"It was 41 years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play"

This entry is the second of hopefully more frequent posts that will highlight albums released on today's date 41 years ago. What's the significance of 41 years ago which would be 1970? Well...because it's the year I was born of course and I was among the hits released that year!

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival was released on this day July 25,1970 and it contained several hits that you can hear any day on just about any rock or soft rock station.
"Lookin Out My Back Door" and "Who'll Stop the Rain" both of which went to #2 on the billboard 100.  The album went gold in December 1970 and four times platinum by 1990.  So you could say a few people liked it and bought it.  

The unsophisticated album artwork makes 1970 seem ancient but almost magical that this is what the world looked like back then.  

The price of this album in 1970 was $4-$5.  Today this same album in very good condition is about $8 on eBay and I would expect locally you could find it for at least $4.  That's pretty good value retention over 40 years!

Original album tracks

Side One

1. Ramble Tamble
2. Before Yo Accuse Me
3. Travelin' Band
4. Ooby Dooby
5. Lookin Out My Back Door
6. Run Through the Jungle

Side Two

1. Up Around the Bend
2. My Baby Left Me
3. Who'll Stop the Rain
4. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
5. Long as I Can See the Light

A few months ago I caught this CCR song in a movie that just happens to be the last song on side two of Cosmo's Factory. The mix of a behind the scenes glimpse into a newspaper being made works very well with this song.  Vinyl records seem to be making a comeback,but the newspaper has begun its journey of fading away a bit out of everyday existence. Sort of an interesting combo of media and their life cycles in our culture.

The song "Long As I Can See the Light" plays over the ending credits of the 2009 thriller State of Play.

Mike Smith, The Showbiz Kids

"It was 41 years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play"

This entry is the second of hopefully more frequent posts that will highlight albums released on today's date 41 years ago. What's the significance of 41 years ago which would be 1970? Well...because it's the year I was born of course and I was among the hits released that year!

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival was released on this day July 25,1970 and it contained several hits that you can hear any day on just about any rock or soft rock station.
"Lookin Out My Back Door" and "Who'll Stop the Rain" both of which went to #2 on the billboard 100.  The album went gold in December 1970 and four times platinum by 1990.  So you could say a few people liked it and bought it.  

The unsophisticated album artwork makes 1970 seem ancient but almost magical that this is what the world looked like back then.  

The price of this album in 1970 was $4-$5.  Today this same album in very good condition is about $8 on eBay and I would expect locally you could find it for at least $4.  That's pretty good value retention over 40 years!

Original album tracks

Side One

1. Ramble Tamble
2. Before Yo Accuse Me
3. Travelin' Band
4. Ooby Dooby
5. Lookin Out My Back Door
6. Run Through the Jungle

Side Two

1. Up Around the Bend
2. My Baby Left Me
3. Who'll Stop the Rain
4. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
5. Long as I Can See the Light

A few months ago I caught this CCR song in a movie that just happens to be the last song on side two of Cosmo's Factory. The mix of a behind the scenes glimpse into a newspaper being made works very well with this song.  Vinyl records seem to be making a comeback,but the newspaper has begun its journey of fading away a bit out of everyday existence. Sort of an interesting combo of media and their life cycles in our culture.

The song "Long As I Can See the Light" plays over the ending credits of the 2009 thriller State of Play.

Mike Smith, The Showbiz Kids

John Fogerty Open to Creedence Clearwater Revival Reunion

Article orginally published in Rolling Stone

By Matthew Perpetua

After years of bad blood with his old bandmates, John Fogerty has softened his position on the possibility of a Creedence Clearwater Revival reunion. In an interview with the Calgary Herald, Fogerty says that he no longer feels an intense bitterness toward bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. The guitarist refused to appear with either of them when the band was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and he sued the duo in 1997 for performing under the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

"Years ago, I looked at people and I was so full of some sort of emotion and I'd say, 'Absolutely not!'," Fogerty says. "I have to admit, people have asked me more recently, and even though I have no idea how such a series of events would come to pass, I can tell that there isn't the bombast in my voice, in the denial, in the refusal. It's more like, 'Well, I dunno.' Never say never is I guess is what people tell you. In this life, all kinds of strange things come to pass."Rock List: Readers' Favorite Protest Songs

As of yet, Fogerty has no plans to pursue a reunion, but is open to giving it a shot down the line. "Realizing that it doesn't really kick up a big firestorm of emotion, it kind of suggests that at least if someone started talking I'd sit still long enough to listen," he says.

John Fogerty Open to Creedence Clearwater Revival Reunion

Article orginally published in Rolling Stone

By Matthew Perpetua

After years of bad blood with his old bandmates, John Fogerty has softened his position on the possibility of a Creedence Clearwater Revival reunion. In an interview with the Calgary Herald, Fogerty says that he no longer feels an intense bitterness toward bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. The guitarist refused to appear with either of them when the band was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and he sued the duo in 1997 for performing under the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

"Years ago, I looked at people and I was so full of some sort of emotion and I'd say, 'Absolutely not!'," Fogerty says. "I have to admit, people have asked me more recently, and even though I have no idea how such a series of events would come to pass, I can tell that there isn't the bombast in my voice, in the denial, in the refusal. It's more like, 'Well, I dunno.' Never say never is I guess is what people tell you. In this life, all kinds of strange things come to pass."Rock List: Readers' Favorite Protest Songs

As of yet, Fogerty has no plans to pursue a reunion, but is open to giving it a shot down the line. "Realizing that it doesn't really kick up a big firestorm of emotion, it kind of suggests that at least if someone started talking I'd sit still long enough to listen," he says.