GROUNDHOGS Thank Christ For The Bomb LP LIBERTY 1970 UK 1stPress+foc TONY McPHEE
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GROUNDHOGS
TONY McPHEE, PETE CRUICKSHANK, KEN PUSTELNIK
British blues band that backed John Lee Hooker in the mid-'60s,
and went on to explor acid rock and prog during the '70s
"THANK CHRIST FOR BOMB"
Produced by Tony (T.S.) McPhee
1970 LP LIBERTY RECORDS STEREO LBS 83295
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
This version: First pressing with blue labels. Gatefold Textured sleeve
with 'Zak Production' and 'Clearwater Conceptions' on inside lower right.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: LIBERTY - LIGHT/DARK BLUE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) LBS 83295
Catalog on labels: LBS 83295 (Side 1 / Side 2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): LBS 83295 A?1 12 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): LBS 83295 B?1 11 5
On labels: Produced by Tony (T.S.) McPhee for Zak Productions.
Recorded during February, 1970 at De Lane Lea Studios, London
Engineer-Martin Birch
A Product of Liberty/U.A. Records Ltd
? 1970
United Artists
rim text reads 'All rights.......Manufactured by Philips Records Ltd.'
On Inside Sleeve: All compositions written and arranged by Tony (T.S.) McPhee
Published by United Artists Music Ltd.
Zak Production Clearwater Conceptions
On Back Sleeve: Printed and made by E.J. Day Group, London and Bedford
A Product of Liberty/U.A. Records Ltd. London, Englandfrom my records collection
tracklisting
Side 1: STRANGE TOWN - DARKNESS IS NO FRIEND
SOLDIER - THANK CHRIST FOR BOMB
Side 2: SHIP ON THE OCEAN - GARDEN
STATUS PEOPLE - RICH MAN, POOR MAN - ECCENTRIC MAN
grading
RECORD from VG to VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Thank Christ for the Bomb was the first Groundhogs album to indicate that the group had a lifespan
longer than the already-fading British blues boom suggested. It was also the first in the sequence
of semi-conceptual masterpieces that the group cut following their decision to abandon the mellow blues
of their earlier works and pursue the socially aware, prog-inflected bent that culminated
with 1972's seminal Who Will Save the World? album. They were rewarded with their first ever
Top Ten hit and purchasers were rewarded with an album that still packs a visceral punch
in and around Tony McPhee's dark, doom-laden lyrics. With the exception of the truly
magisterial title track, the nine tracks err on the side of brevity. Only one song,
the semi-acoustic "Garden," strays over the five-minute mark, while four more barely touch
three-and-one-half minutes. Yet the overall sense of the album is almost bulldozing, and it is surely
no coincidence that, engineering alongside McPhee's self-production...(AllMusic)
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