BIG COUNTRY

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The Crossing

08/83

New

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Steeltown

10/84

New or Used

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The Seer

04/86

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Peace In Our Time

09/88

New or Used

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No Place Like Home

09/91

New or Used

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The Buffalo Skinners

04/93

New

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Without The Aid Of A Safety Net [single CD, live December 1993]

05/94

New

7b

Without The Aid Of A Safety Net [double CD, live December 1993]

05/05

New

8

The BBC Radio 1 Sessions

07/94

New or Used

9

Why The Long Face?

06/95

New or Used

10

BBC Live In Concert

08/95

New or Used

11

Eclectic [live]

08/96

New or Used

12

Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour

--/97

New or Used

13

Restless Natives & Rarities [compilation]

06/98

New or Used

14

Driving To Damascus

09/99

New or Used

15

Come Up Screaming [live]

11/00

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16

Undercover [includes 2 live tracks]

03/01

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Rarities II [compilation]

04/01

New

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Rarities III [compilation]

01/03

New

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Rarities IV [compilation]

10/03

New

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Rarities V [compilation]

04/04

New

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Rarities VI [compilation]

09/04

New

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Rarities VII [compilation]

12/04

New

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Rarities VIII [compilation]

02/06

New


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1) THE CROSSING

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In A Big Country
Inwards
Chance
1000 Stars
The Storm
Harvest Home
Lost Patrol
Close Action
Fields Of Fire
Porrohman


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson


Producer:

Guitar, Piano, Vocals, E-Bow
Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar, Vocals,
E-Bow

Steve Lillywhite

2) STEELTOWN

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Flame Of The West
East Of Eden
Steeltown
Where The Rose Is Sown
Come Back To Me
Tall Ships Go
Girl With Grey Eyes
Rain Dance
The Great Divide
Just A Shadow


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar, Vocals

Steve Lillywhite

3) THE SEER

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Eiledon
Hold The Heart
Look Away
One Great Thing
Remembrance Day
The Red Fox
The Sailor
The Seer
The Teacher
I Walk The Hill


Stuart Adamson
Kingston Bodham
Mark Brzezicki
Kate Bush
Tony Butler
Dave Duncan
June Miles
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Backing Vocals
Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Backing Vocals
Bass, Steel Guitar, Vocals
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar

Robin Millar

4) PEACE IN OUR TIME

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King Of Emotion
Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)
Thousand Yard Stare
From Here To Eternity
Everything I Need
Peace In Our Time
Time For Leaving
River Of Hope
In This Place
I Could Be Happy Here


Stuart Adamson
Maxine Anderson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Merry Clayton
Donna Davidson
Josh Phillips-Gorse
Bruce Watson

Peter Wolf

Producer:

Guitar, Piano, Vocals, E-Bow
Backing Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Keyboards
Guitar, Harmonica, Mandolin, Sitar, Vocals, E-Bow
Keyboards

Big Country, Ina Wolf,
Peter Wolf

5) NO PLACE LIKE HOME

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We're Not In Kansas
Republican Party Reptile
Dynamite Lady
Keep On Dreaming
Beautiful People
The Hostage Speaks
Beat The Devil
Leap Of Faith
Ships
Into The Fire
You, Me And The Truth (CD and cassette only)
Comes A Time (CD and cassette only)


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Josh Phillips-Gorse
Bruce Watson


Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals

6) THE BUFFALO SKINNERS

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Alone
Seven Waves
What Are You Working For
The One I Love
The Selling Of America
We're Not In Kansas
Ships
All Go Together
Winding Wind
Pink Marshmallow Moon
Chesters Farm


Stuart Adamson
Colin Berwick
Joe Bull
Simon Phillips
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Keyboards
Programming
Drums
Guitar, Mandolin

Big Country

7a) WITHOUT THE AID OF A SAFETY NET

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Harvest Home
Peace In Our Time *
Just A Shadow
13 Valleys
The Storm
Chance
Look Away
What Are You Working For
Steeltown
Ships
Wonderland
Long Way Home *
In A Big Country
Lost Patrol *

* CD and tape only

Recorded live at Barrowlands, Glasgow,
Scotland on 29 December 1993

Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin

7b) WITHOUT THE AID OF A SAFETY NET

 
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Disc 1
Introduction
Harvest Home
Peace In Our Time
Just A Shadow
13 Valleys
Winter Sky
The Storm
Chance
Tracks Of My Tears
Rockin' In The Free World
All Go Together
We're Not In Kansas
Look Away
What Are You Working For
Steeltown

Disc 2
Stuart and the audience
Ships
Wonderland
Long Way Home
Alone
In A Big Country
The audience - encore
Lost Patrol
(Hey Hey My My) Out Of The Blue (Into The Black)
Fields Of Fire

Recorded live at Barrowlands, Glasgow,
Scotland on 29 December 1993

Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin

8) THE BBC RADIO 1 SESSIONS

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Close Action
Heart & Soul
Harvest Home
Angle Park
Inwards
1000 Stars
Porroh Man
Close Action

Tracks 1-4: recorded on 12 August 1982
Tracks 5-8: recorded on 9 March 1983

UK Issue


US Issue

Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

John Porter, John Williams

9) WHY THE LONG FACE?

