WL promo CREEDENCE CLEARWATER revival WILLY and the CCR

$

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a
fully play tested
white label promo
lp

offered with no reserve!

~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ~
Willy And The Poor Boys

released 1969 by Fantasy # 8397

white label promotional copy of the stereo
original deep groove pressing on thick heavy vinyl
(many copies of Fantasy releases are on thin flimsy
not-as-good-sounding vinyl) of this true classic
rock and roll album by CCR featuring some of their
best-known material including the song "Effigy"
which was later covered by Uncle Tupelo


~ important ~


this lp is included in many all-time best lists including
the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list which
makes it a very important album worthy of any lp collection
for its musical and historical contributions


~ note ~


promotional copies of vinyl record releases are
almost often true first pressings and were also often
the highest quality pressing made as they were held to
higher standards because they were sent out to reviewers
as well as disc jockeys and television stations and the
record label would want to make a good impression and
were often made directly from new clean master disks


~ songs ~


Down On The Corner
It Came Out Of The Sky
Cotton Fields
Poorboy Shuffle
Feelin' Blue
Fortunate Son
Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me)
The Midnight Special
Side O' The Road
Effigy


~ credits ~


Doug Clifford (Drums)
Stu Cook (Bass)
John Fogerty (Lead Guitar & Vocals)
Tom Fogerty (Guitar)

produced & arranged by John Fogerty
and features cover photos by Basul Parik


~ condition ~


record is in very good condition and has been
fully play tested and it sounds great with a loud warm
full tone and has shiny clean vinyl that has light wear and
this lp plays fully through with no skips, repeats or bad noise
and plays with just light crackle and a couple stray soft pops
and has labels that are bright & clean with some light wear

cover is in very good plus condition with bold bright
printing & has no seam splits, writing or markings & has
just light wear including a little bit of ringwear on front

displays & plays nicely


~ matrix #'s ~


side one : F-2762       H
side two : F-2763       H

the above is 'stamped' into the dead wax


~ review ~


make no mistake, Willy & the Poor Boys is a fun record
and is 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
but Fogerty's rage does remain in the blazing "Fortunate Son" which is
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 of 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 Lp 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" & 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" & "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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