Greg Spawton: New Album | Pastoral Prog | Jethro Tull | Art Rock | BBT Re-issues & Box Set
Greg Spawton of Big Big Train discusses the new album ‘Ingenious Devices’ , pastoral prog and Englishness, and teases the Big Big Train re-issue program and possibly a box set.
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Time Stamps
00:00 – Intro
00:08 – New Album
15:45 – Mudlarks
17:22 – Early Genesis
21:48 – Solstice
23:39 – John Cobb & Marillion
25:43 – Perfect intro to BBT
26:39 – Folklore is too fantastical
27:54 – Jethro Tull
31:12 – Selling England by the Pound
32:41 – English-ness and The Kinks
38:14 – David Bowie
39:27 – 10cc or King Crimson
41:07 – Re-issues planned & Box set
@oliviertruchon5648
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Love his attitude about prog, he's unapolegitic about liking this and i love that, more bands should do the same about it.
@Driver2616
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Would love to see The Difference Machine reissued on vinyl, at a reasonable price of course….. the second track, Perfect Cosmic Storm, is probably one of the finest Prog compositions ever recorded…
@brentheathersimons7042
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Greg strikes me as a cross between Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. (Forgive the English Prog reference!) but if you have ever seen the Genesis documentary "When in Rome-Come Rain or Shine 2008" there are several scenes where Mike and Tony are choosing the images for the stage video screens and choosing the tour setlist.
@brentheathersimons7042
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Excellent interview Sir! Well done! I absolutely adore BBT! I actually had front row seats to see them in 2020 in Montreal in the…are you ready?…Corona Theatre 😐
@stuartwaby3081
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Great interview thanks 😊 Love Big Big Train. Personally have always loved Brooklands ,certainly not the runt of the litter IMO. Don't believe they'll ever top East Coast Racer, absolutely sublime ❤
@michaelfavreau7617
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Wow!! Big Big Train reissues that I will be able to afford. That is good news. Thank you Barry for the great info. BBT vinyl is hard to get here in Canada and more pricey then working class folk like myself can pay.
@ianwhite6812
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Not classified as either "new album" or "reissue"? Perhaps there should be a new page in the magazines for "recycled because we're pretty confident that our fans will still buy it".
@gabrielduncan6535
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Dopo i Genesis, solo loro…..
@billwilkie6211
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
I value any interview with Greg. No exception.
He's right about The Smile, but I have to chuckle when I remember Greenwood referring once years ago to "those awful old Genesis albums." Yeah, sure.
@solsticeuk
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Thanks for another excellent interview Barry! And so so thrilled to be name checked by Greg in such a positive light. What he's achieved with BBT is hugely inspiring for us too, so hearing those words means so much!
@unchattytwit
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Blimey, hard to believe that Greg hasn't listened very much to Tull. He should should immediately go and listen to Aqualung, TAAB and Songs From The Woods!
I absolutely loved BBT from their early albums to, and including, The Underfall Yard. Somehow, I feel they their magic prog touch declined from there on. I guess it has to be 'commercial' awakening and subsequent push off the 'Prog ledge' that did it – just like Genesis. I do, however, really enjoy the solo David Longdon Albums and the one with Judy Dyble (strange that, I also prefer the Geoff Mann albums to Twelfth Night post 'Fact and Fiction'. 'Live At The Target ' being the killer best of course). Great to hear BBT reissuing past LP's. I've just looked at the price of 'Folklore' vinyl £115 plus – ridiculous for an album that was issued in 2016!
I can't say I'm interested in any strings being added to prog – ever – even though there is a history connected with Prog! Unless it's through the Mellotron of course which give more of an ethereal atmosphere rather than anything resembling classical strings. What about more mellotron not less or no strings!? Regardless, I will checkout the new album.
Don't forget 'Le Orme' , 'Area' and the more modern Deus ex Machina – all absolutely fantastic Italian Prog bands. My King Crimson collection will probably kill me.
@augustblue5972
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Greg is one smart dude and one hell of a bass player. I can't wait for the new stuff to come out.
@stevesmith3990
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Great interview, thanks. Looking forward to the new album. I was there at the Marquee in the early 80's too, love Solstice – one of my fave bands ever.
@littlestevey4172
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Wonderful Interview. I see Greg is another fellow railroad enthusiast or train spotter! East Coast Racer is my favorite modern prog song! Looking forward to this new version.
@danaaronmusic
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
I may actually live to acquire a copy of Bard!
@ODMUSICMAN64
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
I am pleased to see Greg is indeed a sober rational guy and a talent beyond measure.
@dougreed2257
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Great interview, very genuine & enjoyable, many thanks😊👍
@kimbruns2084
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
BBT, one of my favorite modern prog bands.
@TheFierceAndTheDead
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Great interview, lovely to see Andy and Solstice get a mention 🙂
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