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| Getting to This | ||||
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| File:Getting to this.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 10 April 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Studio | Olympic and Trident Studios | |||
| Length | 38:29 [album] | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Andy Johns | |||
| Blodwyn Pig chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg [2] |
Getting to This was the second album by British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, released in 1970. The album was the band's last until a brief reunion in the 1990s. Peter Banks joined from Yes after the recording of Getting to This, but the band split up at the end of 1970. The album reached number 8 on the UK Albums Chart[3] and No. 96 on the US Billboard Top LPs.[4]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]- "Drive Me" – 3:19 (Abrahams)
- "Variations on Nainos" – 3:47 (Abrahams)
- "See My Way" – 5:04 (Abrahams)
- "Long Bomb Blues" – 1:07 (Abrahams)
- "The Squirreling Must Go On" – 4:22 (Abrahams, Pyle)
- "San Francisco Sketches" – 8:11 (Lancaster)
- a) "Beach Scape"
- b) "Fisherman's Wharf"
- c) "Telegraph Hill"
- d) "Close the Door, I'm Falling Out of the Room"
- "Worry" – 3:43 (Pyle)
- "Toys" – 3:03 (Abrahams)
- "To Rassman" – 1:29 (Berg)
- "Send Your Son to Die" – 4:25 (Abrahams)
- "Summer Day" (bonus track on CD release) – 3:48 (Abrahams, Pyle)
- "Walk On the Water" (bonus track on CD release) – 3:42 (Abrahams)
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Mick Abrahams – guitar, vocals, seven-string guitar, tenor guitar
- Jack Lancaster – flute, violin, electric violin, tenor sax, baritone sax, soprano sax, phoon[check spelling] horn, cornet
- Andy Pyle – electric bass, six-string bass
- Ron Berg – drums, tympani
- Graham Waller – piano ("Drive Me", "Beach Scape")
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top LPs[4] | 96 |
| UK Top Albums[3] | 8 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Melody Maker ad- 18 April 1970 edition, page 18
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. Getting to This at AllMusic
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album review by Richie Unterberger, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
- Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
- Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
- Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com
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