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Green River (40th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered]

Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Creedence Clearwater Revival hit their true stride with their third album, 1969’s Green River. Leaving behind the extended jams of their previous studio albums, the band leaned on singer John Fogerty’s emerging songwriting genius. He’d broken through with Bayou Country’s “Proud Mary” and was now encouraged to apply his clear, concise formula to hook-filled three-minute charmers that resulted in the ominous chug of “Bad Moon Rising,” the sad-sack tale of a going-nowhere bar band in “Lodi,” the smoky rockabilly tint of “Green River,” and the emotionally naked “Wrote a Song For Everyone.” The band’s playing, tight and unpretentious, became noted as “swamp rock” for its southern R&B and blues roots, as well as the pulsing guitar lines that suggested an oppressive heat and humidity. The band was clearly moving in a direction that took all their influences — blues, R&B, soul, country and pop — into a sound all their own. The 40th Anniversary Edition includes an instrumental track, “Broken Spoke Shuffle,” an unfinished tune called “Glory Be” and three live cuts (“Bad Moon Rising,” “Lodi” and “Green River / Suzie Q”) that not surprisingly prove the band could also deliver on stage.

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The Great American Band’s first completely original effort

With Concord Music Group having purchased the Fantasy catalog, the fortieth anniversary of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s debut LP provides a suitable opportunity for a fresh round of reissues. All six of the original foursome’s albums (from 1968’s Creedence Clearwater Revival through 1970’s Pendulum) have been struck from new digital masters and augmented by previously unreleased tracks. Those who purchased the 2001 box set can pick up most of the bonus tracks separately as digital downloads (the two longest bonuses are CD-only). Those who didn’t buy the box, and think they’ll buy all six reissues may want to consider the box set for its inclusion of pre-Creedence work from the Blue Velvets and Golliwogs, the seventh CCR album Mardi Gras, the 1970-71 live recordings and several box-only bonuses. But for those just wanting to pick up a few favorite albums, these reissues are the ticket. Each is presented in a digipack with original front and back cover album art and a 16-page booklet with photos, credits and new liner notes. Creedence’s third album (their second for 1969), Green River, is their first completely original effort as a band. Gone are the lengthy San Francisco jams, replaced by concisely written and arranged songs that concentrate Fogerty’s evocations of an idealized South. The album opens with the title track’s sumptuous memory of a mythical childhood, a song so deeply soaked in Southern swamps that it’s hard to imagine it being written in the urban hills of California’s Bay Area. The Fogerty brothers intertwine their twangy electric guitars with familial telepathy. The sound first explored on Bayou Country is now heard on every cut, mellowing the blue “Tombstone Shadow” and providing an introspective stage for Fogerty’s ballads. Even the frantic “Commotion” is given a Cajun base for its lyrics of a country boy demolished by the city’s hyperactivity. Fogerty’s social conscience stretches biblical allusions to then present day situations on “Wrote a Song for Everyone,” and with “Bad Moon Rising” the visions turn catastrophic. There’s a great deal more darkness here than on any other Creedence LP. Fogerty’s guitar could be sinewy or ring with the influences of Chet Atkins, as does his solo on “Cross-Tie Walker.” Country music also makes an impact on the sorrowful, highly personal lyric of “Lodi.” The album closes with its sole cover, a slow rockabilly take on Ray Charles’ blue-soul “The Night Time is the Right Time.” The 2008 CD’s bonus tracks include a pair of pre-LP backing tracks that were never completed, the country-shuffle “Broken Spoke Shuffle” and the twangy “Glory Be.” Also here is a trio of live tracks from the group’s 1971 European tour. “Bad Moon Rising” is rushed (as are so many songs played live), a medley of “Green River” and “Suzie Q” is condensed to four-and-a-half-minutes, pointing out the two songs’ similarities more than giving the latter its full due, and “Lodi” is a fittingly weary lyric for a band reduced to three of its original four members. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]

Steal of the Century

I cannot believe that such a great album is sold at such a bargain price. Every fan of great rock 'n roll needs to purchase this immediately. One great song after another. I have a hard time choosing my favorite CCR album. Whatever I listened to last becomes my favorite. Skip buying Chronicles and buy Cosmos Factory, Green River, and Willy and the Poorboys instead.

One of my favorite albums. Ever.

I found this record in my closet and put it in the record player. Amazing. One of my favorite overall compilations and most likely my favorite record. CCR was the perfect example of a truly great American band that set itself aside from the common British music of their time.

Biography

Formed: 1967 in El Cerrito, CA

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '70s

At a time when rock was evolving further and further away from the forces that had made the music possible in the first place, Creedence Clearwater Revival brought things back to their roots with their concise synthesis of rockabilly, swamp pop, R&B, and country. Though CCR was very much a group in their tight, punchy arrangements, their vision was very much singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader John Fogerty's. Fogerty's classic compositions for Creedence both evoked enduring images of Americana...
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