Its been less interesting without you spewing your self-refuting racist, homophobic reactionary garbage, I'd be interesting in refuting more of your crap if you'd show the balls to unblock me and actually respond to my criticisms instead of changing the topic to an attack against other positions rather than providing a defense of your own
I actually have a (possibly) "Better" version, live, Part 1 only, from a West German concert on W.G. Vinyl, which I picked up at a car boot sale for £1. Unscratched and Immaculate, when the drums kick in it takes your Breath away. One day I will post it when I have the hardware and software to do so. Although this is Perfect, the other one reminds me what playing Live ought to be all about. Shame that not all live versions are as good; down to the soundmen I guess.
Peter's 25 year old son,Liam Firlej has little knowledge of his fathers music. However, he composes classical pieces that are SO similar to pt 2....Check out The Creators Warrior on MySpace-that's his stuff..
So good to hear this in it's entirety, as Green God intended!
@sepulthrax This IS the "old" Fleetwood Mac, as started by Peter Green. He gave them the name Fleetwood Mac as he knew he wasn't going to stay with them forever, and he wanted them to be able to carry on without him. They existed from 1967 to 1970 and gave us a tremendous body of work, but sadly we all want More.
We used to always play this on the juke box while playing pinball in the back of the doughnut shop…it took two plays to get part two because that’s what really makes the song…
Fleetwood Mac was never the same after Peter Green…
ahhh... before fleetwood mac "sold out".. they were underground and very cool to just listen to . i remember the old console sterio and the lights down kicking back and taking it all in.
The long version is a classic of 60's rock, simply put. Part 2, even though piano plays a part, is reminiscent of the Mac's early "Albatross," which was practically unheard in the US. As much as I love Stevie & Lindsey, I always come back to Peter Green, Danny Kirwan & Jeremy Spencer. Thank you SO SO MUCH for posting this, it has been a long time coming.
My dad used to sing this to me and my sis when we were really young, and i can rememeber him singing this in the bath . great memories for me i never forgot this.
Wow. I've never been jealous of such a large group of posters. Thanks for the descriptions of the old shows. 1968 sounds like it was a wonderful year.
Love this version. The last 50-60% of this version reminds me of an ending to a particular Moody Blues song.
@CBLaubach - I think you are correct and i think it is tragic.
out here in the colonies,we waited for vinyl to arrive on wharf from UK.Then waited another six months for the wharfies t o release it.Only came out on 45 over here{NZ].Matched with Man of the world,we Rocked our souls
Have this on vinyl and the inferior produced CD version,still stands the test of time,great track ,terrific album,the master of Dorian scales and minor chords,superior melodic playing,but also a great composer.
@CaptRaven54 I actually do like the stuff that Mac did when the women were there.Though I do understand how you feel cause this stuff is GREAT.....but man whatever you do.DON'T say anything even remotely like what you said here on any Fleetwood Mac post that features Stevie Nicks.You won't hear the end of it ! Trust me. I speak from experience. lol
I remember hearing this when it first came out - way back in the day. It's even better now, as it seems the bar has dropped considerably over the years!
@PinkFloydFan413 " I always thought the 2nd part should be the soundtrack to a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western cowboy movie." I made a similar comment earlier that it sounds like this song may have been influenced by Ennio Morricone's scores for those films.I'm curious to know if Peter Green and the rest of the band did this conciously or if it just sort of came about that way ?
I remember this so well - there was nothing like the music Peter Green was creating at the time. Hearing Oh Well Pt1 on the radio and hoping - usually without success - that they'd play Pt2. The loss of this creative force to the sickness of the age - namely drugs - was such a loss. I hope the man has found some peace.
Love this album and also Future Games LP. I graduated from high school during this time, 1969. We had such good music in those days. Now I shall go look for the Future Games music on here. Thanks for posting. Love the end of this song too.
@Ljignjica I have the original single, c/w Part two on the B side. But you wouldn't want it, Part 2 is scratched to death, and Part 1 isn't but only due to the fact that I had that on the Greatest Hits Album, and recorded it onto tape so's I wouldn't keep on scratching that!. But I still had to scratch the B side of the single just to plat Part 2 for the next 30 odd years!. So Great, to hear it clean!. Had to pause it, to be able to post this, so now I am off to hear the rest!.
There are "classics" and then there are CLASSICS! This is one of those. I have this on Vinyl. Even the art work is a master piece. One of the great album covers of all time. The song "Oh Well" stands apart and unique even in its own genera and time. At 6 minutes into the song the piano lifts it into the ethereal plane, then @ 6: and 35 just when you think it's over... acoustic flamenco rush. Also stands as one of the greatest arrangements ever. DYNAMICS nailed! Anyone do this quality anymore?
@valleyofgalon They say don't judge a book by its cover -but not in this case. The cover pictured above makes a promise, and the music inside fulfills it. Truly great album!
left my ipod home when driving two days ago, imagine my surprise, in 2011 on FM radio to hear around 6 pm at night, the entire Peter Green version of Oh Well, it gave me hope again. Excellent post.
