The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Creedence Collection

John Fogerty

Overview

"John Fogerty delivers a career-spanning live performance featuring hits from his years as leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival as well as his later solo work in this potent concert video, which gets a smooth presentation on DVD. John Fogerty: The Long Road Home in Concert has been given a widescreen transfer to disc, letterboxed in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio on conventional monitors and enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 screens. The image is pin-sharp throughout, and the healthy bit rate adds to the fine detail of the image. The audio has been mastered in three formats: Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, and DTS 5.1. Either way, the music sounds clear and tight and Fogerty and his band storm through this show with fire and authority. The songs are performed in English, with no subtitles or multiple language options included. As a bonus, this release includes a music video for Fogerty's recent anti-war number ""Déjà Vu (All Over Again)."" And the booklet included with the package folds out into a poster of Fogerty on-stage brandishing his guitar. John Fogerty: The Long Road Home in Concert features a stellar performance from one of the great men of American rock & roll, and this disc certainly does right by the material."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/13/2006
UPC:	0888072702295
Original Release:	2005
Source:	Fantasy
Region Code:	2
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	31,869

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Fogerty	Primary Artist,Guitar (Bass),Drums,Percussion,Dobro,Organ,Piano,Tumba,Congas,Guitar,Vocals,Cowbell,Maracas,Clapping,Mandolin,Harmonica,Saxophone,Tambourine,Sitar (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Primary Artist
Paul Bushnell	Guitar (Bass)
George Hawkins	Guitar (Bass),Bass,Vocals (Background)
John Fogerty	Performer,Performer
Johnnie Lee Schnell	Guitar
Howie Epstein	Guitar (Bass),Bass
Bob Glaub	Guitar (Bass),Bass
Stu Cook	Guitar (Bass),Bass (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Bass,Piano,Clapping
Tom Fogerty	Guitar,Clapping,Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals (Background)
Kenny Smith	Vocals (Background)
Benmont Tench	Organ
Doug Clifford	Drums,Clapping,Vocals (Background)
Matt Nolen	Guitar,Keyboards
Maxine Willard Waters	Vocals (Background)
Oren Waters	Vocals (Background)
Alex Acuna	Percussion
Bob Fogerty	Clapping
Bob Britt	Guitar,Slide Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Kenny Aronoff	Drums
Billy Burnette	Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Mike Canipe	Guitar
Don Rigsby	Vocals (Background)
John Molo	Drums
Ryan Freeland	Clapping
Johnny Lee Schell	Guitar
Luis Conte	Tambourine
Ronnie Bowman	Vocals (Background)
Julia Waters	Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Marty Atkins	Director,Director
John Fogerty	Compilation Producer,Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Dan Certa	Mixing
Doug Clifford	Arranger,Producer
Danielle Brancazio	Art Direction,Package Design
Julie Fogerty	Art Direction
Abbey Anna	Art Direction
Norman Seeff	Photography
Brian Lima	Photography
Bob Fogerty	Photography
Bob Ludwig	Compilation Mastering,Mastering
Elliot Scheiner	Producer
Jim Bessman	Liner Notes
Stu Cook	Arranger,Producer

Editorial Reviews

The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Creedence Collection is the first compilation to feature both Fogerty's classic Creedence Clearwater Revival hits and his solo recordings of the '80s and '90s. This was released on the occasion of his return to Fantasy Records, the label where he began his career, in 2005. He may have started his recording career there, but he had a bitter falling out with the label's owner, Saul Zaentz, in the '70s, which lead to lawsuits -- most notably, Zaentz sued Fogerty for plagiarizing himself -- and a self-imposed embargo on Fogerty performing CCR material, since that music evoked too many bad memories. In 2005, Zaentz was no longer with Fantasy and the label courted Fogerty with an offer, which he eventually accepted, with The Long Road Home being the first release in the new contract. Weighing in at 25 songs, this has most, but not all, of the big CCR/Fogerty songs and most, but not all, are in their original studio hit versions. A handful of songs are presented in live versions -- "Almost Saturday Night" and "Rockin' All Over the World" from his 1975 solo debut, "Bootleg," "Hey Tonight," "Keep on Chooglin'," and "Fortunate Son" -- and some of these are quite good (particularly the recent 2005 recordings). Also, there are a couple of songs that are hard not to miss -- not album tracks like "It Came out of the Sky," but charting singles like "Commotion," "Long as I Can See the Light," and "Rock & Roll Girls." That said, all these complaints amount to nitpicking, since this does have the great majority of Fogerty's best and biggest songs, and the collection is enormously entertaining. It's not just a good summary and introduction, but it's proof positive that Fogerty is one of the greatest songwriters of the rock & roll era. [Fantasy released a companion concert DVD in 2006 as well.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine