Then Play On - reconfigured

[Rubber Duck]

Hi all!

Swedish music lover here.
I first heard, and liked, Fleetwood Mac in 1968, when I was just 13 years old. Way back then I mainly listened to hits & singles. Shake Your Money Maker was a 7" here and caught my ear, followed of course by Albatross, Man Of The World, Oh Well and The Green Manalishi. Albums were more expensive, so it took some years to really start building a collection. The first FM album I got was the superb 1971 Greatest Hits - still a favourite!

Gradually I understood what I loved most about FM was the songs and feel of Peter Green - the melancholy and sadness touched me deep inside. And of course there was his guitar playing! By then he had left the group, and in those pre-internet days info was hard to find - rumours about him doing this or that was common. It was not till much later I began to know anything about him, really...

I´ve been lurking here for a while, gathering knowledge and info on the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac, as well as the PG solo years.
This is my first post, inspired by the "Deluxe" CD release of the great They Play On.
Without a doubt Fleetwood Mac´s best album for me! The two added superb singles makes it even better.
The guitar interplay between Green/Kirwan is sometimes unbelievable...

However, I really miss Man Of The World - it should be there!
No offence to Danny Kirwan fans, but I think When You Say and Although The Sun Is Shining are a bit too soft/lightweight.
So I replaced those two with Man Of The World, and rearranged the track order to make an album that is even stronger, I think.
It has a better flow and the first and last tracks are really in their perfect places for me.
What could possibly follow The Green Manalishi? Even Peter Green himself has said he was exhausted for two years after that one...

So here is the tracklist for my version:

1. Man Of The World
2. Show-Biz Blues
3. Coming Your Way
4. My Dream
5. Before The Beginning
6. Under Way
7. One Sunny Day
8. Without You
9. Rattlesnake Shake
10. Searching For Madge
11. Fighting For Madge
12. Like Crying
13. Closing My Eyes
14. Oh Well, Pt 1
15. Oh Well, Pt 2
16. World In Harmony
17. The Green Manalishi

Since there´s no musicians credits on the album, I tried to make my own - partly built on info gathered from various posts here and partly from what Martin Celmins has written.

Peter Green - lead/rhythm/slide guitars, vocals, 6-string bass(5,13,14?,15?,17), percussion(13,14?,15), cello(15), dobro?(14, according to the liner notes, but I can´t hear it...)
Danny Kirwan - rhythm/lead guitars, vocals
John McVie - bass
Mick Fleetwood - drums, percussion
Jeremy Spencer - piano(15)
Sandra Elsdon - recorder(15)
unknown - piano(3)

It seems probable that Danny plays all guitars on My Dream, and that Peter plays all instruments on Closing My Eyes - also everything except piano/recorder on Oh Well Pt 2.


All comments/corrections etc. welcome!

Great site, btw...