You might, if you can, re-title this "Oh Well, parts 1 & 2" which is the official title and would help differentiate it from the later less good, IMHO, version.
Peter Green is my favourite Musician. His Guitar Work Is Amazing, Song Writing Is Sooooooo Underrated. And Also A Fantastic Singer, Not To Mention That His Guitar Style Relates So Much To His Harmonica Playings. LOVE!!!
@newsfromtheasylum As The Babyboomkido pointed out, Green did indeed leave the band in 1970, but he was briefly drafted in as an emergency measure to help them with their US tour the following year when Jeremy Spencer left to join the Children of God.
If you listen to the media, Peter Green went into a Barrett like decline, but I saw him play in the mid eighties and he was fantastic, so I'm not sure you can believe everything you read and see. As regards the instrumental here, the piano bit here is a little like Atlantis.
What a rare recording, eh? Peter Green had a musical imagination bigger than I could imagine. How wonderful to go from a "jungle" jam to a slow "classical" instrumental. I agree with manolo96052 above; for my tastes and money, here is the "real" Fleetwood Mac.
I was lucky to have seen fleetwood mac with peter green, march 12 1971 (40 years ago today) at the east town theatre in detroit. this was just after jeremy spencer, went out to buy a magazine to read one night and dissappeared into the cult the children of god.so not to void their tour contract fleetwood begged green, (who had already left the group) to finish the tour with them and he agreed. lucky me! and appearing with them on the bill that night....black sabbath. was I lucky or what!?!
@TheBabyboomkidof53 If I were 10 years older ( born in 61 ), I would have been right there with you @ east town or the Grande, seeing these guys, or the Mc5, Stooges, or all the other acts. I sometimes became envious of my older sib's, but am comforted with the knowledge that I am 10 years younger. I grew up on WABX, and remember hearing this full version often, by the mid 70's I couldn't even find the album, I had to order it. Greed killed it all, that and phucking disco.
@phactreerat The death of that type of whole rock & roll scene wasn't disco, but what cause that type rock & roll that killed off teenage innocence and bore the days of rage and rebellion; the most single cause that banded us together and screamed out into the darkness for those days of rock & roll rage to come out of hiding and be born; the one single massive monster we all fought against finally died...the Viet Nam War; they end that and it end the movement as it was in those days.
@phactreerat it was a great time in southeastern michigan. the biggest loss isn't the music or the places or the events but the loss of community and mutual kinship everyone had at that time. everyone went away and got busy with life but left behind something of great value.....but enough of that....wabx, was the first place I ever heard an entire album side played without a dj stepping all over it. I think it was led zepplin 2 side 2. all advertising was done by "headshops," or concert venues.
@TheBabyboomkidof53 I recall that night very clearly; I was sitting in the balcony, right side looking at the stage; front row across the aisle from the spot light guy; you recall between the band change ups, the played Grateful Dead's Casey Jones while showing an old train movie then when it go to the end running it backwards. Unbelievable the groups I got to see for a few dollars at either the Grande, Eastown or West Side Six...Sabbath out did themselves that night...Fleetwood surpreme.
@grandeballroom1968 Wow far out! I was rightside balcony too. dont recall the train movie (molesting my girlfriend). actually thats why I was there because she had bought the first blacksabbath album and wanted to see them. but when mac came out and said peter green was joinning them I was like" the fuck you say!!" forgot about her and grooved on mac. I had all their stuff to date and couldn't believe my good fortune. still I wish jeremy spencer had been there too..loved his slide guitar stuff.
@grandeballroom1968 you know on second thought I do remember that movie at the eastown....just been so long and I was so stoned at the time.....but yeah it's coming back to me. my girlfriend was laughing and got me to watching the train go backwards. thanks for giving me a memory back I'd lost.
@TheBabyboomkidof53 You must also recall Tartar Field, Rouge Park, Belle Island, Cass Lake, and all the great FREE concerts there along with all the other happening things; Kennedy Square [now gone]; love ins, hate ins, kite ins, bike ins; we all made every minute count from 1965 to 1972; we live a life that no before or after will ever be able to experience; how about the Cass Lake rumble when the local yocals boys in blue tried to bust everyone for booze or pot; we sent them packing.
@grandeballroom1968 Recall guys being chased up trees by the cops; the cops wouldn't climb the trees; dudes starting pissing on the cops...LMAO! Laughed so hard fell off the canoeing dock area into the water.
A few organized the rest and then drove back the police and sent them running over the small bridge to the parking lot with a few of them falling into the nasty canal under the bridge.......now that was a hippies paradise.
@grandeballroom1968 spent alot of time at cass lake....hippie paradise. wasn't their the day of the riot but I cheered when I heard it. after the news stations told about it next day their was twice as many kids as usual and crowds get bigger and bigger. I was still a senior in high school but once it was over we headed straight to cass. I made tartar field maybe twice. none of the others. I lived in troy. went to the birmingham puladium alot too. Mac played there as well.
