Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (non scellé)
RARITY - Unsealed (mint conditions)
Lead Guitar, Vocals – John Fogerty [click here to see more vinyl featuring John Fogerty]
Rhythm Guitar – Tom Fogerty
Bass – Stu Cook
Drums – Doug Clifford
Arranged by John Fogerty
Written by John Fogerty (all tracks except B5), Lew Herman (B5)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Fantasy
Recorded March – June 1969 at Wally Heider Studio in San Francisco
Engineered by Russ Gary
Produced by John Fogerty and Saul Zaentz
Photography by Basul Parik
Liner notes by Dave Marsh, Joel Selvin
Originally released in August 1969
Reissued in 2002
Tracks:
Side A:
- Green River
- Commotion
- Tombstone Shadow
- Wrote A Song For Everyone
Side B:
- Bad Moon Rising
- Lodi
- Cross-Tie Walker
- Sinister Purpose
- The Night Time Is The Right Time
Awards:
Rolling Stone magazine 500 greatest albums of all time – Ranked 95 / 500
Featured in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Rated a 'Best Audiophile Label Recording' in the November 2009 issue of The Absolute Sound
Reviews :
“If anything, CCR's third album Green River represents the full flower of their classic sound initially essayed on its predecessor, Bayou Country. One of the differences between the two albums is that Green River is tighter, with none of the five-minute-plus jams that filled out both their debut and Bayou Country, but the true key to its success is a peak in John Fogerty's creativity. Although CCR had at least one cover on each album, they relied on Fogerty to crank out new material every month. He was writing so frequently that the craft became second-nature and he laid his emotions and fears bare, perhaps unintentionally. Perhaps that's why Green River has fear, anger, dread, and weariness creeping on the edges of gleeful music. This was a band that played rock & roll so joyously that they masked the, well, "sinister" undercurrents in Fogerty's songs. "Bad Moon Rising" has the famous line "Hope you've got your things together/Hope you're quite prepared to die," but that was only the most obvious indication of Fogerty's gloom. Consider all the other dark touches: the "Sinister purpose knocking at your door"; the chaos of "Commotion"; the threat of death in "Tombstone Shadow"; you only return to the idyllic "Green River" once you get lost and realize the "world is smolderin'." Even the ballads have a strong melancholy undercurrent, highlighted by "Lodi," where Fogerty imagines himself stuck playing in dead-end towns for the rest of his life. Not the typical thoughts of a newly famous rock & roller, but certainly an indication of Fogerty's inner tumult. For all its darkness, Green River is ultimately welcoming music, since the band rocks hard and bright and the melancholy feels comforting, not alienating.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.68 / 5