Jack Lancaster is a British composer, record producer and musician. In the late 1960s, Lancaster co-founded the British rock group

Blodwyn Pig Blodwyn Pig was a British blues rock musical ensemble, band, founded in 1968 by guitarist–vocalist–songwriter Mick Abrahams. Career Abrahams left Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull after their debut album, ''This Was'', was released, due to a ...

with Jethro Tull guitarist

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and in the late 1970s he was a member of the British

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group

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with former Jethro Tull drummer

Clive Bunker Clive William Bunker (born 30 December 1946) is a British drummer. Bunker is best known as the original drummer of the rock band Jethro Tull, playing in the band from 1967 until 1971. Never a self-professed technical drummer, Bunker engaged ...

, former

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guitarist Mick Rogers, and former

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and Quantum Jump bassist

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that released two albums on the

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label (Lancaster appeared only on the band's debut). In between these high-profile projects, Lancaster collaborated with keyboardist

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in the studio band The Soul Searchers with a line-up that included guitarists

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and

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, bassist Percy Jones, and drummer

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. This group released one 7" single Scaramouche b/w Head Stand in 1975 for

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. Lancaster performed on two

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records with Lumley that were released by

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in the mid-1970s. The first was ''

The Rock Peter and the Wolf ''Peter and the Wolf'' is an album adapting Sergei Prokofiev's ''Peter and the Wolf'' by Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley released in 1975. It features a rock arrangement of Prokofiev's music. Performers on the album include Jack Lancaster, Robin ...

'' (1975), a rock version of Russian composer

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's ''

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'', and the second was '' Marscape'' (1976); both albums featured the contributions of members of what would become Lumley's future band

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(John Goodsall, Percy Jones, and

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on drums). In 1979, Lancaster and Dutch keyboardist

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released the electronic album '' Wild Connections'' on the Acrobat Records label that featured former

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drummer Barry Morgan and The English Chorale. 1980, Lancaster released a solo album on the Kamera Records label titled '' Skinningrove Bay'' that included

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, Clive Bunker, Phil Collins, Robin Lumley, Gary Moore,

, Mick Rogers,

and Bernie Frost. Since then he has performed live on tour, composed for television and film, performed as a

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and has produced, written and arranged recording sessions with artists including

, Phil Collins,

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, The View,

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and

. Lancaster lives in Hollywood.

Discography

With Blodwyn Pig

* 1969: ''

Ahead Rings Out ''Ahead Rings Out'' is the debut album by British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, released in 1969. The band had been formed in 1969 by Mick Abrahams, the former guitarist of Jethro Tull, and sales of ''Ahead Rings Out'' rivalled those of Jethro Tu ...

'' * 1970: ''

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'' * 1997: ''Live at The Lafayette'' * 1997: ''The Modern Alchemist'' * 1999: ''On Air'' * 1999: ''Live at the Fillmore West'' * 2000: ''The Basement tapes'' * 2002: ''Live At The Marquee Club London 1974 (The Official Bootleg)'' * 2004: ''Pigthology''

Soul Searchers

* 1975: "Scaramouche" / "Head Stand" – Single

Aviator

* 1979 : ''Aviator''

Solo recordings

* 1975: ''Peter & The Wolf'' – with Robin Lumley, Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Stéphane Grappelli, Alvin Lee, Gary Moore, etc. * 1976: ''Marscape'' – with the musicians of Brand X – Robin Lumley, John Goodsall, Percy Jones & Phil Collins. * 1979: ''Wild Connections'' – with Rick van der Linden, with The English Chorale. * 1980: ''Skinningrove Bay'' – with Gary Moore, Phil Collins, Bernie Frost, John G. Perry, Clive Bunker, Mick Rogers, Rod Argent, Rick van der Linden, Robin Lumley, etc. (Re-released under the title ''Deep Green'' in 1991.) * 1995: ''The Deathray Tapes'' – with Mick Farren, Brad Dourif. * 2016: ''Carnival of the Animals'' – with Phil Collins, Rod Argent, Gary Brooker, John Kramer, Mick Abrahams, etc.

External links

* Blodwyn Pig Discography: https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/458854-Blodwyn-Pig * Blodwyn Pig ''On air'': http://www.progboard.com/Blodwyn-Pig/On-air-19691989-/8368 * Blodwyn Pig ''Live at The Filmore West'': http://www.progboard.com/Blodwyn-Pig/Live-at-the-Fillmore-West-1970-/8367 * Blodwyn Pig ''Pigthology'': https://www.discogs.com/fr/Blodwyn-Pig-Pigthology/release/6320574 * The Soul Searchers: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the_soul_searchers/scaramouche___head_stand/
Interview
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Jack Lancaster's discography with album releases & credits
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A brief history about Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley and albums ''The Rock Peter and the Wolf'' (1975) & ''Marscape'' (1976)
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