1. Suzie Q
2. I Put A Spell On You
3. Proud Mary
4. Bad Moon Rising
5. Lodi
6. Green River
7. Commotion
8. Down On The Corner
9. Fortunate Son
10. Travelin' Band
11. Who'll Stop The Rain
12. Up Around The Bend
13. Run Through The Jungle
14. Lookin' Out My Back Door
15. Long As I Can See The Light
16. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
17. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
18. Hey Tonight
19. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
20. Someday Never Comes
Opening slowly with the dark, swampy "Born on the Bayou," Bayou Country reveals an assured Creedence Clearwater Revival, a band that has found its voice between their first and second album. It's not just that "Born on the Bayou" announces that CCR has discovered its sound — it reveals the extent of John Fogerty's myth-making. With this song, he sketches out his persona; it makes him sound as if he crawled out of the backwoods of Louisiana instead of being a native San Franciscan. He carries this illusion throughout the record, through the ominous meanderings of "Graveyard Train" through the stoked cover of "Good Golly Miss Molly" to "Keep on Chooglin'," which rides out a southern-fried groove for nearly eight minutes. At the heart of Bayou Country, as well as Fogerty's myth and Creedence's entire career, is "Proud Mary." A riverboat tale where the narrator leaves a good job in the city for a life rolling down the river, the song is filled with details that ring so true that it feels autobiographical. The lyric is married to music that is utterly unique yet curiously timeless, blending rockabilly, country, and Stax R&B into something utterly distinctive and addictive. "Proud Mary" is the emotional fulcrum at the center of Fogerty's seductive imaginary Americana, and while it's the best song here, his other songs are no slouch, either. "Born on the Bayou" is a magnificent piece of swamp-rock, "Penthouse Pauper" is a first-rate rocker with the angry undertow apparent on "Porterville" and "Bootleg" is a minor masterpiece, thanks to its tough acoustic foundation, sterling guitar work, and clever story. All the songs add up to a superb statement of purpose, a record that captures Creedence Clearwater Revival's muscular, spare, deceptively simple sound as an evocative portrait of America.
1. Born on the Bayou
2. Bootleg
3. Graveyard Train
4. Good Golly Miss Molly
5. Penthouse Pauper
6. Proud Mary
7. Keep on Chooglin'
Willy and the Poor Boys Creedence Clearwater Revival $24.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
So popular was CCR worldwide that by 1970 the group was consistently scoring hits on both the A and B sides of its singles, a feat previously accomplished by Elvis Presley and the Beatles. This LP, released in November 1969, proved no exception, containing "Fortunate Son" and "Down On The Corner," the latter becoming one of CCR's biggest hits to date. Fogerty's fine gritty voice and his tight vocal overdubbing are standouts, along with his excellent renditions of "Cotton Fields" and "Midnight Special." Willy And The Poorboys remained on the Billboard charts for 60 weeks, scoring as high as No. 3 and garnering the group's third platinum LP.
1. Down On The Corner
2. It Came Out Of The Sky
3. Poorboy Shuffle
4. Feelin' Blue
5. Fortunate Son
6. Don't Look Now
7. The Midnight Special
8. Side O' The Road
9. Effigy
By the summer of 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival was firmly ensconced as the American dance band, continuing to churn out hugely-successful hit singles, four of which are on this album, and cut here at 45 RPM. The title cut "Green River," along with "Commotion," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Lodi," were Top Ten singles in the classic rockabilly/R&B tradition and together made this LP the group’s first No. 1 album on the Billboard charts. Because of a penchant for developing tight, carefully crafted material before entering the studio, CCR recorded Green River in an astounding two-and-a-half days, after which the LP remained on the charts for 88 weeks, earning the group its second platinum LP.
After four years of nearly nonstop performing, CCR sounds as polished and tight as ever on this album. Of the two hit singles from the LP, "Hey Tonight" and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?," the latter’s slower ballad format clearly suggests the band was exploring new areas of its music, including a developing emphasis on instrumentals. With this swing of the pendulum, the creative tasks would in the future be shared by all members of the group.
Cosmo’s Factory - the name drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford gave CCR’s rehearsal studio because so many hits were created there - lived up to its namesake in spades. Released in July 1970, the album contained more hit singles (six) than any other CCR LP, achieved multi-platinum status and became the band’s all-time best-selling album both in the U.S. and worldwide (69 weeks on the Billboard charts). In addition, the trailblazing extended version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (which Rolling Stone pronounced "more intense than any six minutes of Grateful Dead music on record") was never released as a single during the group’s heyday but received enormous AM and FM airplay, boosting both the song and the LP to No. 1 on all three trade music charts. That track along with "Lookin’ Out My Back Door" and "Run Through The Jungle" are cut at 45 RPM here.
