| Details / Tracklist: |
1. B.D.D.
2. DAZE OF THE WEAK
3. TIMES
4. MISTREATED
5. EXPRESS MAN
6. NATCHEZ BURNING
7. LIGHT WAS THE DAY
8. B.D.D. (MONO)
9. GASOLINE |
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| Number of discs: |
1 |
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| Description: | Originally released in 1969, Blues Obituary is the second album by ??60s British blues-rock legends The Groundhogs. Out of print for decades and never before reissued domestically, this cult classic has been meticulously restored, using Sundazed??s usual exacting standards.
Blues Obituary finds the group beginning to stretch beyond traditional blues forms, as demonstrated on the seven-minute epic ??Light Was the Day.? Beyond its memorable cover art, Blues Obituary marks the Groundhogs?? first effort as a power trio, the format in which the band would do its most acclaimed and popular work. - By 1969, The Groundhogs had already had their day in the studio, scratching the surface with their debut album paying homage to the masters who'd written the old time blues songbook. It was time to, as Arthur Alexander might say, move on. "I wanted to write my own songs. The blues was just too 'restrictive'," explained Tony McPhee. So move on they did. Even though the songs were based on the blues, The Groundhogs Darwinian slim to a three piece with McPhee on guitar, Pete Cruikshank on bass and Ken Pestulnik on drums made them tick yet louder, a crafted multi-layered jam that never quite set. "In a three piece every little change that moves the sound around becomes huge. If anyone changes anything then you have to come up with something new to balance it out," noted Pestulnik. |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
00128960 |
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