Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years (2002)

About this title: This British two-disc collection offers a rather unique look at the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac rather than just focusing on the band's output from 1967, immediately after leaving John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, to 1970 when Green left. The set is chock-full of fine studio material that documents the evolution of the band from a power trio to its Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan incarnations. And while it's true that other collections have documented the band from this period very well, none of them has dug quite as deep into the live archives or revealed the subsequent Peter Green side ... read more

Tracks:

1. Black Magic Woman [Live] [Green]
2. Jumping at Shadows [Live] [Bennett]
3. Oh Well [Live] [Green]
4. Ride With Your Daddy Tonight [Moore]
5. Do You Give a Damn for Me? [Green]
6. Love That Burns [Adams/Green]
7. World in Harmony [Green/Kirwan]
8. Long Grey Mare [Green]
9. Talk to Me Baby [James]
10. Fast Talking Woman Blues [Green]
11. The Man of the World [Early Version] [Green]
12. If You Let Me Love You [King/Taub]
13. My Baby's Sweeter [Dixon]
14. Like It This Way [Kirwan]
15. The Madge Sessions, No. 2 [McVie/Fleetwood]
16. Lazy Poker Blues [Adams/Green]
17. I Have to Laugh [Rush/Clark]
18. The Green Manalishi [Green]
19. Man of the World [Single Version] [Green]
20. Showbiz Blues [Green]
21. Buzz Me Baby [Moore/Dexter]
22. Blues in B Flat Minor [Green]
23. It Takes Time [Rush]
24. Leaving Town Blues [Green]
25. The Sun Is Shining [James]
26. Uranus [Brunning]
27. Mind of My Own [Kirwan]
28. How Blue Can You Get? [Feather]
29. Trying So Hard to Forget [Green/Adams]
30. Two Harps [Bennett]
31. Thinking About a Woman [Bennett]
32. Kind Hearted Woman [Johnson]
33. Coming, I'm Coming [Bennett]
34. Stranger Blues [Live] [James/Sehorn]
35. Coming Your Way [Live] [Kirwan]
36. Rattlesnake Shake [Live] [Green]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.