FLEETWOOD MAC - Mr Wonderful (Reissue) - LP - Vinyl [DEC 12]

LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl (2025 Sony CMG Reissue). 

Mr. Wonderful, the second album of Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green in its ranks, followed up on their massive same-titled debut album. Delivering hard edged, psychedelic and raw blues, the album counts as a staple from the late sixties. Adding to the rowdy energy of the album is the fact that the band recorded these tracks live in the studio, without using a sound board. The album introduced Christine Perfect (later McVie) of Chicken Shack on keyboards and a horn section. Great songs on this album include 'Love That Burns', 'Coming Home' and Elmore James' 'Dust My Broom'.

The second studio album by British blues rock greats Fleetwood Mac, again produced by Mike Vernon, took just four days to record, hit the streets in August 1968 and was another success in the UK and Europe.

It also featured contributions from Duster Bennett on harmonica and various saxophone players, including Johnny Almond. The opening shuffle, ‘Stop Messin’ Round’ sets the tone. Bursting with energy, it’s loose yet controlled; about “as much fun as you can have with a guitar without getting arrested”, as Classic Rock put it 50 years on. ‘Lazy Poker Blues’ carries that same vibrant spirit, adding clever double entendre lyrics that perfectly suit its playful title.

It’s also worth mentioning ‘Need Your Love Tonight,’ a blues ballad elevated by the addition of an orchestra, and the stunning ‘Love That Burns’, which showcases leader Peter Green’s spellbinding talent. One moment he’s sharp and penetrating, and the next he’s gentle and delicate, delivering the kind of performance that B.B. King once said gave him “the cold sweats”.

Tracklist: 

SIDE A
1. Stop Messin’ Round 
2. I’ve Lost My Baby 
3. Rollin’ Man 
4. Dust My Broom 
5. Love That Burns 
6. Doctor Brown

SIDE B
1. Need Your Love Tonight
2. If You Be My Baby
3. Evenin’ Boogie
4. Lazy Poker Blues
5. Coming Home
6. Trying So Hard To Forget