But it still lived on in the vaults of Blue Horizon, where Mike Vernon had reels of tape cut by the original line-up. The resulting 1970 album, вЂKiln House,вЂ™ showed a different kind of Fleetwood Mac again, and by this time it seemed the Blues was far behind them. The blues ended up hurting my soul, so I stopped it.вЂќДЇinally, after failing to persuade the others to give all the bandвЂ™s earnings to charity, Green quit the group, forcing Spencer and Kirwan to the fore. But then it got much too deep for me and I got lost. ThereвЂ™s levels that most people, including me, never got anywhere close to. The Blues is something you spend a lifetime in, and you have to understand it to play it.

In a much later interview, he explained: вЂњThe Blues was too deep, it got too painful. вЂThen Play OnвЂ™ featured material by Green and Kirwan in equal measure, with increasing focus on their guitar interplay and instrumental jamming, as the bandвЂ™s style developed towards a вЂњProgressive RockвЂќ sound, but the hyper-sensitive GreenвЂ™s mental stability was already starting to suffer. вЂќ In effect Jeremy only played on one track of that album вЂ“ he contributed piano to вЂњOh Well Part IIвЂќ вЂ“ but though the musical chameleon recorded five tracks of excellent and accurate parodies intended for a bonus EP, they never saw release at the time. But with us he would only move at his own speed. He was a music fanatic вЂ“ IвЂ™m sure of that.

вЂњBut I was never sure if the reason why he didnвЂ™t join in more was that he wouldnвЂ™t, or he couldnвЂ™t. вЂњ Jeremy wouldnвЂ™t learn any of my songs,вЂќ Green complained. By this time, Fleetwood Mac boasted a precocious new talent, ex Boilerhouse guitarist Danny Kirwan, whoвЂ™d been brought into the line-up to support and accompany Green, as the divide between Peter and Jeremy Spencer widened irreparably. вЂThen Play OnвЂ™ was released as their fourth album, shortly after Blue HorizonвЂ™s compilation LP вЂThe Pious Bird Of Good OmenвЂ™ which contained singles, tracks from earlier albums, and two songs with US Bluesman Eddie Boyd.

Mac manager Clifford Davis sought a new contract for the band, and they signed with Warner Reprise, where you can still find them today. The group had already left Blue Horizon to cut вЂMan Of the WorldвЂ™ for Andrew OldhamвЂ™s Immediate label, and though the single had been a great success, the label itself was failing. A collection of jams, out-takes, and previously unreleased tracks, simply titled вЂњThe Original Fleetwood Mac,вЂќ itвЂ™s the last and surprisingly also the best of their Blue Horizon releases. ItвЂ™s normal practice for bands to bring out their greatest albums while theyвЂ™re still together, but Fleetwood Mac perversely managed to issue theirs after half the band had left. Peter Green Splinter Group, John Mayall, Peter Gabriel, Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band, Isabelle Antena, Eddie Boyd, Memphis Slim, Duster Bennett, B.B.вЂњThe Original Fleetwood MacвЂќ вЂ“ Fleetwood Mac Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Stevie Nicks, Josie Cotton, John Stewart, Walter Egan, Don Henley, Eric Clapton, Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, Bob Welch, Christine Mcvie, Johnny Cash, Antsy Mcclain & The Trailer Park Troubadours John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Warren Zevon, Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band, Christine Perfect, Eddie Boyd, The Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett, Lindsey Buckingham, Bob Welch, Eric ClaptonД«ob Welch, Randy Newman, Phil Everly, Lindsey Buckingham, Danny Douma, Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, Martha Velez, Stan Webb, Christine Perfect, Chicken Shack, Walter Egan, Mick Fleetwood, Christopher Cross Warren Zevon, John Mayall, Bob Welch, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Stevie Nicks, The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, Mylon Lefevre, Billy Thorpe, Duster Bennett, Bo Diddley, Alvin Lee, Lindsey Buckingham, Pat Ortman, The Bluesbreakers

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