Leader of the Starry Skies - A Tribute to Tim Smith (Songbook 1)

Leader of the Starry Skies: A Tribute to Tim Smith, Songbook 1 is a compilation album featuring cover versions of songs by Tim Smith, the songwriter behind Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs and his solo project OceanLandWorld. It was released on CD on 13 December 2010 on the Believers Roast label. The release date for download, via iTunes, was 20 December 2010. All contributing artists and bands have either stated a strong Cardiacs influence in their music, profess sincere admiration for Smith's work, or feature at least one person who has at some time been involved with Cardiacs. Contributors to the project include The Magic Numbers, Robert White of The Milk and Honey Band with Andy Partridge, Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, Katharine Blake of Mediaeval Baebes, progressive rock band Oceansize, Julianne Regan of All About Eve, 1990s Britpop band Ultrasound, Jason Pegg of Clearlake and no less than five former Cardiacs members -keyboard player William D. Drake, drummer and keyboard player Mark Cawthra, guitarist Bic Hayes, guitarist Kavus Torabi and drummer Peter Tagg. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)