How did you get in Peter Green’s music?

[chriskisn]

I guess I accidentally got into PG and that era of Fleetwood Mac. I started out as a fan of the Rumours era, and then one day I went into a second hand record store and bought three second hand copies of Bob Welch era albums. I then decided that as I liked all of these albums that I should buy the earlier ones that featured PG.

I remember those albums were very different to the FM I knew up to that point (Time had just been released, my favourite albums were those that featured Bob Welch).

I also managed to buy a copy of In The Skies from a second-hand store, and really liked that, but I didn't buy any other PG albums until the Splinter Group came along.

At the time I was active on the old alt.music.fleetwoodmac newsgroup and there was a lot of talk about Peter coming back and his new band the Splinter Group. I may have even bought the album from the Penguin although I can't remember, I certainly bought later Splinter Group albums from here.

Back in those days (1997) you had to import albums from the US to Australia, which could take weeks, you would walk into the record store, and they would pull out these big catalogues and look up the album and then order it for you. Crazy to think that I would catch the train to the city to order the albums from "Wesley Music" (no longer there unfortunately). I remember getting a $900 tax refund and going up there and spending it all on Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall albums. Imported CDs were so very expensive; I think I bought 16 albums for that $900.

From the moment I heard the Splinter Group I was hooked, I loved every minute of that band, and bought all the albums as they were released, plus all of Peter's back catalogue.

Oh and although I know that I'll get crucified for saying it, in general I still prefer Peter's solo and Splinter Group work to his Fleetwood Mac work.