Centerfield Album

CENTERFIELD

Centerfield is the third solo album by musician John Fogerty. Released in 1985, it was his most popular post-Creedence album, containing the hit singles “The Old Man Down the Road”, “Rock and Roll Girls” and the title track “Centerfield”. Fogerty played all the instruments on this album himself, thanks to overdubbing. This album was Fogerty’s first album in nine years. His first two albums did not sell well, but this went to #1 in the US. (More from Wikipedia)

When David Geffen’s Asylum Records purchased his recording contract for $1,000,000 from Fantasy Records (later joined by Warner Bros. Records) – though those rights applied only for North America; Fogerty’s worldwide rights remained with Fantasy – John Fogerty finally was able to re-establish himself as a major rock artist with his 1985 hit album Centerfield. The title track, “Centerfield” quickly became one of the best-loved baseball songs in the country. Fogerty couldn’t resist tweaking his old nemesis Saul Zaentz at Fantasy with two other tracks, “Mr. Greed” and “Zanz Kant Danz” (about a pig who can’t dance but would “steal your money”); after a while, he was forced to change the name of the latter song to “Vanz Kant Danz”.

(January 2013)