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, led by Peter Green. Released in 1999, this was their third album. 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. Recorded on 5 April 1998 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, the double album featured new versions of various songs from the group's previous albums, and also some of Green's Fleetwood Mac songs. On the same night, the group's previous drummer

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was killed in a road accident. This was the group's last album to feature bass guitarist Neil Murray.

Track listing

Disc one

#"It Takes Time" ( Otis Rush) – 5:18 #"Homework" ( Dave Clark, Al Perkins) – 3:45 #" Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) – 7:13 #"Indians" ( Nigel Watson) – 4:08 #"Hey Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" ( Ellas McDaniel) – 6:09 #"The Supernatural" (Green) – 3:37 #"Rattlesnake Shake" (Green) – 5:00 #" Shake Your Hips" (

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) – 5:16 #"

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" (Green) – 3:32 The album incorrectly lists the composer of track 2 as Otis Rush. Rush was the first person to record the song in 1962, but did not compose it.

Disc two

#" Travelling Riverside Blues" (

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) – 3:59 #"Steady Rollin' Man" (Johnson) – 3:33 #" Terraplane Blues" (Johnson) – 3:47 #"Honeymoon Blues" (Johnson) – 3:04 #"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" (Johnson) – 3:19 #"If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day" (Johnson) – 4:27 #" The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Prong Crown)" (Green) – 5:38 #"Goin’ Down" (

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) – 7:36 #"Help Me" ( Sonny Boy Williamson) – 4:49 #"Look on Yonder Wall" (

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/ Marshall Sehorn) – 6:48

Personnel

* Peter Green –

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* Nigel Watson – guitars, vocals * Neil Murray –

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*Roger Cotton –

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*Larry Tolfree –

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References

{{Peter Green 1999 live albums Peter Green Splinter Group albums Albums recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club