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Old 07-28-2010, 07:14 AM
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Default Black Magic Woman at the Roundhouse 4/70

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Originally Posted by Evan Morris View Post
I couldn't agree more, the night three version of Jumping At Shadows is the most intense, the most direct of the three nights. I like the other two as well, they are more intricate but there is a slight feeling of desperation about night three.

The version of Black Magic Woman with the live fade out has always been my favorite. I've been told that BMW was recorded on all three nights, and that the live fade out is actually night one from the Boston Tea-Party performances. The version that was released as night one, is in fact night two. There was also a night three, but it was scrapped due to tape damage juring the re-mastering process. I've looked and listened for other bands from that era or any, and I haven't yet found one that used a live fade out.
According to Peter's introduction, he had only performed the song live, twice before. This would have been pre-Kirwan, and as much as I like the Green-Kirwan jam versions of this song, I would have liked to hear how Peter played it live, alone, just after it was written.
Since the Fleetwood Mac PR machine want to make us believe that Peter Green was lobotamized 3/70 in Munich, the "I've Got a Good Mind to Give Up Living" from Stockholm 4/1/70, and "Black Magic Woman", from the Roundhouse in London 4/24/70..Green's last live performance in London, didn't happen. Yet both performances are the best I've ever heard from ANY guitar player, including Jimi Hendrix . Now that the world has Youtube everything has changed.
If you love "Black Magic Woman", listen to this version....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaPWQkdJ2nI



This is the Stockholm version of "I've Got a Good Mind to Give Up Living". Come on dino, tell that isn't one of the best electric guitar solos of ALL TIME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ytgYYZuLs


Thanks for the clarification of BMW from Boston Evan. As for pre-Kirwan, there is that "Worried Dream" from San Francisco.(recorded by Bear, it sounds like an Owsley Stanley production, I'm only guessing but the "sound" of the recording says Bear) This is FM's first visit to the states on Youtube. It's certainly before Green did LSD, and is it ever intense!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57gogeTtZtQ

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