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Then Play On
Considered Fleetwood Mac’s transitional album, Then Play On (1969) was the last studio album to feature founder/guitarist Peter Green. Tensions between Green and slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer were high and resulted in Spencer sitting this album out. Perhaps as a result, Green is at his artistic peak here. Though there is still a blues element to the album (“Underway,” “Like Crying,” “Show-Biz Blues”), Spencer’s slide guitar and Elmore James-inspired songs are replaced with the more rock-oriented mark of the young Danny Kirwan. “Although the Sun Is Shining,” for instance, predicts the band’s future soft-rock phase and, ultimately, Rumours. Then Play On is a diverse and adventurous album, incorporating wall-of-sound guitars (“Rattlesnake Shake”), instrumental jams with surprise symphonic segments (“Searching for Madge” and “Fighting for Madge”), and Afro-Cuban rhythms (“Coming Your Way”). It’s also full of energy and compelling guitar work. Note: there are two different versions of this LP; this track listing reflects the original US version.
Then Play On Catalog Number: Reprise RS 6368
Then Play On Track Listing:
Side One
1. Coming Your Way – 3:47
2. Closing My Eyes – 4:55
3. Fighting for Madge – 2:49
4. When You Say – 4:32
5. Show-Biz Blues – 3:55
6. Underway – 2:54
Side Two
1. Although the Sun Is Shining – 2:26
2. Rattlesnake Shake – 3:31
3. Searching for Madge – 6:58
4. My Dream – 3:34
5. Like Crying – 2:24
6. Before the Beginning – 3:26
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