Fleetwood Mac in Chicago

Blues Jam at Chess/Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago Vols. 1 & 2 was the result of a recording session in early 1969, at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, et al.) with Fleetwood Mac, then a young British blues band, and some of their Chicago blues mentors.

Fleetwood Mac: Jeremy Spencer (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Danny Kirwan (vocals, guitar); Peter Green (vocals, guitar); John McVie (bass guitar); Mick Fleetwood (drums).

Mentors: Otis Spann (vocals, piano); David Honeyboy Edwards (guitar); Buddy Guy (guitar); Walter "Shakey" Horton (harmonica); J. T. Brown (tenor saxophone); Willie Dixon (acoustic bass); S.P. Leary (drums).

Volume 1

Original release

Side one

1. "Watch Out" (Peter Green) - 4:20
2. "Ooh Baby" (Howlin' Wolf) - 4:05
3. "South Indiana" (take 1) (Walter Horton) - 3:21
4. "South Indiana" (take 2) (Walter Horton) - 3:46
5. "Last Night" (Little Walter Jacobs) - 5:01
6. "Red Hot Jam" (Peter Green) - 6:02

Side two

1. "I'm Worried" (Elmore James) - 3:46
2. "I Held My Baby Last Night" (Elmore James, Jules Taub) - 5:16
3. "Madison Blues" (Elmore James) - 4:55
4. "I Can't Hold Out" (Elmore James) - 4:48
5. "I Need Your Love" (Walter Horton) - 4:31
6. "I Got the Blues" (Walter Horton) - 3:59

2004 CD extended version

1. "Watch Out"
2. "Ooh Baby"
3. "South Indiana" (take 1)
4. "South Indiana" (take 2)
5. "Last Night"
6. "Red Hot Jam" (take 1 with studio talk)
7. "Red Hot Jam" (take 2 - master version)
8. "I'm Worried"
9. "I Held My Baby Last Night"
10. "Madison Blues"
11. "I Can't Hold Out"
12. "Bobby's Rock" (previously unreleased) (Elmore James) - 3:59
13. "I Need Your Love"
14. "Horton's Boogie Woogie" (take 1 with studio chatter - previously unreleased) (Walter Horton) - 3:37
15. "I Got the Blues" (master version with previously unreleased false start)

Volume 2

Original release

Side one

1. "World's in a Tangle" (Jimmy Rogers) - 5:25
2. "Talk With You" (Danny Kirwan) - 3:27
3. "Like It This Way" (Danny Kirwan)) - 4:24
4. "Someday Soon Baby" (Otis Spann) - 7:36
5. "Hungry Country Girl" (Otis Spann) - 5:46

Side two

1. "Black Jack Blues" (J. T. Brown) - 5:08
2. "Everyday I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) - 4:54
3. "Rockin' Boogie" (Jeremy Spencer) - 3:57
4. "Sugar Mama" (Howlin' Wolf)
5. "Homework" (Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush) - 3:20

2004 CD extended version

1. "World's in a Tangle"
2. "Talk With You"
3. "Like It This Way"
4. "Someday Soon Baby"
5. "Hungry Country Girl"
6. "Black Jack Blues"
7. "Everyday I Have the Blues"
8. "Rockin' Boogie"
9. "My Baby's Gone" (David Edwards) - 4:04
10. "Sugar Mama" (take 1 - previously unreleased) - 0:49
11. "Sugar Mama" (take 2 - master version)
12. "Homework"
13. "Honey Boy Blues" (previously unreleased) (David Edwards) - 2:19
14. "I Need Your Love" (take 1 - previously unreleased) (Jimmy Rogers) - 2:15
15. "Horton's Boogie Woogie" (take 2 - previously unreleased) - 3:40
16. "Have a Good Time" (previously unreleased) (Walter Horton) - 4:54
17. "That's Wrong" (previously unreleased) (Walter Horton) - 4:12
18. "Rock Me Baby" (previously unreleased) (Lil' Son Jackson) - 3:24