Groundhogs* – Hogwash

I’ve rarely been inclined to mess with my bass settings, Peter Cruickshank almost had me. This record shares the room with you, the music is ideal for that sort of audio experience. Find a clean first press.

Every US United Artists copy of Hogwash has the very faint words "Oh fucking hell" between You Had A Lesson and The Ringmaster edited out. You have to crank it up to notice, but the edit is there for sure. I still don't know why that was necessary, however.

I'm not changing it because I don't really care but Track One on Side One of this record has always been, since 1972, I Love YOU Miss Ogyny! And if I may add, should have been on every release since!

I first heard Tony McPhee play guitar on the 1969 album Western Flier by Hapshash & the Coloured Coat...I was impressed by his lead guitar playing on that LP and read somewhere that he was with a band called the Groundhogs...I thought of getting a Grounhogs album for some time since then, but only now (2021) bought the first 3 Sundazed reissues and really enjoyed them...So I just bought this RSD Hogwash and I'm really digging it...at times I can hear the essence of Cpt. Beefheart's Magic Band on the guitars on the studio album. Over all a great experimental blues rock album & the live album sounds awesome!

Thank Christ For the Bomb, Split, Who Will Save the World and now Hogwash. Every RSD since I picked up Thank Christ, the Groundhogs release is at the top of my list. I love this band and the RSD releases never disappoint.

I don’t have original pressings of any of these, nor any desire to hunt them down. The RSD releases are awesome.

An amazing reissue job from Fire. Beautiful tri-fold sleeve, inserts and postcard, and the studio album (I've not listened to the second record yet) sounds incredible, with excellent clarity and zero surface noise.

Please add the RSD 2022 2 x LP issue on Fire Records !