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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Original Masters UK
Salesrank: 254617
Released: September 8, 1998 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Live In Boston, Vol. 1 Track Listing:
1. Black Magic Woman
2. Jumping at Shadows
3. Like It This Way
4. Only You
5. Rattlesnake Shake [#]
6. I Can't Hold Out
7. Got to Move [#]
8. Green Manalishi
Live In Boston, Vol. 1 Reviews:
This Baby Rocks! 
2009-05-24 - I didn't know what to expect when I got this, but man am I glad I bought this! It's hard to believe that only a few months later Peter Green would leave the band, but hey that's life. This disc starts off with "Black Magic Woman" that after the first few minutes turns into a nice jam. "Jumping at Shadows" is another nice slow blues by Peter Green. "Like it this Way" has Danny Kirwan singing and playing lead guitar, he and Peter trading some wicked licks on their Les Pauls, boogie children! "Rattlesnake Shake" is just awesome, at over 24 minutes it just smokes. "I Can't Hold Out" and "Got to Move" are two numbers featuring Jeremy Spencer singing and playing some sweet slide guitar. The last song on this album is "The Green Manalishi", and along with "Rattlesnake Shake" is the best song on this CD.
If you like the blues and early Fleetwood Mac, buy this, you will not be disappointed!
the old Mac blasting through
2007-07-25 - "Rattlesnake Shake" is a steaming, burning, scolding hot, melting, lava-spewing MONSTER of a guitar jam. It's 25 minutes long, and I believe it out rocks Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It HAS to be heard to be believed. If there was ever a band that was DRASTICALLY different in their early years, it's gotta be Fleetwood Mac. What a jam. Incredible!!!
Well, now that my excitement for that wonderful track has momentarily passed, let's talk about the rest of the album. The vocal melody to "Black Magic Woman" comes really close to sounding exactly like Santana's, however afterwards the song explodes into some exceptionally good blues playing. "Jumping at Shadows" is a bit quiet, though quite soon really good guitar work enters the picture and instantly brings me to my feet. Absolutely no complaints with the three songs I've mentioned so far.
"Like it This Way" is one of those party bluesy numbers- the kind of song you'd hear at a birthday party or something. I like it though, mostly because the guitar playing is really good. "Only You" is not the oldies song or the Ringo Starr cover you're probably thinking of (though I guess this album might be considered oldies now, hehe). It's a really heavy track with a guitar riff that repeats fantastically throughout the song. I like that. Peter Green's right- "The Green Manalishi" really does sound evil. Man, it's so eerie, and I don't feel comfortable listening to this song at all.
Reading the little booklet that came with the album, I get the impression Peter Green really cared about the older version of Fleetwood Mac, and because of his Grateful Dead influence, he really wanted the fans to hear one more live album with lots of guitar jamming. He eventually had a bad acid trip while on tour and decided to leave the band. I wonder what he must be thinking right now, knowing there's young people like me who are very happy this album exists. He was apparently having some problems and had to leave the band. Hey, we all have problems. You can't blame the man for leaving. He didn't respond well to fortune and fame, and all the questions he had to face about his religion. They should have left the man alone to sort out his problems.
But I guess it was inevitable Fleetwood Mac was on the rise in terms of popularity. I wouldn't have been able to handle the pressure, and I don't blame Green at all for his decision. Reading more information from the booklet, I get the impression he seemed confident that this was going to be his final album with the band. He wanted to go out on a strong note, and he did. VERY strong. Of course, when I say this is his final album with the band, I mean the final of three live albums (Volume 2 and 3 of this live Boston set are also available for purchase).
Peter Green is a normal person like you and me. He just had a troubled past. Drugs and guilt changed the way he looked at the world. He's allowed to think that way if he wants. It's his right as a human being.
Solid blues and lengthy rock jams dominated with guitars and drums aren't popular in todays world. Nowadays you have... I don't know, electronic music (I guess that's what you call it).
Just a few weeks after this albums release in February of 1970, Peter Green announced he wanted to leave the band (though he actually didn't leave Fleetwood Mac until around April, when the overseas live concert schedule was finally over with- he made a commitment to the band that he'd stay with them until those live dates were all complete).
I'm really happy he gave us this final live performance before his departure. His presence will always be an important one for Fleetwood Mac to me personally. I'm sure more live music from the old version of Fleetwood Mac still exists, and will probably be put on disc one day for our listening pleasure. Hopefully more lengthy guitar jams, because Peter Green, along with the rest of the band, were really good at that.
Great Live Album, but little disappointed 
2006-10-14 - In Feb. 1970 the original Fleetwood Mac line up with Peter Green recorded three nights at the legendary Boston Tea Party. Vol. 1 serves up a generous 69 minutes of live music with a couple of extended jams (Rattlesnake Shake at 25 mins. and Green Manalishi at 12 mins.). I'm a huge fan of the blues and early Fleetwood Mac, but I have to say I was a little disappointed with the CD. While I think it is a great show, the recording catches the band at a point of tradition. Peter Green was starting to turn away from traditional blues and becoming more experimental pushing the Blues format in a new direction. That's fine and the music is great, but for folks looking for a live version of their original work this is not it. I much preferred English Rose and the album they did with Otis Spann. If I was to rate this as a prue blues album it would be only 3 stars. As a music fan that appreciates live music I give it 4 stars.
Superb
2004-08-17 - Superb live album. I could do without the Jeremy Spencer slide guitar and 50's imitations, but Peter Green is top notch. The Green Manalishi solo is some of the best blues guitar soloing I've heard. If you like blues guitar, you must give it a listen.
The Mac at it's improv. best...
2004-01-24 - If you get this, get all the volumes. This will make you forget that little band from the '70s that sang Go Your Own Way, Rhiannon, and Don't Stop.
This is the original Mac, at its very best live.
Turn it up, and listen to the Mac blown your minds.
It is definately a Mac Attack!!!
