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The Concert (1980)

Where the lyrics of The Concert take you, and where it was really made.

The album was first sold as a Royal Albert Hall concert, but it was recorded at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena in California.

Key places

Oakland Coliseum recording (1970)

Recording site Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena — The album was recorded live at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena on 31 January 1970, not at the Royal Albert Hall as first titled. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Remixing and mastering at Fantasy Studios (1980)

Recording site Fantasy Studios — The album was remixed and mastered at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, with Danny Kopelson credited for remixing and George Horn for mastering. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Concert: second live album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Released October 1980 by Fantasy Records
• Recorded at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California, on 31 January 1970
• First issued under the wrong title, The Royal Albert Hall Concert
• Later reissues renamed as The Concert after the mistake was discovered
• Fourteen tracks, from Born on the Bayou to Keep on Chooglin'
• Track list includes Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Fortunate Son and Down on the Corner

Background

• The Royal Albert Hall title was wrong; the concert was not recorded at the London venue
• Fantasy had inadequately marked a master tape, which caused the labeling error
• Interim copies carried an explanatory sticker while new covers were prepared
• Cash Box ran a news article dated 31 January 1981 summarizing the error
• The Berkeley-based label publicly admitted the mistake
• Under the bogus title, the album had reached #120 bullet on the Cash Box LP chart

Recording

• Live performance at the Oakland Coliseum on 31 January 1970
• Remixed and mastered at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley
• Danny Kopelson credited for remixing, George Horn for mastering, Russ Gary for recording
• John Fogerty played lead guitar, sang lead vocals and played harp
• Tom Fogerty on rhythm guitar and backing vocals; Stu Cook on bass; Doug Clifford on drums

Cover

• Cover photography by Jim Marshall; art direction by Phil Carroll

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California, in 1968.
• The members had played together since 1959, first as the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs.
• Fantasy Records owner Saul Zaentz bought the label in 1967 and offered the band a chance to record an album.

Members

• John Fogerty: lead vocals, lead guitar, primary songwriter.
• Tom Fogerty: rhythm guitar, quit at the end of 1970 and died in 1990.
• Stu Cook: bass.
• Doug Clifford: drums.

Career

• Between 1969 and 1971 the band had 14 consecutive top-10 singles and five consecutive top-10 albums in the United States.
• Green River (1969) and Cosmo's Factory (1970) both topped the Billboard 200.
• The band performed at Woodstock in 1969.
• The band disbanded acrimoniously in 1972 amid lawsuits and disputes over business and artistic control.
• Cook and Clifford performed as Creedence Clearwater Revisited from 1995 to 2020.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album was released in October 1980 by Fantasy Records under the wrong title
• Under that title it reached #120 bullet on the Cash Box LP chart
• Cash Box treated the labeling error as one of the notable mistakes of its time
• Cash Box noted that the label had admitted the error publicly
• The Billboard 200 peak came in 1981 at No. 62

Records

• Billboard 200: No. 62 in 1981
• RIAA gold certification on 27 February 1986 for 500,000 units sold
• RIAA platinum certification on 30 September 1996 for 1,000,000 units sold
• Certification figures are US sales counts, not worldwide totals
• Title corrected for later pressings and reissues

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The label admitted the error publicly; Cash Box called the mislabeling a notable faux pas.
• Discogs notes the concert was performed live at the Oakland Coliseum, as the sleeve credit states.
• The real Royal Albert Hall concert from April 1970 was released only in 2022, according to the French Wikipedia article.
• Jim Marshall is credited for photography on the sleeve notes.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · fr.wikipedia.org

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