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The First Exile

by Emil Sparkes

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1.
The Bitterest Taste 03:35
2.
Coming Up For Air 03:56
3.
Amelie 03:26
4.
Letters to a Viscount 03:20
5.
Ballad of the Dead Parrot 03:52
6.
Elba 01:26
7.
Open Heart Burglary 03:01
8.
Goodbye to the City 02:37
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9.
Let's Play Prolier Than Thou 03:01
10.
Lovell Park Grange 02:33

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Ballads and Bollards.

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released July 11, 2012

All songs written and arranged by Harry Smallwood.

Emil Sparkes is:

Harry Smallwood - voice, guitars, bass, piano, banjo.
George Gisborne - voice, bass.
Jamie Deakin - drums, bass, piano, glockenspeil.
Lucy Deakin - voice, cello, squeezebox, baritone ukulele.

The following folks were gratefully accommodated:

Oli Deakin plays lap steel on tracks 2, 6 & 7, and guitar on track 1.
Lee Schofield plays ukulele and sings backing vocals on track 1.
Adam Mart plays violin on tracks 3, 2 & 5.
Owen Bethell plays trumpet on tracks 4 & 7.
Charlie Russell sings on tracks 2, 4, 5 & 6.
Scott Fitzgerald plays accordion on tracks 3 & 5.
Neil Duckworth plays lead guitar on track 2.

Drums recorded by Ian Hamilton; everything else recorded by Oli Deakin.

Produced by Oli Deakin.

Mastered by Oli Deakin.

Cover artwork by Bill Wilkinson.

Photo by Amy Walker.

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