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Creedence Clearwater Revival started soundtracking bad decisions 40 years ago with the 1968 release of their self-titled debut.

In commemoration of the band's 40th anniversary, they will release remastered and expanded editions of that album and the five that immediately followed it: Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys, Cosmo's Factory, and Pendulum.

Fantasy Records originally released all six albums in an astonishing three-year period from 1968 to 1970, and Fantasy will release the reissues on September 30. In addition to the original albums, each of these 40th anniversary editions features bonus tracks taken from B-sides and previously unreleased studio and live material, including a 1970 session with Booker T. & the MG's.

Liner notes for these reissues come from rock writers Robert Christgau, Ben Fong-Torres, Dave Marsh, Joel Selvin, and Ed Ward.

Creedence Clearwater Revival:

01 I Put a Spell on You
02 The Working Man
03 Suzie Q
04 Ninety-Nine and a Half
05 Get Down Woman
06 Porterville
07 Gloomy
08 Walking on the Water
09 Call It Pretending (B-side) [bonus track]
10 Before You Accuse Me (Bo Diddley cover; 1968 outtake) [bonus track]
11 Ninety-Nine and a Half (Live at the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 3/14/69) [bonus track]
12 Suzie Q (Live at the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 3/14/69) [bonus track]

Bayou Country:

01 Born on the Bayou
02 Bootleg
03 Graveyard Train
04 Good Golly Miss Molly
05 Penthouse Pauper
06 Proud Mary
07 Keep on Chooglin'
08 Bootleg (alternate take) [bonus track]
09 Born on the Bayou (Live at Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 9/28/71) [bonus track]
10 Proud Mary (Live in Stockholm, 9/21/71) [bonus track]
11 Crazy Otto (Live at the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 3/14/69) [bonus track]

Green River:

01 Green River
02 Commotion
03 Tombstone Shadow
04 Wrote a Song for Everyone
05 Bad Moon Rising
06 Lodi
07 Cross-Tie Walker
08 Sinister Purpose
09 The Night Time Is the Right Time
10 Broken Spoke Shuffle (Wally Heider session) [bonus track]
11 Glory Be (Wally Heider session) [bonus track]
12 Bad Moon Rising (Live in Berlin, 9/16/71) [bonus track]
13 Green River/Suzie Q (Live in Stockholm, 9/21/71) [bonus track]
14 Lodi (Live in Hamburg, 9/17/71) [bonus track]

Willy and the Poor Boys:

01 Down on the Corner
02 It Came out of the Sky
03 Cotton Fields
04 Poorboy Shuffle
05 Feelin' Blue
06 Fortunate Son
07 Don't Look Now
08 The Midnight Special
09 Side O' the Road
10 Effigy
11 Fortunate Son (Live in Manchester, 9/1/71) [bonus track]
12 It Came Out of the Sky (Live in Berlin, 9/16/71) [bonus track]
13 Down on the Corner (1970 jam With Booker T. & the MGs at Fantasy) [bonus track]

Cosmo's Factory:

01 Ramble Tamble
02 Before You Accuse Me
03 Travelin' Band
04 Ooby Dooby
05 Lookin' out My Back Door
06 Run Through the Jungle
07 Up Around the Bend
08 My Baby Left Me
09 Who'll Stop the Rain
10 I Heard It Through the Grapevine
11 Long as I Can See the Light
12 Travelin' Band (Remake Take, 12/19/69) [bonus track]
13 Up Around the Bend (Live in Amsterdam, 9/10/71) [bonus track]
14 Born on the Bayou (1970 Jam With Booker T. & the MGs at Fantasy) [bonus track]

Pendulum:

01 Pagan Baby
02 Sailor's Lament
03 Chameleon
04 Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
05 (Wish I Could) Hideaway
06 Born to Move
07 Hey Tonight
08 It's Just a Thought
09 Molina
10 Rude Awakening #2
11 45 Revolutions Per Minutes (Part 1) [bonus track]
12 45 Revolutions Per Minutes (Part 2) [bonus track]
13 Hey Tonight (Live in Hamburg, 9/17/71) [bonus track]