The End of the Game

In the Skies	Then Play On Before they set sail for California and a new life as consummate pop songsmiths, Fleetwood Mac were pedigreed British blues rockers with roots in Britain's seminal John Mayall's Blues Breakers and their hearts orbiting Chicago and the Mississippi Delta. One of the few surviving a...	Biggest Thing Since Colossus (Sony) 1969 album for Columbia featuing Spann backed with S.P. Leary on drums and three early Fleetwood Mac members: guitarists Peter Green & Danny Kirwan and bassist John McVie. 10 tracks, including 'My Love Depends On You', 'Walkin'' and 'Someday Baby'.	A Hard Road	The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Full title - Very Best Of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. 20 tracks assembled here on this excellent retrospective which also adds 'I'd Rather Go Blind' by future Mac member Christine McVie's band, Chicken Shack, and Chris Coco's 2002 remake of 'Albatross' featuring Peter Green. Sli...
Alone with the Blues After acknowledging Eric Clapton and George Harrison in the audience at a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1969, B.B. King was heard to have said 'But I've got to say that I'm sorry, Peter Green is best'. With this budget-priced 16 track compilation featuring over 30 yea...	Live in Boston 1 (Dig) Subtitled - The Boston Tea Party. Remastered reissue of 1970 recording repackaged in a gatefold digipak sleeve recreating the look & feel of the original vinyl album. Eight tracks including the previously unreleased 'Rattlesnake Shake'. Snapper. 2003.	In the Skies Import only reissue of Peter Green's 1979 album. Includes liner notes and interview material. Castle Music. 2005.	White Sky	The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions brand new item never been opened great gift for music lovers

Wah-wah mastery by Peter Green
I remeber having this album when it first came out on vinyl; I always loved Peter Green. I was a bit surprised by it, not to say confused.It is different from his previous work. I've recently purchased it on the CD because I remembered that there was something about it that I liked. I now understand why; it's very good. Green used the wha-wha pedal very sparingly when with the Fleetwood Mac. The End of the Game is a terrific display of his mastery of the effect. Although he himself classifies this album as nothing more than a jam, it is a must listen for anybody who enjoys his music, or the "cry baby" pedal in action. It's all instrumental and contains some of the most aggressive guitar playing from Peter. I love it. Vernon Sikorski, Lombard, Illinois, USA

NO FLUFF HERE ! ! !
Ahh.... 'The End of the Game' !!! It's like an old friend. I was turned on to this record way back in the early 70's, a couple of years after it was originally released. The nasty cassette tape my good friend gave me was recorded from his LP that was in bad condition. Scratchy, full of pops, and skips, but WOW! what a mind blowing, late night recording! Especially thru headphones in the wee morning hours (a footnote: This session was recorded one late night into the early morning hours with lots of spontaneous improve, like great Jazz artist). I searched for years for the impossible to find LP. As the decades when by, I managed to fine 3 vinyl copies (out of print $$$). I finally scored the import CD several years back ($30). The only disappointment with the CD version is the very last sound, at the end of the last track. On the vinyl, the last thing you hear is the needle getting knocked of the record (to show it is record on a turn table) That the title 'Game' meant that Peter felt the recording industry was a game, that they did not want to really hear what the artist wanted to play from his heart & soul, but just wanted pop hits that they could cash in on. Fittingly, this was the last we heard from him for the next 9 years (as he walked away from the recording industry game). This is not a recording for everybody, nor should it be. It is for people that understand a great artist, and are opened minded enough to listen what he is saying thru his musical expression, thru his talent as an artist. Peter has the ability to make his guitar cry! If that does not touch you, you should stick with the mainstream fluff, farther up the FM dial.

