The Vaudeville Years


The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac 1968 to 1970 is an album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1998. It was a compilation of outtakes and unreleased tracks from the band's early line up, none of which had previously seen the light of day officially. Available on double vinyl LP and double CD, it came with a booklet of extensive notes and anecdotes, and was the companion volume to Show-Biz Blues: Fleetwood Mac 1968–70, which was released a few years later.
The release included songs originally intended for the second unreleased disc of Then Play On. These included tracks recorded by Jeremy Spencer. There was also a single live performance of "Oh Well" with the rest of the collection filled out with various alternative takes of familiar Green, Spencer and Kirwan songs, including an alternative take of Peter Green's "The Green Manalishi ".
"The Vaudeville Years" was reissued in 2008 as a double CD set with a single DVD, but without the extensive sleeve notes.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Intro/Lazy Poker Blues" – 3:48
  2. "My Baby's Sweeter" – 3:53
  3. "Love that Burns" – 4:15
  4. "Talk to Me Baby" – 3:37
  5. "Everyday I Have the Blues #1" – 4:13
  6. "Jeremy's Contribution to Doo-Wop" – 3:34
  7. "Everyday I Have the Blues #2" – 4:23
  8. "Death Bells" – 5:05
  9. " Mr Jones" – 3:35
  10. "Man of Action" – 5:21
  11. "Do You Give a Damn for Me" – 3:45 ~ early version of "Showbiz Blues"
  12. "Man of the World" – 3:28
  13. "Like It This Way" – 3:17
  14. "Blues in B Flat Minor" – 4:16 ~ instrumental version of "Before The Beginning"
  15. "Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight" – 2:58 ~ full-length version
  16. "Although the Sun Is Shining" – 2:24
  17. "Showbiz Blues" – 6:51

    Disc two

  18. "Underway" – 16:15 ~ full-length version
  19. "The Madge Sessions #1" – 17:21
  20. "The Madge Sessions #2" – 2:42
  21. " I Want You to Know" – 3:54
  22. "Oh Well" – 2:47
  23. "Love It Seems" – 2:39
  24. "Mighty Cold" – 2:28
  25. "Fast Talking Woman Blues" – 4:02 ~ also known as "Drifting"
  26. "Tell Me from the Start" – 2:02
  27. "October Jam #1" – 5:01
  28. "October Jam #2" – 1:57
  29. "The Green Manalishi " – 4:43
  30. "World in Harmony" – 3:28
  31. "Farewell" – 2:18 ~ early demo of "Earl Gray"

    Credits