Description
Offered for sale is a Japanese pressing of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the self-titled debut LP by Creedence Clearwater Revival, including the original obi.
About this copy: This copy of Creedence Clearwater Revival is a 1978 Japanese pressing on the Fantasy label of an album that was originally released in 1969.
The cover is M-. The obi is M-. The insert is M-.
The disc is M- with one or two spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a terrific LP. This pressing sounds much better than the 1969 red vinyl Japanese pressing.
Background: Released in July, 1968, Creedence Clearwater Revival was the debut LP by the band of the same name. While the album only reached #52 on the U.S. album charts, it was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA, helped by the single “Suzie Q,” which reached #11 on the U.S. singles charts.
Allmusic.com gave Creedence Clearwater Revival a 4 star review:
Released in the summer of 1968 — a year after the summer of love, but still in the thick of the Age of Aquarius – Creedence Clearwater Revival’s self-titled debut album was gloriously out-of-step with the times, teeming with John Fogerty’s Americana fascinations. While many of Fogerty’s obsessions and CCR’s signatures are in place — weird blues (“I Put a Spell on You”), Stax R&B (Wilson Pickett’s “Ninety-Nine and a Half”), rockabilly (“Susie Q”), winding instrumental interplay, the swamp sound, and songs for “The Working Man” — the band was still finding their way. Out of all their records (discounting Mardi Gras), this is the one that sounds the most like its era, thanks to the wordless vocal harmonies toward the end of “Susie Q,” the backward guitars on “Gloomy,” and the directionless, awkward jamming that concludes “Walking on the Water.”
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Fantasy |
| Catalog Number: |
VIP-5054 |
| Year of Release: | 1978 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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