Getting to This

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Getting to This
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 10, 1970
Recorded1970
Studio Olympic and Trident Studios
Length38:29 [album]
Label Chrysalis
Producer Andy Johns
Blodwyn Pig chronology
Ahead Rings Out
(1969)
Getting to This
(1970)
Lies
(1993)
Professional ratings
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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 album chart. [2]

Contents

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

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References

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