''Waters of Change'' is the second album by the Scottish

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band Beggars Opera, published in 1971.

Overview

With respect to its predecessor '' Act One'', ''Waters of Change'' features a rather different sound, which is less derivative of

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Track listing

Personnel

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Ricky Gardiner Ricky Gardiner (31 August 1948 – 13 May 2022) was a Scottish guitarist and composer. Biography Gardiner joined his first band, the Vostoks, at school in 1962. Next there were the Kingbees and the System, with whom he formed Beggars Oper ...

- lead guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar * Martin Griffiths - lead vocal, cow bell * Alan Park - organ, piano * Gordon Sellar - bass and acoustic guitar, vocals * Virginia Scott - Mellotron, vocals * Raymond Wilson - percussion with: *Marshall Erskine - bass, flute on "Festival" *Barry Ainsworth,

Martin Birch Martin Birch (27 December 19489 August 2020) was a British music producer and sound engineer. He became renowned for engineering and producing albums recorded predominantly by British rock bands, including Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, W ...

- engineers

References

{{Authority control Beggars Opera albums 1971 albums Albums produced by Phil Coulter Albums produced by Bill Martin (musician) Vertigo Records albums