CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – DEBUT LP – EXC+ A1/B1 UK 1969 ORIG

Creedence Clearwater Revival
(Liberty Records  1969  LBS83259  Blue Liberty Labels)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Laminated Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– a few creases to laminate front and back

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl which do give some light pops/clicks but sound quality is excellent overall – side 2 is cracklier and grades Excellent/Very Good+)

Creedence Clearwater Revival, often informally abbreviated to Creedence or CCR, was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed the roots rock, swamp rock, and blues rock genres. Despite their San Francisco Bay Area origins, they played in a Southern rock style, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern United States iconography, as well as political and socially-conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War. The band performed at 1969’s famed Woodstock Festival.

After four years of chart-topping success, the group disbanded acrimoniously in late 1972. Tom Fogerty had officially left the previous year, and his brother John was at odds with the remaining members over matters of business and artistic control, all of which resulted in subsequent lawsuits between the former band mates. Fogerty’s ongoing disagreements with Saul Zaentz, owner of their label Fantasy Records, created further protracted court battles. As a result, John Fogerty refused to perform with the two other surviving former members at CCR’s 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s music is still a staple of U.S. radio airplay; the band has sold 26 million albums in the United States alone. Rolling Stone ranked the band 82nd on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.

Creedence Clearwater Revival is the debut studio album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in 1968.

Track listing

All songs written by John Fogerty, except where noted. All tracks recorded February 1968, except where indicated

Side one

1. “I Put a Spell on You” (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins) – 4:33
2. “The Working Man” – 3:04
3. “Susie Q” (Dale Hawkins, Eleanor Broadwater, Stanley Lewis) – 8:37
   • Recorded January 19, 1968.

Side two

4. “Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do)” (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett) – 3:39
5. “Get Down Woman” – 3:09
6. “Porterville” – 2:24
   • Recorded October 1967. Initially released as a single in November 1967. It was the last single that the band released as The Golliwogs.
7. “Gloomy” – 3:51
8. “Walk on the Water” (J. Fogerty, Tom Fogerty) – 4:40
   • This track is a remake of “Walking on the Water”, a recording released by the band as a single, in 1966, while they were still known as The Golliwogs.

Personnel

• John Fogerty – lead guitar, lead vocals
• Tom Fogerty – rhythm guitar, backing and co-lead (3) vocals
• Stu Cook – bass guitar, vocals
• Doug Clifford – drums, vocals

Production

• Producer: Saul Zaentz
• Recording engineer: Walt Payne
• Mastering supervisor: Tamaki Beck
• Mastering: Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman, Shigeo Miyamoto
• Liner notes: Ralph J. Gleason
• Album cover design: Laurie Clifford