Creedence Clearwater Revival (album)

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Track listing

Side one

1. "I Put a Spell on You
   I Put a Spell on You
   
   "I Put a Spell on You" is a 1957 song written by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, whose recording was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll....
   " (Screamin' Jay Hawkins
   Screamin' Jay Hawkins
   
   Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an African-American singer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" and "Constipation Blues," Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him perhaps the first shock rocker....
   ) – 4:33
2. "The Working Man" – 3:04
3. "Susie Q
   Susie Q (song)
   
   "Susie Q" is originally a song by Louisiana-born singer and guitarist Dale Hawkins. His version reached #27 in the U.S. pop chart in 1957 in music....
   " (Eleanor Broadwater, Dale Hawkins
   Dale Hawkins
   
   Dale Hawkins is a pioneer United States Rock and Roll singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist who is often called the architect of the swamp rock....
   , Stanley Lewis
   Stanley Lewis
   
   Stanley Lewis may refer to:* J.E. Stanley Lewis, mayor of Ottawa, 1936?1948* C. Stanley Lewis, artist, Guggenheim Fellow...
   ) – 8:37
   • Recorded January 19, 1968. John and Tom Fogerty share lead vocals on this track. John sings the first and third stanzas while Tom sings the second stanza.

Side two

1. "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (Steve Cropper
   Steve Cropper
   
   Steve "The Colonel" Cropper is an United States guitarist, songwriter and producer....
   , Eddie Floyd
   Eddie Floyd
   
   Eddie Floyd is a Soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s....
   , Wilson Pickett
   Wilson Pickett
   
   Wilson Pickett was an United States rhythm and blues/Rock and Roll and soul music singer and songwriter known for his raw, raspy, passionate vocal delivery....
   ) – 3:39
2. "Get Down Woman" – 3:09
3. "Porterville" – 2:24
   • Recorded October 1967. Initially released as a single in November 1967. It was the last single that the band released as The Golliwogs
     The Golliwogs
     
     The Golliwogs were an American rock band which eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival.The band started out, in 1959, as an instrumental trio called The Blue Velvets....
     .
4. "Gloomy" – 3:51
5. "Walking on the Water" (John Fogerty
   John Fogerty
   
   John Cameron Fogerty is an United States Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival....
   , Tom Fogerty
   Tom Fogerty
   
   Tom Fogerty was a musician best known as the lead guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band....
   ) – 4:40
   • This track is a remake of "Walk on the Water", a recording released by the band as a single, in 1966, while they were still known as The Golliwogs
     The Golliwogs
     
     The Golliwogs were an American rock band which eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival.The band started out, in 1959, as an instrumental trio called The Blue Velvets....
     .

40th Anniversary Edition CD bonus tracks

9. "Call It Pretending" (B-Side of Porterville) – 2:09
10. "Before You Accuse Me
    Before You Accuse Me
    
    "Before You Accuse Me" is a popular blues song written by Ellas McDaniel, better known as rock and roll icon Bo Diddley. The song?s first album release was on Bo Diddley?s Bo Diddley in 1958....
    " (1968 Outtake) - 3:24
11. "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (Live at The Fillmore
    The Fillmore
    
    The Fillmore is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous by Bill Graham . Named for its original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it lies on the boundary of the Western Addition and the Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California neighborhoods....
    , 3/14/69) - 3:47
12. "Susie Q
    Susie Q (song)
    
    "Susie Q" is originally a song by Louisiana-born singer and guitarist Dale Hawkins. His version reached #27 in the U.S. pop chart in 1957 in music....
    " (Live at The Fillmore
    The Fillmore
    
    The Fillmore is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous by Bill Graham . Named for its original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it lies on the boundary of the Western Addition and the Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California neighborhoods....
    , 3/14/69) - 11:45

Personnel

• Doug Clifford
  Doug Clifford
  
  Doug "Cosmo" Clifford played drums in the American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival. After CCR broke up, Clifford and former CCR bassist Stu Cook joined Don Harrison in the Don Harrison Band and also issued a solo album....
   - drums
  Drum kit
  
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
  , bass
• Stu Cook - bass
  Bass guitar
  
  The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  , drums
• John Fogerty
  John Fogerty
  
  John Cameron Fogerty is an United States Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival....
   - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  
  Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
  , all lead vocals unless otherwise noted
• Tom Fogerty
  Tom Fogerty
  
  Tom Fogerty was a musician best known as the lead guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band....
   - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  
  Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chord al accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the country music, blues music, rock music or Heavy metal music genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the melodic lines and solos play...
  , vocals

Production

• Producer: Saul Zaentz
• Recording engineer: Walt Payne
• Mastering supervisor: Tamaki Beck
• Mastering: Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman, Shigeo Miyamoto
• Liner notes: Ralph J. Gleason, Ben Fong-Torres (CD release)
• Album cover design: Laurie Clifford

Charts

Album

Singles