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 bands 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 Years 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.
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
Vanilla Fudge
The Mono album Released August 1967
Ticket to Ride
People Get Ready
Shes Not There
Bang Bang
Illusions of My Childhood Part One
You Keep Me Hanging On
Illusions of My Childhood Part Two
Take Me for a Little While
Illusions of My Childhood Part Three
Eleanor Rigby
Bonus tracks
You Keep Me Hanging On (single version)
Illusions of My Childhood - Eleanor Rigby Part One (UK single 1967)
Eleanor Rigby Part Two (UK single 1967)
DISC TWO
Vanilla Fudge
The Stereo album Released August 1967
Ticket to Ride
People Get Ready
Shes Not There
Bang Bang
Illusions of My Childhood Part One
You Keep Me Hanging On
Illusions of My Childhood Part Two
Take Me for a Little While
Illusions of My Childhood Part Three
Eleanor Rigby
Bonus tracks
Ticket to Ride (unissued single mix)
Take Me for a Little While (1967 single version)
DISC THREE
The Beat Goes On
The Mono album Released February 1968 1 Sketch
Intro: The Beat Goes On 3 Eighteenth Century: Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Nineteenth Century: Old Black Joe
Dont Fence Me In
12th Street Rag
In the Mood
Hound Dog
The Beatles: I Want to Hold Your Hand / I Feel Fine / Day Tripper / She Loves You / Hello Goodbye
The Beat Goes On
Beethoven: Fur Elise & Moonlight Sonata
The Beat Goes On
The Beat Goes On
Voices in Time
The Beat Goes On
Merchant / The Game is Over
The Beat Goes On
Bonus tracks
Where is My Mind
The Look of Love
DISC FOUR
The Beat Goes On
The Stereo album Released February 1968
Sketch
Intro: The Beat Goes On
Eighteenth Century: Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Nineteenth Century: Old Black Joe
Dont Fence Me In
12th Street Rag
In the Mood
Hound Dog
The Beatles: I Want to Hold Your Hand / I Feel Fine / Day Tripper / She Loves You / Hello Goodbye
The Beat Goes On
Beethoven: Fur Elise & Moonlight Sonata
The Beat Goes On
The Beat Goes On
Voices in Time
The Beat Goes On
Merchant / The Game is Over
The Beat Goes On
Bonus tracks
You Cant Do That (recorded 1968)
Come by Day, Come by Night (B-side of single)
DISC FIVE
Renaissance
Released June 1968
The Sky Cried When I Was a Boy
Thoughts
Paradise
Thats What Makes a Man a Man
The Spell That Comes After
Faceless People
Season of the Witch Bonus tracks
Take Me for a Little While (1968 single remix)
Season of the Witch Part One (A-side of single)
Season of the Witch Part Two (B-side of single)
Break Song (studio version)
DISC SIX
Live at The Fillmore West 1st January 1969
Shes Not There (live)
Shotgun (live)
People Get Ready (live) 4 You Keep Me Hanging On (live)
Season of the Witch (live)
Break Song (live)
DISC SEVEN
Live at The Fillmore West 1st January 1969
Good Good Lovin (live)
Ticket to Ride (live)
Medley: Moonlight Sonata / Fur Elise / Eleanor Rigby (live) 4 Take Me for a Little While (live)
Like a Rolling Stone (live)
DISC EIGHT
Near the Beginning Released February 1969
Shotgun
Some Velvet Morning
Where is Happiness
Break Song
Bonus tracks
Heartache Jam
Shotgun (single edit) (A- side of single)
Good Good Livin (B-side of single)
People (B-side of single) 9 Some Velvet Morning (short version)
Good Good Livin (unedited version)
Love Jam
DISC NINE
Rock & Roll
released September 1969
Need Love
Lord in the Country
I Cant make it Alone
Street Walking Woman
The Church Bells of St. Martins
The Windmills of Your Mind 7 If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody