Acoustic Sounds Creedence on 45 RPM Vinyl

I just noticed that the following is available for pre-order on the Acoustic Sounds web site:

http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14666

<<Think these classic CCR songs sounded better than ever on Analogue Productions' recent LP reissues? Well, you're right of course.

Or at least you WERE right. Now they sound even better. That's because we've cut the choicest tracks from each of these seven albums at 45 RPM. With so few songs on each side (some releases have only one song per side) and at 45 RPM, your cartridge is going to track better and ultimately SING sweeter.

With the biggest hits from each record (packaged in replicas of the original jackets), you'll get in-depth liners by rock critic extraordinare Ben Fong-Torres of Rolling Stone fame, and photos by Baron Wolman and Didi Zill, both of whom were there to document CCR "back in the day." There is also an essay by Steve Hoffman, who along with Kevin Gray, remastered these gems at AcousTech Mastering. We've also included a bonus record that includes rare mixes of "Bad Moon Rising" and "Proud Mary," cut at 45 of course.

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Track Listings

Creedence Clearwater Revival
1. Suzie Q.
2. I Put A Spell On You

Bayou Country
1. Born On The Bayou
2. Bootleg
3. Good Golly Miss Molly
4. Penthouse Pauper
5. Proud Mary

Green River
1. Green River
2. Commotion
3. Bad Moon Rising
4. Lodi

Willy And The Poorboys
1. Down On The Corner
2. It Came Out Of The Sky
3. Cotton Fields
4. Fortunate Son
5. Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)
6. The Midnight Special

Cosmo's Factory
1. Lookin' Out My Back Door
2. Run Through the Jungle
3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Pendulum
1. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
2. Hey Tonight

Mardi Gras
1. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
2. Someday Never Comes>>

Cost: $200

 

I thought it was supposed to be $200 per minute?

 

That's a lot of diapers.

You can buy these individually, and I'll be a total sucker and get 2-3 for sure. CCR, Bayou and Cosmos. No, I better get Green River too. This is me after I have 4 of the AS LPs, all of the SACDs, and knowing Desiree got me 2 of the SACDs for my birthday and I'll have to sneak these pieces in the door.

Yeah, it all sucks, man. Lock me up.

 

Maybe iTunes has them for $0.99 per song

 

ha,ha

actually $8.33 per track, it does make the LP box set seem much more reasonable.

 

what a shame here's not who'll stop the rain....
maybe we must wait for volume II.
Is always Saul Zaentz rights owner?

 

I still don't understand why the LPs just weren't done at 45rpm in the first place.

 

Some of them would be near-impossible to do 45... These are just selected cuts at 45 for each album.

Try cutting up Cosmos on paper just for fun, keep the sequence intact and remember what your cutting limits are for each side. Not easy.

 

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How can you do worse than "cutting up" Cosmos by CUTTING OUT some of the music?


I don't see a problem with cutting limits. Steve worked with Kevin Gray and cut the 45rpm of Isaac Hayes' Theme From Shaft for Acoustic Sounds 45 rpm series and put just about 20 minutes on side 2 of that record. It sounds wonderful to me, and if that side is too long I don't believe Steve would have worked on it, since he has high standards and is uncompromiising with the results of his mastering efforts.

It also seems to me that the CCR 45rpms are overpriced. Acoustic Sounds charged $20 for their "singles" by Isaac Hayes and others from the Stax vaults.

I am very happy with the CCR SACDs.

 

...and these are $20 also. They're not for everyone, only die hard fans. Many thought the biggest problem was the short play time (20 minutes being a big exception). I think people who are big fans of the 45 cuttings will get them. I'm getting a few, not all.

I too am very satisfied with the SACDs, but I'm also curious to how a 45 cutting of "Grapevine" sounds like... These will be 'special' much like the Fantasy 45's and I've been putting off getting a few of those....

I have the Hayes 45 as well, and that 20 minutes was a squeeze, but it sounded like there was compression in that song anyway. Nice cutting nonetheless....

 

I didn't know that the Creedence 45s were available separately. I thought they were only available in the box set for $200, which is more than $20 each. I take back my comment about them being overpriced.

 

Heh. I thought you were looking at the LP's (which are $25). Enough CCR stuff on that website now to stop a major highway from flowing, so it's easy to get lost.

 

No kidding, not to mention the idea of boutique packaging for CCR strikes me as seriously messed-up, this must be the Senator's Son label... still, I ordered the LP box set.

 

I looked through the AS web-catalog looking for the separates....Nothing!
If they are ever available separately, it won't happen until all the box sets are gone. [ed. I take this back]

 

Then I take back my take back and restate my opinion that they are over priced.

 

CCR:http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14659
Bayou: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14660
River: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14661
Willie & Po Bo: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14662
Cosmos: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14663
Pendulum: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14664
Gras: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14665

October 18 is the avail date for these. And they are all $20 singles. Same as the Stax ones that have impressed me as well.

 

Actually lets do some math.....

CCR LP boxset.....
7LPs @ 25 each = $175 + 1 45RPM @ $20 = $195 + booklet/box $55 = $250

CCR 45RPM box....
7 45RPMs @20 each = $140 + $55 booklet/box = $195

So actually they are priced at about $20 each.

 

I take back my take back of my take back. They are not over priced!

 

I take it back then too ...I couldn't find them.

I'll be getting 4 of them....

Bayou, Green River, Willy, and Cosmos.

 

You don't have to David. The whole set is quite a haul, and like most "luxury" items in life (heck like Mosaic box sets and 300b tube amps), they're not for light fans. I'm VERY glad they ARE seperate items, but even I'm going to dip my toes in for a few. I mean, that Scully and Kev's cutter is just soo good. Can't resist a couple.

 

I heard the 45rpm of Suzie Q(test pressing from Chad) and it was awesome , best I ever heard!

 

Now, I'd certainly pony up for The Beatles singles on 12 inch vinyl cut at 45rpm by Steve and Kevin!!

 

It must have been that buttery bottom end that no one would be used to unless they had the previous AS stuff. This is good news.

The 33.3 vinyl was beautiful.

 

I have all the Creedence SACD's and the Steve LP's....however, if I was going to try one of the 45's, which is the one to get?