Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (2LPs, 45RPM, Mono)
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Carmine Appice — drums, vocals
Tim Bogert — bass, vocals
Vince Martell — guitar, vocals
Mark Stein — lead vocals, keyboards
2 LPs, gatefold cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45RPM
Size : 12”
Mono
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : ATCO Records
Recorded in 1967
Engineered & mixed by : Bill Stahl, Joe Veneri
Produced by Shadow Morton
Originally released in 1967
Reissued in 2020
Tracks:
Side A:
- Ticket to Ride
- People Get Ready
Side B:
- She's Not There
- Bang Bang
Side C:
- 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
Side D
- Illusions of My Childhood - Part Three
- Eleanor Rigby
To preserve musical continuity, "Illusions Of My Childhood - Part Three" is repeated at the beginning of Side D
Reviews :
"In a debut consisting of covers, nobody could accuse Vanilla Fudge of bad taste in their repertoire; with stoned-out, slowed-down versions of such then-recent classics as "Ticket to Ride," "Eleanor Rigby," and "People Get Ready," they were setting the bar rather high for themselves. Even the one suspect choice -- Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang" -- turns out to be rivaled only by Mott the Hoople's version of "Laugh at Me" in putting Bono's songwriting in the kindest possible light. Most of the tracks here share the common structure of a disjointed warm-up jam, a Hammond-heavy dirge of harmonized vocals at the center, and a final flat-out jam. Still, some succeed better than others: "You Keep Me Hanging On" has a wonderfully hammered-out drum part, and "She's Not There" boasts some truly groovy organ jams. While the pattern can sound repetitive today, each song still works as a time capsule of American psychedelia." AllMusic Review by Paul Collins
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4 / 5