Although the Sun is Shining (Danny Kirwan)ġ7.This made the remastered edition a complete collection of what the band had brought out in the short period between their signing with Warner Brothers and Peter Green's departure. as are My Dream and Searching for Madge -Then Play On, which jam away at full.
This restored the original UK track listing with Oh Well, (as two separate tracks) plus its follow-up single The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown) (1970) and that record's flip side World in Harmony. Then Play On is the third studio album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 19 September. The album opens with Kirwans lead vocals and Fleetwoods latin-style. In 2013 a remastered edition was brought out by Rhino. Track listing: 1) Talk To Me Baby 2) I Held My Baby Last Night 3) My Babys Sweet 4) Looking For Somebody 5) Evil Woman Blues 6) Got To Move 7) No Place. The first CD release of the album featured the original tracks minus One Sunny Day and Without You plus Oh Well (with both parts in one track) in a new order. After the non-album single Oh Well became the band's first US hit, peaking at #55 on Billboard, the album was reissued with Oh Well replacing two other Danny Kirwan songs - When You Say and the instrumental My Dream. Searching for Madge was performed by Fleetwood Mac on 10 of 1240 concerts with a probability of 0.81 to listen it at a concert, since its debut on Searching for Madge 0. The US track listing was different from the UK one as One Sunny Day and Without You had already featured on the American compilation English Rose. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.
It was also their first release on Warner Brothers who have issued all the band's subsequent material (with the exception of the 2013 download only release Extended Play). The album reached #6 on the UK album chart and #109 on Billboard. It was their first album to feature Danny Kirwan and the last to feature the band's founder Peter Green who would leave the group the following year ( Blues Jam at Chess recorded with other artists notwithstanding). The album was their most popular since Rumours. Tango In The Night proved they were better off together artistically and financially, if not emotionally. ‘Then Play On’ went on to reach #6 in the UK, subsequently becoming the band’s fourth Top 20 hit album in a row, as well as their third album to reach the Top 10.ĬD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record ShopĢ-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.Blues Jam at Chess (1969) Then Play On is the third original studio album by Fleetwood Mac released on September 19th 1969. Fleetwood Mac’s best and biggest-selling album of the 80s followed a five-year break during which Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie all released solo records. Taking its title from the opening line of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night – ‘If music be the food of love, play on’ – the album offered a broader stylistic range than the classic blues of the group’s first two albums.įeaturing some of the early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac’s most notable songs, such as ‘Rattlesnake Shake’, ‘Before The Beginning’, and ‘Like Crying’, Then Play On is revered as a genre-pushing record and a lynch-pin piece of the vast Fleetwood Mac repertoire. Originally released on 19 th September 1969, ‘Then Play On’ was the first of Fleetwood Mac’s albums to feature Danny Kirwan, and the last with Peter Green. The Celebration Edition is being reissued as a prelude to the worldwide release of the Mick Fleetwood And Friends Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green concert film later this year. Put LP or CD after your name if you have a preference.