Patience Yields Rewards - Great Guitar!
Having been a dedicated Fleetwood Mac fan (until they abandoned the blues for pop) I was well aware of Peter Green's reputation and playing. When he dropped out of sight after leaving Mac, many of us wondered when and if he'd reappear. He did - with this all instrumental album. At the time this came out, I was only used to hearing Green play in the context of a song or short jams like "Searching for Madge"/"Fighting for Madge" on "Then Play On," so this album didn't grab me. Even in 1970 at the age of 17 I was getting tired of long 'guitar jam' music, since there was an overabundance of it and most of it frankly sucked. BUT!............ Once I got past the fact that there was no singing and really started listening to this album, it became aparent that Green wasn't simply noodling. The improvs build and climax and subside nicely. There are, to be honest, places where the mood sags a bit, but this is easily overlooked and balanced out by the (many)places where Green's playing catches fire. When he's on - which is often here - he's really on. What Clapton took ten notes to say, Green could say with one or two, which often led to him being overlooked by those addicted to the flashier playing of Clapton, Hendrix, Page, Beck, etc. But make no mistake, this is a ROCK SOLID album and well worth the price.

defying description
Peter Green, fresh from his late-1960's endeavors with Fleetwood Mac, offered up his first solo album in 1970, something akin to George Harrison's 'Wonderwall' or Neil Young's 'Arc', a thirty-five minute series of instrumental works ranging in length from under two and one-half minutes (the aptly named 'Timeless Time') to the lengthy opener, the nine-minute workout on the wah-pedal titled 'Bottoms Up'. While the production and writing credits are all assigned to Green, each track was culled from a single six-hour improvisational session featuring Green and four other musicians. This disc comes as sparsely packaged as just about any you will see. The German import lists only one date, 1979, although the disc was originally released on vinyl in 1970. Three times the track listings are offered, but nowhere are the running times provided. The musicians and their instruments are identified. Other than that there are two photographs of a cheetah and a bar code. That's it. What's more, the song titles offer basically no insight into the texture of the compositions, which is fitting since they pretty much defy description. You will notice that fully one-half of the front insert is completely blank, so I guess we can claim that lyrics are included! Perhaps the most instructive insight into the disc can be gained by investigating the backgrounds of the relatively unknown, but not unaccomplished musicians Green is performing with. All possess fairly lengthy resumes, with most of their touchstones on the radical cusp of recorded music. Bassist Alex Dmochowski, for instance, performed on several of Frank Zappa's studio discs from the early 1970's, and also recorded a disc with Anysley Dunbar. Keyboardist Zoot Money had stints with Spencer Davis, Alex Korner, Andy Summers, and even Eric Burdon's New Animals. Nick Buck on organ was a member of Hot Tuna, and drummer Godfrey MacLean was a member of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, and recorded with Lou Reed. Out of this group one could certainly expect an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, rock, as well as the experimental rhythms and moods they create. The most conventional of the six tracks is the funky, pulsing opener, 'Bottoms Up', which also features Green's most impressive guitar lines. The wah-pedal, which Green indulges in throughout the disc, lends a psychedelic impression over all the other musical textures the band explores. 'Timeless Time' follows, a slow, whispy, and brief interlude, marking time between the conventional and unconventional, which breaks loose on track three. 'Descending Scale' is another lengthy track, running about eight minutes, the first six of which are perhaps the most unstructured in the set. With each instrument seemingly pursuing its own course, it is surprising the finished product sounds as coherant and cohesive as it does. The last two minutes of the track, however, follow the rhythm section to a more standard conclusion. The last three tracks run about five, four, and six minutes respectively. 'Burnt Foot' features a nice drum solo, and a sweet rock jam with pulsing bass lines. 'Hidden Depth' is another many-textured track, including one soft, flowing segment. The title track closes out the disc, sounding like an aural summary paragraph for the disc, experienced as a cosmic journey. Recordings such as 'End of the Game' obviously are not going to elicit widespread popular interest. The fact that Warner Brothers chose to release the disc speaks partly to the musical sensibilities of the time, which was a fertile ground for experimental exploits of this sort. It also speaks to the accomplished status Peter Green had achieved as the prime componant in one of the seminal blues-rock bands of the era, especially from a European perspective. No surprise therefore, that 'End of the Game' exists only as an imported product. If you're a fan of the 1960's work of Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac, or if you just enjoy experimental music, this disc qualifies as essential listening. However, I would doubt that people outside of those categories would have much use for what Peter Green and company are doling out here.

A different View of Peter Green
I have been a long time fan of the man, I know that he has a following. I might say that this session is okay, but the mix is a bit heavey on the bass and drums, seems like the producer had a big hand here. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SOUNDTRACK! which I think it is , so the motive of the songs are different. This is best for fans who want to complete ther collections. If you want another choice check out any of the other anthologies, or better yet get the BOX set, which includes the MAN and his griends at the TOP of THIER GAME!