The Live at the Boston Tea Party, Pt. 1-3 Box [Box set] [Live]

Track Listings

1. Black Magic Woman

2. Jumping At Shadows

3. Like It This Way

4. Only You

5. Rattlesnake Shake

6. I Can't Hold Out

7. Got To Move

8. The Green Manalishi

9. Jumping At Shadows

10. Sandy Mary

11. If You Let Me Love You

12. Loving Kind

13. Coming Your Way

14. Madison Blues

15. Got To Move

16. The Sun Is Shining

17. Oh Baby

18. Tiger

19. Great Balls Of Fire

20. Tutti Frutti

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Limited edition release (10,000 numbered copies) in an embossed gold box featuring live material from Boston in February, 1970. Though a live album from the four shows these recordings are taken from did emerge in the mid '80s, the sound quality was disappointing. This release features 30 tracks, all remixed & remastered from the original master tapes, including six previously unreleased performances, 'Jumping At Shadows' (Version 2), 'If You Let Me Love You', 'Coming Your Way', 'The Sun Is Shining', 'Tiger' and 'On We Jam'. The box is a sturdy, cardboard box & each disc inside of it is in a separate standard jewel case. 1999 release.

Tracks:

Black Magic Woman
Jumping At Shadows
Like It This Way
Only You
Rattlesnake Shake
I Can't Hold Out
Got To Move
The Green Manalishi
Jumping At Shadows
Sandy Mary
If You Let Me Love You
Loving Kind
Coming Your Way
Madison Blues
Got To Move
The Sun Is Shining
Oh Baby
Tiger
Great Balls Of Fire
Tutti Frutti
On We Jam
World In Harmony
Oh Well
Rattlesnake Shake
Stranger Blues
Red Hot Mama
Teenage Darling
Keep A-Knocking
Jenny Jenny
Encore Jam

Album Description

Limited edition release (10,000 numbered copies) in an embossed gold box featuring live material from Boston in February, 1970. Though a live album from the four shows these recordings are taken from did emerge in the mid '80s, the sound quality was disappointing. This release features 30 tracks, all remixed & remastered from the original master tapes, including six previously unreleased performances, 'Jumping At Shadows' (Version 2), 'If You Let Me Love You', 'Coming Your Way', 'The Sun Is Shining', 'Tiger' and 'On We Jam'. The box is a sturdy, cardboard box & each disc inside of it is in a separate standard jewel case. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

A sprawling, raucous performance .......2007-05-24

Fleetwood Mac's "Live in Boston" (also known as "Live at the Boston Tea Party") is a three-disc set, limited edition release (10,000 numbered copies--mine is number 92) recorded in Boston during February 1970. At this time the name Fleetwood Mac conjured up British blues rock. At this point, the band featured the stalwart rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie and the triple-guitars of Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan. For my money, there was never a finer line-up assembled under the name Fleetwood Mac.

This box set documents a sprawling, raucous performance that captures the essence of blues rock in extended, unfettered jams. Yes, there are a few sub par tracks, but those are not what you will remember. Hard core rockers of all stripe and manner should try to grab a copy of this box set while it's still around.

On the other hand, folks who loved the mid-70s watered down versions of Fleetwood Mac should run the other way, quickly.

Please crank the volume when you listen. This endeavor is not about subtlety. And thumbs up to all the excellent reviews of this CD already here.

The Pinnacle of live British Blues Rock.......2006-05-20

B B King and Santana called Peter Green the greatest British blues guitarist. Listen to this 3 CD set and you will be tempted to agree.

Staples like Rattlesnake Shake and Black Magic Woman sizzle as extended work outs. And on Green Manalishi the band really cooks and shows that on their day the could match the other great live acts of the day - The Dead, Cream, Hendrix, Sly

Live Glory.......2005-05-21

Fleetwood Mac was professionally-recorded on three consecutive nights at The Tea Party in Boston (Feb 5-7, 1970) for a projected live album. Sadly that album never came out, due to Peter Green's sudden decision a few weeks later to quit the band -- and for a long while, music altogether.