@Chaky1974 There are on the vinyl single, which was very annoying when you had to turn it over! Many thanks to the uploader ~ as you say it should be heard as ONE song. To me it seems Mr Green not only influenced Led Zepp (Black Dog) but also Derek (Eric) and the Dominoes (Layla ~ song + instrumental).
Only remember Part 1 from the AM radio back in 1969 as a real young kid, finally to hear the full song in late-2010 on another YT video. This incredible long play is proof how Fleetwood Mac was totally underserved in the US during their late-60's blues incarnation and how much better and more innovative they were than the soft-rock FM who would find major success in the US and UK only 8 years later with Rumours.
The first part of this song kicks a tremendous amount of ass. The second part kinda brings me down. I mean, considering what he was going through around the time he was writing this stuff, it really is reflected in the music. The guy was beginning to take a Syd Barrett-like turn. Both parts are amazing in their own way. Part one makes me want to rock out. Part two makes me want to hide in a dark room.
@dandeeinco I've just checked your channel. You're young to have lost a parent and I feel for you. I lost my mum five years ago but I'm much older than you are. All the best.
I remember seeing them at the Roundhouse in dagenham in 1970, a small hall at the side of a pub. it cost about ten bob (fifty pence) to get in. if they played now it`d be to ten thousand at the O2 and you`d need a mortgage to afford a ticket plus the rip off booking fee. Great days then, seeing future legends for a few pence
@chiefashley56 Agree that Danny is contributing as much as Green as far as riffs-watch their live performance-Kirwan is kickin on it-without his riffs song just wouldn't be as great!
I'm a hippie living in a fairly large detatched house in California around 1969/70. This song is playing. It's a really hot day. My kids are building lego models on the living room floor. Later on I might drive to a spring and go skinny dipping with my beautiful brunnete wife. Tommorow I'll drive to San Fran to work in my record store
That's the dream I had last night. In reality I'm a 16 year old kid living South UK. Why can't that dream be true?
@Django5198 Pity you're not more drawn to Waterloo Sunset. You'd have more of chance of your dream coming true. You mention SF, that was the last time I visited with Peter Green. He was headlining the first John Lee Hooker Memorial Concert. After soundcheck, he and I went to a used guitar store. Three posters behind the cashier featured Clapton, Hendrix, and, in the middle, Peter himself. Peter was fiddling with a belly banjo when the center poster caught his eye. "Is that me," he asked.
I could sum up my life in one song and it would be this one ~ Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Parts I & II . btw ~ part ii is classical and worth a listen...
designermite 3 days ago
Peter Green.... Great Genious!!! Love this song very much... rocks and blows my head out!!!!
claudiafloyd 5 months ago
love this freaking song...awesome!!!
dapanf7110 5 months ago
Saw them do this when I was a Teen.. Many, Many Moons ago and I still rock out!!!!
merlin6945 5 months ago
Saw them do this when I was a Teen.. Many, Many Moons ago and I still rock out!!!!
merlin6945 5 months ago
@why760nitro
Its been less interesting without you spewing your self-refuting racist, homophobic reactionary garbage, I'd be interesting in refuting more of your crap if you'd show the balls to unblock me and actually respond to my criticisms instead of changing the topic to an attack against other positions rather than providing a defense of your own
redcommander27 5 months ago
NO COMMENT at all
TheMrAjaschi 5 months ago
I actually have a (possibly) "Better" version, live, Part 1 only, from a West German concert on W.G. Vinyl, which I picked up at a car boot sale for £1. Unscratched and Immaculate, when the drums kick in it takes your Breath away. One day I will post it when I have the hardware and software to do so. Although this is Perfect, the other one reminds me what playing Live ought to be all about. Shame that not all live versions are as good; down to the soundmen I guess.
Tornfreedom 5 months ago
It's a Peter's Green composition. Ha was, then, one of the Fleetwood Mac members.
mpapajim 5 months ago
I can't find a video of part2.. anyone know of one on here? Be nice to see who's playing what and when.
lefeudebout 5 months ago
and to think i never gave fleetwood mac a proper listen.. i'm ashamed after hearing this lmao :D
0vaDaWudz 6 months ago
Peter's 25 year old son,Liam Firlej has little knowledge of his fathers music. However, he composes classical pieces that are SO similar to pt 2....Check out The Creators Warrior on MySpace-that's his stuff..
So good to hear this in it's entirety, as Green God intended!
MrJameswingham 6 months ago
AWESOME SONG>>>> LOVE IT
99drpepper 6 months ago
One of rocks all time greats!!!!!!!!!!!! kicker song ///// The Good Bad And The Ugley???
MrZepplen 6 months ago
One of rocks all time greats!!!!!!!!!!!! kicker song
MrZepplen 6 months ago
The solo starting around 6:40 reminds me of a bull and matador about to square off.
