The Concert [Live]

Creedence Clearwater Revival | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Fantasy
• ASIN: B000000XBX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,911 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL THE CONCERT

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Depends On What You Like In A Live Show, January 23, 2004

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SRT "udadoo" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Concert (Audio CD)

If you like your bands to play live a faithful note for note reproduction of their albums then you'll love this album. If you're the type who likes a band to open up, change things around a bit and show some spontaneity in their live shows then this album is not for you.

Although, written over 3 years ago I have to take issue with previous reviewer kireviewer. A few things he/she said are simply untrue.

The reason Creedence didn't allow their appearance at Woodstock to appear on the album or movie had nothing to do with money. Creedence came on late at night after the Grateful Dead had put everyone to sleep. Their set was filled with numerous technical difficulties. Fogerty, already sensing the future importance of the event, didn't want Creedence's legacy to be such a poor performance.

It has never been documentated in any way that there were issues within the band about the style of music they played. If Fogerty wanted the band to be a showcase for his songs, so what? The guy wrote about 13 top ten singles in a 3 year period. The album Mardi Gras proved that the songs from the other members of Creedence were not up to snuff.

John WAS an autocrat. You had to do things his way or take the highway. To say that he couldn't get along with anybody is a bit unfair though.

Oh, by the way, as a reward for sticking with the band for ten years before Proud Mary hit John gave all the members a percentage of songwriting royalties for the first few albums even though they had absolutely nothing to do with writing any of the songs. Never heard Lennon or McCartney doing anything like that for Ringo.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Faithful to the tunes, December 4, 2002

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James J. Jenkins (Weare, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Concert (Audio CD)

My review falls somewhere in between the others. I am a big fan of CCR, and I was psyched when I found this disc. However, I am also disillusioned by the short format of the songs. Not that I want extended jams every time, but I don't want to hear the studio version redone exactly either. Even the guitar solos are almost exact. With that said, the energy is definitely there, and Fogerty's vocals are growling throughout, and there are highlights like the sing alongs "Midnight Special" and "Night Time is the Right Time." "Keep on Chooglin'" is worth the price of the disc alone, so any CCR fan will want this album. My preferred live perfomance, however, is at the closing of the Fillmore West, which is much less predictable.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An underrated live album, November 19, 2003

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Concert (Audio CD)

"The Concert" has taken some hits through the years, but it is actually a really fine live album, featuring several of the group's best songs in tough, muscular renditions.

The sound is good, the songs are great, and there are virtually no weak moments here.
Some of the band's lesser-known album tracks, like "The Midnight Special", "Tombstone Shadow" and the spiritual-slash-rockabilly tune "Don't Look Now", are particularly enjoyable in this live setting, but the single hits work very well also, including "Proud Mary" and "Green River".

4 1/2 stars. Highly recommended.