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The Beat Goes On (Vanilla Fudge album)

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Released
  
February 1968

The Beat Goes On (1968)
  
Renaissance (1968)

Release date
  
February 1968

Label
  
Atco Records

Length
  
40:59

Artist
  
Vanilla Fudge

Producer
  
Shadow Morton

Genre
  
Psychedelic rock

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Near the Beginning, Renaissance, Best of Vanilla Fudge, Vanilla Fudge, Rock & Roll

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The Beat Goes On (Atco Records 33-237/mono, SD 33-237/stereo) is the second album by the American psychedelic rock band Vanilla Fudge, released in early 1968. The album doesn't contain any real "songs", but rather a sound collage featuring many different elements: the voices of world leaders past and present, the band reciting pre-written mantras and reflections, and excerpts of songs (done "Vanilla Fudge style") by The Beatles and Sonny Bono.

Contents

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Recording

The group was at odds with their producer George "Shadow" Morton during this album's recording sessions, as Morton made his own concept album without significant input from the band. In the liner notes to the Sundazed Records 1990's CD reissue of the album, the band denounces it as a failed experiment on their producer's part. Vanilla Fudge's third album Renaissance, which was released quickly after The Beat Goes On, would be Morton's last collaboration with the band.

Reception

While not as successful as their debut album, The Beat Goes On was a moderate hit despite the band's reservations, peaking at #17 on the Billboard album charts in March 1968.

Vanilla Fudge's The Beat Goes On is used as bumper music in the Pop Chronicles music documentary.

Side one

  1. "Sketch" (Appice/Bogert/Martell/Stein) - 2:55

Phase One

  1. "Intro: The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono) - 1:57
  2. Eighteenth Century: Variations on a Theme by Mozart: "Divertimento No. 13 In F Major" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - 0:46
  3. Nineteenth Century: "Old Black Joe" (Stephen Foster) - 0:46
  4. Twentieth Century - 3:09
    1. "Don't Fence Me In " (Cole Porter) - 0:52
    2. "12th Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 0:49
    3. "In The Mood" (Garland-Razaf) - 0:45
    4. "Hound Dog" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 0:43
    5. The Beatles - 1:45
      1. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
      2. "I Feel Fine" (Lennon–McCartney)
      3. "Day Tripper" (Lennon–McCartney)
      4. "She Loves You" (Lennon–McCartney)
      5. "Hello Goodbye" (Lennon–McCartney)

Phase Two

  1. "The Beat Goes On" - 1:32
  2. Beethoven: "Fur Elise" & "Moonlight Sonata" (Ludwig van Beethoven) - 6:33
  3. "The Beat Goes On" - 1:05

Side two

  1. "The Beat Goes On" - 1:00

Phase Three

  1. "Voices in Time": Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Other Voices - 8:09

Phase Four

  1. "The Beat Goes On" - 1:50
  2. "Merchant/The Game Is Over" - 8:57
    1. "Merchant" (Appice/Bogert/Martell/Stein)
    2. "The Game Is Over" (Bourtayre/Bouchety): Vinnie
    3. "Merchant"
    4. "The Game Is Over": Tim
    5. "Merchant"
    6. "The Game Is Over": Carmine
    7. "Merchant"
    8. "The Game Is Over": Mark
    9. "Merchant"
  3. "The Beat Goes On" - 2:20

Bonus Phase [CD release only]

  1. "You Can't Do That" (Lennon–McCartney)
  2. "Come By Day, Come By Night" (Appice/Bogert/Martell/Stein)

Personnel

  • Carmine Appice - drums, vocals
  • Tim Bogert - bass, vocals
  • Vince Martell - guitar, vocals
  • Mark Stein - lead vocals, keyboards

    • Songs

    Sketch3:02
    Intro: The Beat Goes On1:59
    Variations on a Theme by Mozart - Divertimento No 13 in F-Major / Old Black Joe / Don't Fence Me In / 12th Street Rag / In the Mood / Hound Dog / I Want to Hold Your Hand / I Feel Fine / Day Tripper / She Loves You7:00

    References

    The Beat Goes On (Vanilla Fudge album) Wikipedia
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