Thousands on a Raft

Thousands on a Raft is the second album by Pete Brown and Piblokto!, released in 1970 on Harvest Records.

Background

The album was the second one on which Brown and guitarist Jim Mullen collaborated. The album was the first to be released in the US in January 1972 on Blue Horizon.

Cover

The album cover shows a model of the Mauretania and Concorde sinking into water alongside beans on toast.

Track listing

Personnel

• Pete Brown – vocals, talking drum, conga
• Jim Mullen – guitar, bass guitar on "Station Song Platform Two", percussion
• Dave Thompson – keyboards, soprano saxophone, Mellotron on "Station Song Platform Two", percussion
• Steve Glover – bass guitar, percussion
• Rob Tait – drums, percussion

References

1. Raft
2. Pete Brown
3. Great Raft
4. Kon-Tiki expedition
5. Rafting
6. Timber rafting
7. Pre-Columbian rafts
8. Harvest Records
9. Jim Mullen
10. Things May Come and Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever
11. Raft (novel)
12. Ramblin' Raft Race
13. Great raft spider
14. Salt Lake Cutoff
15. Velella
16. Thousand Islands
17. Muisca raft
18. Lifeboat (shipboard)
19. Vital Alsar Pacific raft expeditions
20. Cleveland, Tennessee