Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (Reissue)

Description

Then Play On is the third studio album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 19 September 1969. It was the first of their original albums to feature Danny Kirwan and the last with Peter Green. Jeremy Spencer did not feature on the album apart from "a couple of piano things" (according to Mick Fleetwood in Q magazine in 1990). The album, appearing after the group's sudden success in the pop charts, offered a broader stylistic range than the classic blues of the group's first two albums. The album went on to reach #6 in the UK, subsequently becoming the band's fourth Top 20 hit in a row, as well as their third album to reach the Top 10. The title is taken from the opening line of William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night — "If music be the food of love, play on".

This was the band's first release with Warner/Reprise after being lured away from Blue Horizon and a one-off with Immediate Records. All subsequent Fleetwood Mac albums have been released on Warner. The album, which at its original UK release had an unusually long running time, has been released with four different song line-ups. The original CD compiled all songs from the two US LP versions, both of which omitted tracks from the original UK version. In August 2013, a remastered edition of the album was reissued on vinyl and CD, restoring its original 1969 UK track listing. This version reached No. 112 on the UK Albums chart.

Release Info

Label: Reprise Records 8122796551
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1 Coming Your Way
A2 Closing My Eyes
A3 Fighting For Madge
A4 When You Say
A5 Show-Biz Blues
A6 Under Way
A7 One Sunny Day
B1 Although The Sun Is Shining
B2 Rattlesnake Shake
B3 Without You
B4 Searching For Madge
B5 My Dream
B6 Like Crying
B7 Before The Beginning