The Fat Angel Sings

Gutbucket (An Underworld Eruption) is a 1969 sampler album released to promote artists on the Liberty Records label. It was followed later in 1969 by Son of Gutbucket.

Back in 1969 Liberty Records released two compilation albums: ‘Gutbucket (An Underworld Eruption) and ‘Son of Gutbucket’, that featured artists on it’s roster. These included the likes of Captain Beefheart, Alexis Korner, Canned Heat, The Groundhogs, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Roy Harper and Aynsley Dunbar to name just a few of them. The albums were recognisable from the pigs on the cover and something of a DIY looking aesthetic (although Liberty was an imprint of a major label, Transamerica).

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Side 1

1. “Gimme Dat Harp Boy” – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – from the LP Strictly Personal
2. “The Wall” – Hapshash and the Coloured Coat – from the LP The Western Flier
3. “You’re Gonna Miss Me” – Lightnin’ Hopkins – from the LP Earth Blues
4. “I’m Tore Down” – Alexis Korner – from the LP A New Generation of Blues
5. “Still a Fool” – The Groundhogs – from the LP Scratching the Surface
6. “Dismal Swamp” – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – from the LP Pure Dirt
7. “Wine, Women & Whisky” – Papa Lightfoot – from the LP Rural Blues Vol 2

Side two

1. “Pony Blues” – Canned Heat – from the LP Living the Blues
2. “Down in Texas” – The Hour Glass – from the LP The Hour Glass
3. “No More Doggin’” – Tony McPhee – from the LP Me And The Devil
4. “Can Blue Men Sing the Whites” – The Bonzo Dog Band – from the LP The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse
5. “Mamma Don’t Like Me Runnin Around” – Big Joe Williams – from the LP Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick
6. “Rollin’ And Tumblin’” – Jo-Anne Kelly – from the LP Me And The Devil
7. “Call Me Woman” – Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – from the LP Dr. Dunbar’s Prescription