Warjacki 6 months ago
the "old" Fleetwood Mac were pretty good as well
sepulthrax 6 months ago
@sepulthrax This IS the "old" Fleetwood Mac, as started by Peter Green. He gave them the name Fleetwood Mac as he knew he wasn't going to stay with them forever, and he wanted them to be able to carry on without him. They existed from 1967 to 1970 and gave us a tremendous body of work, but sadly we all want More.
Tornfreedom 5 months ago
Fleetwood Mac, Ohhhhhh Wellllll
kiroy54 6 months ago
the end always reminds me of white sands new mexico. beautiful, lonely, desolate, primal.
mailmanx141 6 months ago 2
@mailmanx141 funny how we all paint the musical picture.......for me the 2nd half, running in wheat frields
sirwob 2 days ago
Classic…
We used to always play this on the juke box while playing pinball in the back of the doughnut shop…it took two plays to get part two because that’s what really makes the song…
Fleetwood Mac was never the same after Peter Green…
vacawoody1 6 months ago
infinite likes (y)
Juliana12321 6 months ago
one of the gretest by one of the optimum bands.....freak
jimbeaux70427 6 months ago
one of my favortrite albums
mumblzplaya 6 months ago
thank you so mutch you roc honest you made my day please dont judest me you never caught it did you rock and roll till we die
MsMeatloaf69 6 months ago
And they were english
mochanbach 6 months ago
* * * * *
A W E S O M E
sirronald69 6 months ago
Ah Peter Green..Ah...
777Sappho 6 months ago
am now a grampa.....yeah heard this at penn state 72 nam era, loots of weed ol' milwaulkee....sweet poontang
rondaine1 6 months ago
So good to hear this! I have the original studio master, but my tape deck is broken. Thank you:)
louiseduvee 6 months ago
Hele fijne herinneringen uit mijn jeugd ! Thanks for sharing
coatzcoatl 6 months ago
ahhh... before fleetwood mac "sold out".. they were underground and very cool to just listen to . i remember the old console sterio and the lights down kicking back and taking it all in.
65Moondoggy 6 months ago
this sounds like it'd be in that movie oh brother where art thou
livetoskate1992 6 months ago
i haven't found any postings by related to "KilnHouse" yet.i think it's their ammage to america rock and find it to be one of the greats
nomiclas 6 months ago
The long version is a classic of 60's rock, simply put. Part 2, even though piano plays a part, is reminiscent of the Mac's early "Albatross," which was practically unheard in the US. As much as I love Stevie & Lindsey, I always come back to Peter Green, Danny Kirwan & Jeremy Spencer. Thank you SO SO MUCH for posting this, it has been a long time coming.
HeartoftheDragonColo 6 months ago
hauntingly beautiful, especially part II. Bless you my dearest friend Peter Green. So luck to have you in my life!
Be well.
2lips2u 6 months ago
Punk threw out many babies with the bathwater...:\
Wish I was of the age for Prog' Rock.
JayGOS117 6 months ago
This song still put my skin like electricity!
Thanks for share
merzhin 7 months ago
My dad used to sing this to me and my sis when we were really young, and i can rememeber him singing this in the bath . great memories for me i never forgot this.
numberonesun 7 months ago
Wow. I've never been jealous of such a large group of posters. Thanks for the descriptions of the old shows. 1968 sounds like it was a wonderful year.
Love this version. The last 50-60% of this version reminds me of an ending to a particular Moody Blues song.
@CBLaubach - I think you are correct and i think it is tragic.
daviddickhead 7 months ago
Seriously...why can't musicians write songs like these nowadays? Are our attention spans too brief?
CBLaubach 7 months ago
4 people got the answer they didn't want.
musicmovie240 7 months ago
who would not like this song there s 4 people that are wrong in there mind
rockfordfosgate2 7 months ago
WOW!!! Great post. Thanks for uploading. One of my favorite songs while in the AF overseas!!
donwon52 7 months ago
out here in the colonies,we waited for vinyl to arrive on wharf from UK.Then waited another six months for the wharfies t o release it.Only came out on 45 over here{NZ].Matched with Man of the world,we Rocked our souls
colonnaable 7 months ago
Peter Green made fleetwood mac a rockin band
79tazman 7 months ago
Rewelacja!
jasio53 7 months ago
comment??
Sterreism 7 months ago
You hear a lot about the Grande ballroom, but not to much about the East town. I was born in 61 so I missed them both by a few years...bummer.
phactreerat 8 months ago
Have this on vinyl and the inferior produced CD version,still stands the test of time,great track ,terrific album,the master of Dorian scales and minor chords,superior melodic playing,but also a great composer.
jasonjuliushaekcmedi 8 months ago
@jasonjuliushaekcmedi So if the digital version is so inferior, why comment on... a digitizedversion of the song?
What would you think if the song was remastered in the FLAC format? Or maybe, a fresh (unplayed) vinyl made into FLAC?
bluephreakr 7 months ago
Wow! Who gave the thumbs down on this?! Thanks for sharing!
mishalittlejohn 8 months ago
Thanks for post this.
strangerinwhite 8 months ago
i LOVE THE 2ND HALF OF THIS SONG!
