The Original Fleetwood Mac


The Original Fleetwood Mac is a compilation album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, first released in May 1971. It consists of various outtakes recorded by the first incarnation of the band in 1967–68. The album was re-released in 2000 with four extra tracks, and re-released in 2004 with seven different extra tracks.
"First Train Home", "Rambling Pony No.2" and an instrumental composition titled "Fleetwood Mac" were recorded at Decca's West Hempstead studios in the summer of 1967. This collection marked the first time that "First Train Home" and "Fleetwood Mac" were released on an album. Green commented that he initiated the sessions for these three songs with the intentions of releasing an extended play. He said that "when we finished the recordings, I called one of our numbers 'Fleetwood Mac' in tribute to Mick and John's participation."
The "No. 2" addendum to "Rambling Pony" was designated by Mike Vernon to denote that it was the second released version of the song. All remaining tracks on the collection were recorded at CBS Studios on New Bond Street.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Green, except where noted.
  1. "Drifting"
  2. "Leaving Town Blues"
  3. "Watch Out"
  4. "A Fool No More"
  5. "Mean Old Fireman"
  6. "Can't Afford to Do It"
  7. "Fleetwood Mac"
  8. "Worried Dream"
  9. "Love That Woman"
  10. "Allow Me One More Show"
  11. "First Train Home"
  12. "Rambling Pony No. 2"

Extra tracks on re-release (2000)

  1. "Mighty Cold"
  2. "Jumping at Shadows"
  3. "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite"
  4. "Man of Action"

Extra tracks on re-release (2004)

  1. "Watch Out" –
  2. "Something Inside of Me" –
  3. "Something Inside of Me" –
  4. "Something Inside of Me" –
  5. "One Sunny Day" –
  6. "Without You" –
  7. "Coming Your Way" –

Credits

Additional musicians