Getting to This
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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.
Blodwyn Pig
Blodwyn Pig were a British blues–rock group founded by guitarist–vocalist–songwriter Mick Abrahams, after he left Jethro Tull in 1968 due to a falling-out with Tull leader Ian Anderson.-Career:...
, released in 1970. The album was the band's last until a brief reunion in the 1990s: Peter Banks
Peter Banks
Peter Banks is an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes.-Early career:When Banks was a young boy, his father bought him an acoustic guitar...
joined from Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
after the recording of Getting To This, but the band split up at the end of 1970.
Track listing
- "Drive Me" – 3:19
- "Variations on Nainos" – 3:47
- "See My Way" – 5:04
- "Long Bomb Blues" – 1:07
- "The Squirreling Must Go On" – 4:22
- "San Francisco Sketches: (a) Beach Scape (b)Fisherman's Wharf (c) Telegraph Hill (d) Close the Door, I'm Falling Out of the Room" – 8:11
- "Worry" – 3:43
- "Toys" – 3:03
- "To Rassman" – 1:29
- "Send Your Son to Die" – 4:25
- "Summer Day" (bonus track on CD release) – 3:48
- "Walk On The Water" (bonus track on CD release) – 3:42
Personnel
- Mick AbrahamsMick AbrahamsMichael Timothy 'Mick' Abrahams was the original guitarist for Jethro Tull. He recorded the album This Was with the band in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave once the album was finished...
– guitar, vocals, seven-string guitar, tenor guitar - Jack LancasterJack LancasterJack Lancaster is a British composer, record producer and musician.In the late 1960s, Lancaster co-founded the British rock group Blodwyn Pig with Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams...
– flute, violin, electric violin, tenor sax, baritone sax, soprano sax, phoon horn, cornet - Andy PyleAndy PyleAndy Pyle is an English bass guitarist. He played with The Kinks from 1976–1978. Prior to that, he was in Blodwyn Pig and Savoy Brown...
– electric bass, six-string bass - Ron Berg – drums, tympani
- Graham Waller – piano ("Drive Me", "Beach Scape")