2010 three CD set that contains their first five albums for Liberty Records (1968-72) plus bonus tracks. With a career that spans an impressive five decades, the Groundhogs are a veritable British Blues-Rock institution. With a line-up cemented around Peter Cruickshank on bass guitar, Ken Pustelnik on drums and fronted by singer, guitarist and principle songwriter Tony (T.S.) McPhee, this bluesy power trio were joined by harmonica toting Steve Rye for their full length debut, Scratching The Surface released on Liberty Records in 1968. With a reputation hard won by their incessant touring schedule, the band recorded Blues Obituary as a three piece in 1969, followed by Thanks Christ For The Bomb (1970), then hitting #5 with their most successful record, Split, in 1971 and rounded off by the fabulously titled Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs (1972).
CD 1
1968 Scratching The Surface
01. Rocking Chair
02. Early In The Morning
03. Waking Blues
04. Married Men
05. No More Doggin’
06. Man Trouble
07. Come Back Baby
08. You Don’t Love Me
09. Still A Fool
10. Still A Fool (Single Edit) *
1969 Blues Obituary (side one)
11. B.D.D.
12. Daze Of The Weak
13. Times
14. Mistreated
* Previously Unavailable on CD
CD 2
1969 Blues Obituary (side two)
01. Express Man
02. Natchez Burning
03. Light Was The Day
04. BDD (Mono Mix) *
1970 Thank Christ For The Bomb
05. Strange Town
06. Darkness Is No Friend
07. Soldier
08. Thank Christ For The Bomb
09. Ship On The Ocean
10. Garden
11. Status People
12. Rich Man, Poor Man
13. Eccentric Man
1971 Split (side one)
14. Split - Part One
15. Split - Part Two
16. Split - Part Three
17. Split - Part Four
* Previously Unavailable on CD
CD 3
1971 Split (side two)
01. Cherry Red
02. A Year In The Life
03. Junkman
04. Groundhog
1972 Who Will Save The World? (The Mighty Groundhogs)
05. Earth Is Not Room Enough
06. Wages Of Peace
07. Body In Mind
08. Music Is The Food Of Thought
09. Bog Roll Blues
10. Death Of The Sun
11. Amazing Grace
12. The Grey Maze
