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””’CJ Fish””’ is the fifth album by the San Francisco [[psychedelic rock]] group [[Country Joe and the Fish]], released in April 1970 on the Vanguard label. It would be the first production with [[Tom Wilson (record producer)|Tom Wilson]] and Country Joe & the Fish’s last studio album for Vanguard Records. Recording took place at the [[Record Plant]] in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/10/country-joe-and-fish-cj-fish-1970-us.html?m=1|title=Country Joe and the Fish – CJ Fish|work=rockasteria.com}}</ref>
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””’CJ Fish””’ is the fifth album by the San Francisco [[psychedelic rock]] group [[Country Joe and the Fish]], released in April 1970 on the Vanguard label. It would be the first production with [[Tom Wilson (record producer)|Tom Wilson]] and Country Joe & the Fish’s last studio album for Vanguard Records. Recording took place at the [[Record Plant]] in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/10/country-joe-and-fish-cj-fish-1970-us.html?m=1|title=Country Joe and the Fish – CJ Fish|work=rockasteria.com}}</ref>
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After extensive touring with a new lineup, including [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] guitarist Peter Albin, the makeshift group returned to the recording studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cryptdev.blogspot.com/2011/10/frost-1970-country-joe-and-quicksilver.html?m=1|title=Country Joe and the Fish 1970|work=cryptdev.com}}</ref> [[Country Joe McDonald]] had already begun producing and recording solo albums for the label at
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After extensive touring with a new lineup, including [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] guitarist Peter Albin, the makeshift group returned to the recording studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cryptdev.blogspot.com/2011/10/frost-1970-country-joe-and-quicksilver.html?m=1|title=Country Joe and the Fish 1970|work=cryptdev.com}}</ref> [[Country Joe McDonald]] had already begun producing and recording solo albums for the label at point.
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As for the band, Country Joe and the Fish underwent a personnel change for this album adding drummer Greg Dewey, bassist Doug Metzner, and keyboardist Mark Kapner in place of [[David Bennett Cohen|David Cohen]] and [[Gary “Chicken” Hirsh]]. Primary composers [[Barry Melton|Barry “The Fish” Melton]] and [[Country Joe McDonald|”Country Joe” McDonald]] remained, resulting in an album that retained the sound and style of the original lineup. The new lineup would tour extensively around the time the [[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]] film was released and the group was included in the film ”[[Zachariah (film)|Zachariah]]” as outlaws known as “The Crackers”.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mrw3AgAAQBAJ&q=country+joe+and+the+fish+cj+fish&pg=PA103|title=Country Joe and Me|author=Ron Cabral|date=6 April 2004|publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781410765383}}</ref>
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After experimenting on the previous album ”[[Here We Are Again (Country Joe and the Fish album)|Here We Are Again]]” (1969), the band reverted to their earlier sound that originated from their first two albums for the CJ Fish album.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cj-fish-r44422|title= CJ Fish Review|work=allmusic.com|author=Brandon Budenz}}</ref> Although the album is psychedelic in nature, it is noted to be pop-orientated. Vanguard Records attempted to make the band more mainstream and this was the closest result that the group could produce as it is still very much underground. Track themes were still centered on the subjects of love and life as commonly done by the band.<ref name=allmusic/> Despite the success of their tour, respectable album charting, and movie feature, the band would disband in the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acerecords.co.uk/c-j-fish|title=CJ Fish Record|work=ace records.com}}</ref>
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After experimenting on the previous album ”[[Here We Are Again (Country Joe and the Fish album)|Here We Are Again]]” (1969), the band reverted to their earlier sound that originated from their first two albums for the CJ Fish album.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cj-fish-r44422|title= CJ Fish Review|work=allmusic.com|author=Brandon Budenz}}</ref> Although the album is psychedelic in nature, it is noted to be pop-orientated. Vanguard Records attempted to make the band more mainstream and this was the closest result that the group could produce as it is still very much underground. Track themes were still centered on the subjects of love and life as commonly done by the band.<ref name=allmusic/> Despite the success of their tour, respectable album charting, and movie feature, the band would disband in the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acerecords.co.uk/c-j-fish|title=CJ Fish Record|work=ace records.com}}</ref>
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*Producer: [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]]
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