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Blodwyn Pig

Blodwyn Pig
Jack Lancaster - saxophones, flute & violin
Mick Abrahams - guitar & vocals
Andy Pyle - bass
Ron Berg - drums

In 1967 Mick Abrahams co-founded Jethro Tull with Ian Anderson but left shortly after the release of their debut album, ''This Was''. Abrahams then formed Blodwyn Pig, with Jack Lancaster on saxophones, flute and violin, Andy Pyle on bass and Ron Berg on drums. They performed at the Isle of Wight and the Reading rock festivals and did two US tours playing at both Fillmores and the LA Forum. Lancaster would play two saxes simultaneously during live performances. Their debut album, Ahead Rings Out, charted at number 9 and their second album, Getting To This, went to number 8 on the UK charts.
Abrahams quit the band in 1970 because of musical differences. He was replaced by Barry Reynolds and then former Yes guitarist Peter Banks, who went on to form Flash. This quintet was short lived and only managed three or four gigs. The guitarist Larry Wallis then joined the band and it was renamed to Lancaster's Bombers then shortened to Lancaster and they toured with Yes in 1971. They never recorded an album and soon disbanded. Wallis would go on to UFO, Pink Fairies and then Motorhead. Abrahams went on to form The Mick Abrahams Band and released two albums, "A Musical Evening With Mick Abrahams" in 1971 and "At Last" in 1972. Blodwyn Pig reformed in 1974 with Clive Bunker on drums, but differences resulted in another split and Abrahams withdrew from the music business. Lancaster and Bunker formed the band Aviator in 1978. Pyle and Berg formed the rhythm sections of Juicy Lucy and Savoy Brown, and Pyle would go on to play with The Kinks and Wishbone Ash. In 1987 Abrahams revived the band with a different line-up and released several albums during the nineties.

Ahead Rings Out

Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out
1969
The United States version replaced three songs and changed the cover
The 2006 remastered CD contains seven bonus tracks
Mouse over the image to view the US cover
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It's Only Love 3:22 Up And Coming 5:24
Dear Jill 5:08 Leave It With Me 3:50
Sing Me A Song That I Know 3:05 Change Song 3:42
The Modern Alchemist 5:34 Backwash 0:51
  Ain't Ya Comin' Home, Babe? 5:35

Getting To This

Blodwyn Pig - Getting To This
1970
Released on CD in 1990 with bonus tracks
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Drive Me 3:23 San Francisco Sketches 8:49
Variations On Nainos 4:45 Worry 3:41
See My Way 4:00 Toys 3:03
Long Bomb Blues 1:09 To Rass Man 1:20
The Squirreling Must Go On 4:27 Send Your Son To Die 4:24

Lies

Blodwyn Pig - Lies
1993
Released on vinyl and CD
Reissued in 2008 as "Times Have Changed"
There are other releases with different covers
1994 UK reissue
Lies UK reissue
1994 German reissue
Lies German reissue
1999 German reissue
Lies German 2nd reissue
2008 reissue
Lies reissue as Times Have Changed
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Lies 4:41 Witness (To a Crime of Love) 2:58
The Night Is Gone 3:52 Aby's Lean 2:44
(Deep Down) Recession Blues 4:19 The Victim 4:42
Latin Girl 3:02 Love Won't Let You Down 5:07
Gnatz 2:19 Dead Man's Hill 4:20
Funny Money 4:07 Maggie Rose 3:25

All Tore Down

Blodwyn Pig - All Tore Down
1994
Reissued on album and CD in 2003
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It's Only Love 3:02 The Victim 5:29
All Tore Down 4:32 Cat's Squirrel 17:02
Lies 4:57 Slow Down 3:32
Billy The Kid 6:27 Dead Man's Hill 11:08
I Wonder Who 10:33  

Pig In The Middle

Blodwyn Pig - Pig In The Middle
1996
Raining Again 4:53   Modern Day TV Blues 2:45
You Got It Wrong 4:25   Mo' Bad News 4:42
Going Down 4:37   Hard Wind 4:41
Whisky Dreams 4:50   Fire In The Hole 3:19
Goodbye 5:44   Nervous Blues 7:07
I'm Bored 2:36    

The Modern Alchemist

Blodwyn Pig - Modern Alchemist
1997
It's Only Love 3:44   Dear Jill 5:01
The Modern Alchemist 10:43   See My Way 6:51
The Change Song 3:43   Drive Me 3:45
Summers Day 4:21   Slow Down 6:07
Cat Squirrel 7:48   Ain't You Comin' Home, Babe? 4:24
    Mr. Green's Blues 3:54

Live At The Lafayette

Blodwyn Pig - Live At The Lafayette
1998
Dunstable Truck-Driver Man's Blues 3:33   Cat Squirrel 10:54
See My Way 7:02   It's Only Love 3:47
Oh No! 10:44   Dharma For Six 11:15
Baby Girl 4:42   Six Days On The Road 5:29
Cosmogrification 7:30   Boogie Train / Slow Down 7:21

The Basement Tapes

Blodwyn Pig - The Basement Tapes
1998
Radio 1 session and live material from 1969 - 1974, plus two of Mick's songs from 1996
The Modern Alchemist 4:49   I Know 8:54
Mr. Green's Blues 3:49   It's Only Love (live) 3:16
It's Only Love 3:31   See My Way (live) 6:35
See My Way 5:56   Blues Of A Dunstable Truck Driving Man (live) 2:10
Blues Of A Dunstable Truck Driving Man 2:47   Hound Dog 2:20
Baby Girl 3:53   Drive Me 2:43
The Leaving Song 4:53    
1. http://www.squirrelmusic.com
2. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6289
3. "Wikipedia", last modified March 7, 2018, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blodwyn_Pig

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