7th National Jazz & Blues Festival Windsor 1967

Two CD set. When the omnipotent Peter Green assembled his new band in the Summer of ’67, he’d already decided to name them after his rhythm section - and former colleagues in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers - bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood. But initially McVie was unwilling to make the switch, and so Bob Brunning joined FLEETWOOD MAC on a short-term/temporary basis, thus completing a quartet which, of course, also included minuscule singer/slide guitarist/pianist Jeremy Spencer. After just a handful of rehearsals the band debuted, to great critical acclaim, at the prestigious Windsor National Jazz & Blues Festival, on Sunday August 13th. A few nights later they played their first club gig, at the famous Marquee. Unknown to the band these gigs were recorded, by a couple of fans, albeit on primitive, hand-held mini-tape recorders. Fortuitously, these tapes survived; and although lo-fi recordings, of bootleg quality, these remain unique and powerful historical artifacts. Castle. 2007.