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Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival
Factory Sealed / Factory New Made in the U.S.A. R.T.I. / Acoustic Sounds / Fantasy Records - 8382 Pressed at R.T.I., marketed by Acoustic Sounds. circa 2000
180-gram Analogue Audiophile Stereo pressing. Mastered by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman at AcousTech.
Cover is VG++ to Mint-, very small and minor corner-bends; factory-sealed perforated sleeve has minor shelf-wear.
Out of Print.

"Released in the summer of 1968 -- a year after the summer of love, but still in the thick of the Age of Aquarius - 's self-titled debut album was gloriously out-of-step with the times, teeming with 's Americana fascinations. While many of 's obsessions and 's signatures are in place -- weird blues ("I Put a Spell on You"), Stax R&B ('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 ), 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. 's songwriting is a little tentative. Not for nothing were two of the three singles pulled from the album covers (' "Susie Q," ' "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 , 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."

-allmusic.com

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