Loose Tubes is the debut album by English jazz orchestra Loose Tubes. It was released in 1985 as an LP on Loose Tubes Limited. The recording has never been reissued on CD.
Track listing "Eden Express" (Django Bates) – 8:15 "Rowing Boat Delineation Egg" (Bates) – 3:55 "Descarga" (Dave Pattman, John Parricelli, Steve Berry) – 8:00 "Descarga Ocurriencia" (Berry) – 2:43 "Yellow Hill" (Bates) – 6:01 "Mister Zee" (Berry) – 7:08 "Arriving" (Chris Batchelor) – 4:22
Notes Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7 recorded at Portland Studios, London 29/12/84 Tracks 3 & 4 recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London 15/9/85
Personnel
Iain Ballamy – alto & soprano saxophones (soloist: track 5) Steve Buckley – alto & soprano saxophones Mark Lockheart – tenor saxophone (soloist: track 1) Tim Whitehead – tenor saxophone (soloist: track 6) Dave Bitelli – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7) Howard Turner – baritone saxophone (tracks 3 & 4) Dai Pritchard – clarinet & bass clarinet Eddie Parker – flute David DeFries – trumpet (soloist: track 3) John Eacott – trumpet Chris Batchelor – trumpet Lance Kelly – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7) Steve Waterman – trumpet (tracks 3 & 4) John Harborne – trombone (soloist: track 3) Steve Day – trombone Richard Pywell – trombone Ashley Slater – bass trombone Dave Powell – tuba Django Bates – keyboards, melodica (soloist: tracks 1, 6 and 7) John Parricelli – electric guitar (soloist: track 4) Steve Berry – double bass Nic France – drums, electric drums Steve Argüelles – percussion Colin Lazzerini – bass telephone, typewriter & rabbit
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