TheDariusFontaine 8 months ago 10
@TheDariusFontaine Yes dear, me too!!
debruggen1 8 months ago
@TheDariusFontaine prefer the first :P
MickkeyM80 7 months ago
@MickkeyM80 Potato po-tot-to, tomato toe-mot-toe... let's call the whole damn thing off!. "he he he"
TheDariusFontaine 7 months ago
@TheDariusFontaine
Amen to that!
It doesn't sound particularly complex or flashy, but it's so haunting, wordlessly conveying regret.
A real pity that few radio stations ever allow it to play over the air.
PinkOld 6 months ago
Wow, i love that album cover
DimebagJim420 8 months ago
Stop talking about your dead mum's!
PotatoMayoDrink 8 months ago
Still have the original album cover and vinyl....although a bit worn out!!
retrorona 8 months ago
Huge, huge, huge favorite.....did I say Huge! Always and forever!!!
retrorona 8 months ago
Rock on!!
iRockfan178 8 months ago
What twisted nincompoops 'Disliked' this? My faith I despair!
Fantastic stuff, thanks for posting this, it takes me right back . . .
therobbiesmith 8 months ago
came out when I was just a tot, but I have always loved this song!
nicksfantoo 8 months ago
Thank you very much indeed for posting the complete version of this magnificent masterpiece. Peace.
iggymak 8 months ago
This is what the REAL Fleetwood Mac was all about.....GREAT music unlike when the women took over the group....they made pop clap trap garbage....
CaptRaven54 8 months ago
@CaptRaven54 I actually do like the stuff that Mac did when the women were there.Though I do understand how you feel cause this stuff is GREAT.....but man whatever you do.DON'T say anything even remotely like what you said here on any Fleetwood Mac post that features Stevie Nicks.You won't hear the end of it ! Trust me. I speak from experience. lol
TRANZEURO 8 months ago
zo af en toe is deze ouwe gouwe leuk om naar te luisteren.henk.w
eisingahuis1 8 months ago
I remember finding this in a cupboard upstairs when I was about 12. Played it and I was mesmorised. I recall it from time to time with much fondness.
dlmmorris 8 months ago
hope it stay's up this time
jcurlymoe 8 months ago 2
I remember hearing this when it first came out - way back in the day. It's even better now, as it seems the bar has dropped considerably over the years!
scottishwomble1988 8 months ago 2
This truly is a masterpiece
fenixred1278 8 months ago 2
this is one of the best rock songs i've ever heard. and i feel like i've heard them all. rock and roll baby.
dragonzen4 8 months ago 12
oh wow!!!!!!!
marieesther1967 9 months ago 2
This is a real classic of its day! Excellent!
MrStevemyname 9 months ago
What an awesome blues-rock guitar tune! Expertly written, performed and produced!
MikeOso2 9 months ago
glimmer2158, yes, I think way before Layla. I want to say 1969
jimmymcmenamin 9 months ago
My favourite musicians are Peter Green and Brian Wilson, both have known mental problems, as I have. Both are geniuses.
Peter Green's FM was the real Fleetwood Mac !
nottsday 9 months ago
I always thought the 2nd part should be the sound track to a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western cowboy movie. But it never happened - oh well.
PinkFloydFan413 9 months ago 2
@PinkFloydFan413 " I always thought the 2nd part should be the soundtrack to a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western cowboy movie." I made a similar comment earlier that it sounds like this song may have been influenced by Ennio Morricone's scores for those films.I'm curious to know if Peter Green and the rest of the band did this conciously or if it just sort of came about that way ?
TRANZEURO 8 months ago 2
I remember this so well - there was nothing like the music Peter Green was creating at the time. Hearing Oh Well Pt1 on the radio and hoping - usually without success - that they'd play Pt2. The loss of this creative force to the sickness of the age - namely drugs - was such a loss. I hope the man has found some peace.
mitcheprm 9 months ago
Classic of a Blues tune, going into Great rockn roll.....
711stevieray 9 months ago
Love this album and also Future Games LP. I graduated from high school during this time, 1969. We had such good music in those days. Now I shall go look for the Future Games music on here. Thanks for posting. Love the end of this song too.
terrikitties 9 months ago
This is my favorite pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac tune.
HippieFreak93 9 months ago
I never heard this full version before.Great stuff.
smithsmithdt 9 months ago
Well, can anybody explain why three deaf people decided to listen to Oh Well and after NOT hearing this truly amazing song voted NO?
piosta18 9 months ago
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2004done 8 months ago
@piosta18 : Huh? What? you'll have to speak up, I'm listening to the REAL 'Mac.
2004done 8 months ago 2
ohhh I want this vinyl <3
Ljignjica 9 months ago
@Ljignjica I have the original single, c/w Part two on the B side. But you wouldn't want it, Part 2 is scratched to death, and Part 1 isn't but only due to the fact that I had that on the Greatest Hits Album, and recorded it onto tape so's I wouldn't keep on scratching that!. But I still had to scratch the B side of the single just to plat Part 2 for the next 30 odd years!. So Great, to hear it clean!. Had to pause it, to be able to post this, so now I am off to hear the rest!.
