than a performance.Д«eing drawn to instrumentals, I was most influenced by вЂњUnderway.вЂќ The song is basically a vamp using the A major 6 chord on the 2nd fret: Just lay your first finger down and вЂ“ presto! вЂ“ you have вЂUnderwayвЂќ! Some vocalists have chops, but it feels like theyвЂ™re playing a role, and I donвЂ™t believe in them. The Peter Green vocal is spoken as much as itвЂ™s sung, and itвЂ™s as laser-direct as the guitars. ItвЂ™s a reverb-laden sonic exploration, and a performance for the ages

In high school, I found a live extended bootleg version of 'Underway' that changed my life. (IsnвЂ™t that what we all want?) Again, the rhythm section grinds away. The guitar tones epitomize evil, in the best possible way. вЂњRattlesnake ShakeвЂќ is another masterpiece. Midway through, it abruptly shifts from a primal rocking blues vamp to a movement with echoes of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack that you might hear as a pair of gunslingers stare one another down in a duel.

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