“We would deconstruct tunes like ‘Some Velvet Morning’ and ‘Shotgun,’ piece them back together, and bring the monsters to life.” “LSD and hash also played a role in how we played, thought, and wrote,” he added. We knew what we wanted the project to be. We were more experienced in studio production and performing live. “We were evolving as people and musicians.
“It’s fair to say Near The Beginning is a microcosm of the Vanilla Fudge,” Martell said. The Beat Goes On was a concept album about world history and included an ambitious medley of Beethoven’s “Für Elise” and “Moonlight Sonata.” Renaissance concentrated on original material, and Near The Beginning had two covers, one original, and a side-long tune on which every member was given a solo. “He was the visionary who tamed our wilder tendencies and channeled them into a powerful, united musical body.”Įach Fudge album had a degree of cohesiveness the 1967 debut was entirely covers, including a version of the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” that peaked at #6 on Billboard. “The first three albums were basically our arrangements, which Shadow refined with us,” said Martell. Vanilla Fudge image courtesy of Vince Martell. “Bombastic drums locked with a solid bass that ventured onto jazz-like tangents created a solid foundation for the guitar to layer trippy, melodic riffs and phrases to complement the Hammond chords and lines.”Įarly in their career, the band was helped in the studio by renowned producer Shadow Morton. “We were pioneers navigating uncharted waters,” Martell recently told Vintage Guitar. The original Fudge lineup of Mark Stein (organ), Vince Martell (guitar), Tim Bogert (bass), and Carmine Appice (drums) recorded five albums in the latter ’60s, each of which influenced Deep Purple, Yes, Uriah Heep, and other acts. Thanks for the replies and let me know what you think about all of this.Rock fans recall the New York quartet Vanilla Fudge for its dramatic reworkings of pop hits the band melded classical influences with solid musicianship in the first steps toward the offshoot now known as “progressive rock.” BTW, my copy is not in the best of shape. Like I said it's been a long time since I dwelled on this album but I will have to try and find it again since I am looking for a couple other things for other forum members to answer their questions. They said IIRC that Adrian Barber, the producer would only know this if anybody. Even the members of the Fudge themselves didn't recall another mix being done per interview or discussion with the Vanilla Fudge forum members. I remember my vinyl had a sticker on the front that I think said "mono for DJ use only" Maybe the rare mix is a promo only mix? The mix is stereo despite the sticker stating mono. I don't know if it has been discussed already per searching the forum archives (kinda like finding a needle in a haystack sometimes) as I kind of forgot about it for a while. This unique mix may not be important to most people but if you are a Fudge freak like myself, it may be something of interest to you or others on this forum. I had no involvement other than corresponding with some of the members on their forum about the alt. IIRC, the Vanilla Fudge website key members were contacting Sundazed and Bob Irwin and giving suggestions as to what material was going to be used with an emphasis to unreleased material and the rare mix of Rock & Roll. I first learned of this when I was a member of the Vanilla Fudge website and discussed it with a guy by the name of Pete I think? This was back in the late 90's prior to the Sundazed CD's coming out. The intro of the song is about 3 minutes longer. Windmills has almost 3 minutes of extra music on the rare mix version, the same version used on the Sundazed CD. I probably should have asked if you have the Sundazed CD. Listen to "Windmills" and "Street Walking Woman" on your Repertoire CD, then listen to them on your Sundazed CD. I think a couple songs a very close between both mixes.
The differences in sound on my vinyl IIRC is that there is more reverb in the mix and echo in the vocals and some double tracked guitar among other things. The dead wax will also have in the matrix/stamper info either an "A" or a "C" in with the numbers etc.
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I cant remember if mine is "A" or "C"? I think it is the "C" version? The way you tell per your vinyl copy is if you have the full length version of Windmills. There is an "A" version and a "C" version. I don't have my copy handy as I have over a 1000 LP's, most of which are packed away. The Sundazed CD used 2 songs from that rare mix "Windmills" and "Street Walking Woman" instead of the common versions on your Repertoire CD. All CD versions have used the common mix. Yeah, there are 2 versions of the Rock & Roll album on vinyl.
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