Scratching the Surface (Groundhogs album)
1968 studio album by Groundhogs
Scratching the Surface | ||||
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Studio album by Groundhogs | ||||
Released | December 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | 5–13 October 1968 | |||
Studio | Marquee Studios, London | |||
Genre | Blues rock,[2] British blues | |||
Length | 44:03 | |||
Label | Liberty Records (original UK release) World Pacific (original US release) BGO (1990 & 2006 UK reissues) Akarma (1998 Italian reissue) Sundazed (2009 US reissue) Pure Pleasure (2015 UK reissue) Fire (2018 UK reissue) | |||
Producer | Mike Batt | |||
Groundhogs chronology | ||||
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Scratching the Surface is the debut album by English band Groundhogs, released in 1968 by Liberty Records.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tony McPhee, except where indicated.
- "Rocking Chair" – 4:07
- "Early in the Morning" (John Lee Williamson) – 4:47
- "Waking Blues" – 2:29
- "Married Men" – 4:40
- "No More Doggin'" – 4:57 (Rosco Gordon)
- "Man Trouble" – 6:27
- "Come Back Baby" – 3:54
- "You Don't Love Me" (Willie Cobbs) – 4:11
- "Still a Fool" (McKinley Morganfield) – 6:35
1990 bonus tracks - Taken from I Asked for Water, She Gave Me… Gasoline compilation
- "Oh Death" – 3:14 (credited to Jo Ann Kelly and Tony McPhee)
- "Gasoline" – 4:49 (credited to Tony McPhee)
- "Rock Me" – 2:46 (credited to Jo Ann Kelly and The Groundhogs)
- "Don't Pass the Hat Around" – 3:43 (credited to Tony McPhee)
Personnel
- Groundhogs
- Tony McPhee – guitar, vocals
- Steve Rye – harmonica, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2 and 8
- Peter Cruickshank – bass
- Ken Pustelnik – drums
- Technical
- Gerry Collins – engineer
- Andrew Lauder, Roy Fisher, Tony McPhee – coordination
- Michael Hasted – design and cover photography
References
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- Tony McPhee
- Dave Anderson
- Joanna Deacon
- Carl Stokes
- Peter Cruickshank
- Dave Boorman
- Bob Hall
- John Cruickshank
- Ken Pustelnik
- Tom Parker
- Steve Rye
- Clive Brooks
- Dave Thompson
- Mick Cook
- Martin Kent
- Dave Wellbelove
- Rick Adams
- Alan Fish
- Wilgar Campbell
- "Mighty" Joe Young
- Mick Kirkton
- Mick Jones
- Jon Camp
- Eric Chipulina
- Pete Correa
- Pete Chymon
- Dale Iviss
- Brian Jones
- Marco Anderson
- Scratching the Surface
- Thank Christ for the Bomb
- Split
- Who Will Save the World? The Mighty Groundhogs
- Hogwash
- Solid
- "B.D.D."
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