''English Electric Part Two'' is the eighth studio album by the English
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...
band
Big Big Train
Big Big Train are an English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990. The current line-up includes band founder Gregory Spawton (bass, guitars and keyboards), along with Nick D'Virgilio (drums, vocals, guitars and keyboards), Rikar ...
. It was released on 4 March 2013, by English Electric Recordings and GEP.
Track listing
Personnel
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Nick D'Virgilio
Nicholas D'Virgilio (born November 12, 1968), often abbreviated and referred to as NDV, is an American musician, singer, best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil C ...
– drums (all tracks), cajon (track 5, 7), backing vocals (track 6)
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Dave Gregory – electric guitar (all tracks), E-bow guitar (track 1), marimba (track 3), 12 string electric guitar (track 5)
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David Longdon
David Longdon (17 June 1965 – 20 November 2021) was a British singer and multi-instrumentalist, who was best known as the lead vocalist and co-songwriter of the progressive rock band Big Big Train. Besides singing, Longdon played flute, keyboa ...
– lead and backing vocals (all tracks), flute (track 3, 5, 7), vibes, shaker (track 2), banjo (track 2, 4), percussion (track 3), acoustic guitar, piano, organ synthesizer (track 4), tambourine, accordion, Dumbek (track 5)
*Danny Manners - keyboards (track 1), piano (track 1, 2, 3, 6, 7), organ, synthesizer (track 3), double bass (track 4, 5)
*Andy Poole – keyboards (track 1), backing vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (track 3, 5), mandolin and electric piano (track 5), 12 string acoustic guitar, bass pedals (track 7)
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Gregory Spawton
Gregory Spawton (born 17 May 1965) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and founder of English progressive rock band Big Big Train.
Early life
Spawton was brought up in Sutton Co ...
– bass guitar (all track 4), electric guitar (track 1, 3), mellotron (track 1), backing vocals (all tracks), mandolin (track 1, 5), 12-string guitar (track 1, 3, 7), acoustic guitar (track 3, 5), organ (track 5)
;Guest musicians
* Abigail Trundle - cello (track 1, 4, 5, 6, 7)
* Megan Fisher – harp (track 1)
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Andy Tillison - organ (track 1, 6), synthesizer (track 1), Tillisification (track 6)
* Rob Aubrey – bass pedals (track 1)
* Eleanor Gilchrist - violin (track 1, 7)
* Geraldine Berreen - violin (track 1, 4, 7)
* Teresa Whipple - viola (track 1, 4, 7)
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* Ben Godfrey - cornet (track 1, 2, 6, 7), trumpet, piccolo trumpet
* Dave Desmond - trombone (track 1, 2, 6, 7)
* Jon Truscott - tuba (track 1, 2, 6, 7)
* John Storey - euphonium (track 1, 2), trombone (track 1, 2, 6, 7)
* Rachel Hall - acoustic and electric violin (track 3, 5, 6)
* Simon Godfrey - backing vocals (track 3)
* Sue Bowran - violin (track 4)
* Lily Adams - backing vocals (track 6)
* Violet Adams - backing vocals (track 6)
* Jan Jaap Langereis - recorders (track 6)
External links
RadioShow: The European Perspective #161
References
Big Big Train albums
2013 albums
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