PRESENTING 30 SONGS FROM 1968 THROUGH 1972, OUT NOW ON FANTASY RECORDS
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's golden era of hit singles (fall of 1968 through spring of 1972) rivals that of any band in rock 'n' roll history. The Southern-flavored quartet from El Cerrito, California, turned out 17 hits in a 44-month stretch, nine of them in the Top 10, five of them in the Top 5.
Fantasy Records have released The Singles Collection, a two-CD, one-DVD box with a slipcase, containing all of the band's U.S. singles - 30 songs in all. Top 5 smashes like “Bad Moon Rising," “Green River," “Down on the Corner," “Travelin' Band," “Who'll Stop the Rain," “Run Through the Jungle," “Up Around the Bend," “Long As I Can See the Light" and “Lookin' Out My Back Door" are joined by seldom-heard singles that never charted ("Porterville" and “Call It Pretending" on Fantasy's Scorpio subsidiary, and later singles “Tearin' Up the Country" and “45 Revolutions Per Minute [Parts 1 & 2]").
The 30 songs (which are presented in their original single mixes, many of them in mono - are making their CD debut) housed on two CDs, are joined by a DVD containing four never-before-available, long-pre-MTV music videos: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine," “Bootleg," “I Put a Spell on You" and “Lookin' Out My Back Door." Also included in the package is a poster featuring the dozens of international single sleeves, and a 16-page booklet with liner notes by former Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres, who lived and wrote in the Bay Area during CCR's golden half-decade.
Fantasy has also manufactured a limited edition collectors' version of The Singles Collection featuring a boxed set of 15 vinyl 45 rpm singles with reproductions of the original Fantasy label design and housed in their rare picture sleeves -- the ultimate holiday gift for Creedence fans.
Forty years later, the music sounds as fresh and vital as ever.
