Year : 1967-1969 (Cherry Red Records Box Set Edition 2024)
Style : Classic Rock , Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 256 kbps + front + digi booklet
Size : 972 mb
Bio:
Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their extended rock renderings of contemporary hit songs, most notably "You Keep Me Hangin' On" . The band's original lineup—vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice—recorded five albums during the years 1966–69, before disbanding in 1970. The band has reunited in various configurations over the years, and is currently operating with three of the four original members, Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Carmine Appice with Pete Bremy on bass for Tim Bogert who has retired from touring. The band has been cited as "one of the few American links between psychedelia and what soon became heavy metal..Stein and Bogert played in a local band called Rick Martin & The Showmen. The pair were so impressed by the swinging sound and floods of organ of The Rascals they decided to form their own band with Martell and Rick Martin's drummer, Joey Brennan. Originally calling themselves The Pigeons, they changed the name to Vanilla Fudge in 1966, after the replacement of Brennan by Appice.[3] The group was then "discovered" and managed by reputed Lucchese crime family member Phillip Basile, who operated several popular clubs in New York. Their first three albums (Vanilla Fudge, The Beat Goes On, and Renaissance) were produced by Shadow Morton, whom the band met through The Rascals. When Led Zeppelin first toured the USA in early 1969, they supported Vanilla Fudge on some shows.The band's biggest hit was its cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On," a slowed-down, hard rocking version of a song originally recorded by The Supremes. This version featured Stein's psychedelic-baroque organ intro and Appice's energetic drumming. It was a Top 10 hit in the US and Australia and a Top 20 hit in Britain in 1967.The members of Vanilla Fudge were great admirers of The Beatles, and covered several of their songs including "Ticket to Ride" and "Eleanor Rigby." The self-titled debut album quotes "Strawberry Fields Forever" at the end, with the line "there's nothing to get hung about."According to Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord, Vanilla Fudge's organ-heavy sound was a large influence on the UK band Deep Purple, with Blackmore even stating that his band wanted to be a "Vanilla Fudge clone" in its early years.
Album:
9CD BOXED SET FEATURING OF THE COMPLETE ATCO RECORDINGS BY VANILLA FUDGE MADE BETWEEN 1967 AND 1969. NEWLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES. INCLUDES THE ALBUMS ‘VANILLA FUDGE’ (mono & stereo versions), 'THE BEAT GOES ON’ (mono & stereo versions), ‘RENAISSANCE’, ‘NEAR THE BEGINNING’ AND ‘ROCK & ROLL’, ALONG WITH A 2CD LIVE RECORDING AT THE FILLMORE WEST IN 1969, SESSION OUT-TAKES AND RARE SINGLES.WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH A NEW ESSAY FEATURING EXCLUSIVE BAND INTERVIEWS.Featuring Mark Stein (vocals, organ), Vincent Martell (guitar, vocals), Tim Bogert (bass, vocals) and Carmine Appice (drums, vocals), the band were originally known as The Pigeons and gained notoriety thanks to their radical, slowed down and heavy interpretations of current hits. They signed to Atco Records, a division of Atlantic in April 1967 and changed their name at the insistence of Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun to Vanilla Fudge. Their radical cover version of The Supremes’ hit “You Keep Me Hanging On” was issued as a single in June 1967. Dominated by the hard hitting approach of their rhythm section and the powerful Hammond organ playing of Mark Stein it became a US top 10 hit. The band’s self-titled debut album was released in August 1967 and was a psychedelic rock tour-de-force, featuring a seven-minute version of ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’, it also featured imaginative cover versions of compositions by The Beatles, The Zombies and Curtis Mayfield among others. Over the next two years, VANILLA FUDGE would record a series of albums that would evolve from psychedelic rock to heavy rock and influence many emerging bands, among them Deep Purple, before disbanding in 1970.This nine CD boxed set has been remastered from the original Atco tapes and features the albums ‘VANILLA FUDGE’ and ‘THE BEAT GOES ON’ (in both mono and stereo versions) and ‘RENAISSANCE’, ‘NEAR THE BEGINNING’ and ‘ROCK & ROLL’. It also features a complete concert recorded at the Fillmore West on New Year’s Eve 1968 / 1969 over two CDS and a host of session out-takes and singles.The set also features an illustrated booklet with new essay featuring exclusive interviews with Mark Stein and Carmine Appice.
