Fleetwood Mac – The Pious Bird Of Good Omen
(CBS Records 32050)
Matrix No’s: A2/B4 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Fleetwood Mac are a rock band, formed in London in 1967 who originally consisted of Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer and Bob Brunning. The band went through many different members until it settled on its most famous incarnation consisting of Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
The Pious Bird of Good Omen is a compilation album by Fleetwood Mac, released in 1969. It consisted of the first four UK singles and their B-sides, two other tracks from their previous two albums, and two tracks by blues artist Eddie Boyd with backing by members of Fleetwood Mac. These two tracks came from Boyd’s album 7936 South Rhodes.
The title of the album is a phrase found in an 1817 gloss (marginal note) to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1798 epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The phrase refers to the albatross killed in the poem. (“The ancient Mariner inhospitably killeth the pious bird of good omen.”) Its use as an album title as well as the album art is a sly wink to the featuring of the band’s number 1 UK hit “Albatross.”
Track listing
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Need Your Love So Bad” | Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr. | 3:50 | |||||||
| 2. | “Coming Home” | Elmore James | 2:38 | |||||||
| 3. | “Rambling Pony” | Peter Green | 2:40 | |||||||
| 4. | “The Big Boat” (with Eddie Boyd) | Eddie Boyd | 2:35 | |||||||
| 5. | “I Believe My Time Ain’t Long” | Jeremy Spencer | 2:55 | |||||||
| 6. | “The Sun Is Shining” | James | 3:10 | |||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Albatross” | Green | 3:10 | |||||||
| 2. | “Black Magic Woman” | Green | 2:46 | |||||||
| 3. | “Just The Blues” (with Eddie Boyd) | Boyd | 5:35 | |||||||
| 4. | “Jigsaw Puzzle Blues” | Danny Kirwan | 1:33 | |||||||
| 5. | “Looking for Somebody” | Green | 2:50 | |||||||
| 6. | “Stop Messin’ Round” | Clifford Adams, Green | 2:18 | |||||||
Credits
- Fleetwood Mac
- Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Jeremy Spencer – vocals, slide guitar
- Danny Kirwan – vocals, electric guitar on side 2, tracks 1 and 4
- John McVie – bass guitar
- Mick Fleetwood – drums
- Additional musicians
- Eddie Boyd – vocals, piano on side 1, track 4 and side 2, track 3
- Technical staff
- Mike Vernon – producer
- Mike Ross – engineer
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