CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Green River 1970 UK LIBERTY
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24
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32
£ 24
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Dec 5, 2013
Sold Date
Nov 28, 2013
Start Date
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Great Britain
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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Green River 1970 UK LIBERTY
EXCEPTIONAL CLEAN FULLY TEXTURED COVER - GREAT SOUND
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVALGreen River
UK LIBERTY (LBS 83273) ORIGINAL PRESSING OF CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL'S THIRD LP "Green River"
THIS COPY HAS SEEN A FEW SPINS BUT CLEARLY BEEN WELL CARED FOR - THE SURFACES ARE UNMARKED AND THE SOUND IS SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLUE LIBERTY LABELS
MATRIX: LBS 83273 A//2 420 / LBS 83273 B//2 420
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '0370' (March 1970)
Side One: GREEN RIVER / COMMOTION / TOMBSTONE SHADOW / WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE
Side Two: BAD MOON RISING / LODI / CROSS-TIE WALKER / SINISTER PURPOSE / THE NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME
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 realise 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.
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean and unmarked labels with just a little rub around the Side One spindle hole and moderate spindle traces - clearly well played but only ever on a top quality sound system and extremely well cared for (please see close-up photos)
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Even under bright light there is barley a mark to be seen on the beautifully clean and glossy vinyl surfaces
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT++
Apart from a minor touch of surface on the run-ins/track divisions my play-check at loud volume found little else to fault - the sound quality of the music itself is sensational - crystal clear, sharp, fresh and immediate
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Wonderful example - the delicate textured sleeve is crisp and sharp with unworn edges and spine - just a little natural record impression being the only (impossibly minor) issue of note
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The poly-lined inner (dated March 1970) is clean and white with only minimal age-related discolouration - no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £4.50 (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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