The War Room | ||||
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Genre | Art rock, indie rock, electronica | |||
Length | 17:41 | |||
Label | Test Card Recordings | |||
Producer | J. Willgoose, Esq | |||
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The War Room, is a five-track EP from Public Service Broadcasting.
The EP is dedicated to J. Willgoose, Esq's great-uncle George Willgoose who died at Dunkirk. [2]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "If War Should Come" | 4:38 |
2. | "London Can Take It" | 3:28 |
3. | "Spitfire" | 3:56 |
4. | "Dig for Victory" | 3:17 |
5. | "Waltz for George" | 2:24 |
Total length: | 16:43 |
The first four tracks on the EP featured each use samples from a different British World War II propaganda film these were If War Should Come (1939), London Can Take It! (1940), The First of the Few (1942) and Dig for Victory (1941). [3]
The front cover of the EP used a photograph of the bomb-damaged library in Holland House in Kensington, London. A copy is held by the Historic England Archive who record that it was taken on 23 October 1940 and attribute it to Mr. Harrison of Fox Photos. [4] [5]