''Gutbucket (An Underworld Eruption)'' is a 1969

sampler album A sampler or promotional compilation is a type of compilation album generally offered at a reduced price to showcase an artist or a selection of artists signed to a particular record label. The format became popular in the late 1960s as record lab ...

released to promote artists on the Liberty Records label. It was followed later in 1969 by Son of Gutbucket. Both albums were reissued on a single EMI CD in 1994, with an informative booklet, but with 6 the original 31 tracks (from the combined albums) missing.

Track listing

Side 1

# "Gimme Dat Harp Boy" -

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band The Magic Band was the backing band of American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Captain Beefheart between 1967 and 1982. The rotating lineup featured dozens of performers, many of whom became known by nicknames given to them by Beefh ...

- from the LP ''

Strictly Personal ''Strictly Personal'' is the second album by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. It was originally released in October 1968 as the first album on the Blue Thumb Records label. It was released nearly a year after the band had taken to the stud ...

'' # "The Wall" -

Hapshash and the Coloured Coat Hapshash and the Coloured Coat was an influential British graphic design and avant-garde musical partnership in the late 1960s, consisting of Michael English and Nigel Waymouth. It produced popular psychedelic posters, and two albums of underg ...

- from the LP ''The Western Flier'' # "You’re Gonna Miss Me" -

Lightnin' Hopkins Samuel John "Lightnin" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list ...

- from the LP ''Earth Blues'' # "I’m Tore Down" -

Alexis Korner Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984), known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major in ...

- from the LP ''A New Generation of Blues'' # "Still a Fool" -

Groundhogs The groundhog (''Marmota monax''), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. The groundhog is a lowland creature of North America; it is found through mu ...

- from the LP '' Scratching the Surface'' # "Dismal Swamp" -

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country rock band formed in 1966. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California. Between 1976 and 1981, the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band. Constant ...

- from the LP ''Pure Dirt'' # "Wine, Women & Whisky" - Papa Lightfoot - from the LP ''Rural Blues Vol 2''

Side two

# "Pony Blues" -

Canned Heat Canned Heat is an American band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965. The group is noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists and rock music. It was founded by two blues enthusiasts Alan Wilson and Bob ...

- from the LP '' Living the Blues'' # "Down in Texas" - The Hour Glass - from the LP '' The Hour Glass'' # "No More Doggin’" -

Tony McPhee Anthony Charles McPhee (born 23 March 1944) is an English guitarist, and founder of the blues rock band Groundhogs. An early version of this band backed Champion Jack Dupree and John Lee Hooker on UK concerts in the mid-1960s. He is often cred ...

- from the LP ''Me And The Devil'' # "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites" - The Bonzo Dog Band - from the LP '' The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse'' # "Mamma Don’t Like Me Runnin Around" - Big Joe Williams - from the LP ''Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick'' # "Rollin’ And Tumblin’" - Jo-Anne Kelly - from the LP ''Me And The Devil'' # "Call Me Woman" - Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - from the LP ''Dr. Dunbar’s Prescription'' Sampler albums 1969 compilation albums Blues compilation albums Rock compilation albums Liberty Records compilation albums Record label compilation albums {{1960s-rock-album-stub