John Fogerty is of course nowhere near as prolific today as he was once was, although his solo work also contains its fair share of gems, including baseball's unofficial theme song "Centerfield" and the anti-Bush themed "Deja Vu All Over Again" (which is essentially a rewrite of "Who'll Stop The Rain').
This Tuesday, Concord Music and Fantasy Records (who Fogerty made an unexpected peace with a few years back, after decades of legal wrangling) is reissuing the first six of Creedence's original albums in new remastered editions with bonus unreleased tracks.
Each album comes in a nicely done, eco-correct fold-out package, featuring new liner notes by some of music's best journalists including Dave Marsh, Robert Christgau, and the San Francisco Chronicle's Joel Selvin. The liner notes in of themselves are fascinating to read, as they reveal some little known details about things like Creedence's split, including the involvement of notorious Beatles villain Allen Klein.
But it's the extras that are the real treat here. Each of the six new discs include such rarities as live recordings of songs like "Susie Q," "Proud Mary," and "Fortunate Son", alternate takes including "Down On The Corner" and "Born On The Bayou" with Booker T and The MGs, and even CCR's odd homage to the Beatles "Revolution #9" ("Revolutions Per Minute Parts 1 & 2").
The remastered versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival's first six history making, record breaking albums will be in stores on September 30.
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1 - Joanne Huspek
What a blast from the past! I remember Creedence with fondness, too. I learned to play guitar by them. Their songs were the easiest to play, all nice three-chord progressions that could be spiced up by even a dummy like me with just a twist of the wrist.
I'm going to have to get this one!