Recorded at London's Hackney Empire on November 2019, this set features 12 tracks. Blu-ray is 5.1DTS HD Master Audio and stereo. This live release includes recordings of material from the English Electric, Folklore, Grimspound and Grand Tour studio albums. Empire was filmed by Tim Sidwell and audio mixed by BBT's sound engineer Rob Aubrey.
Gathering Speed is the fourth studio album of the English progressive rock band, Big Big Train. It was released in 2004 by Treefrog Records. It is dedicated to the airmen and women who lost their lives in the Battle of Britain. The song The Road Much Further On was originally titled You Can't Draw Love. It was inspired by Spawton's then seven-year-old daughter. The album as a whole was a return to progressive rock for the band. It is the first album in which Sean Filkins recorded vocals, replacing Martin Read. It is also the only album in which Laura Murch recorded vocals, and the only Big Big Train album not to feature any songs solely written by Greg Spawton.
Five-time PROG magazine award winning BIG BIG TRAIN are proud to announce the release of EMPIRE! Empire is a Blu-ray/2CD digipack release with a 16-page booklet, which captures the final show of Big Big Train's autumn 2019 UK tour. Recorded at the Hackney Empire in London, the twelve song set runs to almost 115 minutes and features the full Big Big Train live band plus the five-piece brass section. The show includes material from The Underfall Yard, English Electric, Folklore, Grimspound and Grand Tour studio albums.