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Blodwyn Pig — Dear Jill
Album: Ahead Rings Out
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Released: 1969
Length: 5:14
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Sorry babe, but I won't be home,
Won't be home tomorrow.
Sorry darlin' but I got to let you
Gotta let you down
Your wasten' my time
Got no love
Love left to give you anymore.

I gotta look for, I gotta find me a brand new
Find me a brand new woman
You know I gotta find, the one that won't
The one that won't run around
You took everything I had, but I got no love,
Love left to give you anymore.
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 GingerandMe wrote:

The late, great John Peel loved and championed this band.
Bless you up there John.


John Peels BBC music broadcasts were the best. RIP
Posted 3 weeks ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
The late, great John Peel loved and championed this band.
Bless you up there John.
Posted 3 weeks ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
This is why I listen to RP.
Thank you Bill!
Posted 2 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Wow! A straight 10, no hesitation! 😎😎😎👌
Posted 2 years ago by torino390    [ Reply ]
Wow, this is a blast from the past. My friend Mark B had this disk .. the part I remember from this album was a band member playing two saxes at the same time. Mark would play this on his 15W a side stereo into 15W speakers to see which component would break first. Probably summer '77, which feels like about 200 years ago.
Posted 2 years ago by talexb    [ Reply ]
Blodwyn Pig! I haven't thought of them in 40 years.  Thanks so much. 
Posted 2 years ago by Sandwich444    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:

Thanks Bill - I don't know how you remember all these Lost Treasures


I second that, wonder about it too
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
And this is exactly why you should send RadioParadise some $ support!  Bill and Rebecca get on a 60's roll at times like this evening and dip into the Rn'R well of our youth. OUR youth anyways, maybe yours came decades later. No worries, they've got that covered too. 
Posted 2 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Was these guys a one hit Wondah?
Posted 2 years ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill - I don't know how you remember all these Lost Treasures
Posted 3 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Wow...just wow....new to me and fab-tab-u-lous, that bass line is so nice and that sweet slide.

Thanks B&R for finding the deepest cuts.
Posted 3 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
Ah - the 60's when they weren't afraid to place the drums off center in the mix!
Posted 3 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Wow. I'm not young and consider myself pretty well versed in decades of rock music overall, but I'm embarrassed to admit that I'd never heard of this band until today. Thanks for squeezing em into the mix, Bill & Rebecca.
Posted 3 years ago by johnhdunn3rd    [ Reply ]
I was actually just thinking about Blodwyn Pig the other day as an old 60's group that not many people would remember.  And, lo and behold, here it is today on R.P.
Good job!
How about a little Ten Years After now?
Thanks!
Posted 3 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
Gotta love radio paradise! Such obscure pics. I have this album, mick Abrams and tull fan here
Posted 4 years ago by Pwb6769    [ Reply ]
I saw Blodwin Pig and Ten Years After at the Manchester Free Trades Hall in 1969.
Posted 4 years ago by Dizzz    [ Reply ]
 gbarker wrote:
Radio Paradise every now and then knocks me on my ass by playing some obscure favorite of mine from decades ago. Mick Abrahams was such a great guitarist and why the first Jethro Tull Album made them a success. Dear Jill, almost forgotten, is now on my regular play list.
 

Totally agree!
Posted 4 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:


Wown, man; if you're hearing ELP in these slow blues ... pass that joint this way.
 
Electric Light Porkistra?
Posted 4 years ago by gammapi    [ Reply ]
Radio Paradise every now and then knocks me on my ass by playing some obscure favorite of mine from decades ago. Mick Abrahams was such a great guitarist and why the first Jethro Tull Album made them a success. Dear Jill, almost forgotten, is now on my regular play list.
Posted 4 years ago by gbarker    [ Reply ]
Fantastic
Posted 4 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
 xnavy wrote:
Hey what is that pig smoking{#Devil_pimp}
 
It's a bent dead tailor-made.
Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 jasko wrote:
Dont know why, but hear some EL&P here. Nice song  i like it.
 

Wow, man; if you're hearing ELP in these slow blues ... pass the joint this way.
Posted 4 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Dont know why, but hear some EL&P here. Nice song  i like it.
Posted 5 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
That looks like the mascot from KSHE
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:
If they put lipstick on that pig it would still be...a pig!
 
If they try to put lipstick on that pig they'd get a mouthful of trotter around the chops :o)
Posted 5 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 E_A_D_G wrote:
Dylan. It Takes A lot To Laugh ... Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby, Can't buy a thrill. Well, I've been up all night, baby, Leanin' on the window sill.
 
