Show-Biz Blues

Show-Biz Blues
Compilation album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	26 June 2001
Recorded	1968–70
Genre	Blues rock
Label	Receiver Records

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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^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Soul Dressing" ("Jazz Beat" BBC Session) (Booker T. & The M.G.'s cover)	Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Lewie Steinberg	1966-02-02	3:47
2.	"If You Want to Be Happy" ("Jazz Beat" BBC Session) (Jimmy Soul cover)	Frank Guida, Carmela Guida, Joseph Royster	1966-02-02	2:28
3.	"Outrage" ("Jazz Beat" BBC Session) (Booker T. & The M.G.'s cover)	William Allen Jr., Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg	1966-02-02	2:47
4.	"The Sun Is Shining" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Elmore James cover)	Elmore James	1968-01-16	3:02
5.	"Don't Be Cruel" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Elvis Presley cover)	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	1968-01-16	1:40
6.	"I'm So Lonely and Blue" ("Nightride" BBC Session)	Jeremy Spencer	1968-04-16	3:53
7.	"How Blue Can You Get?" ("Nightride" BBC Session) (B.B. King cover)	Leonard Feather	1968-04-16	3:36
8.	"My Baby's Sweeter" ("Nightride" BBC Session) (Homesick James cover)	Homesick James	1968-04-16	3:38
9.	"Long Grey Mare" ("Nightride" BBC Session)	Peter Green	1968-04-16	1:58
10.	"Buzz Me Baby" ("Nightride" BBC Session) (B.B. King cover)	Fleecy Moore, Dave Dexter Jr.	1968-04-16	3:33
11.	"Mind of My Own" ("Top Gear" BBC Session)	Danny Kirwan	1968-08-26	2:59
12.	"I Have to Laugh" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Otis Rush cover)	Otis Rush, Dave Clark	1968-08-26	3:27
13.	"You're the One" ("Top Gear" BBC Session) (Buddy Holly cover)	Buddy Holly, Ray Corbin, Waylon Jennings	1968-08-26	2:05
14.	"Do You Give a Damn for Me" (Early version of "Show-Biz Blues", alternative take to Vaudeville Years)	Green	1969	3:58
15.	"Him and Me" (Early version of "Show-Biz Blues")	Green	1969	4:02
16.	"Show-Biz Blues" (Alternative take #2)	Green	1969	4:06
17.	"Fast Talking Woman Blues" (Remake of "Drifting", alternative take)	Green	1969-10	3:22
18.	"World in Harmony" (Alternative take #2)	Kirwan, Green	1970	3:24
19.	"Leaving Town Blues" ("Top Gear" BBC Session)	Green	1970-04-27	3:49

Tracks 1–3 are not performed by Fleetwood Mac, but by Peter B's Looners (credits below).

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.^{[citation needed]}

Disc Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Black Magic Woman" (Live at the Boston Tea Party)	Green	1970-02-05	7:39
2.	"Jumping at Shadows" (Live at the Boston Tea Party) (Duster Bennett cover)	Anthony Bennett	1970-02-05	5:24
3.	"Rattlesnake Shake / Underway" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)	Green	1970-04-09	14:06
4.	"Stranger Blues" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (Elmore James cover)	Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis	1970-04-09	4:15
5.	"World in Harmony" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)	Kirwan, Green	1970-04-09	3:32
6.	"Tiger" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (Fabian cover)	Ollie Jones	1970-04-09	3:22
7.	"The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)	Green	1970-04-09	15:15
8.	"Coming Your Way" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London)	Kirwan	1970-04-09	7:32
9.	"Great Balls of Fire" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)	Blackwell, Jack Hammer	1970-04-09	2:32
10.	"Twist and Shout" (Live at the Paris Cinema, London) (The Isley Brothers cover)	Phil Medley, Bert Russell	1970-04-09	7:45

• Disc 2 consists of live recordings.

Credits

Peter B's Looners (1-1 to 1–3)

• Peter Bardens – keyboards
• Peter Green – guitar
• David Ambrose – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Fleetwood Mac (remainder)

• Peter Green – guitar, vocals
• Jeremy Spencer – guitar, vocals
• Danny Kirwan – guitar, vocals (1–11 to end)
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

References

1. Show-Biz Blues at AllMusic
2. "Show Biz Blues: 1968–1970, Volume 2". fleetwoodmac.net. Retrieved 9 January 2017.