Split

The Groundhogs

29th August 2020 - Album - FIRE508

The ground breaking album by the ultimate power trio who morphed blues into hard rock and spawned punk.

  • Remastered and packaged with a second disc of out-takes from the original sessions that spawned this spontaneous monster.
  • Limited Edition 2XLP Red Vinyl for RSD 2020.

£12.00£25.00

The ground breaking album by the ultimate power trio who morphed blues into hard rock and spawned punk.

A much-loved opus with a side-long concept piece. A bona fide inspirational rock classic.

“Tony McPhee has turned to anarchic paranoid battlegrounds of the mind for inspiration” Melody Maker

And a second side that delivers the mighty ‘Cherry Red’, McPhee’s take on The Beatles’ ‘A Day In the Life’, a sideswipe at junk food and a glorious interpretation of John Lee Hooker’s ‘Groundhogs Blues’.

“Both musically and lyrically, ’Split’ speaks for a lost time, a nomad time when ideals took to the hoof and musicians stayed on the road rather than confront the fact that the ’60s ‘war’ had been lost.” Julian Cope

“Murky, fuzzy, and wisely esoteric.” AllMusic

Remastered and packaged with a second disc of out-takes from the original sessions that spawned this spontaneous monster.

Tracklist

A1 Split - Part One
A2 Split - Part Two
A3 Split - Part Three
A4 Split - Part Four

B1 Cherry Red
B2 A Year In The Life
B3 Junkman
B4 Groundhog

C1 Split - Part one (Instrumental)
C2 Split - Part two (Take 3)
C3 Split - Part four (Unlisted Take with Overdubbed Guitar)

D1 Cherry Red (Number 6 - Re take)
D2 A Year In The Life (Instrumental)
D3 Split - Part three (Without Intro)
D4 Split - Part four (Instrumental)

Description

The ground breaking album by the ultimate power trio who morphed blues into hard rock and spawned punk.

A much-loved opus with a side-long concept piece. A bona fide inspirational rock classic.

“Tony McPhee has turned to anarchic paranoid battlegrounds of the mind for inspiration” Melody Maker

And a second side that delivers the mighty ‘Cherry Red’, McPhee’s take on The Beatles’ ‘A Day In the Life’, a sideswipe at junk food and a glorious interpretation of John Lee Hooker’s ‘Groundhogs Blues’.

“Both musically and lyrically, ’Split’ speaks for a lost time, a nomad time when ideals took to the hoof and musicians stayed on the road rather than confront the fact that the ’60s ‘war’ had been lost.” Julian Cope

“Murky, fuzzy, and wisely esoteric.” AllMusic

Remastered and packaged with a second disc of out-takes from the original sessions that spawned this spontaneous monster.

Description

The ground breaking album by the ultimate power trio who morphed blues into hard rock and spawned punk.

A much-loved opus with a side-long concept piece. A bona fide inspirational rock classic.

“Tony McPhee has turned to anarchic paranoid battlegrounds of the mind for inspiration” Melody Maker

And a second side that delivers the mighty ‘Cherry Red’, McPhee’s take on The Beatles’ ‘A Day In the Life’, a sideswipe at junk food and a glorious interpretation of John Lee Hooker’s ‘Groundhogs Blues’.

“Both musically and lyrically, ’Split’ speaks for a lost time, a nomad time when ideals took to the hoof and musicians stayed on the road rather than confront the fact that the ’60s ‘war’ had been lost.” Julian Cope

“Murky, fuzzy, and wisely esoteric.” AllMusic

Remastered and packaged with a second disc of out-takes from the original sessions that spawned this spontaneous monster.

Tracklist

A1 Split - Part One
A2 Split - Part Two
A3 Split - Part Three
A4 Split - Part Four

B1 Cherry Red
B2 A Year In The Life
B3 Junkman
B4 Groundhog

C1 Split - Part one (Instrumental)
C2 Split - Part two (Take 3)
C3 Split - Part four (Unlisted Take with Overdubbed Guitar)

D1 Cherry Red (Number 6 - Re take)
D2 A Year In The Life (Instrumental)
D3 Split - Part three (Without Intro)
D4 Split - Part four (Instrumental)

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