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CD Boxset : 6 DISC (5 CD / 1 DVD) RE-MASTERED BOX SET
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A new 5 Disc boxed set anthology (5CDs / 1 DVD) celebrating the recordings of Scottish rock giants Big Country, made between 1993 and 1994 for Chrysalis Records imprint Compulsion
Featuring 71 tracks on five discs, including the albums ‘The Buffalo Skinners’ and the double live album ‘Without The Aid Of A Safety Net’, recorded at Barrowlands Ballroom in Glasgow on 29 December 1993.
Includes rare B-Sides / bonus tracks, US radio mixes, previously unreleased instrumental demos, plus the original demo for every track on ‘The Buffalo Skinners’ album.
DVD includes highlights from the Glasgow Barrowlands concert, together with promo videos for the singles ‘Ships’ and ‘Alone’ Cherry Red Records are pleased to announce the release of “Out Beyond The River: The Complete Compulsion Recordings”, a newly remastered six disc boxed set featuring the original classic line-up of Scottish rock giants Big Country, fronted by the late Stuart Adamson.
The Eighties had seen Big Country rack up four consecutive UK Top 10 albums and 12 UK Top 40 singles. “The Crossing”, their 1983 debut album, had spent 80 weeks on the charts and cracked the Top 20 in the US, while their second album, “Steeltown”, had gone straight in at No. 1. And the Nineties had got off to a good start too: their greatest hits collection “Through A Big Country” entered the chart at No. 2, and was only kept from the top spot by another best of, The Carpenters’ “Only Yesterday”. Despite all this success, a difference of opinion with their label meant all was not well in the Big Country camp.
However Big Country had a friend and ally in Chris Briggs, the man who had originally signed them ten years earlier. Following huge success with Robbie Williams, in 1992 EMI gave Briggs his own imprint, Compulsion Records. In a press release to announce Big Country as his ‘new’ signing he said, “I went to see the band on the last tour, and thought they were better now than then (when I first signed them)”.
‘The Buffalo Skinners’ restored Big Country to the Top 40, peaking at No. 25 on the album chart. In a review for Q magazine an ambivalent 3-star review from Johnny Black ended, “It couldn’t be anyone other than Big Country and, if Adamson can maintain this level of quality control in the songs, his band may rise again.” Neil McKay of Sunday Life described the album as "rousing and tuneful as in (Big Country's) early heyday". In 2004 Ian Cranna writing in Record Collector described “Without A Safety Net” as “Big Country at their best. Honest, thoughtful Rock, played with passion and a conscious avoidance of frills or poses.” A description that best sums up this band.
Tracklist
DISC ONE - CD
THE BUFFALO SKINNERS (2005 ISSUE)
1. ALONE
2. SEVEN WAVES
3. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING FOR
4. THE ONE I LOVE
5. LONG WAY HOME
6. THE SELLING OF AMERICA
7. WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS
8. SHIPS
9. ALL GO TOGETHER
10. WINDING WIND
11. PINK MARSHMALLOW MOON
12. CHESTER’S FARM
13. THE ONE I LOVE (US MIX)
14.NEVER TAKE YOUR PLACE
15. EASTWORLD
16. BUFFALO SKINNERS (DEMO)
DISC TWO - CD
B-SIDES, BONUS TRACKS & RARITIES
1. ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD
2. WOODSTOCK
3. OH WELL
4. (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER
5. BUFFALO SKINNERS
6. CRACKED ACTOR
7. PARANOID
8. SHIPS (RADIO EDIT)
9. ALONE (RADIO EDIT)
10. WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS (US ALTERNATE MIX)
11. THE ONE I LOVE (DAVE THOENER MIX)
12.I AM A SMALL REPUBLIC
13.DRAGGING MY NAME (AUDIOCRAFT DEMO)
14. SEVEN WAVES (INSTRUMENTAL DEMO)
15. EASTWORLD (INSTRUMENTAL DEMO)
16. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING FOR (INSTRUMENTAL DEMO)
DISC THREE - CD
THE BUFFALO SKINNERS DEMOS
1. ALONE (DEMO)
2. SEVEN WAVES (DEMO)
3. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING FOR (AUDIOCRAFT DEMO)
4. THE ONE I LOVE (DEMO)
5. LONG WAY HOME (DEMO)
6. THE SELLING OF AMERICA (DEMO)
7. WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS (MONITOR MIX)
8. SHIPS (MONITOR MIX)
9. ALL GO TOGETHER (DEMO)
10. WINDING WIND (DEMO)
11. PINK MARSHMALLOW MOON (DEMO)
12. CHESTER’S FARM (AUDIOCRAFT DEMO)
13. EASTWORLD (DEMO)
14. ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD (MONITOR MIX)
DISC FOUR - CD
WITHOUT THE AID OF A SAFETY NET: LIVE 29/12/93, PART 1
1. INTRODUCTION
2. HARVEST HOME (ACOUSTIC)
3. PEACE IN OUR TIME (ACOUSTIC)
4. JUST A SHADOW (ACOUSTIC)
5. 13 VALLEYS (ACOUSTIC)
6. WINTER SKY (ACOUSTIC)
7. THE STORM (ACOUSTIC)
8. CHANCE (ACOUSTIC)
9. TRACKS OF MY TEARS (ACOUSTIC)
10. ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD (ACOUSTIC)
11.ALL GO TOGETHER
12. WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS
13. LOOK AWAY
14. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING FOR
15. STEELTOWN
DISC FIVE - CD
WITHOUT THE AID OF A SAFETY NET: LIVE 29/12/93, PART 2
1. STUART AND THE AUDIENCE
2. SHIPS
3. WONDERLAND
4. LONG WAY HOME
5. ALONE
6. IN A BIG COUNTRY
7. THE AUDIENCE (ENCORE)
8. LOST PATROL
9. (HEY HEY MY MY) OUT OF THE BLUE (INTO THE BLACK)
10. FIELDS OF FIRE
DISC SIX - DVD
WITHOUT THE AID OF A SAFETY
NET: THE VIDEO
1. INTRODUCTION / HARVEST HOME (ACOUSTIC)
2. PEACE IN OUR TIME (ACOUSTIC)
3. 13 VALLEYS (ACOUSTIC)
4. THE STORM (ACOUSTIC)
5. CHANCE (ACOUSTIC)
6. LOOK AWAY
7. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING FOR
8. STEELTOWN
9. STUART AND THE AUDIENCE
10. SHIPS
11. WONDERLAND
12. LONG WAY HOME
13.ALONE
14.IN A BIG COUNTRY
15. LOST PATROL
16.ALONE (ORIGINAL PROMO VIDEO)
17. SHIPS (ORIGINAL PROMO VIDEO)