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1.1 The Last English King1.2 Broken English1.3 This Is Where We Came in1.4 Harold Rex Interfectus Est1.5 Blacksmithing1.6 Malfosse1.7 Love Is Her Thing1.8 How the Earth from This Place Has Power Over Fire1.9 A Short Visit to Earth1.10 For Winter1.11 A Long Finish1.12 Headlands1.13 The Last English King (Live 2024 Version) |
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| Description: | Big Big Train re-issue their third studio album Bard. Originally released in 2002 and after many years of being unavailable as a physical CD, the album has been completely re-mixed by their longstanding engineer Rob Aubrey.
Additionally, the re-issue features a live version of the albumâ??s opening track, The Last English King, recorded during the bandâ??s tour in autumn 2024, as well Headlands, a song recorded during the original sessions but unavailable until now.
Bard will be released via the bandâ??s own label English Electric Recordings on CD and 2LP.
The CD and vinyl versions will be strictly limited editions and Bard will not be made available on streaming or other download platforms.
The CD/2LP versions of the album will include extensive 4,000 word liner notes by Andy Stuart (author of the book A View From The Embankment, A View From The Line, which documented the band's 2023 tour) using material from a new interview with Gregory Spawton.
- LINER NOTESDouble vinyl LP pressing. Big Big Train re-issue their third studio album. Originally released in 2002 and after many years of being unavailable as a physical CD, the album has been completely re-mixed by their longstanding engineer Rob Aubrey. Additionally, the re-issue features a live version of the album's opening track, The Last English King, recorded during the band's tour in autumn 2024, as well Headlands, a song recorded during the original sessions but unavailable until now.Black vinyl version.
Recorded at Muscliff, Bournemouth and Nomansland, New Forest between September 2000 and December 2001.
For this 2025 re-issue:
Remixed and remastered by Rob Aubrey at Aubitt Studios, Southampton, UK in 2023 and 2024
The Last English King (2024 Live Version) was recorded by Rob Aubrey at The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK.
The Bard 2025 Re-issue (notes by Greg Spawton)
Bard was originally recorded on a Pro Tools multitrack system. This enabled the files to be directly recovered and imported into sessions on today's version of Pro Tools.
On transfer, a handful of backing vocal files were found to be missing and could not be recovered. Also missing were some percussion parts. To remedy these issues, drummer Phil Hogg recreated the missing percussion parts from scratch and vocalist Jo Michaels travelled to Aubitt Studios in 2024 to re-record the lost vocals. At the same session, Jo also recorded vocals for Headlands. This song was originally conceived as a male/female duet but was not fully completed in 2002.
The only other tweaks to the Bard original recordings are the replacement of Mellotron and organ sounds with vastly improved modern samples and the addition of some Moog Taurus pedals (just because...). Otherwise, everything you hear is a new mix of those original recordings.
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| No. of tracks: |
13 |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
27192 |
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