GROUNDHOGS Scratching The Surface LP WORLD PACIFIC 1968 US orig+stereo WPS-21892
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GROUNDHOGS
TONY McPHEE, STEVE RYE, PETE CRUICKSHANK, KEN PUSTELNIK
British blues band that backed John Lee Hooker in the mid-'60s,
and went on to explor acid rock and prog during the '70s
"SCRATCHING THE SURFACE"
Produced by Mike Batt
1968 LP WORLD PACIFIC RECORDS STEREO WPS-21892
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL COPY
THICK CARDBOARD COVER 8AMERICAN STYLE)
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LABEL: WORLD PACIFIC - BLACK & BLUE LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: WPS-21892
Catalog on labels: WPS-21892 (Side 1 / Side 2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): WPS-21892-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): WPS-21892-2
On labels: Stereo
Rights Society: Metric Music Co. - BMI, Arc Music Corp.
rim text reads 'A Division Of Liberty Records Inc., Los Angeles, California'
On Back Sleeve: Recorded at The Marquee Studios, London, W.1.
Pond courtesy Of Hampstead Heath
Coffee by machine
Public performance clearance - BMI
© Liberty/UA, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. - Printed in U.S.A.
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side 1: ROCKING CHAIR - EARLY IN THE MORNING
WALKING BLUES - MARRIED MEN - NO MORE DOGGIN'
Side 2: MAN TROUBLE - COME BACK BABY
YOU DON'T LOVE ME - STILL A FOOL
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RECORD from VG to VG(+) but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Scratching the Surface ranks among the finest albums to emerge out of that entire period,
a moody shuffle that includes an epic recounting of the Chicago classic "Still a Fool" and which
matches five solid McPhee originals with a pair of blistering contributions from outgoing harmonica
whiz Steve Rye. In fact, his "Early in the Morning" and "You Don't Love Me" might well be
the album's best numbers, a discrepancy that puts one in mind of another of the blues
boom's hottest acts, Jethro Tull, and just how much they changed once a founding member
(Mick Abrahams) departed. Again, if you arrive at Scratching the Surface in search
of a fresh "Cherry Red" or "Status People," you'll probably be disappointed.
But if you want to hear the blues sluicing straight out of the Southern England Delta,
there are precious few better introductions...(AllMusic)
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