''Make Some Noise'' is the second official studio EP by the English
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...
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, guitars and keyboards) and Rikard Sj ...
. It was released on 23 September 2013 by English Electric Recordings and Burning Shed.
It contains four new tracks from the compilation album ''
English Electric: Full Power'', plus a selection of tracks from ''
English Electric Part One'' and ''
English Electric Part Two'', two of which (“Keeper of Abbeys” and “Curator of Butterflies”) are edited versions.
Track listing
Personnel
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Nick D'Virgilio
Nicholas D'Virgilio (born November 12, 1968), often referred to as NDV, is an American drummer, singer and guitarist, best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Col ...
– drums, cajon, backing vocals
*
Dave Gregory – 6 and 12 string electric guitars, electric sitar
*
David Longdon
David Longdon (17 June 1965 – 20 November 2021) was a British multi-instrumentalist and singer, who was best known as the lead vocalist and co-songwriter of the progressive rock band Big Big Train. Besides singing, Longdon played flute, keyb ...
– lead vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, banjo, accordion, melodica, keyboards, vibraphone, tambourine, dumbek, the birds and the bees
*Danny Manners – keyboards, double bass, baritone bee
*Andy Poole – electric piano, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
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Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
;Guest musicians
* Lily Adams – backing vocals, soprano bee
* Violet Adams – backing vocals, soprano bee
* Robin Armstrong – backing vocals
* Geraldine Berreen – violin
* Sue Bowran – violin
* Dave Desmond – trombone
* Ben Godfrey – cornet
* Rachel Hall – violin
* Lord Cornelius Plum – backwards guitar
* John Storey – euphonium
* Abigail Trundle – cello
* Jon Truscott – tuba
* Teresa Whipple – viola
* String arrangement on Leopards by Louis Phillipe
* Brass arrangement on Curator of Butterflies by Dave Desmond
* String arrangement on Curator of Butterflies by Dave Gregory
* Mixing and mastering by Rob Aubrey at Aubitt Studios
External links
*Progarchive
*Liner note
References
Big Big Train albums
2013 EPs
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