Bob Welch

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (b-side to Man Of The World)
World In Harmony (b-side to Green Manalishi, though the live version is common)
Dragonfly
Purple Dancer
Blow By Blow (1994 version)

Of course, I could also list the entire Jeremy Spencer album.

SGGTHKIT: It's on Vaudeville Years...making it not so obscure.
WIH: It's on Showbiz Blues again...not as obscure as it was once.
Dragonfly: Greatest Hits (1971) not that obscure
Purple Dancer: You bet!
Blow By Blow (Soccer Rocks The Globe version, right? Yeah, I'll give you that one, too)

You gotta give me "Lizard People"...that's pretty obscure.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by chiliD

SGGTHKIT: It's on Vaudeville Years...making it not so obscure.
WIH: It's on Showbiz Blues again...not as obscure as it was once.

I wasn't sure if the "Showbiz Blues" versions were the same as the previously released versions, or just earlier versions of the songs. If they are indeed the same, I'll take them off the list. Actually SGGTHKIT was also released on "The Collection" back in the late '80s on Castel records.

Originally Posted by chiliD

Dragonfly: Greatest Hits (1971) not that obscure

D'OH

I meant to say "Lizard People." I was typing too fast. When you type faster than you think...well, you know...

Originally Posted by chiliD

Purple Dancer: You bet!
Blow By Blow (Soccer Rocks The Globe version, right? Yeah, I'll give you that one, too)

Yep, the SRTG version. Or, as I like to call it, the better version

Okay, the revised top five:

Purple Dancer
Blow By Blow ('94 mix)
Lizard People
Cool Water
Down Endless Street (A b-side for a song that was never really a single. At least it wasn't released in the same quantity as the other four Tango singles.)

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Cool Water

B-side of "GYPSY"??? How obscure is THAT?

[Joel Glassman]

re: People not caring as much about Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green quit.
I'm sure some people became less interested in FM without Peter, but
didn't Kiln House sell a lot more than Then Play On?

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by Joel Glassman

re: People not caring as much about Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green quit.
I'm sure some people became less interested in FM without Peter, but
didn't Kiln House sell a lot more than Then Play On?

"a lot more"...no...maybe a "little more". From Then Play On through Mystery To Me they sold a fairly consistent number each album...I think I read somewhere around 250K-300K each.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Joel Glassman

re: People not caring as much about Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green quit.
I'm sure some people became less interested in FM without Peter, but didn't Kiln House sell a lot more than Then Play On?

Well, it charted in the top 50 in the US, but I don't know if it actually sold any more copies. Their popularity was gradually building in the US at the time. I don't think too many Americans were really aware of who was in Fleetwood Mac, so Peter's defection wasn't as noticed. Now, they all but fell off the planet in Europe, only selling about 5,000 units in England, where they had been HUGE only a year before.

[chiliD]

The "charting" aspect really depends on who else's albums were released at what point in time. Hypothetically, Kiln House COULD have sold LESS units, yet made the charts because of a slow time of album releases overall, whereas Then Play On could've sold more UNITS yet not reached the charts at all because of the competition releasing albums in a relatively close time frame.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by chiliD

The "charting" aspect really depends on who else's albums were released at what point in time. Hypothetically, Kiln House COULD have sold LESS units, yet made the charts because of a slow time of album releases overall, whereas Then Play On could've sold more UNITS yet not reached the charts at all because of the competition releasing albums in a relatively close time frame.

Very true. I think the bigger point is that since they weren't well known in the US, Peter Green's departure wasn't as big a deal, hence why they were able to sustain a career in the US, whereas their career in Europe pretty much tanked altogether.