The CD will come with a mediabook, while the 2LP will come with a 16 page book pack, with both featuring brand new sleevenotes by Fleetwood biographer Anthony Bozza and a personal foreword by Mick Fleetwood himself.
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This deluxe, expanded bookpack edition of the album will feature the original UK tracklisting, plus four bonus tracks all mastered at half speed for dynamic range, and with the vinyl 2 LP version being pressed on 180g audiophile black vinyl. It is currently available for fans to pre-order, HERE. The Celebration Edition dropped shortly after Green’s passing on July 25, 2020.Fleetwood Mac’s third studio album, ‘ Then Play On’, featuring the legendary late Peter Green, will be reissued on CD and vinyl tomorrow, Septemvia BMG. In 2020, BMG released The Celebration Edition, the most recent reissue of Then Play On, as a remastered CD and two-LP set, adding “bonus” tracks “Oh Well,” “The Green Manilishi (With The Two Prong Crown),” and “World In Harmony,” the only Fleetwood Mac song co-written by Peter Green and Danny Kirwan.
It was the last song Peter Green recorded with Fleetwood Mac. Subsequent reissues of Then Play On have included additional songs, including “The Green Manilishi (With The Two Prong Crown),” initially released as a single in 1970. The follow-up, the two-part epic “Oh Well,” however, would go on to become a perennial staple in the group’s setlist. “Rattlesnake Shake,” a charismatic exercise in blues and fan favorite during the group’s concerts, failed to light up the charts when it was released as the album’s first single. While the album moves from mellow, pastoral strains (“Closing My Eyes,” “When You Say,” “Although The Sun Is Shining,” “My Dream”) to various refinements of the blues (“Show-Biz Blues,” “One Sunny Day,” “Without You”)and improvisation (“Fighting For Madge,” “Searching For Madge”), there are some obvious stand-out tracks. The end product is a cavalcade of diversity that not only touches on the blues, but also contains bits of rock, folk, jazz, orchestral, and psychedelic music styles. He and Green also handled all the guitars and vocals. Kirwan, however, seized the opportunity and wrote half the songs. Much to his chagrin, Spencer’s role Then Play On was minimal, adding only a little piano to “Oh Well,” which didn’t even appear on the original UK pressing of the album. Green also encouraged other members to contribute to the songwriting. With three guitarists - Green, Spencer, and Kirwan- on board, Fleetwood Mac was equipped to tap into a multi-dimensional, layered sound. Enter guitarist Danny Kirwan and the band’s third album, 1969’s Then Play On. His love for improvisation provided a template to develop any number of ideas, but Green needed help in expanding his vision beyond the simple blues structures that he, second guitarist Jeremy Spencer, bassist John McVie, and drummer Mick Fleetwood had been working within.
In reality, Green was aiming to transcend the label and strived to take the band down a myriad of musical paths. In the 1960s, Fleetwood Mac was regarded as a pure blues band, primarily at the behest of guitarist and songwriter Peter Green.
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