The Complete Studio Albums (Remastered) Creedence Clearwater Revival

• Creedence Clearwater Revival:
• 1 I Put A Spell On You 04:33
• 2 The Working Man 03:07
• 3 Susie Q 08:41
• 4 Ninety-Nine And A Half 03:39
• 5 Get Down Woman 03:09
• 6 Porterville 02:24
• 7 Gloomy 03:51
• 8 Walk On the Water 04:39
• Bayou Country:
• 9 Born On The Bayou 05:15
• 10 Bootleg 03:02
• 11 Graveyard Train 08:37
• 12 Good Golly Miss Molly 02:44
• 13 Penthouse Pauper 03:40
• 14 Proud Mary 03:08
• 15 Keep On Chooglin' 07:39
• Green River:
• 16 Green River 02:36
• 17 Commotion 02:44
• 18 Tombstone Shadow 03:39
• 19 Wrote A Song For Everyone 04:57
• 20 Bad Moon Rising 02:22
• 21 Lodi 03:13
• 22 Cross-Tie Walker 03:20
• 23 Sinster Purpose 03:23
• 24 The Night Time Is The Right Time 03:07
• Willy And The Poor Boys:
• 25 Down On The Corner 02:47
• 26 It Came Out Of The Sky 02:57
• 27 Cotton Fields 02:55
• 28 Poorboy Shuffle 02:25
• 29 Feelin' Blue 05:08
• 30 Fortunate Son 02:22
• 31 Don't Look Now 02:12
• 32 The Midnight Special 04:14
• 33 Side O' The Road 03:25
• 34 Effigy 06:29
• Cosmos Factory:
• 35 Ramble Tamble 07:11
• 36 Before You Accuse Me 03:27
• 37 Travelin' Band 02:08
• 38 Ooby Dooby 02:07
• 39 Lookin' Out My Back Door 02:34
• 40 Run Through The Jungle 03:07
• 41 Up Around The Bend 02:42
• 42 My Baby Left Me 02:19
• 43 Who'll Stop The Rain 02:30
• 44 I Heard It Through The Grapevine 11:07
• 45 Long As I Can See The Light 03:33
• Pendulum
• 46 Pagan Baby 06:25
• 47 Sailor's Lament 03:51
• 48 Chameleon 03:20
• 49 Have You Ever Seen The Rain 02:42
• 50 (Wish I Could) Hideaway 03:49
• 51 Born To Move 05:40
• 52 Hey Tonight 02:45
• 53 It's Just A Thought 03:55
• 54 Molina 02:45
• 55 Rude Awakening #2 06:21
• Mardi Gras:
• 56 Lookin' For A Reason 03:29
• 57 Take It Like A Friend 03:03
• 58 Need Someone To Hold 03:02
• 59 Tearin' Up The Country 02:15
• 60 Someday Never Comes 04:03
• 61 What Are You Gonna Do 02:55
• 62 Sail Away 02:32
• 63 Hello Mary Lou 02:16
• 64 Door To Door 02:09
• 65 Sweet Hitch-Hiker 02:57
• Total Runtime 04:05:22

Info for The Complete Studio Albums (Remastered)

This seven album set contains each of the hit albums from CCR plus booklet. Although they sounded like no other band, CCR redefined Rock 'N' Roll. They showed, in the most entertaining way possible, how the music could embrace elements of R&B and the Blues, Country, Folk, and Jazz, as well as a world of other musical forms.

Creedence were pioneers in the fusion of Rock and Country and were `roots' before roots took hold as a music genre. Contains the HighRes editions of the albums:

Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Bayou Country (1969)
Green River (1969)
Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
Cosmo's Factory (1970)
Pendulum (1970)
Mardi Gras (1972)

Popular but not hip, basic but not shallow, rooted but not retro, Creedence Clearwater Revival distinguished themselves in the late 1960s and early 1970s through these contradictions. This seven album set is the definitive Creedence collection, offering superbly HighRes-remastered versions of all of their studio albums.

The ultimate blue-collar rock band, John Fogerty and CCR found success by wholly giving in to their fascination with the American South (despite hailing from Northern California) and exploring the turf that connected R&B and country--the same turf that their heroes at Sun studios tilled at rock's birth. As the songs on the first disc prove, they hadn't always taken this approach though perhaps they should have: The first four songs from 1961 (by Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets), original compositions in the classic '50s rock & roll style they loved, hold up better than subsequent Golliwogs tracks that attempt to replicate the British Invasion sound in vogue at the time. Still, the Golliwogs tracks offer hints of John Fogerty's menacing growl and biting guitar that would fully blossom later on.

Creedence Clearwater Revival
Unquestionably one of the greatest American rock bands ever, Creedence Clearwater Revival will best be remembered for their unique bayou sound popularized in songs like "Proud Mary" and "Green River."

Although their music evoked the raw, gospel-tinged sound of the rural South, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and Tom and John Fogerty actually hailed from El Cerrito, California, a small town near Berkeley. Back in 1960, while in junior high school, the boys formed a band called Tommy Fogerty & the Blue Velvets and spent much of their time practicing in the Fogertys' garage. Four years later, they auditioned for the Berkeley-based Fantasy Records where John Fogerty had been a warehouse employee, and signed as "the Golliwogs."

After a couple of years on the central California club circuit, they changed their name to Creedence Clearwater Revival, and things began to happen very quickly.

The 1967 release of the band's debut album Creedence Clearwater Revival paralleled the flowering of the San Francisco music scene, but the Creedence phenomenon had little in common with the "San Francisco Sound." That first LP contained rock standards such as Dale Hawkins's "Susie Q" and Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put a Spell on You," as well as original material by John Fogerty, who was to emerge as one of rock's most influential songwriters. "Susie Q" was an immediate hit, soon followed by "I Put a Spell on You."

With the release of their second album, Bayou Country, it became evident that Creedence had an uncanny knack for writing hits. Their astounding string of successes continued with "Born on the Bayou," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Lodi."

By 1970, CCR had undeniably become the number one American rock and roll attraction.

The man responsible for their exalted position was John Fogerty. In addition to writing the band's material and producing their records, John sang with a powerful, raw-edged voice that was the Creedence sound.

The same genius responsible for Creedence's tremendous popularity, however, also contributed to their eventual demise. Tensions arose among the other group members as they vied for greater say in band decisions which had, till then, been made exclusively by John. An agreement for more democratic decision-making was reached, but came too late for Tom Fogerty, who left the band in 1971 to pursue a solo career.

The remaining members went on to record Mardi Gras, and a double album, Live in Europe. The latter, which contained the Top Ten single "Sweet Hitch-Hiker," was the last album recorded before CCR disbanded in 1972.

Saleswise, Creedence had an astonishing track record: eight consecutive gold singles ("Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Green River," "Down on the Corner," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Up Around the Bend," "Lookin' Out My Back Door," "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?") and eight consecutive gold albums (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys, Cosmo's Factory, Pendulum, Mardi Gras, and Pendulum. There have been more than 100 cover versions of "Proud Mary," one of CCR's most enduring tunes.

Critical and popular reaction to Fantasy's 1980 release of The Concert, a 1970 live Creedence recording, was highly enthusiastic. Robert Hilburn wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "[The LP] captures the seductive rhythms and invigorating spirit that made the Berkeley group one of rock's most appealing units." The San Francisco Chronicle's Joel Selvin concurred, claiming that the album brings "Creedence's classic rock and roll alive."

Indeed, Creedence's music sounds as fresh and compelling today as it did 30 years ago. CCR is one of a handful of bands whose entire body of work has attained true "classic" status.

Booklet for The Complete Studio Albums (Remastered)