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Near the Beginning (ATCO Records 33–278) is the fourth album by the American psychedelic rock band Vanilla Fudge. It was released early 1969 and featured a cover of the Jr. Walker & the All Stars song "Shotgun".

The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard album charts in March 1969.

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shotgun"Autry DeWalt6:10
2."Some Velvet Morning"Lee Hazlewood7:34
3."Where Is Happiness"Carmine Appice6:59
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Break Song" (Live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles)Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein23:27
1991 Repertoire Records CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."The Look of Love"Burt Bacharach, Hal David2:46
1998 Sundazed Music CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Good Good Lovin'" (Unedited version)Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein5:45
6."Shotgun" (Single version)Autry DeWalt2:33
7."People" (Single)Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein5:20

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Italian Albums (HitParadeItalia)[3] 1

References

  1. ^ Near the Beginning at AllMusic
  2. ^ Vrdoljak, Dražen. "Vanilla Fudge - Near the Beginning". Džuboks (in Serbian) (11 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 24.
  3. ^ "HitParadeItalia - Top Album N.39 del 27 Settembre 1969" (in Italian). HitParadeItalia.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_the_Beginning
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