What early Pre-Rumours era songs do you consider to be "hits"?

[sharksfan2000]

Originally Posted by slipkid

You have to understand that these "accounts" were kept secret by FM until it was not going to embarrass the band that went pop, and made millions of dollars.

The Danny Kirwan/Peter Green Fleetwood Mac is the true band. Mick Fleetwood made sure that era didn't cross the Nicks/Buckingham era.

From what I've read, the 1971 four hour Fillmore East "Black Magic Woman" jam, is true. Another reason Mick Fleetwood didn't want that bit of trivia released, because Peter Green didn't lose his mind a year before in Munich.

Slipkid, I've read the accounts too. Still doesn't mean that they are true (conspiracy theory or not). The first account of it, as far as I can tell, appears in Bob Brunning's book - and all other accounts are clearly based on that one (including Martin Celmins' version). And the account in Brunning's book comes from Clifford Davis! So Brunning and Davis are now the authoritative sources for info on the band? And not as if Davis had any reason to build up another Peter Green myth... There are elements of Davis' story as written in Brunning's book that are extremely hard to believe, and in my view they cast doubt on the whole account.

I've never read an account by anyone else who claims to have been at that show who has repeated the four-hour "Black Magic Woman" jam story - though if I've missed one someplace, I'd love to see it. But with only Clifford Davis' story to base it upon and without some independent account of this incident, I still have major doubts as to whether it really happened.