''The Infant Hercules'' is the second demo album by the

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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 in

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. The name is likely a reference to the quote by William Gladstone, “This remarkable place, the youngest child of England’s enterprise, is an infant, but if an infant, an infant Hercules,” used to describe the English town of

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Track listing

CD

# "Far Distant Thing" - 4.34 # "Dismounting Tigers" - 4.36 # "Lincoln Green" - 3.50 # "Show of Strength" - 4.54 # "Red Five" - 5.12 # "Sky End Fall" - 5.23 # "Kingmaker" - 9.25

Tape

# "Dismounting Tigers" # "Show of Strength" # "Lincoln Green" # "Red Five" # "Far Distant Thing" # "Sky End Fall" # "Kingmaker"

Personnel

*Ian Cooper - keyboards *Steve Hughes - drums *Andy Poole - bass *Martin Read -

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*Greg Spawton -

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References

Big Big Train albums 1993 albums Demo albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub