The Big Wheel, by Robb Johnson.

The Big Wheel

by Robb Johnson.

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1.	Au Depart 05:49	info	buy track
2.	Changing the Guard 02:59	info	buy track
3.	Oliver Twist 03:38	info	buy track
4.	When Saturday Came 04:03	info	buy track
5.	The Windmill Blues 04:42	info	buy track
6.	When You're Seven Years Old 03:30	info	buy track
7.	Icebergs 04:58	info	buy track
8.	Barricades 04:10	info	buy track
9.	Firebird 04:01	info	buy track
10.	Jubilee Gardens 05:13	info	buy track
11.	A Break in the Clouds 03:02	info	buy track
12.	Be Reasonable 04:23	info	buy track
13.	The Big Wheel 05:04	info	buy track
14.	Sunflower 02:34	info	buy track
15.	Everybody's Happy 04:03	info	buy track
16.	Greenfields 03:57	info	buy track
17.	Hartlepool Rain 03:39	info	buy track
18.	Summerhouse Hill 03:05	info	buy track
19.	I Am Your Spy 04:28	info	buy track
20.	The Bombing Never Stopped 02:37	info	buy track
21.	Promise & Thought 05:59	info	buy track
22.	The Best Smile of the Day 02:40	info	buy track
23.	Let's Go 03:16	info	buy track
24.	Red & Green 03:08	info	buy track
25.	From Conwy Castle to the Sea 04:39	info	buy track
26.	Untitled 02:35	info	buy track

about

The Big Wheel - CD, released 1999 IRR036
The Second XI - cassette, released 1999 IRR037 (?)

"The Big Wheel" was the first time I recorded with the sublime magnificent Miranda Sykes & the sublime Saskia Tomkins, otherwise known as the St Trinian's String Quartet. We went on to make another couple of albums, & gig as the RJ3, before they both wisely went on to better things (Show of Hands & Canada, respectively). I really enjoyed our time together, & this album is a great beginning.

As well as Miranda & Saskia, there is accordeon from the superb Philip Hoessen. I met Philip through the "Gentle Men" song suite I wrote for the 1997 Passendale Peace Concert. He played accordeon for Vera Coomans, one of the finest singers on the planet. And there is the great Leon Rosselson gracing the album with some of his modestly excellent guitar playing too.

"The Second XI" - it's actually 12 songs - was a cassette only release anthology of songs that didn't quite fit for one reason or another with the songs on the CD. Some of them turned up on the "Tony Blair: My Part In His Downfall" double CD a few years later. Some of them stayed as they were, diary entries recording random passing thoughts & moments.

credits

released May 5, 2023

Robb Johnson- songwriting, vocals & guitars
Philip Hoessen - accordeon
Leon Rosselson - guitar
Miranda Sykes - double bass
Saskia Tomkins - violin & cello

Recorded by Neil Thom, Running Frog Studios, Windsor
Winter 1998/99

Cover photo & chairs photo - RJ
Big Wheel photo - Alex Carre

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