Near the Beginning

Near the Beginning
Studio album by Vanilla Fudge
Released	February 1969
Studio	Mirasound (New York) Record Plant (New York) Shrine Auditorium
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	44:10 (original LP) 46:56 (1991 CD) 57:44 (1998 CD)
Label	Atco
Producer	Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge chronology
Renaissance (1968) Near the Beginning (1969) Rock & Roll (1969)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Džuboks	(Mixed) [2]

Near the Beginning (ATCO Records 33–278) is the fourth album by the American psychedelic rock band Vanilla Fudge. It was released early 1969 and featured a cover of the Jr. Walker & the All Stars song "Shotgun".

The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard album charts in March 1969.

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shotgun"	Autry DeWalt	6:10
2.	"Some Velvet Morning"	Lee Hazlewood	7:34
3.	"Where is Happiness"	Carmine Appice	6:59

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Break Song" (Live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles)	Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein	23:27

1991 Repertoire Records CD bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"The Look of Love"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	2:46

1998 Sundazed Music CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Good Good Lovin'" (Unedited version)	Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein	5:45
6.	"Shotgun" (Single version)	Autry DeWalt	2:33
7.	"People" (Single)	Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Vince Martell, Mark Stein	5:20

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Italian Albums (HitParadeItalia)[3]	1

References

1. Near the Beginning at AllMusic
2. Vrdoljak, Dražen. "Vanilla Fudge - Near the Beginning". Džuboks (in Serbian) (11 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 24.
3. "HitParadeItalia - Top Album N.39 del 27 Settembre 1969" (in Italian). HitParadeItalia.