It's a I - IV -V progression - there must be hundreds of thousands of songs with such a progression.  Given your user name you ought to know that.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Still a 2 ...  plodding and awkward.
Posted 6 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
If they put lipstick on that pig it would still be...a pig!
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 boxofrain wrote:
Haven't thought of the Pig in at least 40 years!

 
Ditttttto! ...well, except I played their LP last month. A cornerstone of my dusty slightly disturbing collection of 5000 or so albums! 
Posted 7 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP! The Rock-'n-Roll TIme Tunnel
Time Tunnel!
Posted 7 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Haven't thought of the Pig in at least 40 years!
Posted 7 years ago by boxofrain    [ Reply ]
Love this tune, the slide says so  much.
Posted 7 years ago by Stella_Blue    [ Reply ]
We've heard from all of those the Lil Red Rooster influenced. Now, howzabout some Howlin Wolf?!
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Excellent, Bill.  Got that album framed and hanging on the wall of my den... a classic.  More is acceptable.
Posted 8 years ago by epiclectic    [ Reply ]
awesome

gonna dig "See My Way" now  
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
{#Guitarist} so many of these members went on to great bands / the the pig is the bomb
Posted 8 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
London blues at it's best
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I have not heard this in years.  I played this album to death back in the day.  Thanks, Bill
Posted 8 years ago by masteroflife    [ Reply ]
 dubberdan wrote:
Cracking track {#Devil_pimp}

 
a 10 for all the right elements, 3 Michelin stars!  {#Hearteyes}
Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Not the only album by this group. They release a followup a year later in 1970, "Getting to This". Not as good as the first album but a few good tracks. Ditto the request for "See My Way" from the first LP — one of the great rock guitar solos of all time. 
Posted 8 years ago by publiceric    [ Reply ]
Cracking track {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
Blodwyn Pig!  Great!

My kids think I'm nuts, when I play the other track from this album that I like ... "See My Way" ... which as the album jacket (album jacket?) notes indicated, strikes some folks as having some similarity to Ravel's "Bolero".

Add my thanks to all the thanks below ... and please consider playing "See My Way" sometime ... thanks! 
Posted 8 years ago by mikec09    [ Reply ]
So great to hear again! Thanks Bill!!
 
Posted 8 years ago by MaryAnnMoreno    [ Reply ]
main riff is exactly the same as little red rooster
Posted 9 years ago by ecojot    [ Reply ]
Kudos to RP for playing something so obscure. I have had the album many years-Tull fan here
Posted 9 years ago by Pwb6769    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

I bought it right when it was released. This tune is still outstanding. There was only one other track on the LP that I really enjoyed, however, try as I may to be engaged as a listener. I might feel differently now, as my taste—broad as it was back then—is even broader today (especially when it comes to blues).

 
I still have this LP somewhere. I need to dig it out and listen to it again.
Posted 9 years ago by spotcheckbilly    [ Reply ]
 Mike.abson wrote:
So good. Bought this in '69. Brilliant. 
 
I bought it right when it was released. This tune is still outstanding. There was only one other track on the LP that I really enjoyed, however, try as I may to be engaged as a listener. I might feel differently now, as my taste—broad as it was back then—is even broader today (especially when it comes to blues).
Posted 9 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
So good. Bought this in '69. Brilliant. 
Posted 9 years ago by Mike.abson    [ Reply ]
Hey what is that pig smoking{#Devil_pimp}
Posted 9 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
 SoundThinker wrote:
This is why I do not listen to local radio! 

 
Because your local radio plays this, or because it doesn't?
Posted 9 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
This is why I do not listen to local radio! 
Posted 9 years ago by SoundThinker    [ Reply ]
Wow, this has really aged well
Posted 9 years ago by Caturman    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}

Agreed! Thanks Bill, great set! All outstanding tunes 
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
I heard this playing in the other room and softly said: "There is a God, and I've lived long enough to hear this again on the radio."
Posted 10 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Good Blues never age.
wow.
Pig before Floyd!
Posted 10 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
Good Blues never age.
wow.
Posted 10 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
This song is 10^2
Posted 10 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Great song another classic winner thank you once again Bill
Posted 10 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers} .... memories of Sheffield University gigs, thanks Bill - "happy days"
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
That was a fantastic song!!
Posted 10 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
BILL, great find. Hadn't heard this for 40+years. Thanks. So many reasons to love RP!
Posted 10 years ago by bstevens1951    [ Reply ]
A gem
I don't think I've heard it for 50yrs and I don't think I appreciated how good it was at the time thru a Dansette!
 
