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Description Ripped from original CD with Exact Audio Copy.  Art, cue sheet & Rip log included. All tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Blodwyn Pig - 1969 - Ahead Rings Out (2006 Expanded Remaster) [EAC FLAC]  Blodwyn Pig  Wikipedia: Blodwyn Pig were a British blues–rock band, founded in 1968 by guitarist–vocalist–songwriter Mick Abrahams. Abrahams left Jethro Tull, due to a falling-out with Tull vocalist Ian Anderson, after their debut album, This Was, was released, and formed Blodwyn Pig with Jack Lancaster (saxophone and flute), Andy Pyle (bass guitar), and Ron Berg (drums). Future Yes and Flash guitarist Peter Banks became one of several guitarists to succeed Abrahams after he left to form his own band for a time. With Abrahams and Lancaster in the lead, Blodwyn Pig recorded two albums, Ahead Rings Out in 1969 and Getting To This in 1970. Both reached the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart and charted in the United States; Ahead Rings Out displayed a jazzier turn on the heavy blues–rock that formed the band's core rooted in the British 1960s rhythm and blues scene from which sprang groups like The Yardbirds, Free and eventually Led Zeppelin. Saxophonist–singer Lancaster (who often played two horns at once, like his idol Rahsaan Roland Kirk) was at least as prominent in the mix as Abrahams; some critics thought this contrast bumped the band toward a freer, more experimental sound on the second album. The single "Summer Day" from Ahead Rings Out failed to chart, but the quartet became something of a favourite on the underground concert circuit. Largely due to Abrahams's disillusionment with the business side of music, Blodwyn Pig eventually became an on-again, off-again concern; Lancaster at one point became a record producer, and Pyle eventually joined Savoy Brown. Over the years since their original formation, Blodwyn Pig reformed several times, usually with Abrahams and Lancaster leading the group, and recorded two more albums in the 1990s. Ahead Rings Out (2006 Expanded Remaster)  Artist: Blodwyn Pig Title: Ahead Rings Out Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Expanded, Remastered Producer: Andy Johns Release Date: August 1969, (June 12, 2006) Recorded: Morgan Studios, Willesden, England, 1969 Label: EMI Europe Catalog: 0946 357685 2 7 ASIN: B000FGFUEA Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Blues Rock Duration: 64:44 Wikipedia: Ahead Rings Out was the debut album by British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, released in 1969. The band had been formed in 1969 by Mick Abrahams, the former guitarist of Jethro Tull, and sales of Ahead Rings Out rivalled those of Jethro Tull’s next album, Stand Up, reaching No. 9 on the British album chart. The album contained a healthy mixture of various styles of progressive blues and “The Modern Alchemist” displayed the jazz influence and saxophone skills of Jack Lancaster. The album art inspired the mascot and art for KSHE 95. AllMusic Review by Mike DeGagne: None of Jethro Tull's progressive rock tendencies or classical influences followed Mick Abrahams into his creation of Blodwyn Pig, even with the inclusion Jack Lancaster's sax- and flute-playing prowess. Instead, Abrahams built up a sturdy British blues-rock sound and used Lancaster's horn work to add some fire to the band's jazzy repertoire. Ahead Rings Out is a stellar concoction of gritty yet flamboyant blues-rock tunes and open-ended jazz centered around Mick Abrahams' cool-handed guitar playing, but it's the nonstop infusion of the other styles that makes the album such a solid listen. After only one album with Jethro Tull, Abrahams left to form this band, and it's evident that he had a lot of pent-up energy inside him when he recorded each of the album's tracks. With a barrage of electrifying rhythms and fleeting saxophone and woodwind excursions, cuts like "Sing Me a Song That I Know," "Up and Coming," and "Backwash" whip up highly energetic sprees of rock and blues. Most of the tracks have a hearty shot of rock up the middle, but in cuts like "The Change Song" and "Backwash," the explosive riffs are accompanied by a big band style of enthusiasm, adding even more depth to the material. Andy Pyle's bass playing is definitely distinct throughout each track and is used for anything but a steady background, while labeling Ron Berg's drumming as freewheeling and intemperate would be an understatement. It's apparent that Blodwyn Pig's style is indeed distinct, releasing a liberated and devil-may-care intensity while still managing to stay on track, but the fact that each cut convokes a different type of instrumental spiritedness is where the album really gains its reputation. Wonderfully busy and even a tad motley in some places, Ahead Rings Out shows off the power and vitality that can be channeled by combining a number of classic styles without sounding pretentious or overly inflated. A year later, Blodwyn Pig recorded Getting to This before Abrahams left the band, and although it's a solid effort, it falls just a smidgen short of Ahead Rings Out's bluesy dynamism.  01. It's Only Love - 3:23 02. Dear Jill - 5:19 03. Sing Me a Song That I Know - 3:08 04. The Modern Alchemist - 5:38 05. Up and Coming - 5:31 06. Leave It With Me - 3:52 07. The Change Song - 3:45 08. See My Way - 0:53 09. Ain't Ya Coming' Home, Babe? - 6:04 2006 EMI Digital Remaster reissue CD Bonus Tracks: 10. Sweet Caroline - 2:51 11. Walk on the Water - 3:42 12. Summer Day - 3:44 13. Same Old Story - 2:36 14. Slow Down - 4:20 15. Meanie Mornay - 4:45 16. Backwash - 0:53 Notes: The EMI CD reissue has track 8 as "See My Way", track 8 from the original UK release "Backwash" is included as bonus track 16 Personnel: Mick Abrahams - Guitar, Vocals, Seven-String Slide Guitar Jack Lancaster - Flute, Violin, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Soprano Sax, Brass Arrangements Andy Pyle - Electric Bass, Six-String Bass Ron Berg - Drums Note: This is not my rip My thanks to the original uploader    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Related Torrents
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