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Craft Recordings recently announced the upcoming release of Splashback Clearwater Revivalthe legendary long-lost recording of their 1970 show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, which will be available for the first time in multiple formats (detailed below) as Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall. The live album is set to be released on September 16 and is available now for pre-order. Coinciding with the album launch, a new documentary concert film, titled Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hallwill also be available to stream on Netflix starting September 16 (in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and Africa).
Today, ahead of upcoming releases, CCR is releasing the full live performance of their hit single “Proud Mary.” The advanced single is now available to stream or download. The video shows band members John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook teaming up on stage for one of their biggest hits, a song that became an instant classic and has been covered by countless artists at to date, including Tina Turner, Tom Jones, James Bay, and even the “Glee” cast. “Proud Mary” originally began as a phrase without a house in Fogerty’s notebook. When he received his honorable discharge papers in the mail in 1968, the song came out of him. Peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1969, “Proud Mary” became the group’s first of five singles to reach No. 2. Watch the video now.
Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall will be available September 16 on vinyl, CD and 180-gram cassette, while select retailers will carry a variety of exclusive color variants, including Walmart (“Tombstone Shadow” Vinyl) and Target (“Green Vinyl “River”). Additionally, the album will be available on all digital platforms, including immersive High-Resolution Audio and Dolby ATMOS® formats. A limited edition Super Deluxe box set will follow later in the year, more details below.
After spending approximately 50 years in storage, the original multitrack tapes have been meticulously restored and mixed by the team of producer Giles Martin and GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Sam Okell, who together have led countless acclaimed projects , including The Beatles 50th Anniversary editions. of Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, plus audio from Elton John’s Rocketman biopic and Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back series. The LP was mastered by renowned engineer Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using half-speed technology for the highest quality listening experience.
Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall will be released alongside the feature-length concert documentary, Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall. Directed by two-time GRAMMY® Award winner Bob Smeaton (The Beatles Anthology and Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies) and narrated by Academy Award® winner actor Jeff Bridges, the film takes viewers from the the band’s early years in El Cerrito, California, until their meteoric rise to fame. With a host of never-before-seen footage, Travelin’ Band culminates with the band’s performance at the Royal Albert Hall, marking the only concert footage from the CCR’s original lineup to be released in full.
The film is produced by Craft Recordings, Concord Originals and Marathan Films and is produced by Sig Sigworth (REM by MTV), Jonathan Clyde (The Beatles: Get Back), Martin R. Smith (The Beatles: Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution) and John Beug (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream). Scott Pascucci of Concord (George Harrison of Martin Scorsese: Living in the Material World), Bob Valentine and Sophia Dilley (Billie) of Concord Original are executive producers. Wesley Adams, Charles Hopkins and Taylor Umphenour are the co-producers.
On November 18, the album and film will be presented in a Super Deluxe Edition box set, available exclusively through CraftRecordings.com. The 2-LP/2-CD/1-Blu-ray collection includes Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall on two 180-gram 45 rpm vinyl records as well as CD. A second CD contains the film’s music, including formative recordings of the band’s early incarnations (including Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets and the Golliwogs), while the Blu-ray features the entire Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall film, as well as the digital album in high resolution and immersive audio Dolby ATMOS®. Limited to 5,000 copies worldwide and available for pre-order now, each individually numbered set is housed in a 12″ x 12″ box, with embossed gold foil detailing, and includes a reproduction of the original program from the 1970 tour, a 17” x 24” and 16-page booklet, featuring an excerpt from Bridges’ voice-over script, which offers insight into the band’s incredible path to the London show.
When Creedence Clearwater Revival took the stage at the Royal Albert Hall on April 14, 1970, just days after the Beatles announced their breakup, the Californian rockers had arguably just become the biggest band in the world. Before the show, CCR had had an unprecedented “magical year”, as recounted by Jeff Bridges in the film. “In just 12 months, the band had achieved five Top 10 singles and three Top 10 albums. [Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys] in the American charts, surpassing the Beatles. They had appeared on the legendary Ed Sullivan Show and performed to over a million people across America, including the hundreds of thousands assembled at Woodstock. ‘John, Tom, Stu and Doug’ might not sound familiar to ‘John, Paul, George and Ringo’, but Creedence was challenging the Beatles for the title of the greatest band in the world. During their sold-out two-night residency at the iconic venue, CCR not only followed in the footsteps of acts like the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles, but they proved they were equals. .
While Creedence Clearwater Revival would break up just two years later, speculation about a live recording of this legendary gig began to permeate their fan base in 1980. That same year, Fantasy Records had released a live album by the band , erroneously titled The Royal Concert Albert Hall. It was quickly discovered that the audio was actually from the Oakland Coliseum show, captured months earlier. While the label was quick to stamp the album with correctional information – and correctly renamed the January 1970 performance as The Concert for later productions – the actual images of the Royal Albert Hall remained the stuff from the rock ‘n’ roll tradition… until now.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival track listing at the Royal Albert Hall (Deluxe Edition)
Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall (CD)
1. Born on the Bayou
2. Green River
3. Tombstone Shadow
4. Travel group
5. Lucky Son
6. Bustle
7. Midnight Special
8. The Bad Moon Rises
9. Proud Mary
10. Nighttime is the right time
11. Good Golly Miss Molly
12. Keep Chooglin’
Music from the film: Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall (CD)
1. Come on baby – Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets
2. Brown Eyed Girl – The Golliwogs
3. Porterville – The Golliwogs
4.Suzie Q.
5. I put a spell on you
6. Proud Mary
7. Born on the Bayou
8. The Bad Moon Rises
9. Green River
10. Nighttime is the right time
11. Around the corner
12. Who will stop the rain?
Blu-ray: Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall (Vinyl 45 rpm)
A1. Born on the Bayou
A2. green river
A3. tombstone shadow
B1. travel band
B2. wealthy son
B3. Hustle
B4. Midnight Special
C1. bad moon rising
C2. mary proud
C3. The night is the right time
D1. Damn Miss Molly
D2. Carry on Chooglin’
Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall tracklist (CD, Digital)
1. Born on the Bayou
2. Green River
3. Tombstone Shadow
4. Travel group
5. Lucky Son
6. Bustle
7. Midnight Special
8. The Bad Moon Rises
9. Proud Mary
10. Nighttime is the right time
11. Good Golly Miss Molly
12. Keep Chooglin’
Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall tracklist (Vinyl, Cassette)
A1. Born on the Bayou
A2. green river
A3. tombstone shadow
A4. travel band
AT 5. wealthy son
A6. Hustle
A7. Midnight Special
B1. bad moon rising
B2. mary proud
B3. The night is the right time
B4. Damn Miss Molly
B5. Carry on Chooglin’
