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Releases:
Vanilla Fudge (Album) (6 versions)   ATCO Records ... 1967
You Keep Me Hangin' On / Come By Day, Come By Night (Single) (2 versions)   ATCO Records 1967
Beethoven's For Elise And Moonlight Sonata (7", Gat)   Rifi Recordings 1968
Renaissance (Album) (3 versions)   Sundazed Music ... 1968
Season Of The Witch, PT. 1 (7", Single)   Atco Records 1968
The Beat Goes On (2 versions)   ATCO Records ... 1968
Where Is My Mind (2 versions)   Atlantic ... 1968
Near The Beginning (Album) (6 versions)   ATCO Records ... 1969
Rock & Roll (Album) (2 versions)   ATCO Records ... 1969
Shotgun / Good Good Lovin' (7")   Atlantic 1969
Some Velvet Morning (7")   Atlantic 1969
Vanilla Fudge (LP, Comp)   Atlantic 1970
2 Originals Of Vanilla Fudge (2xLP)   Atlantic 1976
Mistery (Album) (2 versions)   ATCO Records ... 1984
You Keep Me Hanging On (Album) (2 versions)   Duchesse Records ... 1989
Alive (Back On Stage) (CD, Album)   Castle Communications 1991
Golden Age Dreams (CD, Album)   Soundwings 1991
Psychedelic Sundae: The Best Of (CD, Comp)   Rhino Records (2) 1993
Rocks The Universe - Live In Germany 2003 - Part 2 (CD, Album)   Wallbreaker 2003
The Real Deal (CD, Album)   Crystal Wind Records 2003
The Return (Album) (2 versions)   Music Avenue ... 2003
Then And Now (CD, Album)   Fuel 2000 2004
Good Good Rockin' (CD, Album)   Music Avenue 2007
Out Through The In Door (CD, Album)   Escapi Music 2007
Orchestral Fudge (CD, Album)   Airline Records 2008
When Two Worlds Collide (CD, Album)   Music Avenue, Rokarola 2008
The Star Spangled Banner (CD, Maxi, Promo)   WorldSound Classics  
Appears On:
Altena 1969 (CD, Album) Poems Garden Of Delights 2006
Tracks Appear On:
Super Hits, Vol. 3 (LP) You Keep Me Hangin' On Atlantic 1968
Super Gold (LP, Comp) You Keep Me Hangin' On K-Tel International (Holland) B.V. 1976
Remember The 70's Vol. 6 (2xVinyl, Smplr) You Keep Me Hangin' On Arcade 1984
Keep On Rockin' (4xLP, Comp) You Keep Me Hangin' On Warner 1986
Classic Rock - 1968 (CD) You Keep Me Hangin' On Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1988
Flower Power (2xLP, Comp) You Keep Me Hangin' On CBS 1989
Flower Power (2xCD, Smplr) You Keep Me Hangin' On CBS 1989
The Psychedelic Years (2 versions) You Keep Me Hangin' On Knight Records Ltd 1990
Born To Be Wild (2xCD) You Keep Hanging On WEA Records (Germany) 1991
Psychedelique (2xCD, Comp) You Keep Me Hangin' On Carrere 1991
Beat-Club Vol. 2 (2xCD, Comp) You Keep Me Hanging On Ariola, BMG 1993
Pure Rock (2xCass, Comp) You Keep Me Hangin' On... Eurostar 1993
Guitar Rock: 1966-1967 (CD, Album) You Keep Me Hangin' On Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1994
Classic Rock Volume 7 (CD, Comp) You Keep Me Hanging On Virgin 1998
Caiga Quien Caiga - 40 Clásicos Originales Del Rock (2xCD) You Keep Me Hangin' On DRO EastWest S.A. 1999
The Art Of Sysyphus Vol. 24 (CD, Comp) She's Not There Sysyphus Records 2004
Collaboration - Escapi Music (CD, Enh, Car) Babe I Gonna Leave You RockHard 2006
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol.3 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) Le Fensach The Pod Room 2008
Classic Rock (1966 - 1988) (2xLP, RE) You Keep Me Hanging On Atlantic  
Nuggets Volume 9: Acid Rock (LP, Comp) You Keep Me Hangin' On Rhino Records (2)  
Unofficial Releases:
Portland 1968 (CD, Album, Unofficial)   RH Records (2) 1994
Can You Pass The Oof Acid Test? (CD, Mixed, Unofficial, Ltd) Some Velvet Morning (E... Not On Label (DJ Oof) 2004
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Review by trashcanasian Oct 21, 2009
Known as 'the first of the heavy bands' and 'doyens of punk mysterioso' this Long Island group first came to public attention in 1967 with a revival of an old Supremes hit `You Keep Me Hangin´ On`. Vanilla Fudge had slowed down this song to half its original tempo, inserted plenty of neo-classical organ and Indian guitar licks and swelled it up to an almost Spectoresque extravaganza.
A full seven-and-a-half-minute version of this single was included on the 1967 debut album "Vanilla Fudge", plus Fudged-up arrangements of such songs as `Eleanor Rigby`, `Ticket To Ride` (both written by the Beatles), `Bang Bang` (by Sonny & Cher) and `People Get Ready` (by The Impressions). Their almost fussy neo-gospel harmonies and cinerama arrangements were irritating a lot of people, but created a certainly exhilarating sound.
The second Vanilla Fudge album "The Beat Goes On" was one of the most gallant disasters in the annals of rock, a musical record of the previous 25 years including the entire history of music in less than twelve minutes. The third album "Renaissance" was released some months later and featured mostly original songs as well as a nine-minute version of Donovan's `Season Of The Witch`.
By 1970 Vanilla Fudge issued their final album "Rock And Roll" and disbanded. Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert formed Cactus and eventually ended up playing with Jeff Beck in Beck, Bogart & Appice. Mark Stein formed Boomerang.
Vanilla Fudge had made the whole notion of interpretaion interesting again. But their own songs and in live performance they were almost too hard to take. That mixture of overpowering Rascals organ and psychedelic Hendrix guitar, all those slow build-ups and crescendos, those lulls and storms, every bit of it copied by a hundred other Long Island hard-rock groups-it finally got too much for everyone except the fans of what the Fudge termed "psychedelic symphonic rock."

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