CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL S/T 1968 Fantasy Deep Groove LP SHRINK 1st PRESS

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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL~S/T 1968 Fantasy Deep Groove LP~SHRINK~1st PRESS!! CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL~S/T 1968 Fantasy Deep Groove LP~SHRINK~1st PRESS!!

Creedence Clearwater Revival ?– Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fantasy ?– 8382

VERY RARE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC DEBUT FROM 1968!
THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST COPIES OF THIS ALBUM THAT YOU ARE BOUND TO FIND 48 YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST ISSUED!!
OPEN BUT STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP!
COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LIGHT DAMAGE IN A COUPLE OF CORNERS.
NO CUTS OR DRILL-HOLES ANYWHERE!
THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO SIGN OF BEING PLAYED!
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE WITH DEEP GROOVE LABELS AND THE LIGHT BLUE LABELS WITH YELLOWISH/GOLD PRINT! YOU WILL NOT SEE THIS COMBINATION ON ANY OF THE LATER ISSUES!!

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.

Tracklist
A1
I Put A Spell On You
Written-By – Slotkin*, J. Hawkins*
4:25
A2
The Working Man
3:02
A3
Suzie Q
Written-By – D. Hawkins*, Broadwater*, Lewis*
8:34
B1
Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do)
Written-By – Cropper*, Pickett*
3:35
B2
Get Down Woman
3:02
B3
Porterville
2:13
B4
Gloomy
3:48
B5
Walk On The Water
Written-By – Fogerty*
4:16

Credits
Bass – Stu Cook
Drums – Doug Clifford
Lead Guitar – John Fogerty
Producer – Saul Zaentz
Rhythm Guitar – Tom Fogerty
Vocals – John Fogerty
Written-By – Fogerty* (tracks: A2, B2 to B5)