Salvo's 4-CD Peter Green Anthology

[Popmuseum]

Hi,

is there anybody who bought Salvo's new 4-CD Peter Green "Anthology"-box (http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/ti...37&LABEL_ID=17) yet and is so kind to tell the neglected and unattended Peter-Green-Folks in the German speaking world a little bit about the booklet and the news and pictures it contains?

Amazon.co.uk delivered some items, but www.amazon.de and other (internet-) record stores in Austria and Germany doesn't have the 4-CD Peter Green "Anthology" in stock. They're telling us the 4-CD Peter Green "Anthology" will be in store by Nov 21st 2008.

Thanks to the english-speaking world in advance.

Cheers,
Popmuseum

[macpai]

Amazon emailed yesterday that mine is on the way. Eager to see and hear it.

[Ms Moose]

Originally Posted by macpai

Amazon emailed yesterday that mine is on the way. Eager to see and hear it.

Same here. Got mine from Amazon.uk. Will let you know about the boolet and everything as soon as possible.

Ms Moose

[macpai]

It's a nice package.
Tough to get the CDs out though, haha.

[Don Brown]

Originally Posted by macpai

It's a nice package.
Tough to get the CDs out though, haha.

Hi,

I don't want to sound like a complete moron, but how do you get the CDs out without scratching the hell out of them? I've never seen this arramgement before. Because all of us already have all of this music, I wasn't going to take mine out of the box, but after reading here that the sound quality is very good, I decided to pop them out for a listen. I always thought I had reasonable mechanical aptitude, but I can't seem to find the trick for removing them. I didn't want to force anything. Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks in advance, for your help.

Cheers, Don

[Don Brown]

Originally Posted by Don Brown

Hi,

I don't want to sound like a complete moron, but how do you get the CDs out without scratching the hell out of them? I've never seen this arramgement before. Because all of us already have all of this music, I wasn't going to take mine out of the box, but after reading here that the sound quality is very good, I decided to pop them out for a listen. I always thought I had reasonable mechanical aptitude, but I can't seem to find the trick for removing them. I didn't want to force anything. Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks in advance, for your help.

Cheers, Don

Never mind... I figured it out. There are tiny little plastic tabs on the L. & R. of each CD that need to be tweaked. My eyesight isn't too good :-)

Thanks, Don

[Popmuseum]

Originally Posted by Ms Moose

Same here. Got mine from Amazon.uk. Will let you know about the boolet and everything as soon as possible. Ms Moose

Thanx.

[Ms Moose]

Originally Posted by Popmuseum

Thanx.

At last I've heard them all! Great initiative from Salvo or whoever that got the idea in the first place. My heart sank a bit at the beginning though because of the battle to get the cd's out of the case without breaking and bending them - not to mention putting them back in again. Maybe we should listen to Don Browns advice!

My first impression was how nice it was to be able to listen to the Fleetwood Mac tracks without Jeremy's and Danny's songs. (No offence meant, because they should also be given the chance to "shine on their own" some time). Anyway - it is great now to be able to listen to Peter Green and hear the development in his music (apart from the End of The Game numbers which is strangely left out but pretty important in the big picture). The sound is very good as many of you point out too. I had never heard the Peter Bardens tracks on disc 2 before so that made me happy as well!

Even though it is ok as it is I am still baffled about the choise of "order" of the tracks, and would have liked to have been given a reason for that in the sleeve notes. Also it would have been great to hear more about Peter's involvement and thoughts about the selection proces.
The sleeve notes by John Crosby are good and thorough and I like the way he brings "world history" into it at the beginning. The booklet also include bits from an "e-mail interview with the writer". I presume the one being interviewed is Peter Green.

The picture on page 37 is said the be from FM's debut at The Windsor the 13th of August 1967, but I think that is wrong. I think it is from Hyde Park 24th of August 1968 (Danny is in the picture). Cussion posted a picture from that event on the Pre-Rumours site some time ago. I also think the picture on page 19 is more likely to be from the summer of 69 (than 68) and the picture on page12-13 from late summer 1968 not 67 (just for the record).

Ms Moose

[Popmuseum]

Originally Posted by Popmuseum

Thanx.

Dear Ms Moose - thanx again.

[Ms Moose]

Originally Posted by Ms Moose

Anyway - it is great now to be able to listen to Peter Green and hear the development in his music (apart from the End of The Game numbers which is strangely left out but pretty important in the big picture). Ms Moose

HA! Stupid woman! I was wrong! There are one track from End Of The Game: Disc III, track 15: Hidden Depth (featuring Zoot Money). Great track! Fantastic!
I think End Of The Game is growing on me (even though I don't like wha-wha....).

BUT STILL: what's the BIG IDEA behind the order of the tracks? For instance Disc III: "Momma Don'tcha Cry" sandwiched between "Before The Beginning" and "Underway" / "Rattkesnake Shake" and so on. What has been the selection criteria? ARG-H-H this drives me mad!

Is there anybody in the know who knows and would enlighten us - pleazzze?

Ms Moose

[michelej1]

Album Preview from the London Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...vo-956099.html

By Andy Gill
Saturday, 4 October 2008

For many, Peter Green is the finest blues guitarist this country ever produced. True, Clapton had the more dazzling technique, and there were several who could probably leave him standing in terms of mere notes-per-second; but such pointless pissing contests completely miss the point, which is that the blues is a matter of feeling.

And either none felt quite as deeply as Greeny, or none could express their feelings with quite his subtlety. His graceful passion is in plentiful supply on this four-disc career retrospective, which tracks Green's progress from sideman in future Camel leader Peter Bardens' Looners, through the brief stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers that first established his reputation, to his apotheosis with Fleetwood Mac and the comeback with his own Splinter Group that followed his lengthy period in reclusion.

Punctuated by collaborations with notables such as Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Otis Rush and Dr John, it's an object lesson in how to simultaneously expand a roots form, both creatively and commercially, without sacrificing the authentic emotional power at its heart.

[iamnotafraid]

What's the sound quality like on this set?

[macpai]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

What's the sound quality like on this set?

It's fabulous!

[zoork_1]

Originally Posted by michelej1

[...]...By Andy Gill
Saturday, 4 October 2008

For many, Peter Green is the finest blues guitarist this country ever produced. True, Clapton had the more dazzling technique, and there were several who could probably leave him standing in terms of mere notes-per-second; but such pointless pissing contests completely miss the point...

Well put, loud, clear, right on spot..... (thanks btw)

[dino]

Great sound indeed on the box set.
The "Then play on" tracks have more punch compared to the dreary Warner cd.
Nice booklet, also, thanks in part to Don and his archive material.
But they should have proof read the text one more time.
Apparently "White Sky" is a Fleetwood Mac track now...sure didn't know that!
I'll do it for free next time, seriously. When Salvo issues the next box set packed full of rarites, including the "End of the game" sessions. One can always dream!