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List Price: $35.98 | | Label: Japanese Import
Salesrank: 228128
Released: January 1, 1992 |
| Our Price: $20.38 |
| Used Price: $12.95 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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English Rose Track Listing:
1. Stop Messin' Around
2. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
3. Doctor Brown
4. Something Inside Of Me
5. Evenin' Boogie
6. Love That Burns
7. Black Magic Woman
8. I've Lost My Baby
9. One Sunny Day
10. Without You
11. Coming Home
12. Albatross
Editorial Review:
1991 Japanese compilation featuring 12 early greats by The Mac from 1968-1969, including 'Doctor Brown', 'Stop Messin' Round', 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Albatross'. An Epic/ Sony release.
English Rose Reviews:
Authentic Chicago Blues From The UK 
2007-01-14 - After hearing this original version of Black Magic Woman years ago, I understand why Santana (formerly The Santana Blues Band before the 69' S/T album) covered it in 1970 and why I DO NOT require to hear Santana's version anymore: 1. It's been played to death 2. Peter Green's version give me the chills. 3. Peter Green wrote it. It's simply incredible how many people all these years still think Santana wrote this song. Anyway, English Rose was the 69' American release on Epic that features songs that were on Fleetwood Mac's UK releases. It is usually considered a compilation, but it is still a truely remarkable blues album to have with an odd novelty cover portrait of Mick in drag (dig the ugliness). Sadly, it does not contain "I need your love so bad" which is my second favorite P.G.F.M. tune during the late 60's. With Peter Green's soulful vocals and genuine blues guitar playing and Jeremy Spencer's Elmore James bag o' tricks, it doesn't get much better than this for Chicago blues. All songs are worth the price of admission here and are a perfect introduction to this incredible UK blues band once called Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Epic never released this CD domestically in the US, so this Japanese import (with the usual misinterpreted lyrics) is the only CD version available. Get it.
One of the Best British Blues Albums
2006-10-16 - Their first debut in the states is one of the finest examples of British Blues. This is not the Fleetwood Mac people know today. This is the Fleetwood Mac of Peter Green - a total different band then the one that put out Rumors. This is an excellent album and there are no weak cuts. The moody slow pieces like 'I've Lost My Baby' and Albatross really stand out for me. If you can find this album at a reasonable price buy it.
liner notes in japanese
2006-10-01 - can anyone tell me if this import is available w/ english liner notes-see several offered by different vendors on web page -all say import-is this reissue only have japeneses liner notes-would like to have them available in english if they are out there
English Rose
2006-07-12 - I love early Fleetwood Mac, but somehow I had missed this gem. I took a chance and am glad I did. Very bluesy. A must have in my opinion.
Mac's US only release you can't find in the US anymore 
2005-10-02 - Released in 1969, "English Rose" was Fleetwood Mac's second US release which features the highlights from their second UK release, "Mr. Wonderful", the 1969 UK compilation "Pious Bird Of Good Omen" along with several Danny Kirwan contributions otherwise unavailable on LP. Unfortunately this album is rather hard to find nowadays since it provides a much more natural transition between the blues-wailing nature of their 1968 debut album and the 1970 "progressive blues" stylings of "Then Play On." "English Rose" features a variety contributions from Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer instead of "Mr. Wonderful" which seemed to concentrate only on Spencer's ability to emulate the stylings Elmore James, often to the point of irritating repetition. "English Rose" also subsitutes the Eddie Boyd tracks from "Pious," with newer Kirwan penned tracks which flow a little better with the rest of the material on the album. If you can find this for a reasonable price (or find it at all) I would recommend this over both "Mr. Wonderful" or "Pious Bird Of Good Omen."
