''Wassail'' is the third 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 1 June 2015 by English Electric Recordings and Burning Shed.
It contains three new songs and a live bonus track that originally appeared on ''
The Underfall Yard
''The Underfall Yard'' is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train, and their first to feature vocalist and multi-instrumentalist David Longdon. It was released on 15 December 2009, by English Electric Recordings ...
''. The title track also appears on the band's next full-length studio album, ''
Folklore
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'', released the following year, while the other two new songs are included only on the double-LP vinyl release of that album.
Track listing
#"Wassail"
(Longdon) - 6:48
#"Lost Rivers of London"
(Spawton) - 6:02
#"Mudlarks"
(Spawton) - 6:13
#"Master James of St George (Live at Real World)"
(Spawton) - 6:14
Personnel
*
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, backing vocals
*
Dave Gregory – 6 and 12 string electric guitars
*Rachel Hall – violin, viola, cello, backing vocals
*
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, mandolin, percussion
*Danny Manners - keyboards, backing vocals
*Andy Poole – keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals
*
Rikard Sjöblom – 6 and 12 string electric guitars, backing vocals
*
Gregory Spawton – bass, bass pedals
*String arrangements – Rachel Hall on Wassail; Rachel Hall and Danny Manners on Lost Rivers of London
*Mixed and mastered by Rob Aubrey at Aubitt Studios
References
External links
Progarchives
Big Big Train albums
2015 EPs
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