Described in some quarters as experimental, electric blues, prog rock, I’ve probably touched the genre at some point to describe this offering. If I am honest, it isn’t easy listening, but what it does portray is a record company’s bravery in supporting the outpourings of someone who could arguably be considered to be one of the top 5 guitarists of all time. No screeching, driving, anthemic, memorable rifts on this one that’s for sure, but the music scene was very different in those days compared to even 10 years later, never mind 50. Record company bosses had no direction in which to go, had no idea where music would or should go, and therefore it allowed compositions such as this to be recorded. It was a time of experiments, a time not dictated to by image and marketing; an opportunity for recordings to be made because you know what? It might just be the best thing anyone had ever put together. To do that nowadays all you do is release something on YouTube. But more fortunately, for vinyl lovers and those particularly interested in the ‘history of rock n roll’, it leaves us with some touchable history in the shape of ‘The end of the game’
Listen late at night, probably after a drink or something a little weirder, and you can see where this came from. Can you see where it was going? I’m not sure as the gifted Peter Green went off on one. But there is one thing for sure. If you want a piece of history that is in absolutely immaculate condition, if you want to try to understand where Peter Green was at the time, if you want the polar opposite to Rumours and above all if you want a classic example of experimental rock and blues, then buy it now. You certainly will not find anything like it being produced in the future.
