(2023) David Longdon - Wild River (2004, Remastered) [FLAC]

      David Longdon – Wild River (2004, Remastered 2023)  





Review:

Remixed and remastered 2023 edition of David Longdon’s first solo album (originally released in 2004). The album features a number of previously unreleased tracks.

…Originally released in 2004, Wild River, the debut solo album from the late Big Big Train singer David Longdon, has been out of print for some time, although Longdon always had plans to remix and re-package the album. Longdon’s tragic death in November 2021 meant this never happened. However, in a final act of remembrance by his long-time colleague and Big Big Train’s noted engineer Rob Aubrey, Longdon’s wishes have now been fulfilled. The album packaging has also been re-designed by Longdon’s friend and collaborator Steve Vantsis. “It still fills me with sadness that he’s gone, but Wild River needed to be made available again as it is such a strong album,” says Aubrey. “David was really proud of those songs,” adds Longdon’s partner Sarah Ewing. “He produced and engineered the album himself, but always felt that the recording, the production and the mix never quite met his expectations. Over the years he became much more skilled at his craft, and had he been alive now, he would have been able to deliver the album the way he always wanted it to be. He’d also always wanted to improve the cover art, but at the time he’d spent all his money on the recording and mixing. “I don’t think it sounds like an album that’s 20 years old; it sounds very immediate and contemporary and that speaks of David’s talent. It’s hard for me to be objective, but I hear the younger David and in that regard it’s a beautiful time capsule.” — by Jerry Ewing at loudersound.com





   





Track List:

Disc 1:

01 - Always

02 - Honey Trap

03 - Mandy

04 - About Time

05 - Vertigo

06 - Wild River

07 - Loving & Giving

08 - In Essence

09 - This House

10 - Joely

11 - Falling Down to Earth

12 - On to the Headland



Disc 2:

01 - Always (Live)

02 - Every Silver Lining (Live)

03 - Loving & Giving (Live)

04 - April Fool (Live)

05 - Falling Down To Earth (Live)

06 - Can I Come With You_ (Live)

07 - Pipe Dream (Live)

08 - Mandy (Live)

09 - Wild River (Live)

10 - On To The Headland (Live)

11 - Beyond Belief (Live)





Media Report:

Genre: prog-rock

Country: Nottingham, England

Format: FLAC

Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec

Bit rate mode: Variable

Channel(s): 2 channels

Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz

Bit depth: 16 bits

Compression mode: Lossless

Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)





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