Man of the World: The Anthology 1968-1988

• Artist: Peter Green
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• Release Date: May 18, 2004
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

This double-disc overview collection of British super guitarist Peter Green is unique only for the limit of its focus and its seeming willy-nilly sequenced expression of it. If you're a fan, there isn't anything here you don't already have. By concentrating on a 20-year period -- and for most of that Green was lost in his own mind -- listeners get a solid selection of Green's creative genius with Fleetwood Mac, his spotty early solo records when his disintegration begins, and his tentative but still brilliant first return to music-making as well as a pair of sideman gigs with Bob Brunning's Sunflower Blues Band tossed in for good measure. There are only two live cuts in the batch, Boston Tea Party-era versions of "Black Magic Woman" and a cover of Duster Bennett's "Jumping at Shadows," and a wildly interspersed series of solo album cuts, Mac singles, and LP grooves like the juxtaposition of Green's "Lost My Love" with FM's "Fast Talking Woman Blues." In all, the only new thing here is the packaging and the inventive if problematic assemblage. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Man of the World	P. Green	Fleetwood Mac	(3:02)
Long Grey Mare	P. Green	Fleetwood Mac	(2:00)
Cryin' Won't Bring You Back		Peter Green	(5:06)
A Fool No More	P. Green	Peter Green	(7:44)
Trying to Hit My Head Against the Wall		Peter Green	(3:46)
Last Train to San Antone		Peter Green	(5:31)
Walkin' the Road		Peter Green	(3:50)
Uranus	Bob Brunning	Brunning/Hall Sunflower Blues Band	(3:22)
Whatcha Gonna Do?		Peter Green	(3:50)
Born on the Wild Side		Peter Green	(3:00)
Lost My Love		Peter Green	(5:24)
Fast Talking Woman Blues	P. Green	Fleetwood Mac	(3:23)
Long Way from Home		Peter Green	(3:44)
Touch My Spirit		Peter Green	(3:46)
Seven Stars	P. Green	Peter Green	(3:06)
Loser Two Times		Peter Green	(4:30)
Oh Well [Live]	P. Green	Fleetwood Mac	(2:47)
If You Let Me Love You [Live]	B.B. King	Fleetwood Mac	(10:30)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Jumping at Shadows [Live]	Duster Bennett	Fleetwood Mac	(4:24)
Black Magic Woman [Live]	Peter Green	Fleetwood Mac	(7:12)
Big Boy Now		Peter Green	(5:55)
You Won't See Me Anymore		Peter Green	(3:37)
Got to See Her Tonight		Peter Green	(5:48)
Same Old Blues	J.J. Cale	Peter Green	(3:44)
Showbiz Blues	P. Green	Fleetwood Mac	(4:04)
Ride With Your Daddy Tonight	Scotty Moore	Brunning/Hall Sunflower Blues Band	(3:30)
Tribal Dance	S. White, P. Green	Peter Green	(4:29)
Give Me Back My Freedom		Peter Green	(5:39)
Bandit	P. Green	Peter Green	(3:04)
Baby, When the Sun Goes Down		Peter Green	(5:35)
What Am I Doing Here?		Peter Green	(3:30)
Shining Star		Peter Green	(3:09)
Apostle	P. Green	Peter Green	(3:12)
Stranger Blues	Clarence Lewis, James Levy	Peter Green	(4:56)
Lazy Poker Blues	P. Green, C. Adams	Peter Green	(3:23)
The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)	Peter Green	Fleetwood Mac	(4:41)

Credits

Phil Smee (Artwork), Nick Bourne (Product Manager), Phil Smee (Design), I. Moulden Gray (Coordination), Neil Slaven (Annotation), I. Moulden Gray (Compilation)