Getting to This

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Getting to This
Getting to this.jpg
Studio album by
Blodwyn Pig
ReleasedApril 10, 1970
Recorded1970
StudioOlympic and Trident Studios
GenreRock
Length38:29 [album]
LabelChrysalis
ProducerAndy Johns
Blodwyn Pig chronology
Ahead Rings Out
(1969) 		Getting to This
(1970) 		Lies
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars [1]

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 8 on the UK album chart.[2]

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)
    • a) "Beach Scape"
    • b) "Fisherman's Wharf"
    • c) "Telegraph Hill"
    • d) "Close the Door, I'm Falling Out of the Room"
  7. "Worry" – 3:43 (Pyle)
  8. "Toys" – 3:03 (Abrahams)
  9. "To Rassman" – 1:29 (Berg)
  10. "Send Your Son to Die" – 4:25 (Abrahams)
  11. "Summer Day" (bonus track on CD release) – 3:48 (Abrahams, Pyle)
  12. "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 horn, cornet
  • Andy Pyle – electric bass, six-string bass
  • Ron Berg – drums, tympani
  • Graham Waller – piano ("Drive Me", "Beach Scape")

References[]

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Getting to This at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Blodwyn Pig | Artist | Official Charts". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

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