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Record ID
1148
Artist
Fleetwood Mac
Title
Collection Gold
Field / Genre
Blues
Year Recorded
1970
Label
Columbia
Pressing
Aus
Rating
***
Discs
1
Media
CD
Date Bought
1 Oct 1998
Cost
¤9.00
Cover Name
—
Review
<p>Comprised of songs from the early, hard-edged blues-based Fleetwood Mac, before they morphed into the polished rock act for which they will forever be known, Collection Gold is an excellent overview of the group's roots and the vision of guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. The raw groove of one of Green's most famous compositions, "Black Magic Woman," the beautiful atmospherics of "Albatross," and the shuffling cover of the Howlin' Wolf tune "No Place to Go" certainly highlight the early days of Fleetwood Mac and serve to document a fascinating group who commanded as much importance in the British psychedelic blues scene as much as the American pop scene.</p><p>—<strong>Gregory McIntosh</strong></p>