SHARP MINTY 1969 FUZZ PSYCH BLUES CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL BAYOU COUNTRY

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               ~ MINTY CLEAN 1969 FIRST PRESSING ~ 
      
           STILL IN FACTORY CELLOPHANE
  CUSTOM STICKER ON OUTER FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER     
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                 CREEDENCE                           CLEARWATER                                                        REVIVAL                                            
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Final Collection Copy!

SHARP AND CLEAN ALL OVER .... STILL IN FACTORY CELLOPHANE! THICK INFLEXIBLE PRESSING!
Contains the original "custom" designed STICKER on outer cellophane!

BEAUTIFUL Original 1969 first pressing of a sometimes forgotten album that set C.C.R.'s world on fire!

Here, the full tilt C.C.R. burner ::: thrilling energy plus....
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1969 release : The weight heavy "full radial stereo" DEEP GROOVE platter second album by CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL...

The now famed group hit the national spotlight in '69 with their smash hit "Proud Mary" introduced on THIS album. All around arguably their best LP; so strong that Proud Mary is often considered just an afterthought when  this platter is basically led by several 'winning' impressive scorchers.

Bayou Country opens with what could be C.C.R.'s signature track. "Born On The Bayou" is the quintessential swamp rock song awash with chugging muddy rhythms and plaintive guitar. Fogerty roars out the lyrics like he was born in the Louisiana backwoods rather than the shores of San Francisco bay. At a time when the west coast of America was awash in psychedelia and expanding followers minds, Creedence Clearwater strips down everything and back to the basics dipping into the American blues roots (on fire) that, at the time, was both novel and ear-popping .

Born on the Bayou” is quintessential CCR as it evokes Louisiana, or more accurately “Loo-siana.” The opening feedback transports the listener through a mist while the slow vibrato of John’s guitar slowly clears the air, revealing a porch in the backwoods on a warm, humid day. John regales you from his rocking chair with a story from his youth as you sway in the swing, both sharing some sweet tea. His gruff, ragged vocals sing out with such conviction that this has to be his story. He tells us about his “ol’ hound dog…chasin’ down a hoodoo” and “rollin’ with some Cajun queen,” painting a clear, vivid picture of the areas even for those that had never been to bayou country. Doug adds cowbell to the back half of the song.

With Tom on acoustic rhythm guitar “Bootleg” builds on the Southern feel. Where the lyrics are supposed to be “bootleg, bootleg,” John sounds like he is instead speaking French Creole and singing “boule’ boule’,” which had to be on purpose for effect.

The band plays a great, smoldering blues rhythm line on the over eight-minute epic “Graveyard Train.” John has an echo on his voice that augments the spooky mood as he sings about the car accident he was partially responsible for where “thirty people lost their lives.” The harmonicas add a haunting effect.

Another original is the Chicago blues-inspired “Penthouse Pauper.” John’s guitar playing is fantastic as he alternates firing off notes and bending them notes to his will. The song fades out and one is compelled to hit repeat play.

Creedence takes us down the Mississippi as they tell the classic tale of “Proud Mary.” They take the beginning of this song and do it nice and easy and then do the finish the same way. John’s guitar solo was intended to emulate Steve Cropper of the MGs. The single was the band’s first top ten hit. It was paired with “Bayou Country” and reached #2 on the charts, which is as high as they ever got. In fact they have the most #2 singles of any artist that never had a #1,

The album proper closes with the long, intensely jammed, dirty blues rocker “Keep on Chooglin’” that offers some great advice passed on by many musicians over the years, before and after: “You got to ball and have a good time.” While John gets to shine with his great guitar work and harmonica solo, here and throughout, it’s easy to overlook the talents of the rest of the band. They are consistent and unwavering regardless of the song’s length as they allow John to venture out and soak up all the limelight. The entire Bayou Country sounds so good it had to be blaring out of the cars of all the cool kids 40 years ago. It still should be today. Plan a trip there real soon.

                           Side one

    "Born on the Bayou" – 5:16
    "Bootleg" – 3:03
    "Graveyard Train" – 8:37
    Side two
    "Good Golly Miss Molly" – 2:44
    "Penthouse Pauper" – 3:39
    "Proud Mary" – 3:09
    "Keep On Chooglin'" – 7:43



                 CONDITION: The cover: rated: MINT in original shrink wrapper  with scarce custom '69 sticker on outside of the cellophane! All solid, TOP COPY in perfect "up-grade" order ...beautiful colors, 4 sharp corners ...all stiff and well preserved from 50 years ago...no delete marks, no bends, no seam splits, no writing... and NO delete marks
The vinyl: all glossy clean on both sides... rated: M- TOP COPY smooth and clean is this weight-heavy pressing, not the thin flexible issue... and contains clean Fantasy labels.
                 
      A cool addition to anyone's music library!






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