''The Best of Peter Green Splinter Group'' is a compilation album by the British

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Peter Green Splinter Group The Peter Green Splinter Group were a blues band formed in 1997, fronted by guitarist and singer Peter Green. Green was the leader of Fleetwood Mac until 1970. He suffered a mental breakdown during the 1970s. He was rehabilitated with the aid ...

, led by Peter Green. Released in 2002, this was a two-disc set. Green was the founder of

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and a member of that group from 1967–70, before a sporadic solo career during the late 1970s and early 1980s. This compilation was re-released in 2006. A different single-disc compilation with the same title and similar packaging but with a different play list was issued in 2019. There was also a similar compilation called ''The Very Best of Peter Green Splinter Group'', issued in 2012 with a different tracklisting.2012 version ,
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Track listing 2006 (2 CDs)

Disc 1

#"Burglar" ( Nigel Watson) – 5:58 #"I'm a Steady Rollin Man" (

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) – 3:34 #"Big Change Is Gonna Come" ( Roger Cotton) – 5:04 #"Phonograph Blues" (Johnson) – 3:29 #" Help Me" ( Sonny Boy Williamson) – 4:40 #"

Sweet Home Chicago "Sweet Home Chicago" is a blues standard first recorded by Robert Johnson in 1936. Although he is often credited as the songwriter, several songs have been identified as precedents. The song has become a popular anthem for the city of Chicago de ...

" (Johnson) – 4:17 #"Hitch Hiking Woman" (

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) – 3:48 #"Tribal Dance" ( Peter Green) – 5:32 #"Homework" (

Otis Rush Otis Rush Jr. (April 29, 1934 – September 29, 2018) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the styles of other 1950s art ...

) – 3:42 #" Love in Vain Blues" (Johnson) – 4:48 #"You'll Be Sorry Someday" (Cotton) – 6:34 #" Look on Yonder Wall" (Johnson) – 6:09 #" Traveling Riverside Blues" (Johnson) – 4:09 #"Going Down" (

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) – 6:29 #"Hiding in Shadows" (Cotton) – 4:40

Disc 2

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" (Green) – 3:23 #"

The Green Manalishi "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" is a song written by Peter Green and recorded by Fleetwood Mac. It was released as a single in the UK in May 1970 and reached No. 10 on the British charts, a position it occupied for four consec ...

" (Green) – 5:28 #"Rattlesnake Shake" (Green) – 5:02 #"The Supernatural" (Green) – 3:13 #" Man of the World" (Green) – 3:05

Track listing 2012 (2 CDs)

Disc 1

# Look on Yonder Wall # The Stumble # Steady Rollin' Man # It Takes Time # When You Got a Good Friend # Walkin' Blues # Ramblin' on My Mind # Me & The Devil Blues # Sweet Home Chicago # The Supernatural # Shake Your Hips # Last Fair Deal Gone Down # If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day # The Green Manalishi # Big Change Is Gonna Come # Heart of Stone

Disc 2

# Burglar # Hiding in the Shadows # Man of the World # Dead Shrimp Blues # Little Queen of Spades # Hot Tamales and They're Red Hot # Cross Road Blues # Come On in My Kitchen # Downsize Blues (Repossess My Body) # Feeling Good # Time Keeps Slipping Away # Underway # Ain't Nothin' Gonna Change It # Look Out for Yourself # Don't Walk Away # I'm Ready for You

Track listing 2019 (1 CD)

# Heart of Stone # I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Feat. Otis Rush) # Big Change Is Gonna Come # Homework # When You Got a Good Friend # You'll Be Sorry Someday # Phonograph Blues # Love in Vain Blues # Burglar # From Four Till Late (Feat. Dr. John) # Hiding in Shadows # Sweet Home Chicago (Feat. Paul Rodgers) # Hitch-hiking Woman # Me and the Devil Blues # Goin' Down # Man of the World # Albatross

Personnel

* Peter Green –

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

* Nigel Watson – guitars, vocals * Neil Murray –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Pete Stroud – bass guitar *

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*Roger Cotton – keyboards *

Cozy Powell Cozy Powell (born Colin Trevor Flooks; 29 December 1947 – 5 April 1998) was an English rock drummer who made his name with major rock bands and artists such as The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Gary Moore, Robert Plant, ...

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*Larry Tolfree – drums

References

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