CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Bayou Country 1969 UK LIBERTY 1st PRESS MINT AUDIO
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£ 124
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Apr 6, 2015
Sold Date
Mar 27, 2015
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£ 20
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Great Britain
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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Bayou Country 1969 UK LIBERTY 1st PRESS MINT AUDIO
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVALBayou Country
UK LIBERTY (LBS 83261) FIRST PRESSING (June 1969) OF CCR'S SECOND LP
COUNTRY SWAMP BLUES/ROCK AT ITS FINEST AND THEIR FIRST TRUE MASTERPIECE
THIS COPY HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND IT DELIVERS FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
*ALL FIRST FOUR CCR ALBUMS I AM LISTING TODAY CAME FROM THE SAME ORIGINAL OWNER AND ALL ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION - ONLY “Green River” HAS BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST BLUE LIBERTY LABELS
MATRIX: LBS 83261 A//1 420 11 6 / LBS 83261 B//1 420 11 6
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE - DATE COSED ’069’ (June 1969)
Opening slowly with the dark, swampy "Born on the Bayou," Bayou Country reveals an assured Creedence Clearwater Revival, a band that has found its voice between their first and second album.
It's not just that "Born on the Bayou" announces that CCR has discovered its sound — it reveals the extent of John Fogerty's myth-making.
With this song, he sketches out his persona; it makes him sound as if he crawled out of the backwoods of Louisiana instead of being a native San Franciscan.
He carries this illusion throughout the record, through the ominous meanderings of "Graveyard Train" through the stoked cover of "Good Golly Miss Molly" to "Keep on Chooglin'," which rides out a southern-fried groove for nearly eight minutes.
At the heart of Bayou Country, as well as Fogerty's myth and Creedence's entire career, is "Proud Mary." A riverboat tale where the narrator leaves a good job in the city for a life rolling down the river, the song is filled with details that ring so true that it feels autobiographical. The lyric is married to music that is utterly unique yet curiously timeless, blending rockabilly, country, and Stax R&B into something utterly distinctive and addictive. "Proud Mary" is the emotional centre of Fogerty's seductive Americana imaginary and while it's the best song here, his other songs are no slouch, either.
"Born on the Bayou" is a magnificent piece of swamp-rock, "Penthouse Pauper" is a first-rate rocker with the angry undertow apparent on "Bootleg" is a minor masterpiece, thanks to its tough acoustic foundation, sterling guitar work, and clever story.
All the songs add up to a superb statement of purpose, a record that captures Creedence Clearwater Revival's muscular, spare, deceptively simple sound as an evocative portrait of America.
Side 1:
Born On The Bayou (5:10)
Bootleg (2:58)
Graveyard Train (8:32)
Side 2:
Good Golly Miss Molly (2:39)
Penthouse Pauper (3:37)
Proud Mary (3:07)
Keep On Chooglin' (7:40)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new - hairlines are visible under bright light - nothing really - nothing of any audible significance
VINYL Audio: MINT
Superb sound quality - deep, rich and warm and my play-check at volume found nothing to fault - pristine playing copy
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Apart from three thumbnail creases on the opening edge the sleeve is as crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made with a glass-like glossy sheen to the laminate front and back
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC INNER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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