Hogwash (album)
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Hogwash is a 1972 blues-rock album recorded by The Groundhogs
, originally released by United Artists Records
in 1972, catalogue number UAG 29419. The most recent CD reissue is that of 2008 by BGO Records, catalogue number BGOCD787. The album mixes bottleneck blues, hard edged rock power chords, and thoughful introspective song writing and experimental orchestrations.
Tony McPhee was one of the earliest rock guitarists to experiment with guitar controlled synthesis and Oberheim/Maestro ring modulators. On this album he used a Hagstrom guitar synthesizer, a simple controller for an ARP 2600. The Hagstrom was monophonic and had resistors soldered on at each fret to create a monophonic control voltage bus and trigger gate. This allowed the guitar sound to be doubled, (but not bent by string pulls) and also required the analog synth to hold its tuning over the entire range. The album closes with a tribute to John Lee Hooker.
The Groundhogs
Groundhogs are a British rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s and continued sporadically into the 21st century.-Career:...
, originally released by United Artists Records
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...
in 1972, catalogue number UAG 29419. The most recent CD reissue is that of 2008 by BGO Records, catalogue number BGOCD787. The album mixes bottleneck blues, hard edged rock power chords, and thoughful introspective song writing and experimental orchestrations.
Tony McPhee was one of the earliest rock guitarists to experiment with guitar controlled synthesis and Oberheim/Maestro ring modulators. On this album he used a Hagstrom guitar synthesizer, a simple controller for an ARP 2600. The Hagstrom was monophonic and had resistors soldered on at each fret to create a monophonic control voltage bus and trigger gate. This allowed the guitar sound to be doubled, (but not bent by string pulls) and also required the analog synth to hold its tuning over the entire range. The album closes with a tribute to John Lee Hooker.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tony McPhee- "I Love Miss Ogyny" – 5:25
- "You Had a Lesson" – 5:54
- "The Ringmaster" – 1:23
- "3744 James Road" – 7:21
- "Sad is the Hunter" – 5:20
- "S'One Song" – 4:57
- "Earth Shanty" – 6:52
- "Mr Hooker, Sir John" – 3:37
Personnel
- Tony McPheeTony McPheeTony McPhee is an English blues guitarist, and founder of The Groundhogs....
- guitars, keyboards, vocals - Peter Cruikshank - bass
- Clive Brooks - drums
- Martin RushentMartin RushentMartin Rushent was an English record producer, best known for his work with The Human League, The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks.- Early life :Rushent was born on 11 July 1948 in Enfield, Middlesex. His father was a car salesman...
- engineer