Track Listings
1. Lookin' Out My Back Door
2. Run Through the Jungle
3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Continuing with our widely praised Analogue Productions/AcousTech CCR reissue series Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman have cut another masterpiece. Pared down to a trio, Mardi Gras was CCR's last LP. It includes the Fogerty classic "Sweet Hitch Hicker" and a great cover of Ricky Nelson's "Hello Mary Lou."
Track Listings:
1. Lookin' for A Reason
2. Take It Like A Friend
3. Need Someone To Hold
4. Tearin' Up The Country
5. Someday Never Comes
6. What Are You Gonna Do
7. Sail Away
8. Hello Mary Lou
9. Door To Door
10. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
With the release of this extraordinary debut album in July 1968, Creedence Clearwater Revival was launched upon a career that little more than a year later would lead to enormous worldwide popularity. The four-man group from San Francisco’s East Bay had worked 10 years as a bar band and recorded several singles on the Scorpio label (under the forgettable name Golliwogs), but it was with this Fantasy release that CCR caught fire. Lead singer/guitarist/writer John Fogerty emerges as a fine lyric shouter with "I Put A Spell On You" and "Suzie Qu," a brilliant extended rendition of the Dale Hawkins classic that quickly became a Top Ten Hit.
So popular was CCR worldwide that by 1970 the group was consistently scoring hits on both the A and B sides of its singles, a feat previously accomplished only by Elvis Presley and the Beatles. This release from November 1969 proved no exception, containing "Fortunate Son" and "Down On The Corner," the latter becoming one of CCR’s biggest hits to date. Fogerty’s fine gritty voice and his tight vocal overdubbing are standouts, along with his excellent renditions of "Cotton Fields" and "Midnight Special." All of those hits plus "It Came Out Of The Sky" and "Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You Or Me)" are cut here at 45 RPM. Stunning sound.
Track Listings:
1. Down On The Corner
2. It Came Out Of The Sky
3. Cotton Fields
4. Fortunate Son
5. Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)
6. The Midnight Special
With the release of this extraordinary debut album in July 1968, Creedence Clearwater Revival was launched upon a career that little more than a year later would lead to enormous worldwide popularity. The four-man group from San Francisco's East Bay had worked ten years as a bar band and recorded several singles on the Scorpio label (under the forgettable name Golliwogs), but it was with this Fantasy release that CCR caught fire. Lead singer/ guitarist/ writer John Fogerty emerges as a fine lyric shouter with "Ninety-Nine and a Half," "I Put A Spell On You" and "Suzie Q," a brilliant extended redition of the Dale Hawkins classic that quickly became a Top Ten Hit.
Track Listing:
1. I Put A Spell On You
2. The Working Man
3. Susie-Q
4. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)
5. Get Down Woman
6. Porterville
7. Gloomy
8. Walking on the Water
Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival $24.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl - Sealed
By the summer of 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival was firmly ensconced as the American dance band, continuing to churn out hugely-successful hit singles, four of which are on this album (released August 1969). The title cut "Green River," along with "Commotion," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Lodi," were Top Ten singles in the classic rockabilly/ R&B tradition and together made this LP the group's first No. 1 album on the Billboard charts. Because of a penchant for developing tight, carefully crafted material before entering the studio, CCR recorded Green River in an astounding two-and-a-half days, after which the LP remained on the charts for 88 weeks, earning the group its second platinum LP.
Track Listing:
1. Green River
2. Commotion
3. Tombstone Shadow
4. Wrote A Song for Everyone
5. Bad Moon Rising
6. Lodi
7. Cross-Tie Walker
8. Sinister Purpose
9. Night Time Is the Right Time
For those of you that have followed Analogue Productions for a few years, you might remember our Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk LP box sets. If you own a copy, you know how deluxe these sets are, from the detailed liner notes to the rarest photographs. And that's not even addressing the most important part, the music and sound. Both of those sets are now collector's items, with the Miles Davis long sold out and going for well over the original retail price, and only a few remaining copies of the Monk.
You can expect the same from our newest project, The Creedence Clearwater Revival Box Set, titled Absolute Originals. We've assembled CCR's seven studio albums along with indepth liners by rock critic extraordinare Ben Fong-Torres of Rolling Stone fame, and photos by Baron Wolman and Didi Zill, both of whom were there to document CCR "back in the day." There is also an essay by Steve Hoffman, who along with Kevin Gray, remastered these gems at AcousTech Mastering.
Additionally, the LP box set will include an eighth record of choice songs cut at 45 RPM. Included will be rare mixes of "Bad Moon Rising" and "Proud Mary." When these songs first came out, John Fogerty mixed them in very narrow stereo so that they'd be compatible with mono sound, which was just starting to be phased out. In 1975, they were remixed in wide stereo. Those are the mixes included on this bonus disc, and at 45 RPM, the sound is incredible.
