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Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott
Hi, I was going by what I thought I remembered reading in Mick's autobiography. I haven't got it to hand but I seem to recall he said that Peter played all the instruments on it (except for the recorder that Sandra Elsdon(?) played on Part 2). We've learnt since that Jeremy played the little bit of piano on Part 2 as well. I think there was also some comment about the rest of the band having a bet with Peter that it wouldn't be a hit. Maybe Jeremy is lurking and might elucidate.
I know Mick's book may have some inaccuracies but I would have thought this has the ring of truth about it.
This kind of amuses me as they played Oh Well for years, right up to 2009 . It was the one pre 75 track that they carried on playing and Mick and John may well not have even been on the studio track!
Note to self- must get the Boston CDs. It's the one notable gap in my collection.
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I don't have Mick Fleetwood's book handy at the moment, but I think that his statement in there was that Peter played nearly all the instrumental parts for "Oh Well Part 2" only, not Part 1. The rest of the band (presumably minus Jeremy Spencer) is certainly on Part 1, and it's pretty clearly Danny Kirwan playing some of the guitar leads on that, as he also did when it was played live.