Tornfreedom 5 months ago
There are "classics" and then there are CLASSICS! This is one of those. I have this on Vinyl. Even the art work is a master piece. One of the great album covers of all time. The song "Oh Well" stands apart and unique even in its own genera and time. At 6 minutes into the song the piano lifts it into the ethereal plane, then @ 6: and 35 just when you think it's over... acoustic flamenco rush. Also stands as one of the greatest arrangements ever. DYNAMICS nailed! Anyone do this quality anymore?
valleyofgalon 9 months ago
@valleyofgalon They say don't judge a book by its cover -but not in this case. The cover pictured above makes a promise, and the music inside fulfills it. Truly great album!
piosta18 9 months ago
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3 people give a shit about what other people think about them
1787dude 9 months ago
left my ipod home when driving two days ago, imagine my surprise, in 2011 on FM radio to hear around 6 pm at night, the entire Peter Green version of Oh Well, it gave me hope again. Excellent post.
0marigolds 9 months ago 2
greatest english soul guitarist, go on greeny
sabrehill1 9 months ago
amazing song
MrJonmenezes 10 months ago
Why all the Layla comparisons? All I'm hearing is Black Dog by Led Zeppelin.
katie180502 10 months ago
I'm wondering why the questions about what came first, Oh Well or Layla. They don't sound anything alike.
PoliceBoy465 10 months ago
Are you Kidding? It's a classic, who wouldn't love it :)
Those who matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter !!
~anonymous
GiniaMarie1 10 months ago
bad ass song. i was thirteen then. Moon landing and Oh well. A great combination.
jamesnewton777 10 months ago
layla.. summer of 1970... oh well... summer of 1969
Ezwider109 10 months ago
Like Old Yeller "There ain't never gonna be another one like him neither' - this song is so original so I can't help but to be partial to 70's music.
brightpath57 10 months ago
You might, if you can, re-title this "Oh Well, parts 1 & 2" which is the official title and would help differentiate it from the later less good, IMHO, version.
TheRblangl 10 months ago
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There's a live version someplace on YT.
jenniferjuniper97 10 months ago
There's a love version someplace on YT.
jenniferjuniper97 10 months ago
Been a favorite of mine for many years now.
7thsoncreations 10 months ago
Reminds me of Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield...thats a good thing btw
goneshootin22 10 months ago
but don't ask me what i think of you;
i might not give the answer that you want me to!
oh well...
porcupotomus 10 months ago
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smokiebird06 10 months ago
The lyric arrangement inspired the arrangement in Black Dog by Zeppelin!
sjstazz96 10 months ago
@sjstazz96 indeed it did, both excellent songs btw :)
GranDrJ 10 months ago
The slow part would fit into a western movie, like in a scene where someone rides across the desert.
Warjacki 10 months ago
Hence where early Mike Oldfield came from. Listen to Hergest Ridge.
CaptainBluebear08 10 months ago
man ive loved peter green for a long time. but i had no idea that the other seven or so minutes of this song existed
CptCool44 11 months ago
Can't you imagine Peter Green laying in bed one night and he suddenly sits up and thinks, "Hey, I have an idea for a song!"
smokiebird06 11 months ago
Ain't gonna be anyone like Peter Green again.
smokiebird06 11 months ago
Peter Green is my favourite Musician. His Guitar Work Is Amazing, Song Writing Is Sooooooo Underrated. And Also A Fantastic Singer, Not To Mention That His Guitar Style Relates So Much To His Harmonica Playings. LOVE!!!
DiabolicalDopeheads 11 months ago 2
I love the instrumental part of this song! It is awesome!
Pilotpatty1 11 months ago
Love it!
joemi1966 11 months ago
There is a shorter killer version on their 4 cd set "25 Years" only one requirement, turn it up really loud :-)
claptongroupie 11 months ago
Pete Green last played with the band on 20th May 1970, so sorry to TheBabyboomkido but you didn't see him with them in 1971.
newsfromtheasylum 11 months ago
@newsfromtheasylum As The Babyboomkido pointed out, Green did indeed leave the band in 1970, but he was briefly drafted in as an emergency measure to help them with their US tour the following year when Jeremy Spencer left to join the Children of God.
KPMAK68 11 months ago
Pete Green last played with the band on 20th May 1970, so sorry to TheBabyboomkido but you didn't see him with them in 1971.
newsfromtheasylum 11 months ago
If you listen to the media, Peter Green went into a Barrett like decline, but I saw him play in the mid eighties and he was fantastic, so I'm not sure you can believe everything you read and see. As regards the instrumental here, the piano bit here is a little like Atlantis.
