My Baby Left Me - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crudup, Arthur "Big
Who'll Stop the Rain
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Strong, Barrett
Long as I Can See the Light
Pagan Baby
Sailor's Lament
Chameleon
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
(Wish I Could) Hideaway
Born to Move
Hey Tonight
It's Just a Thought
Track Listings (24) - Disc #5
Molina
Rude Awakening
45 Revolutions Per Minute, Pt. 1
45 Revolutions Per Minute, Pt. 2
Lookin' for a Reason
Take It Like a Friend - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cook, Stu
Need Someone to Hold - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Clifford, Doug
Tearin' Up the Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Clifford, Doug
Someday Never Comes
What Are You Gonna Do? - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Clifford, Doug
Sail Away - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cook, Stu
Hello Mary Lou - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pitney, Gene
Door to Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cook, Stu
Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Born on the Bayou [Live]
Green River [Live]
Tombstone Shadow [Live]
Don't Look Now [Live]
Travelin' Band [Live]
Who'll Stop the Rain [Live]
Bad Morning Rising [Live]
Proud Mary [Live]
Fortunate Son [Live]
Commotion [Live]
Track Listings (18) - Disc #6
The Midnight Special [Live] - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Traditional
The Night Time Is the Right Time [Live] - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Brown
Down on the Corner [Live]
Keep on Chooglin' [Live]
Born on the Bayou [Live]
Green River/Susie Q [Live] - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Broadwater
It Came Out of the Sky [Live]
Door to Door [Live] - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cook, Stu
Travelin' Band [Live]
Fortunate Son [Live]
Commotion [Live]
Lodi [Live]
Bad Moon Rising [Live]
Proud Mary [Live]
Up Around the Bend [Live]
Hey Tonight [Live]
Sweet Hitch-Hiker [Live]
Keep on Chooglin' [Live]
Popular but not hip, basic but not shallow, rooted but not retro, Creedence Clearwater Revival distinguished themselves in the late 1960s and early 1970s through these contradictions. This six-disc set is the definitive Cr... more »eedence collection, offering superbly remastered versions of all of their studio and live albums and adding a disc's worth of pre-Creedence material. The ultimate blue-collar rock band, John Fogerty and CCR found success by wholly giving in to their fascination with the American South (despite hailing from Northern California) and exploring the turf that connected R&B and country--the same turf that their heroes at Sun studios tilled at rock's birth. As the songs on the first disc prove, they hadn't always taken this approach though perhaps they should have: The first four songs from 1961 (by Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets), original compositions in the classic '50s rock & roll style they loved, hold up better than subsequent Golliwogs tracks that attempt to replicate the British Invasion sound in vogue at the time. Still, the Golliwogs tracks offer hints of John Fogerty's menacing growl and biting guitar that would fully blossom later on. When diving into CCR's entire body of work, many myths dissipate and a more well-rounded view comes into focus: the quintessential singles band that dominated AM radio was also quite an album band, releasing solid records from top to bottom even though half of the songs were saturating radio long before the LP would hit. Also, they weren't quite as far removed from their Bay Area brethren (who were reared on the same roots music) as is often stated, offering a number of long and loose jams that, while not overtly psychedelic, gave them and their fans a chance to stretch out. Without question, though, CCR were the kings of the three-minute rock single, and it's these now-ubiquitous gems--the consummate AM band now dominates FM radio--that will always define them. --Marc Greilsamer« less
Popular but not hip, basic but not shallow, rooted but not retro, Creedence Clearwater Revival distinguished themselves in the late 1960s and early 1970s through these contradictions. This six-disc set is the definitive Creedence collection, offering superbly remastered versions of all of their studio and live albums and adding a disc's worth of pre-Creedence material. The ultimate blue-collar rock band, John Fogerty and CCR found success by wholly giving in to their fascination with the American South (despite hailing from Northern California) and exploring the turf that connected R&B and country--the same turf that their heroes at Sun studios tilled at rock's birth. As the songs on the first disc prove, they hadn't always taken this approach though perhaps they should have: The first four songs from 1961 (by Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets), original compositions in the classic '50s rock & roll style they loved, hold up better than subsequent Golliwogs tracks that attempt to replicate the British Invasion sound in vogue at the time. Still, the Golliwogs tracks offer hints of John Fogerty's menacing growl and biting guitar that would fully blossom later on. When diving into CCR's entire body of work, many myths dissipate and a more well-rounded view comes into focus: the quintessential singles band that dominated AM radio was also quite an album band, releasing solid records from top to bottom even though half of the songs were saturating radio long before the LP would hit. Also, they weren't quite as far removed from their Bay Area brethren (who were reared on the same roots music) as is often stated, offering a number of long and loose jams that, while not overtly psychedelic, gave them and their fans a chance to stretch out. Without question, though, CCR were the kings of the three-minute rock single, and it's these now-ubiquitous gems--the consummate AM band now dominates FM radio--that will always define them. --Marc Greilsamer