Scratching the Surface

Scratching the Surface is a 1968 blues album recorded by The Groundhogs and released by Liberty Records.

This article is about the album by The Groundhogs. For the song by Saga, see Heads or Tales.
Not to be confused with episode of Mayday (season 6) about China Airlines Flight 611.
Scratching the Surface
Studio album by
The Groundhogs
ReleasedNovember 1968
Recorded5–13 October 1968
StudioMarquee Studios, London
GenreBlues rock, Blues
Length44:03
LabelLiberty Records (1968)
Italy: Akarma Records (2004)
ProducerMike Batt
The Groundhogs chronology
...And Seven Nights
(1965)		 Scratching the Surface
(1968)		 The Groundhogs with John Lee Hooker and John Mayall
(1968)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tony McPhee; except where indicated

  1. "Rocking Chair" – 4:07
  2. "Early in the Morning" (John Lee Williamson) – 4:47
  3. "Waking Blues" – 2:29
  4. "Married Men" – 4:40
  5. "No More Doggin'" – 4:57
  6. "Man Trouble" – 6:27
  7. "Come Back Baby" – 3:54
  8. "You Don't Love Me" (Willie Cobbs) – 4:11
  9. "Still a Fool" (McKinley Morganfield) – 6:35

1990 bonus tracks
  1. "Oh death" – 3:14
  2. "Gasoline" – 4:49
  3. "Rock Me" – 2:46
  4. "Don't Pass the Hat Around" – 3:43

Personnel
The Groundhogs
  • Tony McPhee – guitar, vocals
  • Steve Rye – harmonica, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2 and 8
  • Peter Cruickshank – bass
  • Ken Pustelnik – drums
Technical
  • Gerry Collins - engineer
  • Andrew Lauder, Roy Fisher, Tony McPhee - coordination
  • Woody Woodward - art direction
  • Ron Wolin - design
  • Michael Hasted - cover photography
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