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Far Skies Deep Time

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Released
  
2010/2011

Artist
  
Big Big Train

Producer
  
Andy Poole

Length
  
40:47 / 43:44

Release date
  
25 October 2010

Genre
  
Progressive rock

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Studio
  
English Electric Studios

Far Skies Deep Time (2010)
  
English Electric Part One (2012)

Label
  
English Electric Recordings

Big big train master of time


Far Skies Deep Time is the first official studio EP by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train. It was released in 2010 by English Electric Recordings, and re-released in 2011 with "Kingmaker" replacing "Master of Time" as the first track. It contains five tracks, including a 17-minute epic about the last voyage of Belgian singer Jacques Brel.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Master of Time" (Anthony Phillips) - 7:44 / "Kingmaker" (Greg Spawton) - 10:31 *
  2. "Fat Billy Shouts Mine" (Spawton) - 6:34
  3. "British Racing Green" (David Longdon/Spawton) - 3:59
  4. "Brambling" (Longdon/Spawton) - 5:00
  5. "The Wide Open Sea" (Longdon/Spawton) - 17:44

* The original version of the EP features "Master of Time", a cover of an Anthony Phillips song demoed for the 1977 album The Geese and the Ghost. The import and download version features "Kingmaker" as an alternative track to "Master of Time".

Personnel

  • David Longdon – lead and backing vocals, flute, accordion, mandolin, banjo, vibraphone, keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion, theremin
  • Dave Gregory – 6- and 12-string electric guitars, e-bow
  • Gregory Spawton – 6- and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, bass
  • Andy Poole – bass, bass pedals, keyboards
  • Nick D'Virgilio – drums, backing vocals, percussion
    • Guest musicians
  • Jonathan Barry – guitar solo (2)
  • Danny Manners – double bass (3)
  • Tony Müller – piano (3)
  • Martin Orford – keyboard solos (2)
  • Jim Trainer – artwork, seagulls
  • Rob Aubrey – mixing and mastering at Aubitt Studios

    • Songs

    1Master of Time7:44
    2Fat Billy Shouts Mine6:34
    3British Racing Green3:59

    References

    Far Skies Deep Time Wikipedia
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