Line Up:
Mark Stein – Lead Vocals, Keyboards (1966–1970, 1982–1984, 2005, 2006–present)
Vince Martell – Guitar, Vocals (1966–1970, 1999–2003, 2004–present)
Carmine Appice – Drums, Vocals (1966–1970, 1982–1984, 1987–1988, 1991, 1999–2008, 2009–present)
Pete Bremy – Bass, Vocals (2002, 2008, 2011, 2011–present)
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Ticket To Ride
02. People Get Ready
03. She's Not There
04. Bang Bang
05. Illusions Of My Childhood [Part One]
06. You Keep Me Hanging On
07. Illusions Of My Childhood [Part Two]
08. Take Me For A Little While
09. Illusions Of My Childhood [Part Three]
10. Eleanor Rigby
11. You Keep Me Hanging On (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
12. Illusions Of My Childhood / Eleanor Rigby [Part One] (UK Single 1967) (Bonus Track)
13. Eleanor Rigby [Part Two] (UK Single 1967) (Bonus Track)
CD2:
01. Ticket To Ride
02. People Get Ready
03. She's Not There
04. Bang Bang
05. Illusions Of My Childhood [Part One]
06. You Keep Me Hanging On
07. Illusions Of My Childhood [Part Two]
08. Take Me For A Little While
09 .Illusions Of My Childhood [Part Three]
10. Eleanor Rigby
11. Ticket To Ride (Unissued Single Mix) (Bonus Track)
12. Take Me For A Little While (1967 Single Version) (Bonus Track)
CD3:
01. sketch
02. Intro: The Beat Goes On
03. Eighteenth Century: Variations On A Theme By Mozart
04. Nineteenth Century: Old Black Joe
05. Don't Fence Me In
06. 12Th Street Rag
07. In The Mood
08. Hound Dog
09. The Beatles: I Want To Hold Your Hand / I Feel Fine / Day Tripper / She Loves You / Hello Goodbye
10. The Beat Goes On
11. Beethoven: Fur Elise & Moonlight Sonata
12. The Beat Goes On
13. The Beat Goes On
14. Voices In Time
15. The Beat Goes On
16. Merchant / The Game Is Over
17. The Beat Goes On
18. Where Is My Mind (Bonus Track)
19. The Look Of Love (Bonus Track)
CD4:
01. sketch
02. Intro: The Beat Goes On
03. Eighteenth Century: Variations On A Theme By Mozart
04. Nineteenth Century: Old Black Joe
05. Don't Fence Me In
06. 12Th Street Rag
07. In The Mood
08. Hound Dog
09. The Beatles: I Want To Hold Your Hand / I Feel Fine / Day Tripper / She Loves You / Hello Goodbye
10. The Beat Goes On
11. Beethoven: Fur Elise & Moonlight Sonata
12. The Beat Goes On
13. The Beat Goes On
14. Voices In Time
15. The Beat Goes On
16. Merchant / The Game Is Over
17. The Beat Goes On
18. You Can't Do That (Recorded 1968) (Bonus Track)
19. Come By Day, Come By Night (B-Side Of Single) (Bonus Track)
CD5:
01. The Sky Cried - When I Was A Boy
02. Thoughts
03. Paradise
04. That's What Makes A Man A Man
05. The Spell That Comes After
06. Faceless People
07. Season Of The Witch
08. Take Me For A Little While (1968 Single Remix) (Bonus Track)
09. Season Of The Witch [Part One] (A-Side Of Single) (Bonus Track)
10. Season Of The Witch [Part Two] (B-Side Of Single) (Bonus Track)
11. Break Song (Studio Version) (Bonus Track)
CD6:
01. She's Not There (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
02. Shotgun (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
03. People Get Ready (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
04. You Keep Me Hanging On (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
05. Season Of The Witch (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
06. Break Song (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
CD7:
01. Good Good Lovin' (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
02. Ticket To Ride (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
03. Medley: Moonlight Sonata / Fur Elise / Eleanor Rigby (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
04. Take Me For A Little While (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
05. Like A Rolling Stone (Live at Fillmore West January 1st 1969)
CD8:
01. Shotgun
02. Some Velvet Morning
03. Where Is Happiness
04. Break Song
05. Heartache Jam (Bonus Track)
06. Shotgun (Single Edit) (Aside Of Single) (Bonus Track)
07. Good Good Livin' (B-Side Of Single) (Bonus Track)
08. People (B-Side Of Single) (Bonus Track)
09. Some Velvet Morning (Short Version) (Bonus Track)
10. Good Good Livin' (Unedited Version) (Bonus Track)
11. Love Jam (Bonus Track)
CD9:
01. Need Love
02. Lord In The Country
03. I Can't Make It Alone
04 .Street Walking Woman
05. The Church Bells Of St Martins
06. The Windmills Of Your Mind
07. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
08. Movin' On (Bonus Track)
09. Studio Jam (Bonus Track)
10 .All In Your Mind (Bonus Track)
11. Need Love (Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track)
12. I Can't Make It Alone (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
13. Lord In The Country (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
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