Jeremy Spencer (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Jeremy Spencer
Type = Album
Artist = Jeremy Spencer


Released = 1970
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Jeremy Spencer
Last album =
This album = Jeremy Spencer
(1970)
Next album = Jeremy Spencer and the Children
(1972)

"Jeremy Spencer" is an album by British blues rock musician Jeremy Spencer, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967-71. Released in 1970 (see 1970 in music), this was his first solo album and the first solo album by a current member of Fleetwood Mac.

The album consisted of a collection of blues and 1950s songs, many of them parodies of other artists or styles. Spencer had already proved his powers of mimicry on the first two Fleetwood Mac albums, and he used this solo project to extend this to other forms of music, such as surf pop on "Surfin' Girl". Other artists that came in for the Spencer treatment were Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.

Accompanying Spencer on the album were the other members of Fleetwood Mac, although Peter Green was only present on one track, "String-a-long". This album can be seen as making up for Spencer's absence on the previous Fleetwood Mac album "Then Play On".

Track listing

#"Linda" (Spencer)
#"The Shape I'm In" (Cathy/Blackwell)
#"Mean Blues" (Spencer)
#"String-a-long" (Duncan/Doyle)
#"Here Comes Charlie (With His Dancing Shoes On)" (Spencer)
#"Teenage Love Affair" (Spencer)
#"Jenny Lee" (Spencer)
#"Don't Go Please Stay" (Spencer)
#"You Made A Hit" (Maynard)
#"Take A Look Around Mrs Brown" (Spencer)
#"Surfin' Girl" (Spencer)
#"If I Could Swim The Mountain" (Spencer)

Personnel

*Jeremy Spencer - vocals, Slide Guitar, Piano
*Mick Fleetwood - drums, Congas, percussion
*John McVie - Bass guitar
*Danny Kirwan - Guitar, Backing vocals
*Peter Green - Banjo on track 4
*Stephen Gregory - Saxophone

Production

*Produced by Jeremy Spencer