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Product Code: MOVLP537
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Origin: EU
Label: CBS (2012)
Format: LP
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Cover: M
Record: M
Genre: Blues , Pop , Rock N

The Pious Bird of Good Omen

Brand new sealed 180 gram album of this classic album.

The Pious Bird of Good Omen is a compilation album by the British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1969. It consists of their first four non-album UK singles and their B-sides, two other tracks from their previous album Mr. Wonderful, and two tracks by the blues artist Eddie Boyd with backing by members of Fleetwood Mac. These two tracks came from Boyd's album 7936 South Rhodes.

The title of the album is a phrase found in an 1817 gloss (marginal note) to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1798 epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The phrase refers to the albatross killed in the poem ("The ancient Mariner inhospitably killeth the pious bird of good omen"). Its use as an album title as well as the album art is a sly wink to the featuring of the band's number 1 UK hit "Albatross".

The US-only compilation English Rose was a similar package, sharing four songs with this album, and was released earlier in 1969.

3:50
A2   Coming Home
Written-By – E. James*
2:38
A3   Rambling Pony
Written-By – P. A. Green*
2:40
A4   The Big Boat
Piano, Vocals [With] – Eddie Boyd
Written-By – E. Boyd*
2:35
A5   I Believe My Time Ain't Long
Written-By – J. Spencer*
2:55
A6   The Sun Is Shining
Written-By – E. James*
3:10
B1   Albatross
Written-By – P. A. Green*
3:10
B2   Black Magic Woman
Written-By – P. A. Green*
2:46
B3   Just The Blues
Vocals, Piano [With] – Eddie Boyd
Written-By – E. Boyd*
5:35
B4   Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
Written-By – D. Kirwen*
1:33
B5   Looking For Somebody
Written-By – P. A. Green*
2:50
B6   Stop Messin' Round
Written-By – C. G. Adams*, P. A. Green*

2:18

A1   Need Your Love So Bad
Written-By – Little Willie John