CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL. "WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS" LIBERTY 1970 LP. ORIG.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival ?– Willy And The Poor Boys
Label: Liberty ?– LBS 83338 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UK Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock
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A1 Down On The Corner 2:43 A2 It Came Out Of The Sky 2:58 A3 Cotton Fields Written-By – Ledbetter* 2:53 A4 Poor Boy Shuffle 2:85 A5 Feelin' Blue 5:05 B1 Fortunate Son 2:20 B2 Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me) 2:08 B3 The Midnight Special 4:10 B4 Side O The Road 4:10 B5 Effigy 6:28Companies, etc.
- Published By – Burlington Music
- Published By – Kensington Music
- Record Company – Liberty/United Artists Records Ltd.
Credits
- Bass – Stu Cook
- Drums – Doug Clifford
- Photography By – Basul Parik
- Producer, Arranged By, Lead Guitar, Vocals – John Fogerty
- Rhythm Guitar – Tom Fogerty
- Written-By – Fogerty* (tracks: except A3, B3)
Notes
Textured sleeveA Product of Debut of California
? 1970 STEREO LBS 83338
Burlington except A3 Kensington
A Product of Liberty / UA Records Ltd.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Make no mistake, Willy & the Poor Boys is a fun record, perhaps the breeziest album CCR ever made. Apart from the eerie minor-key closer "Effigy" (one of John Fogerty's most haunting numbers), there is little of the doom that colored Green River. Fogerty's rage remains, blazing to the forefront on "Fortunate Son," a working-class protest song that cuts harder than any of the explicit Vietnam protest songs of the era, which is one of the reasons that it hasn't aged where its peers have. Also, there's that unbridled vocal from Fogerty and the ferocious playing on CCR, which both sound fresh as they did upon release. "Fortunate Son" is one of the greatest, hardest rock & rollers ever cut, so it might seem to be out of step with an album that is pretty laid-back and friendly, but there's that elemental joy that by late '69 was one of CCR's main trademarks. That joy runs throughout the album, from the gleeful single "Down on the Corner" and the lazy jugband blues of "Poorboy Shuffle" through the great slow blues jam "Feelin' Blue" to the great rockabilly spiritual "Don't Look Now," one of Fogerty's overlooked gems. The covers don't feel like throwaways, either, since both "Cotton Fields" and "The Midnight Special" have been overhauled to feel like genuine CCR songs. It all adds up to one of the greatest pure rock & roll records ever cut.
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