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Renaissance/Near the Beginning
Vanilla Fudge
Renaissance/Near the Beginning
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
 
  •  Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (4) - Disc #2

2008 two CD set featuring the first two albums from this Heavy Rock outfit. Formed in New York in 1966 and signed to Atlantic's subsidiary Atco, Vanilla Fudge invented Heavy Rock. With a line-up of organ, guitar, bass and ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Vanilla Fudge
Title: Renaissance/Near the Beginning
Members Wishing: 8
Total Copies: 0
Label: Edsel Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 5/6/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Oldies, Progressive, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 740155202033, 0740155202033

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Album Description
2008 two CD set featuring the first two albums from this Heavy Rock outfit. Formed in New York in 1966 and signed to Atlantic's subsidiary Atco, Vanilla Fudge invented Heavy Rock. With a line-up of organ, guitar, bass and drums, they took existing Pop songs (and on later albums, Folk songs, classical music and their own compositions) and gave them extended, slowed-down, organ-drenched arrangements, which were an instant chart success with the burgeoning albums market. This release contains their third and fourth albums, originally issued in July 1968 and March 1969, both of which reached the Top 20. Renaissance contains the band's own compositions alongside their interpretation of Donovan's 'Season Of The Witch', another hit single. Near The Beginning features only four tracks, amongst which is the Fudge's seven-and-a-half minute reworking of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's classic 'Some Velvet Morning'. Edsel.
 

CD Reviews

For Vanilla, it ain't bad.
Frank A. Rowland | 04/20/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ever since hearing the Fudge's Season of the Witch back in 1969, I have had a soft spot for this otherwise bombastic group. I never cared for their other material as much as these two recordings. The live portion shows some tortured but interesting chops. The Break Song still holds up well for 40-year-old instrumental pyrotechnics. I usually shy away from combined albums. I'm glad I didn't this time."