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CLOVER

 JOHN CIAMBOTTI, JOHN McFEE, MITCH HOWIE, ALEX CALL

plus ED BOGAS and BRUCE CAMPBELL

 Clover are often considered as one of rock's most famous footnotes, earning their modicum 

of recognition as the backing band on Elvis Costello's 1977 debut My Aim Is True and as 

the group that provided the seed for Huey Lewis & the News. Long before this -- and long before 

the pair of albums the group released in 1977, Unavailable and Love on the Wire -- Clover were 

a San Franciscan roots rock outfit that released a pair of albums for Fantasy Records in the 

early '70s. McFee, Call and Howie all met at Tamalpais High School 

and formed the Tiny Aid Hearing Company. In 1967, when they teamed up with Giambotti,

 formerly with the bluegrass act The Valley Boys and the Outfit, they became Clover. 

The next two years were spent giging around venues like the Avalon and the Fillmore, 

before John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival helped them to sign a contract with Fantasy  for a couple of albums.

Clover drifted back into obscurity and finally, circa 1975, McFee, Call and Giambotti came to England 

with new members Huey Lewis, Micky Shine and Sean Hopper to launch a new career. 

This new line-up of Clover somehow managed to play with Elvis Costello on his first album,

 My Aim Is True, and even signed a new recording contract with Vertigo/Mercury which 

resulted on two new albums in 1976 and 1977 (Clover and Unavailable), 

which are totally different from their previous efforts.

A gifted guitarist, John McFee also played on several Californian recording sessions 

(Janey and Dennis, Tim Davis, Norman Greenbaum etc.) and joined the Doobie Brothers in 1980. 

Alex Call went solo and is still recording for the German label Taxim. 

The two later members, Huey Lewis and Sean Hopper, went on to form Huey Lewis and the News 

and sold some millions of records during the '80s

Produced by Ed Bogas

1971     LP     FANTASY RECORDS      8405

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESS    PROMOTIONAL COPY

FANTASY BLUE LABELS

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

This version: "NOT FOR SALE PROMOTION USE ONLY" stamped on rear

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LABEL: FANTASY -  BLUE LABEL - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: 8405      

Catalog on labels: 8405  (F-2814) / 8405 (F-2815) 

Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etched): F-2814-1A     (SEL#F-8207-1)

Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etched): F-2815-RE1

On labels: Fantasy Stereo Presents CLOVER "FOURTY-NINER"

Full Radial Stereo

*Jondora-BMI

on side two only: **Pepamar Mus. Corp. ASCAP

On back cover: Ed Bogas: Producer, Fiddle, Piano, Guitar, Marimbas, Organ

tracklisting

Side 1: HARVEST - KEEP ON TRYING - OLD MAN BLUES

FOURTY NINER - SOUND OF THUNDER

Side 2: CHICKEN BUTT - MR. MOON - LOVE IS GONE

MITCH'S TUNE - SUNNY MEXICO - IF I HAD MY WAY

  grading

RECORD VG(+) but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)

 Both of the Fantasy albums are very much of their time: lazy, loping, paisley-speckled strolls 

through roots rock, powered by rhythms that are elastic, not forceful. 

It is very much hippie music, particularly the debut, which is so shambolic 

that it threatens to fall apart. Their first album is supposed to have been recorded 

without a mixing desk. Fourty Niner sounds so much better in comparison: 

it sounds pulled together and produced. Clover are still unkempt, acting as if writing 

full-fledged songs is a luxury, not a necessity -- there are some here, like "If I Had My Way" 

and the poppy "Love Is Gone," but they're just as likely to fall back to a hazy idea or stoned jokes

-- but the grooves are tighter, the harmonies aren't frayed, and there's some genuine 

propulsion here. At its best, Fourty Niner shows promise -- the best songs have hooks that dig in, 

the group has some sepia-toned rootsy charm ...(AllMusic+Fuzz Acid & Flowers)