RELEASED 27.5.2013
NEWLY REMASTERED OFFICIAL EDITION OF THE 1969 ALBUM BY THE LEGENDARY VANILLA FUDGE WITH FOUR RARE BONUS TRACKS BOOKLET WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & ESSAY Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly remastered edition of the 1969 album by the legendary proto-progressive American rock group, VANILLA FUDGE. Long Island’s Vanilla Fudge formed in 1966 when vocalist and organist Mark Stein, bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice came together to form one of the most influential rock trios of the 1960s. Initially inspired by The Rascals’ organ dominated rock, Vanilla Fudge signed to Atlantic Records releasing their self-titled debut album in August 1967. Famous for their extended interpretations of classic material such as ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’ and ‘Eleanor Rigby’, by 1969 the band had influenced emerging bands such as Uriah Heep, Yes and Deep Purple, but had tired of the touring and recording treadmill. "Rock and Roll” would be the band’s final album of their initial formation. Released in September 1969, the album maintained the excellence of their previous works, featuring self-written material such as ‘Need Love’, ‘Lord in the Country’ along with imaginative covers of ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’, and Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s ‘I Can’t Make it Alone’. This Esoteric Recordings release has been newly remastered from the original masters and includes an illustrated booklet and a new essay.
1. NEED LOVE 2. LORD IN THE COUNTRY 3. I CAN’T MAKE IT ALONE 4. STREETWALKING WOMAN 5. CHURCH BELLS OF ST. MARTIN’S 6. THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND 7. IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY
BONUS TRACKS 8. ALL IN YOUR MIND 9. NEED LOVE (single version) 10. I CAN’T MAKE IT ALONE (single version) 11. LORD IN THE COUNTRY (single version)