Parts of the tapes WERE released several times over the years (semi-legitimately AND bootlegged), but rarely in good quality and certainly never complete. This was a crying shame because the band was at the absolute peak of their powers and played their collective ashes off.

Luckily, this boxed set (or volumes 1-3 separately) go a long ways toward righting that wrong. The tracks have been digitally remixed and cleaned up (going back to the original 8-channel masters!) and resequenced into something CLOSER to the original running order. The exact track sequence of course would have entailed some duplication, as well as sound problems encountered early in the residence. Add to that the fact that Mac's setlist during this timeframe included an "intermission" during which Jeremy Spencer came out and sang a pastiche of cheesy lounge-singer ballads -- complete with a gold lamé suit and slicked-back hair -- billed as "Earl Vince and the Valiants."

Happily the compiler of these CDs, Roger Dopson, elected to include very little of the latter (mostly confined to disc 3). What IS here is the best blues band in the world, led by the best blues guitarist ever, captured in glorious sound quality at the peak of their powers. What more could you ask?

what happened to the other configurations?.......2005-02-03

I have a 2cd set with all the good stuff on it,(I got it on Amazon) and there used also be a single cd with most of good stuff..they seem to have disappeared, with a 3 cd 159 dollar set taking their place???

Raw Power! The essential early Mac album.......2001-08-14

I have heard all of the early Fleetwood Mac's studio recordings and after a while you get to thinking that the studio doesn't doesn't bear all the greatness of the original Mac.However this 3 CD live set showcases all the raw energy of Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. These three cd's are Fleetwood Mac's most powerful and forceful recordings, with each track played with high energy. It also represents everything that was the early Fleetwood Mac from blues to progressive jams (products of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan)to 50's parodies (products of Jeremy Spencer) to pop rock (products of Danny Kirwan), making the set varied in the highest sense of the word. Disc One is dominated by blues and rock originals by Green and Kirwan (Black Magic Woman, Jumping at Shadows, Like It This Way, and Only You well.) There are also long dueling guitar jams (Rattlesnake Shake, Green Manalishi) plus the slide guitar Elmore James parodies of Jeremy Spencer (I Can't Hold Out, Got to Move). Though the sound is poor, this is the best of the three discs. Disc Two has more variety starting with the pop instrumental of World in Harmony (later the b-side to The Green Manalishi) and then the legendary fast guitar blues of Oh Well that was the original Mac's most famous accomplishment. Then comes another rendition of Rattlesnake Shake, which was another dueling guitar jam that takes many twists and turns. Then Jeremy Spencer comes to the mic to perform Elmore James covers(Stranger Blues, Red Hot Mama) and some 50's parodies (Teenage Darling, Keep-A-Knocking, Jenny Jenny). Disc Two ends with a encore jam featuring Joe Walsh and Eric Clapton. Weakest of the three cds though still great. Disc Three follows the same trend with another cover of Jumping at Shadows and the Green original (which sounds like another 50's parody) Sandy Mary and then pure B.B. King blues in If You Let Me Love You. Then Danny Kirwan steps to the mic for the first time since Disc One to play the blues rock of Loving Kind, Coming Your Way. Jeremy Spencer dominates the rest of the disc with his trademark Elmore James (Madison Blues, Got to Move, The Sun is Shining, Oh Baby) and 50's covers (Tiger, Great Balls of Fire, Tutti Frutti). The three nights in Boston come to an end with a fantastic encore jam. In conclusion this is just a great live set. It features everything that was the original Fleetwood mac. Though the sound of the recording is uneven the performance overides all the problems. It is always exciting and energetic, and never boring. Get it now! Or get the three cd's separately. You're still getting the same great product.

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On the Track

1. Black Magic Woman
2. Jumping At Shadows
3. Like It This Way
4. Only You
5. Rattlesnake Shake
6. I Can't Hold Out
7. Got To Move
8. The Green Manalishi
9. Jumping At Shadows
10. Sandy Mary
11. If You Let Me Love You
12. Loving Kind
13. Coming Your Way
14. Madison Blues
15. Got To Move
16. The Sun Is Shining
17. Oh Baby
18. Tiger
19. Great Balls Of Fire
20. Tutti Frutti