View basket “Home & Minor” has been added to your basket. Scratching The Surface Groundhogs SKU: PPANLBS83199 Barcode: 5060149622285 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Pure Pleasure Released Date: 11th August 2015 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London The Groundhogs’ debut album is a long way from the “classic” sound of the better-known Thank Christ for the Bomb/Split/Who Will Save the World? trilogy. Indeed, the mellow classic blues through which the band pursues its nine tracks offer the unsuspecting listener little more than a direct blast from the peak of the British blues boom past. Early Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, and Savoy Brown all haunted precisely the same corridors as Scratching the Surface, with only the occasional burst of fuzzed Tony McPhee guitar to distinguish the sonics from the rest of the pack. That said, 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. By Dave Thompson/AMG Personnel: Tony McPhee, guitar, vocals / Steve Rye, harmonica, vocals / Pete Cruikshank, bass / Ken Pustelnik, drums Produced by Mike Batt Recording Engineer: Gery Collins Artist Groundhogs Genre Rock And Pop Label Pure Pleasure Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Side A: 1. Rocking Chair 2. Early In The Morning 3. Waking Blues 4. Married Men 5. No More Doggin' Side B: 1. Man Trouble 2. Come Back Baby 3. You Don't Love Me 4. 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