Great Show ,Rough Sound In Spots
JOHN SPOKUS | BALTIMORE, MARYLAND United States | 04/09/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Information about their brief US '72 tour is sketchy at best, and this is the only recording that has surfaced from that period. This 5 cut live CD features versions of "Mistreated", "Split Pt. 1","Cherry Red","Groundhog", and "Still A Fool".I'm told this was recorded somewhere in Texas, and on this tour they were the low act on the bill with Humble Pie and Edgar Winter. The sound is rough in some spots and compressed a little weird and there's plenty of tape hiss, but the performance smokes, and Hogs fans will find many of the extended jams(all the tunes are extended and quite long) to be very different from those they've heard on other live releases. Not perfect but not a bad addition to your collection,get it while you can!!!"
Groundhogs US Tour
R. Toler | USA | 06/18/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Wow I can't believe this record company is ripping off there customers this way.This is NOT the Groundhogs in the US, especially in Texas.
This is a BBC session from England circa 1971 masked with a new cover to hide the fact.Yes The Hogs played in the US in the early 70's but those tapes have never surfaced case in point Tony Mcphee said in a interview a few years ago that he did not even think the masters survived.
No wonder Tonys upset,how can you seriously make any dosh if evrybody is taking your work and changing titles and leading hoinest hard working people that they may have found a unreleased gem when to find out its just rehashed shit from a show in europe 1971.
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