Groundhogs / Blues Obituary 50th anniversary limited blue vinyl

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Blues Obituary limited blue vinyl

50thAnniversary limited edition die cut sleeve with liner notes from MojosDave Henderson.

The second studio album (issued in 1969) fromThe Groundhogs, now slimmed to the classic three piece line up of Tony TS McPhee on guitar, Pete Cruikshank on bass and Ken Pustelnik on drums.

The beginning of their domination as the hardest working band on the circuit, a testament to their creativity as they re-tooled the blues into a neo-psyche groove.

Breaking from their traditional influences, the first stepping stone for the power trio who would blossom with Thank Christ For the Bomb, Split and Who Will Save The World?.

Inspired by a Yardbirds freak out, hearing authentic Indian drumming and the magic that existed between this legendary trio, Blues Obituary is a juggernaut of riffs.

According to Tony in Zig Zags John Toblers sleevenotes to the 1987 re-issue of BluesObituary it was the BBCs John Peel producer John Walters that forced the bands hand. He decided he hated the blues, McPhee told Tobler, We figured it was time to get away from it.

The re-issue also includes a mono-friendly single cut of BDD plus its original B-side Gasoline, an aching solo Tony TS McPhee track. Issued on Fire Records (FIRE506)