Search - Vanilla Fudge :: Renaissance/Near the Beginning

2008 two CD set featuring the first two albums from this Heavy Rock outfit. Formed in New York in 1966 and signed to Atlantic's subsidiary Atco, Vanilla Fudge invented Heavy Rock. With a line-up of organ, guitar, bass and drums, they took existing Pop songs (and on later albums, Folk songs, classical music and their own compositions) and gave them extended, slowed-down, organ-drenched arrangements, which were an instant chart success with the burgeoning albums market. This release contains their third and fourth albums, originally issued in July 1968 and March 1969, both of which reached the Top 20. Renaissance contains the band's own compositions alongside their interpretation of Donovan's 'Season Of The Witch', another hit single. Near The Beginning features only four tracks, amongst which is the Fudge's seven-and-a-half minute reworking of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's classic 'Some Velvet Morning'. Edsel.