GROUNDHOGS - Split (Repress) - LP - Gold Vinyl [DEC 5]
Label: Fire Records
SKU: G
Barcode: 809236002150
Catalogue ID: FIRELP508C
Format: Vinyl
LP - Limited Edition Gold Vinyl. Only 500 copies in this pressing (2025 Fire Records Repress).
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.
Supercharged, fractured and raging.” - MOJO
Remastered and packaged with bonus tracks on the download (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.
Download bonus tracks:
1. Split - Part one (Instrumental)
2. Split - Part two (Take 3)
3. Split - Part four (Unlisted Take with Overdubbed Guitar )
4. Cherry Red (Number 6 - Re take)
5. A Year In The Life (Instrumental)
6. Split - Part three (Without Intro)
7. Split - Part four (Instrumental).