Posted 11 years ago by veloman    [ Reply ]
  Businessgypsy wrote:
You know how arty US college bands will sometimes affect a British accent in an attempt to sound, um... continental?

My South Louisiana ears are feeling the pain you Brits must feel when that occurs.
Appreciate the wonderful work done by English bands in preserving and expanding Southern Blues, love the vast majority of the genre.
 
WonderLizard wrote:
The last comments deserves to be in much larger type. IMHO if it weren't for the British blues revival of the '60s, I doubt very much if those of us across the pond would have known about our own rich musical heritage, not to mention its descendant genres.
 MHO will differ from YHO on this point. In the South of my youth, we never lost touch with those that went before. The traditions were very much alive and part of the active music scene. I appreciate the appreciation from the UK, but dependence on survival is laying it on way thick.
Posted 11 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 run4more wrote:
Album liner group pic

I always got a kick out of the photo of Jack Lancaster playing two saxes at once. Here's a picture book for ya with liner notes which I believe include both US and UK versions. It was a very poorly produced booklet that came with the CD that I bought as a replacement for my original worn-out LP. I did my best to enhance it to legibility—some of Mick Abrahams comments are pretty entertaining and worth the effort. I guess I need to check my rips and see if the quality is worthy of uploading—sure would like to see a few more of their songs here.


   
Thank you run4more, its wowwww cool!   that's it, I'm not getting a haircut again, ever
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Loved it from the first, love it still.  And the album cover - !!!!
Posted 11 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
Oh piggy, why are you so delicious?
Posted 11 years ago by donnyballgame    [ Reply ]
This is one of my favorite songs of all times. Thanks, Bill.
Posted 11 years ago by richrosen    [ Reply ]
Never heard it before. Another rarity heard only on RP. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Chumbawamba-1984 wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, first time I hear this beauty.

 

you are excused... this is a rarity for sure.
Posted 11 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Excuse my ignorance, first time I hear this beauty.
Posted 11 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
When I was back there in Engineering School (and this could and maybe should be taken in a Jim Morrisonistic tone) while playing some foosball and chugging pitchers of beer at a typically wild GDI party, I remember how Leo -- his real name was Paul, but his hair, beard and mustache defied any other -- had a T-shirt with that blissed-out pig's head on it, and also how he kept casually telling us all, "Blodwyn Pig, man, check it out..."
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Beauty.
Posted 11 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Another forgotten song of my life.

Damn nice to hear this pearl again after all these years !

9 for now.
Posted 11 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
d. robotbass wrote:
One of my favorite songs on one of my favorite albums. I dug the CD up a few years ago.
Point of interest; Mick Abrahams went on to be the first guitarist for Jethro Tull. Should play some of that too!
Actually, Abrahams left Tull to go and form this band.
 
Posted 11 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite songs on one of my favorite albums. I dug the CD up a few years ago.
Point of interest; Mick Abrahams went on to be the first guitarist for Jethro Tull. Should play some of that too!
Posted 11 years ago by robotbass    [ Reply ]
Never heard this before but it was very enjoyable.  Nice to hear an obscure old song.
Posted 12 years ago by drsteevo    [ Reply ]
 SpeckDog wrote:
Sweet Meat!?! Is that you?
 
.....lmao.....
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
Sweet Meat!?! Is that you?
Posted 12 years ago by SpeckDog    [ Reply ]
Just doesn't convince me that he has the blues. 
Posted 12 years ago by Lakeview    [ Reply ]
WOW!!!!!!!!! Haven't thought of this song in 30 years!! You guys are the best!Thank you so much for playing it. Great song!
Posted 12 years ago by MaryAnnMoreno    [ Reply ]
joe perry mentioned this group as an inspiration when he was 1st honing his craft...
 
Posted 12 years ago by MoM$CooKin    [ Reply ]
Just gets better and better and better over the years
Posted 12 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear this!
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Nice.... Smokey jazz... Good sounds as we head into the weekend... Thank you
Posted 12 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Putting me to sleep. G'nite. 
Posted 12 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
 drcrnp wrote:
A lifelong fave
 
Aye! It takes me back to my college years- how sweet and long the days seemed then- lots of time to listen to music.

Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
I tried uploading their song "Walk on the Water" off this LP to the LRC but it was insta sorried..
Posted 12 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
You know how arty US college bands will sometimes affect a British accent in an attempt to sound, um... continental?

My South Louisiana ears are feeling the pain you Brits must feel when that occurs.
Appreciate the wonderful work done by English bands in preserving and expanding Southern Blues, love the vast majority of the genre.

