Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2022
Label: Concord Craft
Track List
Side A
- Born on the Bayou
- Green River
- Tombstone Shadow
- Travelin’ Band
- Fortunate Son
- Commotion
- Midnight Special
Side B
- Bad Moon Rising
- Proud Mary
- The Night Time Is the Right Time
- Good Golly Miss Molly
- Keep on Chooglin’
Notes
180-gram LP
Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 show at London’s Royal Hall!
Released for the first time in more than 50 years!
Original 1970 multitrack tapes restored and mixed by Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell
Half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
For decades, rumors have circulated among Creedence Clearwater Revival’s fans about a long-lost recording of their legendary 1970 show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Now, Craft Recordings/Concord are thrilled to announce that the rumors are, indeed, true. The long-awaited Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall finds CCR at the apex of their career, playing the most prestigious venue in London. Placing listeners front and center at the show, the album features John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook performing such (now classic) hits as “Fortunate Son,” “Proud Mary,” and “Bad Moon Rising,” whose audio can be heard above.
When CCR took the stage for two nights in April of 1970, the band members had reached the height of their international stardom and arrived ready to prove themselves as equals to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Beatles, who had announced their breakup just days before. Their performance-which included hits like “Born On The Bayou,” “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” and “Bad Moon Rising” — was met with a 15-minute standing ovation and rave next-day reviews in the U.K.’s top publications.
After spending roughly 50 years in storage, the original multitrack tapes were meticulously restored and mixed by the Grammy Award-winning team of producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell, who have helmed countless acclaimed projects together, including the Beatles’ 50th-anniversary editions of Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as audio for the Elton John biopic Rocketman and Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back Series. The LP was mastered by the celebrated engineer Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using half-speed technology for the highest-quality listening experience.
The album will be released concurrently with the documentary concert feature film, 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-winning actor Jeff Bridges, the film takes viewers from the band’s earliest years together in El Cerrito, CA through their meteoric rise to fame. Featuring a wealth of unseen footage, Travelin’ Band culminates with the band’s show at the Royal Albert Hall. The film will rollout internationally on September 16, 2022.
