Recently I decided to listen to the first few installments of the CCR box set. The early songs were knock offs of popular songs of the time. Musically proficient but plagued with moon, June, spoon rhymes. The first album had better songs, better singing, but had some gimmicky things like backward guitar and lots of whammy bar guitar. From the feedback intro to BOTB it's apparent that a giant step had been taken. The production is much better. You can hear all the guy's clearly. And they're good. The songwriting is surer, Fogerty's singing and guitar are right in the middle of the plate. Love the slide work on one of my favorites- Penthouse Pauper. And my favorite Proud Mary. It was nice to really listen to the early stuff and hear their progression. What are your thoughts? Big Red





