During the past 40 years or so, Creedence Clearwater\u2019s material has been released in just about every form, format, and configuration possible but the 6-CD box set titled Creedence Clearwater Revival <\/i>may be the best of them all. Originally issued in 2001, it now makes its return remastered, with extra tracks, and enhanced artwork.<\/p>\n
Everything Creedence recorded for the Fantasy label is here. Their seven studio and two live albums are presented in chronological order. Hits such as \u201cDown On The Corner,\u201d \u201cProud Mary,\u201d \u201cBad Moon Rising,\u201d \u201cTravelin\u2019 Band,\u201d \u201cUp Around The Bend,\u201d \u201cLookin\u2019 Out My Back Door\u201d and more were single releases that helped define their era and remain fresh four decades later. Interspersed among the hit songs is the rest of their album material, which is many times underrated as all of their studio albums contained very little filler.<\/p>\n
The live material, which fills about a disc and a half, has been released a number of times. While it presents a good picture of Creedence on stage, I have always preferred their studio material. <\/p>\n
The highlight of the set is the first disc, which contains pre-Creedence material (1961-1967) Four tracks by Tom Fogerty & The Blue Velvets lead off the disc and the pre-Creedence Clearwater journey. \u201cCome On Baby,\u201d \u201cOh My Love,\u201d \u201cHave You Ever Been Lonely,\u201d and \u201cBonita\u201d are raw and not up to their later standards but are a nice glimpse of a band that is beginning to develop. My only complaint is that the songs from their third single, \u201cYes You Did\/Now You\u2019re Not Mine,\u201d are not included and as there are probably the rarest, they are missed.<\/p>\n
All 21 tracks by the Golliwogs are also included. If you want everything by the band, these songs are essential but be aware that there are not as commercially viable as what would soon follow.<\/p>\n
One problem with this new release is that the sound, while acceptable, is not consistent. This is most apparent on the live tracks. On the other hand, the 75 page booklet gives an excellent history of the band and their music.<\/p>\n
Creedence Clearwater Revival <\/i>allows one to follow the band from its earliest beginnings until its demise. If you do not own much of their material or want to fill in some gaps in your collection, then this is a release for you. American rock \u2018n\u2019 roll does not get much better than Creedence Clearwater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5749],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-43410","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-creedence-clearwater-revival","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43410"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43410"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}