No Clapton, Page, or Beck here

Quite the unplanned post, the result of some research following Tommy Boy's posting of Fleetwood Mac's Hypnotized, with the late Bob Welch.

It seems the Hypnotized single, considered the best cut from the Mystery To Me LP, was backed with (b/w for you old-timers) the Graham Gouldman composition For Your Love, which was originally a hit for the Eric Clapton-era Yardbirds, and released by that band on the day he left. While notable guitarists Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page would later join the Yardbirds, they were not featured on the single.



I think this version stacks up favorably against the original.

And, lest anyone forget, Carlos Santana did not write Black Magic Woman, which was, of course, composed by the founder of Fleetwood Mac himself, Peter Green: