In June 1973 the music press released this story as follows:. Or, maybe Green was simply doing Watson a favor at the time allowing him to cut a couple of tracks during the studio time that he had booked to record his LP, similar to the situation with the first two Clifford Davis numbers, done while the band was working on the tracks for “Then Play On”. ![]() Extrapolating on that idea, Green may have been considering splitting the LP with Watson, as he did “Then Play On” with Kirwan, relieving him of the responsibility of writing an entire album’s worth of material. If these tracks were also from the January session(s), then one possible inference is that Green was considering releasing an album with vocals, but that either Watson would be doing all of the singing, or that he was going to be sharing the vocal duties with Watson, much as he did on the Fleetwood Mac albums, with each writer singing their own material. If Celmins was under the impression that the record was released in “mid-1972” the statement makes perfect sense, and I would argue that that was the case here, that he believed at the time that the record was released in “mid-1972”. I am fully aware that the second half of that statement would still be incorrect the single was released in January of 1972, which the discography correctly states, but the incorrect statement would at least then be consistent with Celmins second reference to the session and the release of the record a few pages later.Īfter writing of the guest session with King, Celmins writes, “Following that, Peter found time to record ‘Beasts of Burden’ b/w ‘Uganda Woman’ with Nigel Watson…” but again, the timelines become tangled as he concludes by saying, “…although it would be almost a year before the record was released as a single.” One can only assume that the sentence should have been broken up to read that it was recorded in “mid- 1971”, and released in “mid-1972”. He first quotes Watson as saying that the inspiration for ‘Beasts of Burden’ came from the time that he and Green had spent with the moccasin maker at his cabin in Nevada, but an editing error in the text then thoroughly confuses the situation as Celmins parenthetically adds that the song was “recorded and (emphasis mine) released in mid-1972”. Whether cited or not, the discography in Celmins bio has long been the main source of information for those attempting to document Green’s recording history, leading to the wide acceptance of the idea that ‘Beasts of Burden’ and ‘Uganda Woman’ were recorded during the same January session(s) which produced ‘Heavy Heart’.Ĭelmins’ text however, specifically places the recording of those two songs in June of 1971, after the sessions for B.B. Does anybody have any info on his early seventies work or any photos of him from this era? I'd be really appreciative to see/hear anything! But alas, it didn't happen, although I wish we could get those two songs, along with their b-sides, on a legal CD.Īnyways, the 1971-1978 era of Peter Green really intrigues me. I think "Heavy Heart" is a cool tune, and "Beasts of Burden" is great song in my opinion, and if the album would have went along those lines it would have been a great addition to Peter's body of work. ![]() I think there was a BBC recording and a live recording (correct me if I'm wrong).īut anyways, was there any other material that was considered? And why was it never recorded? ![]() The only song that was projected to appear as far as I know was "Sandy Mary", which was released a few years ago by Fleetwood Mac, but I don't think it was an official studio recording. It was supposed to contain vocal based material, unlike his prior album. Apparently he was going to make a second solo album after The End of the Game, but it never came to fruition.
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