''Southern Reunion'' (
Angel Air
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Destinations
Over the years, Angel Airlines flew to the following destinations:
Thailand
* Bangkok — Don Mueang In ...
SJPCD163) is Mo Foster's second solo album.
All tracks were produced by
Mo,
engineered
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and
mixed by
Simon Smart, with the exception of "The Man From The Everglades" which was
engineered
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and
mixed by
Mo.
''Southern Reunion'' was originally released on the MMC
label in 1991 and was subsequently
remastered
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Mastering
A ...
and re-released in 2004 on the
Angel Air
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Destinations
Over the years, Angel Airlines flew to the following destinations:
Thailand
* Bangkok — Don Mueang In ...
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Track listing
# "Gil" – 5:22
# "Blue" – 5:25
# "Achill Island" – 6:48
# "Waves" – 5:17
# "Tricotism" – 4:06
# "A Notional Anthem" – 5:28
# "Southern Reunion" – 4:29
# "Grand Unified Boogie" – 3:57
# "Fractal Landscape" – 4:24
# "Shin-Kan-Sen" – 6:09
# "The Man From The Everglades" – 4:05 (bonus track only on 2004 reissue)
All tracks were written by Mo Foster with the exception of "Tricotism" which was written by
Oscar Pettiford.
Personnel
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Mo Foster
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Gary Husband
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drums
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Gary Moore
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Ray Warleigh
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Iain Ballamy
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Ray Russell -
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Frank Ricotti
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Stuart Brookes -
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Greg Knowles -
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Geoff Castle -
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Julian Littman
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Slide Guitar
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Karen Bates
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Technical details
It was recorded between June and July 1988 and September 1990 at Last Chance Recordings,
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with additional recordings being made at Woodcray Manor Studios,
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and Northpond Studio,
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The 2004 re-release was digitally remastered from the original analogue masters by Simon Smart at Blue Base Studio,
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1991 albums
Mo Foster albums
Angel Air albums