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Getting to This

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{{Short description|Album by Blodwyn Pig}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Getting to This

| type = Album

| artist = Blodwyn Pig

| cover = Getting to this.jpg

| alt =

| released = 10 April 1970Melody Maker ad- 18 April 1970 edition, page 18

| recorded = 1970

| venue =

| studio = Olympic and Trident Studios

| genre =

| length = 38:29 [album]

| label = Chrysalis

| producer = Andy Johns

| prev_title = Ahead Rings Out

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Lies

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30852|first=Richie|last=Unterberger}}

|noprose=yes

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Getting to This was the second album by British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, released in 1970. The album was the band's last until a brief reunion in the 1990s. Peter Banks joined from Yes 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 Albums Chart.{{cite web |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/blodwyn%20pig/#albums |title=Blodwyn Pig | Artist | Official Charts |work=OfficialCharts.com |access-date=30 November 2013}}

Track listing

  1. "Drive Me"  – 3:19 (Abrahams)
  2. "Variations on Nainos"  – 3:47 (Abrahams)
  3. "See My Way"  – 5:04 (Abrahams)
  4. "Long Bomb Blues"  – 1:07 (Abrahams)
  5. "The Squirreling Must Go On"  – 4:22 (Abrahams, Pyle)
  6. "San Francisco Sketches"  – 8:11 (Lancaster)
  7. *a) "Beach Scape"
  8. *b) "Fisherman's Wharf"
  9. *c) "Telegraph Hill"
  10. *d) "Close the Door, I'm Falling Out of the Room"
  11. "Worry"  – 3:43 (Pyle)
  12. "Toys"  – 3:03 (Abrahams)
  13. "To Rassman"  – 1:29 (Berg)
  14. "Send Your Son to Die"  – 4:25 (Abrahams)
  15. "Summer Day" (bonus track on CD release)  – 3:48 (Abrahams, Pyle)
  16. "Walk On the Water" (bonus track on CD release)  – 3:42 (Abrahams)

Personnel

  • Mick Abrahams – guitar, vocals, seven-string guitar, tenor guitar
  • Jack Lancaster – flute, violin, electric violin, tenor sax, baritone sax, soprano sax, phoon{{typo help inline|reason=similar to pheon|date=September 2022}} horn, cornet
  • Andy Pyle – electric bass, six-string bass
  • Ron Berg – drums, tympani
  • Graham Waller – piano ("Drive Me", "Beach Scape")

References

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External links

  • [http://www.allmusic.com/album/getting-to-this-mw0000311603 Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album review by Richie Unterberger, credits & releases] at AllMusic.com
  • [https://www.discogs.com/Blodwyn-Pig-Getting-To-This/release/855055 Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album releases & credits] at Discogs.com
  • [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=32893 Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album credits & user reviews] at ProgArchives.com
  • [https://play.spotify.com/album/4N8mBZzrvhQDXlGqVbXDNa Blodwyn Pig – Getting to This (1970) album to be listened] as stream at Play.Spotify.com

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Category:Blodwyn Pig albums

Category:1970 albums

Category:Albums produced by Andy Johns

Category:Chrysalis Records albums