Two Rivers was first released on the Viral Black album in 2017. A reworked studio version was released on the Where the Two Rivers Meet EP and the album Equals in 2018. This main post covers the Viral black version, see Other Studio Versions below for the Where The Two Rivers Meet / Equals version. The song was also released as a promo CD single in conjunction with the Equals album including an edited version and an instrumental version. The album version was also released on the other promo CD single from Equals, namely Beautiful. An alternate version called Two rivers (reprise) was released on the Sigma album in 2019 but is regarded as a separate song
For the 24 hour Record Store Day world tour in 2018, eight one-sided 7″ singles each featuring a unique acoustic version of Two rivers were created, and used as a lottery prize at each of the record store appearances Mike Peters made on the day
2017 Viral Black recording
Running length 4:50
Written by Mike Peters
Musician & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, E-bow, Electro Harmonix Mel9
Steve “Smiley” Barnard – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals
James Stevenson – Electric & Bass Guitars, Backing vocals
Jules Jones Peters – Piano, Backing vocals
George Williams – Keyboards, Bass Guitar
Recorded at Bethel Chapel Studios, Dyseth, Wales and Parr Street Studio A, Liverpool, England
Produced and mixed by George Williams
Engineered by Tony Draper and Mark Warden
Mastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studio, London NW8, England
Other Studio Versions of the Song – reworked Where The Two Rivers Meet / Equals studio version
Running length 5:05
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Harmonica, Baritone, Acoustic & Electric guitars
Steve “Smiley” Barnard – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals
James Stevenson – Acoustic, Electric, Slide & Bass Guitars, Backing vocals
Jules Jones Peters – Piano, Backing vocals
George Williams – Keyboards, Bass guitar
Recorded at Bethel Chapel Studio, Dyseth, Wales, Parr Street studios A and C, Liverpool, England, The Doghouse studios, Henley-on-Thames, England and Monnow Valley, Wales
Produced and mixed by George Williams
Engineered by Mark Warden (Bethel Chapel and The Doghouse), Tony Draper (Parr Street) and Matt Glasbey (Monnow Valley)
Single edit – released on the Two rivers promo CD single (2018)
Running length 3:38.
Instrumental version – released on the Two rivers promo CD single (2018)
Running length 5:05.
Album Appearances and discography
Worldwide release:
Viral Black version: 2017 – Viral Black (catalogue number 21C089 (CD), 21C089LP (vinyl))
Equals version: 2018 – Equals (catalogue number 21C100 (red vinyl and black vinyl), 21C101 (CD))
Single Appearances and discography
Album version released on Where the two rivers meet EP (vinyl only, 2018), catalogue number 21C099.
Album version, single edit and instrumental version released on Two rivers promo cd single (2018).
Album version released on the Beautiful promo cd single (2018)
Live Recordings
2017 – Mike Peters solo live version recorded at The Gathering 2017. Released on Live at The Gathering 10″ vinyl EP (catalogue number 21C090). Running time 6:18.
10 October 2018 – Mike Peters solo live version recorded for National Album Day 2018 at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England. Released on Mike Peters in session 2018 CD (catalogue number 21C106). Running time 4:22.
Acoustic Recordings
Viral Black in session acoustic version (2017) released on Viral black in session cd (catalogue number 21C092). Running time 2:48.
Eight one-sided 7″ singles featuring an acoustic versio of Two rivers (2018).