Comprised of songs from the early, hard-edged
blues-based
Fleetwood Mac, before they morphed into the polished rock act for which they will forever be known, Collection Gold is an excellent overview of the group's roots and the vision of guitarists
Peter Green and
Jeremy Spencer. The raw groove of one of
Green's most famous compositions, "Black Magic Woman," the beautiful atmospherics of "Albatross," and the shuffling cover of the
Howlin' Wolf tune "No Place to Go" certainly highlight the early days of
Fleetwood Mac and serve to document a fascinating group who commanded as much importance in the British psychedelic
blues scene as much as the American
pop scene. ~ Gregory McIntosh, All Music Guide
