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Mick Abrahams, Blodwyn Pig
Times Have Changed
Genres: Blues, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Lies
2. The Night's Gone
3. Deep Down Recession Blues
4. Latin Girl
5. Gnatz (Instrumental) [Instrumental]
6. Funny Money
7. Witness (To a Crime of Love)
8. Aby's Lean (Instrumental) [Instrumental]
9. The Victim - Mick Abrahams, John
10. Love Won't Let You Down
11. Dead Man's Hill
12. Maggie Rose

CD Details

All Artists: Mick Abrahams, Blodwyn Pig
Title: Times Have Changed
Members Wishing: 6
Total Copies: 0
Label: Blues Boulevard
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/14/2008
Genres: Blues, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Blues Rock, Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5413992502233

Synopsis

Album Description

Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig is a rock band made up of blues players who have a leaning towards jazz. Abrahams was the original guitarist for a blues-influenced Jethro Tull. He recorded debut album This Was with the band in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson led him to leave once the album was finished. Abrahams went on to form the cult group Blodwyn Pig in 1969 in addition to his solo efforts, which have endeared him to a series of fans through four decades. In recent years Ian Anderson and Mick Abrahams have guested on each other's records, with the latter also participating in various Jethro Tull anniversary reunions. Abrahams recently appeared on Jethro Tull's new Living with the Past DVD.

CD Reviews

Repackage ripoff

J. Adamski | Texas, USA | 12/25/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Imagine my surprise as I opened the "new" Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig CD, only to find that it's a repackaged, renamed exact same duplicate of the CD "Lies", released 15 years earlier. You would think that Abrahams and his record label, neither exactly a household name, would not want to alienate the few dedicated fans who plunk down money to buy his product by pulling the "old wine in a new bottle" trick. Lots of money-grubbing record labels (and artists who presumably go along with the ripoff) toss a few new songs into a "greatest hits" package, so that the completists among the fans have to pay for 10 songs they already own in order to get the two that they don't. But few, to my knowledge, completely rename an album, change the cover art, and sell it as something new 15 years after originally released.

I blame Abrahams, Blues Boulevard Records,and Amazon.com for this. Wanting to promote an artist's earlier works is admirable. But don't mislead prospective buyers with a new title and new cover art.

On-line, Amazon lists this as a 2008 release and there's not an easy way of checking their story.

Is the music good? Sure. If you like Mick Abrahams, you'll like this one. If you don't already own it by another name."