M- Shrink Wrap 1970 VANILLA FUDGE ROCK Hard psych

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   1970 M- ORIGINAL in factory shrink wrapper! Nice!

                  ROCK AND ROLL

                   VANILLA FUDGE

                                   ...USA -Atco SD 303 - stereo

Original 1970 VINYL first pressing of the mighty 'Rock & Roll' 4th Vanilla Fudge Lp...It's decidely harder with gushing organ and slashing guitar while still maintaining those lush Vanilla Fudge harmonies and pleading vocals that made them the powerhouse they became.

TOP minty original ***STILL IN ORIGINAL FCTORY SHRINK WRAPPER!

So in 1970, Vanilla Fudge takes a more basic stance with Rock 'n' Roll, bringing in the Velvet Underground's last album producer, Adrian Barber, to replace Shadow Morton. Guitarist Vinnie Martell sings lead on "Need Love," and it is a quagmire of hard rock sounds, offset by Mark Stein's "Lord in the Country." The band then goes after a very good but non-hit  "I Can't Make It Alone." I t has that vibe that made "Take Me for a Little While" so important and so timeless. This is Vanilla Fudge's trademark sound looking for a new personality. The band started in 1968 by releasing an album of seven cover tunes done Vanilla Fudge-style. Along with Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and a handful of other bands, their sound helped shape Top 40 radio in the '60s while heavily influencing Deep Purple and what that group would do for the '70s. "Street Walking Woman" is good, and Rock 'n' Roll, the album, is a picture of a band trying to grow and emerge from the shadow of what initially launched them. The strengths are found in their ability to pour passions into other people's already established songs. Just listen to the drums pound away six and a half minutes into "The Windmills of Your Mind," while the keyboard slashes like a guitar. It's the Young Rascals meet Moe Tucker of the Velvet Underground, a sublime blend. It's just too bad sampling wasn't in vogue back then; Dusty Springfield's voice would have been the frosting on the cake. The point of "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody," keyboardist Mark Stein dueting with drummer Carmine Appice, cannot be discerned. It's one of the best tracks on the album, very intense. and the band push into a harder direction, Rock & Roll captures the band as it was disintegrating -- still it's a delicious slice of nostalgia for fans and musicologists.

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• Need Love
• Lord in the Country
• I Can't Make It Alone
• Street Talking Woman
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• II
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• Church Bells of St. Martins
• The Windmills of Your Mind 
• If You Gotta Make a Fool Out of Somebody

CONDITION: The cover is M- ( NO delete marks) in original factory shrink wrapper ...crisp, solid and clean on both sides ...display copy from 40 years ago

The vinyl is all glossy M- CLEAN on both sides = looks and plays TOP level and both Atco labels are clean ... TOP copy.

CONDITION: The cover is

The vinyl is

                keeper copy!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record