An albatross is a bird that sailors believed brought bad luck, hence the expression "An albatross around your neck." The albatross appears in the poem The Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge. Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green read the poem as a child, which gave him the idea for the song.
This song is the biggest-selling selling rock instrumental of all time in the UK.
Peter Green says in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh: "I heard John Mayall's Bluebreakers cover of blues singer Jimmy Rogers 'The Last Meal.' I thought I would take it and develop it."
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