Name: Piggy Go Getter
Brand: Tear Gas

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ECLEC2683

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-07-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5013929478343

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Artist

Tear Gas

Genre GB

Prog Rock

Label GB

Esoteric Recordings

Esoteric Recordings release the first ever official CD release of the 1970 debut album by Tear Gas, <i>Piggy Go Getter.</i> Formed in Glasgow at the close of the 1960s, the band featured Eddie Campbell (keyboards), Zal Cleminson (guitar), Chris Glen (bass, vocals), Gilson Lavis (drums) and Andi Mulvey (vocals). 

Mulvey and Lavis were soon replaced respectively by keyboard player and vocalist David Batchelor, and Richard “Wullie” Monro. This line-up recorded <i>Piggy Go Getter</i> at Regent Sound studios in London in 1970. The album was a fine progressive rock record which gained a release both in the UK and the USA (adorned in an elaborate gatefold sleeve). 

Tear Gas enjoyed a fine reputation on the European live circuit and would undergo further line-up changes when some months later Hugh McKenna replaced Batchelor and his cousin Ted McKenna (ex- Dream Police) took over from Monro on drums. In August 1972 Zal Cleminson, Ted McKenna, Hugh McKenna and Chris Glen joined forces with vocalist Alex Harvey to form The Sensational Alex Harvey Band who would meet with success and record a series of inventive albums throughout the 1970s. 

Thanks to the musician’s later work with SAHB, the Tear Gas recordings are now highly sought after by collectors. This Esoteric Recordings edition has been re-mastered from the surviving master tapes and the booklet features a new essay with exclusive interviews with Zal Cleminson and Chris Glen and restores the original album artwork. 

Piggy Go Getter

Music GB