' scary, spooky stuff.' With violence at home and a war abroad, there was a bad moon on the rise, and CCR effortlessly tapped into the darkening national mood.
"It doesn't make it mo' betta when you add more junk." - "'This song is definitely not about astrology,' Fogerty once joked. "All this overproduction is funny to me," Fogerty has said. As producer, he makes it all sound so gritty and easy, too like CCR had cut it all in a toolshed. The lengthy jamming on CCR's previous LPs is gone, and Fogerty has found his lyrical voice radio-ready essays in frontier living ("Green River," "Lodi") and working-stiff politics ("Bad Moon Rising," "Wrote a Song for Everyone"). "The third Creedence Clearwater Revival album was their first classic LP, a tightly wrapped package of blistering guitar, roadhouse-rhythm snap and John Fogerty's backwoods howl. and let me tell you: when the bass kicked in on "I Put A Spell On You" I thought I was playing a 45 at 33.3 it was so deep and thick but it was 33.3 and when the guitars kicked in it was WOWIE!!!!!!!!!!! The transparency, transient snap and overall clarity without brightness or edge is phenomenal!" - Michael Fremer (Stereophile Magazine) "I've just listened to the first two CCR test pressings.
Because of a penchant for developing tight, carefully crafted material before entering the studio, CCR recorded Green River in an astounding two-and-a-half days, after which the LP remained on the charts for 88 weeks, earning the group its second platinum LP. The title cut Green River, along with Commotion, Bad Moon Rising and Lodi, were Top Ten singles in the classic rockabilly/ R&B tradition and together made this LP the group's first No. TAS Recommended! Rated a 'Best Audiophile Label Recording' in the November 2009 issue of The Absolute Sound!īy the summer of 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival was firmly ensconced as the American dance band, continuing to churn out hugely-successful hit singles, four of which are on this album (released August 1969). Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Bad Moon Rising" - Rated 364/500! Typical order times are located within the product description. It is not guaranteed.Ī Special Order item is an item that we do not stock but can order from the manufacturer. When an item is Out Of Stock and we have an estimated date when our stock should arrive, we list that date on our website in the part's description. We do not have a specific date when it will be coming.Īwaiting repress titles are in the process of being repressed by the label. The Preorder can be released anywhere between weeks, months or years from its initial announcement.Īn Out Of Stock item is an item that we normally have available to ship but we are temporarily out of. To release "TBA." This means that release date is yet "To Be Announced". If a projected release date is known, we will include this in the description in red. Typically the label will set a projected release date (that is subject to change). An In Stock item is available to ship normally within 24 business hours.Ī Preorder is an item that has not yet been released.
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