''Getting to This '' was the second album by British blues-rock band
Blodwyn Pig
Blodwyn Pig was a British blues rock musical ensemble, band, founded in 1968 by guitarist–vocalist–songwriter Mick Abrahams.
Career
Abrahams left Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull after their debut album, ''This Was'', was released, due to a ...
, released in 1970. The album was the band's last until a brief reunion in the 1990s.
Peter Banks
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joined from
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after the recording of ''Getting to This'', but the band split up at the end of 1970. The album reached number 8 on the UK album chart.
Track listing
#"Drive Me" – 3:19
(Abrahams)
#"Variations on Nainos" – 3:47
(Abrahams)
#"See My Way" – 5:04
(Abrahams)
#"Long Bomb Blues" – 1:07
(Abrahams)
#"The Squirreling Must Go On" – 4:22
(Abrahams, Pyle)
#"San Francisco Sketches" – 8:11
(Lancaster)
#*a) "Beach Scape"
#*b) "Fisherman's Wharf"
#*c) "Telegraph Hill"
#*d) "Close the Door, I'm Falling Out of the Room"
#"Worry" – 3:43
(Pyle)
#"Toys" – 3:03
(Abrahams)
#"To Rassman" – 1:29
(Berg)
#"Send Your Son to Die" – 4:25
(Abrahams)
#"Summer Day" (bonus track on CD release) – 3:48
(Abrahams, Pyle)
#"Walk On the Water" (bonus track on CD release) – 3:42
(Abrahams)
Personnel
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Mick Abrahams
Michael Timothy Abrahams (born 7 April 1943) is an English guitarist and band leader, best known for being the original guitarist for Jethro Tull from 1967 to 1968 and the frontman for Blodwyn Pig.
Jethro Tull
Abrahams was born in Luton, B ...
– guitar, vocals, seven-string guitar, tenor guitar
*
Jack Lancaster
Jack Lancaster is a British composer, record producer and musician.
In the late 1960s, Lancaster co-founded the British rock group Blodwyn Pig with Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams and in the late 1970s he was a member of ...
– flute, violin, electric violin, tenor sax, baritone sax, soprano sax, phoon horn, cornet
*
Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle (born 15 July 1946, Luton, Bedfordshire, England) is a British bassist. He played with The Kinks from 1976 to 1978. Prior to that, he was in Blodwyn Pig (1968–1972) and Savoy Brown (1972–1974). Later, he played with Wishbone Ash ...
– electric bass, six-string bass
*
Ron Berg
Blodwyn Pig was a British blues rock band, founded in 1968 by guitarist–vocalist–songwriter Mick Abrahams.
Career
Abrahams left Jethro Tull after their debut album, ''This Was'', was released, due to a falling-out with Tull vocalist Ian ...
– drums, tympani
* Graham Waller – piano ("Drive Me", "Beach Scape")
References
External links
Blodwyn Pig – ''Getting to This'' (1970) album review by Richie Unterberger, credits & releasesat
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Blodwyn Pig albums
1970 albums
Albums produced by Andy Johns
Chrysalis Records albums