The Second Brightest Star

Tracklisting:

The Second Brightest Star (Longdon)
Haymaking (Hall)
Skylon (Longdon / Spawton / Sjoblom)
London Stone (Sjobolm / Manners)
The Passing Widow (Hall)
The Leaden Stour (Spawton)
Terra Australis Incognita (Spawton / Manners)
Brooklands Sequence (Spawton / Manners)
(i) On the Racing Line
(ii) Brooklands
London Plane sequence (Spawton)
(i) Turner on the Thames
(ii) London PlaneThe
Gentlemen’s Reprise (Spawton)

Nick D’Virgilio: Drums and vocals
Dave Gregory: Electric 6 and 12-string guitars
Rikard Sjöblom: Guitars, keyboards on The Second Brightest Star and vocals
Danny Manners: Keyboards and double bass
Rachel Hall: Violin, viola, cello and vocals
Andy Poole: Additional guitars, keyboards and vocals
David Longdon: Vocals, flute, keyboards, guitar
Greg Spawton: Bass and bass pedals and vocals

With:
Dave Desmond: Trombone
Ben Godfrey: Trumpet & Cornet
Nick Stones: French Horn
John Storey: Euphonium
Jon Truscott: Tuba
Lucy Curnow: Violin
Keith Hobday: Viola
Evie Anderson: Cellov Phillip Treebiatowski: Cello

String arrangements by Rachel Hall
Brass arrangements by Dave Desmond with Greg Spawton and David Longdon
Recorded at English Electric Studios
Vocals and double bass recorded at Aubitt studios by Rob Aubrey
Drums recorded at Sweetwater studios by Mark Horbsby and at Real World studios by Rob Aubrey
Strings recorded at Aubitt Studios by Rob Aubrey and at Ashwood studios by Soto Yiasmi
Brass recorded at Southampton Solent University by Rob Aubrey
Mixed and mastered at Aubitt Studios by Rob Aubrey
Cover painting by Sarah Louise Ewing

Release notes:

The Second Brightest Star was released on 23rd June 2017 as a companion album to the Wassail, Folklore and Grimspound set of releases. Alongside six new songs, some of the material from Folklore and Grimspound was brought together and presented as extended pieces of music.

Detailed liner notes concerning each song are available in the CD, vinyl and Bandcamp download versions of the release.