While CCR celebrated great success in 1969 and 1970, hipsters despised the band for their “bubblegum pop”. John Fogerty reacts to Pendulum with even more care in production and with the use of new musical elements. With the use of keyboards and saxophones, however, the typical CCR sound changed significantly. Nonetheless, Pendulum sold very well and the title Have You Ever Seen the Rain? made its way into the charts.
The album appears on the mini LP cover, a reproduction of the vinyl version released in Japan.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but rather cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to protect the softer photopolymer from scratching. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unequaled precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