SuperNevile 11 months ago
I could have swore I heard the insturmental part of this on The Kill Bill movies...does anybody know?
jeffyjobluegrass 11 months ago
@jeffyjobluegrass no its different, the song you are thinking of is "the grand duel (parte prima) by luis bacalov"
sscarafile 9 months ago
What a rare recording, eh? Peter Green had a musical imagination bigger than I could imagine. How wonderful to go from a "jungle" jam to a slow "classical" instrumental. I agree with manolo96052 above; for my tastes and money, here is the "real" Fleetwood Mac.
gspsutube1 11 months ago
I was lucky to have seen fleetwood mac with peter green, march 12 1971 (40 years ago today) at the east town theatre in detroit. this was just after jeremy spencer, went out to buy a magazine to read one night and dissappeared into the cult the children of god.so not to void their tour contract fleetwood begged green, (who had already left the group) to finish the tour with them and he agreed. lucky me! and appearing with them on the bill that night....black sabbath. was I lucky or what!?!
TheBabyboomkidof53 11 months ago 19
@TheBabyboomkidof53 If I were 10 years older ( born in 61 ), I would have been right there with you @ east town or the Grande, seeing these guys, or the Mc5, Stooges, or all the other acts. I sometimes became envious of my older sib's, but am comforted with the knowledge that I am 10 years younger. I grew up on WABX, and remember hearing this full version often, by the mid 70's I couldn't even find the album, I had to order it. Greed killed it all, that and phucking disco.
phactreerat 7 months ago
@phactreerat The death of that type of whole rock & roll scene wasn't disco, but what cause that type rock & roll that killed off teenage innocence and bore the days of rage and rebellion; the most single cause that banded us together and screamed out into the darkness for those days of rock & roll rage to come out of hiding and be born; the one single massive monster we all fought against finally died...the Viet Nam War; they end that and it end the movement as it was in those days.
grandeballroom1968 7 months ago
@phactreerat it was a great time in southeastern michigan. the biggest loss isn't the music or the places or the events but the loss of community and mutual kinship everyone had at that time. everyone went away and got busy with life but left behind something of great value.....but enough of that....wabx, was the first place I ever heard an entire album side played without a dj stepping all over it. I think it was led zepplin 2 side 2. all advertising was done by "headshops," or concert venues.
TheBabyboomkidof53 7 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 I recall that night very clearly; I was sitting in the balcony, right side looking at the stage; front row across the aisle from the spot light guy; you recall between the band change ups, the played Grateful Dead's Casey Jones while showing an old train movie then when it go to the end running it backwards. Unbelievable the groups I got to see for a few dollars at either the Grande, Eastown or West Side Six...Sabbath out did themselves that night...Fleetwood surpreme.
grandeballroom1968 7 months ago
@grandeballroom1968 Wow far out! I was rightside balcony too. dont recall the train movie (molesting my girlfriend). actually thats why I was there because she had bought the first blacksabbath album and wanted to see them. but when mac came out and said peter green was joinning them I was like" the fuck you say!!" forgot about her and grooved on mac. I had all their stuff to date and couldn't believe my good fortune. still I wish jeremy spencer had been there too..loved his slide guitar stuff.
TheBabyboomkidof53 7 months ago
@grandeballroom1968 you know on second thought I do remember that movie at the eastown....just been so long and I was so stoned at the time.....but yeah it's coming back to me. my girlfriend was laughing and got me to watching the train go backwards. thanks for giving me a memory back I'd lost.
TheBabyboomkidof53 7 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 You must also recall Tartar Field, Rouge Park, Belle Island, Cass Lake, and all the great FREE concerts there along with all the other happening things; Kennedy Square [now gone]; love ins, hate ins, kite ins, bike ins; we all made every minute count from 1965 to 1972; we live a life that no before or after will ever be able to experience; how about the Cass Lake rumble when the local yocals boys in blue tried to bust everyone for booze or pot; we sent them packing.
grandeballroom1968 7 months ago
@grandeballroom1968 Recall guys being chased up trees by the cops; the cops wouldn't climb the trees; dudes starting pissing on the cops...LMAO! Laughed so hard fell off the canoeing dock area into the water.
A few organized the rest and then drove back the police and sent them running over the small bridge to the parking lot with a few of them falling into the nasty canal under the bridge.......now that was a hippies paradise.
grandeballroom1968 7 months ago
@grandeballroom1968 spent alot of time at cass lake....hippie paradise. wasn't their the day of the riot but I cheered when I heard it. after the news stations told about it next day their was twice as many kids as usual and crowds get bigger and bigger. I was still a senior in high school but once it was over we headed straight to cass. I made tartar field maybe twice. none of the others. I lived in troy. went to the birmingham puladium alot too. Mac played there as well.
TheBabyboomkidof53 7 months ago
Are all the cd releases of this album in pretty bad sound quality?
rockonallnight 11 months ago
There are no part 1 or part 2 of this song.. this is ONE song.
Chaky1974 1 year ago
@Chaky1974 There are on the vinyl single, which was very annoying when you had to turn it over! Many thanks to the uploader ~ as you say it should be heard as ONE song. To me it seems Mr Green not only influenced Led Zepp (Black Dog) but also Derek (Eric) and the Dominoes (Layla ~ song + instrumental).
