Fleetwood mac the early years the original fleetwood mac formed in 1967 and within a short time had gained a reputation as the best blues band in europe. By 1969, "albatross" was on top of the charts, and the singles "man of the world" and "oh well" saw the group outsell the beatles and the rolling stones at that time. This is a video album of the early years of fleetwood mac, up to the point of co-founder peter green's departure: a unique collection of live television footage and unseen archive material, set to the classic studio hits and live performance music of the original fleetwood mac. Songs: black magic woman, heart beat like a hammer, shake your moneymaker, i'm worried, like it this way, world keep on turning, stop messing around, albatross, need your love so bad, man of the world, like crying, linda, oh well, rattlesnake shake, green manal ishi. Synopsis while their later period as a top-selling california pop band is well d ocumented, many people are unaware that fleetwood mac began their career as one of britain's hottest blues bands, and that their original guitarist, peter green, was for a time considered the most gifted blues player on the english scene. This video collects stellar performances from fleetwood mac's early lineup, featuring mick fleetwood, peter green, danny kirwan, john mcvie, and jeremy spencer