Near The Beginning

These guys are an acquired taste, I am getting these on vinyl to complete a collection. If you like the band then go for it..

This is not the Vanilla Fudge that plays the slow-down versions of sixties and seventies hit songs. This is more like a stage band; rock and roll. I like it, but it doesn't feel the same as what I remember. Still, it is really rockin' if that's what you're into. Worth the grab.

A great cd I have always liked them and every time I play the Break Song I am amazed at the talent this group has!

classic record and clean vinyl

My first album as a kid

This is my favorite LP by the band. Hard rock at the begining of hard rock. This one got me thru some tough times while dealing while being a teenager. Must play loud.

good record

This vinyl is not only far from VG, but I would not even list it as acceptable. Buyer beware! I purchased this from MAYAN records, but will never do business with them again. Side one barely played while side two had so much damage it was unbelievable and couldn't be played.

shotguuuun!!!!!!

Simular in style to Previous cd Renaissance this output features reworked covers (shotgun and some velvet morning ) and some origional songs like give me good loving This band were very original in as much as they where taking other people's songs and reworking them beyond recognition plus making music that was psychedelic or tinged with jazz leanings such was the style of the times but where also making there music very keyboard orientated and more heavy in feel thus becoming the forerunners in heavy prog rock music thus developing on a trend but also stamping there oriigionality on proceedings This was indeed near the beginning both in terms of there continuing musical development and length of there career Classic of its time that has not dated and has stood the test of time you should buy this and indulge yourself into a time when there was a tremendous amount or experimentation and musical freedom and expression prevalent in the musical landscape of the times and listen to this classic cd that emphasises that period

This is one of the greatest rock albums of all time - ranks with the MC5 Kick Out the Jams, Jimi Hendrix Are you Experienced, The Doors debut album, Truth by Jeff Beck and the first Black Sabbath album. Need I say more?

their best outing. Some Velvet Morning is stunning & worth getting the CD for.

Es ist schon starker Tobak, was die vier Jungs von Vanilla Fudge hier 1969 auf den Plattenmarkt brachten. Die drei Studio-Songs sowie eine monströse Improvisationsorgie aus dem Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles sind sicherlich nichts für rockmusikalische Feingeister. "Shotgun", der Opener der Scheibe, klingt chaotisch und geht zum einen Ohr rein und zum anderen raus. Die folgende Lee Hazlewood-Komposition "Some velvet morning" ist für mich das Glanzlicht der Scheibe. Der Song im Slowmotion-Sound bündelt auf idealtypische Weise alle Trademarks der Band. Eher durchschnittliche Rock-Kost bietet dann das psychodelisch daherkommende "Where is happiness". Der 23minütige "Break song" schließlich ist ein zeittypischer Monumental-Song im Stil etwa von Mountains "Nantucket Sleighride". Von einer Blues-Basis ausgehend dient der Titel den Musikern als Vehikel, um ihre instrumentalen Fertigkeiten zu demonstrieren. Er ist eigentlich mehr eine Aneinanderreihung von Soli - wenn auch auf beeindruckendem Niveau - als eine in sich geschlossene Komposition. Insbesondere die Rhythmusgruppe mit Tim Bogert am Bass und Carmine Appice am Schlagzeug stellt bereits hier unter Beweis, zu was für weiteren Großtaten die beiden später fähig waren. Die drei Bonus-Tracks fügen dem Originalalbum nichts Essentielles hinzu.