SuperNevile 1 year ago
and the flutes in ''Stairway to heaven''....
visibasti 11 months ago
love it
NetworkES335 1 year ago
I love this song, but never mixed in stereo
capitolemiproducer 1 year ago
Only remember Part 1 from the AM radio back in 1969 as a real young kid, finally to hear the full song in late-2010 on another YT video. This incredible long play is proof how Fleetwood Mac was totally underserved in the US during their late-60's blues incarnation and how much better and more innovative they were than the soft-rock FM who would find major success in the US and UK only 8 years later with Rumours.
mrbag60 1 year ago
The first part of this song kicks a tremendous amount of ass. The second part kinda brings me down. I mean, considering what he was going through around the time he was writing this stuff, it really is reflected in the music. The guy was beginning to take a Syd Barrett-like turn. Both parts are amazing in their own way. Part one makes me want to rock out. Part two makes me want to hide in a dark room.
greenfruitface 1 year ago 3
@greenfruitface Light and Shade, Comedy and Tragedy.
SuperNevile 1 year ago
awesome, one of the best tune of all times
Keff170882 1 year ago 2
Holy Shit from 1:11 to 1:31 was amazing!
Wishwash606 1 year ago
PETER GREEN MADE FLEETWOOD MAC--STEVIE NICKS COMMERCIALISED THEIR SOUND-
I PREFER P.GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC--LIKE THIS SONG,(OH WELL), RATTLE SNAKE SHAKE-(lol)-& GREEN MANALSHI----ALL EXCELLENT MUSIC :)
SHErocks1929 1 year ago
Who the hell dislikes this song? This is simply brilliant.
KDBAO 1 year ago
who dislikes this song well it is was sung for you
plasticglassonion222 1 year ago
Thanks so much for uploading the full album version. Been waiting forever for this :)
WRI2012 1 year ago
part 2 reminds me of tubular bells
goneshootin22 1 year ago
i love this song and so did my mom who passed away 3 years ago. was one of her favorites!!!!!
dandeeinco 1 year ago 18
@dandeeinco god rest her soul
Hitman47s 1 year ago 17
@dandeeinco may she rest in peace
dloberk 9 months ago
@dandeeinco I've just checked your channel. You're young to have lost a parent and I feel for you. I lost my mum five years ago but I'm much older than you are. All the best.
lewars1912 9 months ago
@dandeeinco My sympathy to you. My mum also loved this one and she passed in 1998.
It's a fabulous song.
taildragger53 8 months ago
It's a brilliant music!!!!!!!!!!!
zsukaszi 1 year ago
I remember seeing them at the Roundhouse in dagenham in 1970, a small hall at the side of a pub. it cost about ten bob (fifty pence) to get in. if they played now it`d be to ten thousand at the O2 and you`d need a mortgage to afford a ticket plus the rip off booking fee. Great days then, seeing future legends for a few pence
glennfs1954 1 year ago
The single version was only Part One. Does anybody have the single version?
DannyBkyn 1 year ago
@DannyBkyn Part 2 was the 'B' side
Ruiggie 1 year ago
AS MUCH RESPECT AS I HAVE FOR PETER GREEN, IS IT IMPERTINENT TO ASK HOW MUCH OF THOSE KILLER RIFFS WERE DANNY KIRWAN'S?
chiefashley56 1 year ago 3
@chiefashley56 Agree that Danny is contributing as much as Green as far as riffs-watch their live performance-Kirwan is kickin on it-without his riffs song just wouldn't be as great!
NaughtGinger 1 year ago
I close my eyes and listen to this song.
I'm a hippie living in a fairly large detatched house in California around 1969/70. This song is playing. It's a really hot day. My kids are building lego models on the living room floor. Later on I might drive to a spring and go skinny dipping with my beautiful brunnete wife. Tommorow I'll drive to San Fran to work in my record store
That's the dream I had last night. In reality I'm a 16 year old kid living South UK. Why can't that dream be true?
Django5198 1 year ago 3
@Django5198 YO, BRU: ' SOUNDS GOOD. NOW GET OFF YOUR ASS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN! UM, PEACE OUT.
chiefashley56 1 year ago
@chiefashley56 You're dead right and it is happening!!!!!
Django5198 1 year ago
@Django5198 Because you'd be my age now son, and you don't want to go there quite yet, believe me!!
Ruiggie 1 year ago
@Django5198 Pity you're not more drawn to Waterloo Sunset. You'd have more of chance of your dream coming true. You mention SF, that was the last time I visited with Peter Green. He was headlining the first John Lee Hooker Memorial Concert. After soundcheck, he and I went to a used guitar store. Three posters behind the cashier featured Clapton, Hendrix, and, in the middle, Peter himself. Peter was fiddling with a belly banjo when the center poster caught his eye. "Is that me," he asked.
phddddd 1 year ago