Hard Grind Explained

Hard Grind
Type:	album
Artist:	Little Axe
Cover:	Little Axe - Hard Grind.jpg
Recorded:	On-U Sound Studios and Konk Studios, London, England
Length:	48:35
Label:	On-U Sound
Producer:	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood
Prev Title:	Slow Fuse
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Champagne & Grits
Next Year:	2004

Hard Grind is the third album by Little Axe, released on June 11, 2002 by On-U Sound Records.^{[1] [2]}

Personnel

Musicians

• Tony Duffy – guitar (1)
• Alan Glen – harmonica (2, 3, 5, 6, 10)
• Kieran Kiely – pipes (3)
• Keith LeBlanc – drums (2, 6–11)
• Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie – keyboards, melodica, backing vocals (4, 10)
• Jayme McDonald – vocals (6)
• Skip McDonald – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, producer
• Nick Plytas – keyboards (2)
• Ghetto Priest – backing vocals (7, 9–11)
• Bim Sherman – vocals (11), backing vocals (9)
• Doug Wimbish – bass guitar (3, 5–9, 11)

Technical personnel

• Alan Branch – engineering
• Nick Coplowe – engineering
• Darren Grant – engineering
• Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
• Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2002	On-U Sound	CD	ON-U CD 1001
United States	2002	Fat Possum	CD	80357-2

In pop culture

The song "Down to the Valley" was featured in the 2003 Disney film Holes.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Skip Mcdonald: Discography . tackhead.com . 2004 . September 30, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082113/http://www.tackhead.com/soloheads/skipmcdonald/disco/ . October 6, 2014 .
2. Web site: David . Parker . Album: Little Axe – 'Hard Grind' . skysaw.org . 2001 . September 30, 2014.