![]() ![]() Their forte was cover versions of popular songs, performed in a unique and exciting way. Vanilla Fudge pioneered a heavy grunge sound with lots of swirling organ. Posted Friday, | Review this album | Report (Review #33297) I also question the prog value of Vanilla Fudge as a whole, but this isĭefinitely a great collection of songs by an essential and very influential psych Out in which Stein and Martell furiously trade solos) don't score high on my chart and Iĭo feel that the comp loses momentum towards the end (perhaps an indication of theīand's troubles). Lord In The Country, All In Your Mind and Street Walking Woman (despite a strong fade Take Me For A Little While, the psych/gospel (!!!) On occasion, Stein's vocal histrionics can get annoyingĪnd I'm not fond of every song here. The Fudge could really have been a contender. Rockin' group compositions Good Good Lovin' and Need Love offer undeniable proof that Thoughts, drummer Carmine Appice's multi-dimensional Faceless People and the heavy. Stein's Where Is My Mind and That's What Makes A Man, Martell's What has often gone unnoticed is that Vanilla Fudge also wrote some excellent psych Unappreciated heavyweight of the late 60s scene. His organ and Vince Martell's guitar, and the fearsome rhythm section are a real treat if Stein's soulful vocals, the interplay between While I tend to prefer the original in most cases, these are really Poetry reading, and all) and Nancy Sinatra's Some Velvet Morning are given a rather Shotgun becomes a psych raver and both Donovan's Season Of The Witch (whispers, Is slowed down and stretched out to good effect, Junior Walker & The All-Stars' The Supremes' You Keep Me Hangin' On is turned into a brilliant, dramatic yetĬoncise little opera (and in fact was a #6 hit single in 1968), The Beatles' Ticket To Ride ![]() Some of the rearrangements are stunning, leaving barely a skeleton of the original Incidentally nothingįrom the second album, the much-derided concept album The Beat Goes On was The group recorded during its frantic peak years of 1967-1969. Renaissance, Near The Beginning and Rock & Roll) as well as some non-LP singles that This CD compilation culls 18 tracks from four of the five studio albums (Vanilla Fudge, For what it's worth, I've always associated VF with its contemporaries Ironīutterfly and the first incarnation of Deep Purple (also a very creative cover band). Psychedelic manner, Vanilla Fudge was a great psych-rock group whose inclusion is Driven by Mark Stein's screechin' organ and a penchant for rearranging pop classics in a ![]()
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