Show-Biz Blues

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Show-Biz Blues: Fleetwood Mac 1968 to 1970 is an album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 2001. It was a compilation of outtakes and unreleased tracks from the band's early line-up, none of which had previously seen the light of day officially. Available on double vinyl LP and double CD, it came with a booklet of extensive notes and anecdotes, and was the companion release to The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac 1968-1970.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Soul Dressing" (Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Lewie Steinberg) – 3:47
2. "If You Want to Be Happy" (Frank Guida, Carmela Guida, Joseph Royster) – 2:28
3. "Outrage" (William Allen Jr., Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg) – 2:47
4. "The Sun Is Shining" (Elmore James) – 3:02
5. "Don't Be Cruel" (Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley) – 1:40
6. "I'm So Lonely and Blue" (Jeremy Spencer) – 3:53
7. "How Blue Can You Get?" (Leonard Feather) – 3:36
8. "My Baby's Sweeter" (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 3:38
9. "Long Grey Mare" (Peter Green) – 1:58
10. "Buzz Me Baby" (Fleecy Moore, Dave Dexter, Jr.) – 3:33
11. "Mind of My Own" (Danny Kirwan) – 2:59
12. "I Have to Laugh" (Otis Rush, Dave Clark) – 3:27
13. "You're the One" (Buddy Holly, Slim Corbin, Waylon Jennings) – 2:05
14. "Do You Give a Damn for Me" (Green) – 3:58 ~ early version of "Showbiz Blues"
15. "Him and Me" (Green) – 4:02 ~ another early version of "Showbiz Blues"
16. "Showbiz Blues" (Green) – 4:06
17. "Fast Talking Woman Blues" (Green) – 3:22 ~ AKA "Drifting"
18. "World in Harmony" (Kirwan, Green) – 3:24
19. "Leaving Town Blues" (Green) – 3:49

Tracks 1-3 are not performed by Fleetwood Mac, but by The Peter B's, an earlier band featuring Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood with Peter Bardens and David Ambrose.

Track 8 is listed as "My Baby's Sweeter" (not by Sonny Boy Williamson but a Willie Dixon composition performed by Little Walter) but it actually is the Homesick James song "My Baby's Sweet", which they often played at concerts.

Disc two

1. "Black Magic Woman" (Green) – 7:39
2. "Jumpin' at Shadows" (Duster Bennett) – 5:24
3. "Rattlesnake Shake / Underway" (Green) – 14:06
4. "Stranger Blues" (Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis) – 4:15
5. "World in Harmony" (Kirwan, Green) – 3:32
6. "Tiger" (Ollie Jones) – 3:22
7. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)" (Green) – 15:15
8. "Coming Your Way" (Kirwan) – 7:32
9. "Great Balls of Fire" (Blackwell, Jack Hammer) – 2:32
10. "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell) – 7:45

• Disc 2 consists of live recordings.

Credits

• Peter Green – guitar, vocals
• Jeremy Spencer – guitar, vocals
• Danny Kirwan – guitar, vocals
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – percussion, drums