 
The last comments deserves to be in much larger type. IMHO if it weren't for the British blues revival of the '60s, I doubt very much if those of us across the pond would have known about our own rich musical heritage, not to mention its descendant genres.

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Welsh blues? Nice 'n quirky :o)
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
A lifelong fave
Posted 13 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
My fav animal is a pig!
Posted 13 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
love this, nice twist on the blues
Posted 13 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
 run4more wrote:
I always got a kick out of the photo of Jack Lancaster playing two saxes at once. Here's a picture book for ya with liner notes which I believe include both US and UK versions. It was a very poorly produced booklet that came with the CD that I bought as a replacement for my original worn-out LP. I did my best to enhance it to legibility—some of Mick Abrahams comments are pretty entertaining and worth the effort. I guess I need to check my rips and see if the quality is worthy of uploading—sure would like to see a few more of their songs here.
  
Nice one. Thanks. 

From the notes: Dear Jill is a pleasant contrasting blues, played on a seven-string slide guitar, and has a warm soprano solo from Jack. (Music for young lovers to argue by.)


Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]

That guitar lick has stayed with me my whole life...


Posted 13 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Album liner group pic

I always got a kick out of the photo of Jack Lancaster playing two saxes at once. Here's a picture book for ya with liner notes which I believe include both US and UK versions. It was a very poorly produced booklet that came with the CD that I bought as a replacement for my original worn-out LP. I did my best to enhance it to legibility—some of Mick Abrahams comments are pretty entertaining and worth the effort. I guess I need to check my rips and see if the quality is worthy of uploading—sure would like to see a few more of their songs here.

Posted 13 years ago by run4more    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Agrre with run4more. It was one of my first LP. Mick Abraham was a very creative bluesman.
Posted 13 years ago by RadoRamon    [ Reply ]
Excellent! {#Music}
Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Great then, great now
Posted 13 years ago by run4more    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Hearing a lil' John Mayall —— >>  ya'all
Posted 13 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
Blodwyn, uh... bloody good shift from S&G.
Posted 13 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Very nice song! I have to give a 8!!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Nice but not special, extra points for album cover art.
Posted 13 years ago by mapman    [ Reply ]
Yes!
Posted 13 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
That is one smokin' album cover!
Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
I am digging this tune..~..~~..~~..~..~.{#Cowboy}
Posted 14 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
 George_Tirebiter wrote:
After he left Jethro Tull, Mick Abrams formed Blodwyn Pig.  Somewhere, I have two albums that they produced in the late 60's. Great sax on this number.  I've often wondered what happened to Mick.  Bill?
 
He had a heart attack last November and is recuperating.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Yes the rest of the album incited no passion, but this song always gave me a frisson, and oh that jacket art!
Posted 14 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
You know how arty US college bands will sometimes affect a British accent in an attempt to sound, um... continental?

My South Louisiana ears are feeling the pain you Brits must feel when that occurs.

 

I hear ya, just like when they try to fake a Cajun or a Mississippi accent on TV, I'll change channels before the second syllable!
Posted 14 years ago by Bluesgrrl    [ Reply ]
After he left Jethro Tull, Mick Abrams formed Blodwyn Pig.  Somewhere, I have two albums that they produced in the late 60's. Great sax on this number.  I've often wondered what happened to Mick.  Bill?
Posted 14 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]


Just recently played the vinyl of this for the first time in years. Good stuff...
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
You know how arty US college bands will sometimes affect a British accent in an attempt to sound, um... continental?

My South Louisiana ears are feeling the pain you Brits must feel when that occurs.
Appreciate the wonderful work done by English bands in preserving and expanding Southern Blues, love the vast majority of the genre.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Great to hear this again, haven't heard it in years!
Posted 15 years ago by marco1207    [ Reply ]
 martinc wrote:
I'm a little red rooster ... too late to crow the day
 


Posted 15 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
I'm a little red rooster ... too late to crow the day
Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
My favorite cut from this album - had it for years!
Posted 15 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
hahaha, the cover reminds me of a certain "lipstick on a pig" comment made some time ago


Posted 15 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
Sometimes, there's a reason why you never heard a song before.

Not a note on this that hasn't been done a hundred million times.

Blech! 
Posted 15 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
no thanks
Posted 15 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
 V12Silly wrote:
This is great! Is the rest of the album this good?
 
Unfortunately, no. I gave it many tries, but in the end there were only two tracks to which I cared to listen. This is one of them; the second escapes me at the moment.



Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]