Green enlisted Gilmour, a longtime admirer, to play guitar on a previously unheard recording of Need Your Love So Bad, a rhythm and blues classic that became a minor U.K. hit for Fleetwood Mac in 1968.
The revamped version of the song, which was originally recorded by
Little Willie John in 1955, featured a home-recorded vocal tracked by Green that was tracked on a tape recorder back in 68.
The song is one of two singles included with ultra-limited and deluxe editions of
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The Coral: Coral Island (Modern Sky)
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Marianne Faithfull & Warren Ellis: She Walks In Beauty (BMG)
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Verdict: Haunting Romantic poetry
Just five months later, guitarist Green passed away in his sleep at 73, leaving a legacy now being celebrated afresh on an album taken from that gig
When Mick Fleetwood put together an all-star line-up to pay tribute to his former bandmate Peter Green, he was probably anticipating an emotional evening.
What the veteran drummer couldn’t have foreseen was just how poignant that London concert on February 25 last year would turn out to be. Within weeks of the show at the Palladium, the UK had gone into lockdown.
Green enlisted Gilmour, a longtime admirer, to play guitar on a previously unheard recording of Need Your Love So Bad, a rhythm and blues classic that became a minor U.K. hit for Fleetwood Mac in 1968.
The revamped version of the song, which was originally recorded by
Little Willie John in 1955, featured a home-recorded vocal tracked by Green that was tracked on a tape recorder back in 68.
The song is one of two singles included with ultra-limited and deluxe editions of
Green enlisted Gilmour, a longtime admirer, to play guitar on a previously unheard recording of Need Your Love So Bad, a rhythm and blues classic that became a minor U.K. hit for Fleetwood Mac in 1968.
The revamped version of the song, which was originally recorded by
Little Willie John in 1955, featured a home-recorded vocal tracked by Green that was tracked on a tape recorder back in 68.
The song is one of two singles included with ultra-limited and deluxe editions of
Green enlisted Gilmour, a longtime admirer, to play guitar on a previously unheard recording of Need Your Love So Bad, a rhythm and blues classic that became a minor U.K. hit for Fleetwood Mac in 1968.
The revamped version of the song, which was originally recorded by
Little Willie John in 1955, featured a home-recorded vocal tracked by Green that was tracked on a tape recorder back in 68.
The song is one of two singles included with ultra-limited and deluxe editions of