<P> Fleetwood Mac were formed in July 1967 in London, England, when Peter Green left the British blues band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers . Peter Green had replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers and had received critical acclaim for his work on their album A Hard Road . Green had been in two bands with Mick Fleetwood, Peter B's Looners and the subsequent Shotgun Express (which featured a young Rod Stewart as vocalist), and suggested Fleetwood as a replacement for drummer Aynsley Dunbar . John Mayall agreed and Fleetwood became a member of the band . </P> <P> The Bluesbreakers now consisted of Green, Fleetwood, John McVie and Mayall . Mayall gave Green free recording time as a gift, in which Fleetwood, McVie and Green recorded five songs . The fifth song was an instrumental that Green named after the rhythm section, "Fleetwood Mac". </P> <P> Soon after this, Green suggested to Fleetwood that they form a new band . The pair wanted McVie on bass guitar and named the band' Fleetwood Mac' to entice him, but McVie opted to keep his steady income with Mayall rather than take a risk with a new band . In the meantime Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood had teamed up with slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning . Brunning was in the band on the understanding that he would leave if McVie agreed to join . The Green, Fleetwood, Spencer, Brunning version of the band made its debut on 13 August 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival as' Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac', also featuring Jeremy Spencer . Brunning played only a few gigs with Fleetwood Mac . Within weeks of this show, John McVie agreed to join the band as permanent bassist . </P> <P> Fleetwood Mac's self - titled debut album was a no - frills blues album and was released by the Blue Horizon label in February 1968 . There were no other players on the album (except on the song "Long Grey Mare", which was recorded with Brunning on bass). The album was successful in the UK and reached no . 4, although it did not have any singles on it . The band soon released two singles: "Black Magic Woman" (later a big hit for Santana) and "Need Your Love So Bad". </P>

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