The original version of the song was recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1970. This was during the Peter Green era of Fleetwood Mac, when they were a blues rock band, and several years before they revamped with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Green has said that he wrote the song after an LSD-induced dream, where he was encountered by a dead green dog barking at him from the afterlife. Pretty standard. It was the last song Green recorded with the band, and it reached #10 on the UK pop charts, which would be the band's last Top 10 hit in its native UK until "Tusk" in 1979.
Metal gods Judas Priest recorded a cover of the song that was released in 1979 on the band's fifth studio album, Hell Bent for Leather -- which was titled Killing Machine in the UK and released in late 1978 there, though the UK version did not originally include "The Green Manalishi." While the original is a plodding psychedelic rock song, Judas Priest upped the tempo and added some snarl to the song, making it into a metal masterpiece.
Judas Priest also performed the song as part of their set at Live Aid in 1985. True story: several years ago, some friends and I had a Live Aid-themed New Year's Eve party. We each came up with a cocktail based on something relating to Live Aid. My contribution was The Green Manilishi, which was one part Fireball and one part Sour Apple Pucker. Apple cinnamon seemed like a tried and true combo, but the drink was not great. The Pucker overpowered the Fireball, and they just didn't mix well together. I'm relieved to see that Fireball recently released an apple flavor called Blazin' Apple. I've had it, and I'll admit that it tastes significantly better than The Green Manalishi.
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