The Pious Bird of Good Omen
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| The Pious Bird of Good Omen | ||
| Compilation album by Fleetwood Mac | ||
| Released | 1969 | |
| Recorded | 1968 | |
| Genre | Blues Rock | |
| Label | Blue Horizon | |
| Producer(s) | Mike Vernon | |
| Fleetwood Mac chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Wonderful (1968) |
The Pious Bird of Good Omen (1969) |
Then Play On (1969) |
The Pious Bird of Good Omen is a compilation album by Fleetwood Mac, released in 1969 (see 1969 in music). It consisted of the first four UK singles and their B-sides, two tracks from the second album Mr. Wonderful, and two tracks by Blues artist Eddie Boyd with backing by members of Fleetwood Mac. These two tracks came from Boyd's album 7936 South Rhodes.
The US-only compilation English Rose was a similar package with a different track listing.
- "Need Your Love So Bad" (Little Willie John)
- "Coming Home" (Elmore James)
- "Rambling Pony" (Green)
- "The Big Boat" (Eddie Boyd) *
- "I Believe My Time Ain't Long" (Spencer)
- "The Sun Is Shining" (Spencer)
- "Albatross" (Green)
- "Black Magic Woman" (Green)
- "Just The Blues" (Boyd) *
- "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" (Kirwan)
- "Looking For Somebody" (Green)
- "Stop Messin' Round" (Green/Adams)
- * By Eddie Boyd
- Peter Green - vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Jeremy Spencer - vocals, slide guitar
- Danny Kirwan - vocals, electric guitar on tracks 7 and 10
- John McVie - bass
- Mick Fleetwood - drums
- Eddie Boyd - vocals, piano on tracks 4 and 9
- Producer: Mike Vernon
- Engineer: M. Ross