''The War Room'', is a five-track EP from

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. The EP is dedicated to J. Willgoose, Esq's great-uncle George Willgoose who died at Dunkirk.

Track listing

Personnel

* J. Willgoose, Esq. - Banjo, Electronics, Guitar, Sampling * Stephen Hackshaw - Strings * Wrigglesworth - Drums, Electronics, Piano * Barry Gardner - Mastering * Charlie Thomas - Drum Engineering

Samples

The first four tracks on the EP featured each use samples from a different British

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

propaganda film these were ''If War Should Come'' (1939), '' London Can Take It!'' (1940), ''

The First of the Few ''The First of the Few'' (US title ''Spitfire'') is a 1942 British black-and-white biographical film produced and directed by Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. David Niven co ...

'' (1942) and ''Dig for Victory'' (1941).

Cover artwork

The front cover of the EP used a photograph of the bomb-damaged library in

Holland House Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, was an early Jacobean country house in Kensington, London, situated in a country estate that is now Holland Park. It was built in 1605 by the diplomat Sir Walter Cope. The building later passed ...

in Kensington, London. A copy is held by the

Historic England Archive The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway. It is a public archive of architectural and arch ...

who record that it was taken on 23 October 1940 and attribute it to Mr. Harrison of Fox Photos.

References

External links

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