Fleetwood Mac 'Then Play On' celebration edition detailed

Reissue of legendary group’s third studio album available Sept 18th

Fleetwood Mac’s third studio album, Then Play On, will be reissued on CD and vinyl on September 18th on BMG. This deluxe, expanded book pack edition of the album will feature the original UK track listing, plus four bonus tracks, all mastered at half speed for dynamic range. The vinyl 2 LP version will be pressed on 180-gram audiophile black vinyl.

The CD will come with a media book, while the 2 LP will come with a 16 page book pack, with both featuring brand new sleeve notes by band biographer Anthony Bozza and a personal foreword by Mick Fleetwood himself.

The Celebration Edition is being reissued as a prelude to the worldwide release of the Mick Fleetwood And Friends Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green concert film later this year.

First released on September 19, 1969, Then Play On was the first of Fleetwood Mac’s original albums to feature Danny Kirwan, and the last with Peter Green.

Taking its title from the opening line of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night – “If music be the food of love, play on” – the album offered a broader stylistic range than the classic blues of the group’s first two albums.

Featuring some of the early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac’s most notable songs, such as “The Green Manilishi,” “Searching For Madge,” and “Oh Well Pts. 1 & 2,” the album is revered as a genre-pushing record and a lynch-pin piece of the vast Fleetwood Mac repertoire.

Then Play On went on to reach No. 6 in the UK, subsequently becoming the band’s fourth Top 20 hit album in a row, as well as their third album to reach the Top 10.