jimmie ray Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Looking forward to getting this new release by a very old band. Vanilla Fudge has always been known for heavy, psychedelic covers of popular songs. I saw them live a few years ago, and enjoyed it immensely. I believe the relatively unknown Led Zep opened for them many years ago, when they first toured the U.S... Vanilla Fudge: Spirit of 67 1 I Heard It Through The Grapevine 2. The Letter 3. I Can See For Miles 4. Break On Through (To The Other Side) 5. The Tracks Of My Tears 6. I m A Believer 7. Gimme Some Lovin 8. For What It s Worth 9. Ruby Tuesday 10. Whiter Shade Of Pale 11. Let s Pray For Peace What do you all think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Looking forward to getting this new release by a very old band. Vanilla Fudge has always been known for heavy, psychedelic covers of popular songs. I saw them live a few years ago, and enjoyed it immensely. I believe the relatively unknown Led Zep opened for them many years ago, when they first toured the U.S... Vanilla Fudge: Spirit of 67 1 I Heard It Through The Grapevine 2. The Letter 3. I Can See For Miles 4. Break On Through (To The Other Side) 5. The Tracks Of My Tears 6. I m A Believer 7. Gimme Some Lovin 8. For What It s Worth 9. Ruby Tuesday 10. Whiter Shade Of Pale 11. Let s Pray For Peace What do you all think? Did they perform any original songs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Did they perform any original songs? All but the last of these songs are from 1967. This is not a Live album from a Vanilla Fudge concert back in that year, it's a studio album put together very recently. I happen to enjoy groups that do covers, but realize it's not for everyone's taste. Carmine Appice is a well known drummer - I believe he also worked with Rod Stewart, and wrote songs such as "People Get Ready" and "If You Think I'm Sexy" (should be a favorite of anyone named Disco Duck?) When I saw this group a few years ago, they still had 3 of 4 original members, and the new bassist was rather good. They covered "Ticket to Ride" and Zep's "Rock and Roll". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengrass Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) In 2007 they did a Zep covered album " Out through the in door" which IMO sucked wasnt very good ... sounded much like Tortelvis/ Dreadful Zeppelin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_episode Link unrelated to thread ^ Edited March 7, 2015 by Wally Hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 ^Kind of ambitious to try to cover a whole album of Zep songs, and obviously not all covers work for anyone. Keep in mind that they're not trying to duplicate anyone's sound. I've had a laugh at some of the Dread Zeppelin videos posted here, enjoyed "Immigrant Song" by them. I consider Vanilla Fudge to be good musicians, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luvlz2 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/carmine-appice-john-bonham-told-me-i-was-one-of-his-influences/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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