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Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ Album Gets A 50th Anniversary Release

Written by Johnson Stephen on May 29, 2020

Craft Recordings celebrates the 50th anniversary of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s pinnacle album, ‘Cosmo’s Factory’, with the release of a half-speed master edition which is pressed on 180-gram vinyl, and set for an August 14th 2020 street date.

The album was mastered at half speed by the award-winning engineer Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Available for pre-order from https://ccr.lnk.to/Cosmos-Factory-Half-Speed-Master/ this audiophile edition of Cosmo’s Factory comes housed in a tip-on jacket, replicating the original packaging from 1970.

Released on July 16th 1970, ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ remarkably stood as Creedence Clearwater Revival’s fifth full-length in two-years. The album, which borrowed its name from drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford (who often referred to the band’s practice space as “The Factory”).

‘Cosmo’s Factory’ topped the Billboard album chart in the US, while they scored their first No. 1 in the UK, Canada and Australia, among other territories, firmly cementing their status as international Rock stars.

Now, a half a century after its release, ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ will gain a new vibrancy, thanks to the exacting process of half-speed mastering. Using high-res transfers from the original analogue tapes, the mastering process involves playing back the audio at half its recorded speed, while the cutting lathe is turned at half the desired playback speed. The technique allows more time to cut a micro-precise groove, resulting in more accuracy with frequency extremes and dynamic contrasts.

‘Cosmo’s Factory’ Track List:

Side A:

1. Ramble Tamble

2. Before You Accuse Me

3. Travelin’ Band

4. Ooby Dooby

5. Lookin’ Out My Back Door

6. Run Through The Jungle

Side B:

1. Up Around The Bend

2. My Baby Left Me

3. Who’ll Stop The Rain