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Scratching The Surface - Gold Vinyl - Sealed

THE GROUNDHOGS Scratching The Surface (2024 UK/EU limited edition 9-track LP newly remastered and pressed on Gold Vinyl, limited to just 1000 copies. First released in 1968 The Groundhogs extraordinary debut album is a landmark in the history of the 60s British blues movement and includes their fierce reworking of Muddy Waters’ ‘Still A Fool’. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)

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$31.49, £24.99  
Product Availability In stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 25th November
Release Date 4th Oct 2024
Release Year 2024
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Fire Records
Complete Stock List Go to The Groundhogs
Product Catalogue No FIRELP505 / 809236002235
Music Genre 70s Artists, Blues, 70s Rock, 60s Rock, Progressive
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

"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." — AllMusic

Side 1
1. Rocking Chair
2. Early In The Morning
3. Waking Blues
4. Married Men
5. No More Doggin’

Side 2
6. Man Trouble
7. Come Back Baby
8. You Don’t Love Me
9. Still A Fool

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Groundhogs
Product Title Scratching The Surface - Gold Vinyl - Sealed
Product Information The Groundhogs Scratching The Surface - Gold Vinyl - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Egypt, Herbal Mixture, Nick Pickett, Tony 'T.S.' McPhee
Product Barcode 809236002235
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