CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – COSMO’S FACTORY LP – EXC+ A1/B1 UK 1970 JOHN FOGERTY

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
(Liberty Records  1970  LBS83388)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Front Laminated Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

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.

Cosmo’s Factory is the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), released by Fantasy Records in July 1970 and released as Fantasy 8402, the same month as the single release of “Lookin’ out My Back Door” b/w “Long As I Can See the Light”.

The name of the album comes from the room where the band rehearsed early in their career. Bandleader John Fogerty was so insistent on practicing nearly every day, and the atmosphere was often so smoky from the other members’ Joints, that drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford began referring to the place as “the factory”.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by J.C. Fogerty, except where noted.

Personnel

• Doug Clifford – drums
• Stu Cook – bass
• John Fogerty – lead guitar, piano, saxophone, harmonica, vocals, producer, arranger
• Tom Fogerty – rhythm guitar,
• Russ Gary – engineer
• Bob Fogerty – cover art, design, photography