Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1st [CAPJ 8382 SA] Mastered by Steve Hoffman

Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1st [CAPJ 8382 SA]
EAC rip w/ CUE + Log | Full HQ Scans | Wavpack | ~ 220 MB
Released as SACD 2002 | Running time 34:02 | RS.com
Mastered by Steve Hoffman
Genre: Rock; Classic Rock; Audiophile

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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." Still, the band's sound is vibrant, with gutsy arrangements that borrow equally from Sun, Stax, and the swamp. Fogerty's songwriting is a little tentative. Not for nothing were two of the three singles pulled from the album covers (Dale Hawkins' "Susie Q," Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You") -- he wasn't an accomplished tunesmith yet. Though "The Working Man" isn't bad, the true exception is that third single, "Porterville," an exceptional song with great hooks, an underlying sense of menace, and the first inkling of the working-class rage that fueled such landmarks as "Fortunate Son." It's the song that points the way to the breakthrough of Bayou Country, but the rest of the album shouldn't be dismissed, because judged simply against the rock & roll of its time, it rises above its peers.





Track listing

All songs written by John Fogerty, except where noted.

1. "I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 4:33
* Recorded February 1968
2. "The Working Man" – 3:04
* Recorded February 1968
3. "Susie Q" (Eleanor Broadwater, Dale Hawkins, Stanley Lewis) – 8:37
* Recorded January 19, 1968. John and Tom Fogerty share lead vocals on this track. John sings the first and third stanzas while Tom sings
the second stanza.
4. "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett) – 3:39
* Recorded February 1968
5. "Get Down Woman" – 3:09
* Recorded February 1968
6. "Porterville" – 2:24
* Recorded October 1967. Initially released as a single in November 1967. It was the last single that the band released as The Golliwogs.
7. "Gloomy" – 3:51
* Recorded February 1968
8. "Walk on the Water" (J. Fogerty, Tom Fogerty) – 4:40
* Recorded February 1968. This track is a remake of "Walking On The Water", a recording released by the band as a single, in 1966,
while they were still known as The Golliwogs.

Personnel

* Doug Clifford - drums, bass
* Stu Cook - bass, drums
* John Fogerty - lead guitar, all lead vocals unless otherwise noted
* Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar, vocals



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