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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

TOM FOGERTY, DOUG CLIFFORD, STU COOK, JOHN FOGERTY 

At a time when rock was evolving away from the forces that had made the music possible in the first place, Creedence Clearwater Revival brought things back to their roots with their concise synthesis of rockabilly, swamp pop, R&B, and country. Though the music of CCR was very much a group effort in their tight, punchy arrangements, their vision was very much singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader John Fogerty's. Fogerty's classic compositions for Creedence both evoked enduring images of Americana and reflected burning social issues of the day. The band's genius was their ability to accomplish this with the economic, primal power of a classic rockabilly ensemble.

"WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS"

Produced by John Fogerty

1970      LP     LIBERTY RECORDS   LBS 83338

MADE IN ENGLAND   1970/71 REPRESSING

[First pressing on Liberty 'Blue' label]

TEXTURED SINGLE SLEEVE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: LIBERTY - BLACK/LIBERTY LABEL - SILVER TEXT (White on rim)

Catalog on cover: LBS 83338  

Catalog on labels: LBS 83338

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): LBS 83338 A-1G    M 1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): LBS 83338 B-1G    GG 1

On labels: rim text reads "All Rights................A Product Of Liberty/US Records Ltd. England"

Produced & Arranged by John Fogerty

A Product Of Debut Of California

℗ 1970

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist & Credits

A Product Of Debut Of California

Liberty Records Mortimer House 37/41 Mortimer Street London W1

A Product Of Liberty/UA Records Ltd. London, England.

tracklisting

Side 1: DOWN ON THE CORNER - IT CAME OUT OF THE SKY

COTTON FIELDS - POORBOY SHUFFLE - FEELIN' BLUE

Side 2: FORTUNATE SON - DON'T LOOK NOW (IT AIN'T YOU OR ME)

THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL - SIDE 0' THE ROAD - EFFIGY

grading

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

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

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...(AllMusic)