Each box set will be numbered.
"Chad Kassem showed me the finished version of his remarkable Creedence Clearwater Revival boxed set. Absolute Originals contains vinyl remasterings of all seven Creedence albums, plus an eighth disc, cut at 45rpm, featuring five of the group's singles remixed in wide stereo. (Is that like loud TV?) I own a few test pressings from Chad's original run of individual LP reissues, and I can vouch for their superb sound and clean surfaces - but what impressed me most was the high quality of the booklet that comes with the boxed version. Whoever was the art director of that project deserves a raise, and Chad deserves thanks for creating a package that exceeds our expectations rather than just tossing off some junky scan." - Art Dudley, Stereophile, August 2004
"...The box isn't cheap, but it is a collection of classic albums - there's really not a dud in the bunch - and they have never sounded better...Finally, there's the presentation, which is first class. The full sized, full color booklet includes veteran rock writer Ben Fong-Torres's lucid liner notes, and a collection of fabulous publicity shots sumptuously presented. The last page includes Steve Hoffman's notes about the reissue production and information on the original recordings and mixes, along with tape box photos...CCR fans rejoice!" Music = 10/11 Sound = 9/11 - Michael Fremer, Musicangle.com. Read the full review.
Cosmo’s Factory - the name drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford gave CCR’s rehearsal studio because so many hits were created there - lived up to its namesake in spades. Released in July 1970, the album contained more hit singles (six) than any other CCR LP, achieved multi-platinum status and became the band’s all-time best-selling album both in the U.S. and worldwide (69 weeks on the Billboard charts). In addition, the trailblazing extended version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (which Rolling Stone pronounced "more intense than any six minutes of Grateful Dead music on record") was never released as a single during the group’s heyday but received enormous AM and FM airplay, boosting both the song and the LP to No. 1 on all three trade music charts.
Track Listing:
1. Ramble Tamble
2. Before You Accuse Me
3. Travelin' Band
4. Ooby Dooby
5. Lookin' Out My Back Door
6. Run Through The Jungle
7. Up Around The Bend
8. My Baby Left Me
9. Who'll Stop The Rain
10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
11. Long As I Can See The Light
After four years of nearly nonstop performing, CCR sounds as polished and tight as ever on this album. Of the two hit singles from the LP, "Hey Tonight" and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," the latter's slower ballad format clearly suggests that band was exploring new areas of its music, including a developing emphasis on instrumentals. With this swing of the pendulum the creative tasks would in the future be shared by all members of the group. A fine and tasty offering, Pendulum is still universally acknowledged as among the greatest in the annals of rock.
After four years of nearly nonstop performing, CCR sounds as polished and tight as ever on this album. Of the two hit singles from the LP, "Hey Tonight" and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," the latter's slower ballad format clearly suggests that band was exploring new areas of its music, including a developing emphasis on instrumentals. With this swing of the pendulum the creative tasks would in the future be shared by all members of the group. A fine and tasty offering, Pendulum is still universally acknowledged as among the greatest in the annals of rock.
Track Listing:
1. Pagan Baby
2. Sailor's Lament
3. Chameleon
4. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
5. (Wish I Could) Hideaway
6. Born to Move
7. Hey Tonight
8. It's Just a Thought
9. Molina
10. Rude Awakening #2
A special limited edition vinyl collectors’ package with
15 Classic CCR 45 RPM vinyl singles with rare picture sleeves housed in a collectible box!
The definitive singles collection on 15 vinyl 45 RPM discs presented in their original mixes for the first time in over 40 years.
Special multi-page booklet featuring all-new liner notes by noted rock historian Ben Fong-Torres.
Track Listing:
Portervill
Call It Pretending
Suzie Q (part 1)
Suzie Q (part 2)
I Put A Spell On You
Walk On The Water
Proud Mary
Born On The Bayou
Bad Moon Rising
Lodi
Green River
Commotion
Fortunate Son
Down On The Corner
Travelin' Band
Who'll Stop The Rain
Run Through The Jungle
Up Around The Bend
Long As I Can See The Light
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Hey Tonight
Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Door To Door
Someday Never Comes
Tearin' Up The Country
I Heard It Through The Grapevine (single edit)
Good Golly, Miss Molly
45 Revolutions Per Minute (part 1)
45 Revolutions Per Minute (part 2)
Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly referred to by their initials CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band, fronted by John Fogerty. Although it hailed from the Bay Area of California, the group was influenced by the swamp blues genre that came out of south Louisiana in the late 1950s and early to mid-1960s. CCR cultivated a Louisiana connection through its choice of song and album titles, such as "Born on the Bayou," Bayou Country, and Mardi Gras, as well as through the southern "good ol' boy" image projected by its members.