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You Dreamer
Message Of Love
I'm Not Ashamed
Sail Into Nothing
Thunder And Lightning
Send You
One In A Million
Gods Great Mistake
Wildland In My Heart
Take You To The Moon
Far From Me To You
Charlotte
Post Nuclear Talking Blues
Blue On A Green Planet


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Aaron Emerson
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals

10) BBC LIVE IN CONCERT

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Peace In Our Time
Wonderland
The Seer
River Of Hope
Come Back To Me
The Travellers
King Of Emotion
In A Big Country
I Walk The Hill

Recorded live at The Odeon, Hammersmith,
London, England on 23 January 1989


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums
Bass
Guitar

Pete Ritzema

11) ECLECTIC

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River Of Hope
King Of Emotion
Big Yellow Taxi
The Buffalo Skinner
Summertime
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Eleanor Rigby
Winter Sky
Sling It!
I'm On Fire
Where The Rose Is Sown
Come Back To Me
Ruby Tuesday

Recorded live at Dingwalls, London, England
on 20/21 March 1996


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Aaron Emerson
Steve Harley
Carol Laula
Kym Mazelle
Hossam Ramzy
Bobby Valentino
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Drums, Vocals
Acoustic Bass, Vocals
Keyboards
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Percussion
Violin
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin

Big Country, Gary Langan

12) LIVE ON THE KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR

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1000 Stars
Angle Park
Close Action
Lost Patrol
Wonderland
The Storm
Dundonald & Dysart Pipe Band Sequence
Porrohman
Chance
Inwards
Fields Of Fire
Harvest Home
Tracks Of My Tears
In A Big Country/Auld Lang Syne
Interview with Stuart Adamson

Recorded live at Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
on 31 December 1983


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals, E-Bow
Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals, E-Bow

13) RESTLESS NATIVES & RARITIES

 
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Disc 1
All Fall Together
Over The Border
Made In Heaven
Not Waving But Drowning
On The Shore
Balcony
Dead On Arrival
Pass Me By
Promised Land
Return Of The Two Headed King
When A Drum Beats
World On Fire
Winter Sky
I'm Only Waiting
Flag Of Nations


 
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Disc 2
Kiss The Girl Goodbye
Song Of The South
Blue On A Green Planet
Normal
God's Great Mistake
Restless Natives
Longest Day

14) DRIVING TO DAMASCUS

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Driving To Damascus
Dive Into Me
See You
Perfect World
Somebody Else
Fragile Thing
The President Slipped And Fell
Devil In The Eye
Trouble The Waters
Bella
Your Spirit To Me
Grace


Stuart Adamson

Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Rafe McKenna
Josh Phillips-Gorse
Eddi Reader
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals,
Mini Moog
Drums, Programming, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Backing Vocals
Keyboards
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar

Big Country, Rafe McKenna

15) COME UP SCREAMING

 
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Disc One
Harvest
King Of Emotion
Driving To Damascus
John Wayne's Dream
The Storm
Where The Rose Is Sown
Come Back To Me
Somebody Else
Look Away
You Dreamer
Your Spirit To Me

Disc Two
The President Slipped And Fell
Lost Patrol
13 Valleys
Inwards
Wonderland
We're Not In Kansas
Porrohman
Chance
In A Big Country
Fields Of Fire

Recorded live during the Final Fling tour in May 2000


Stuart Adamson
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin

Rafe McKenna

16) UNDERCOVER

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I'm Eighteen
Teenage Lament
Vicious
Down On The Corner
Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)
On The Road Again
Don't Fear The Reaper
Paranoid
Cracked Actor
Oh Well
Woodstock
Tracks Of My Tears (live)
Prairie Rose
Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy
Honky Tonk Woman (live)
Killerkrankie (mono)


Stuart Adamson
Pat Ahern
Mark Brzezicki
Tony Butler
Bruce Watson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Drums
Drums, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Mandolin

Big Country, Steve Lillywhite

17) RARITIES II

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What Makes A Man
Crazytimes
Eastworld
Celtic Dream
Never Take Your Place
Lone Star
Trouble The Waters
Hardly A Mountain
I Feel Fine
Christmas Island
Soul On Fire
Secret Angel Man
Eggplant
The Long Road
You Want Me To Go




Producer:



18) RARITIES III

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Ages Of A Man
Hardly A Mountain
What About Peace
Time For Leaving
You Lose Your Dreams
1000 Yard Stare
Golden Boy Loves Golden Girl
I Am A Small Republic
Everything I Need
Mary
Send You
In Your Homeland
Troubled Man
Peace In Our Time




Producer:



19) RARITIES IV

 
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Disc 1
Heart And Soul (version 1)
In A Big Country
Inwards
Chance
A Thousand Stars
The Storm
Harvest Home
Lost Patrol
Close Action
Fields Of Fire
Porrohman
Angle Park
The Crossing
Big City
Ring Out Bells
Echoes
Wake
Heart And Soul (version 2)



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Disc 2
CD-Rom featuring video clips & photo gallery

20) RARITIES V

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We're Not In Kansas
Kiss The Girl
Leap Of Faith
Republican Party Reptile
Ships
The Hostage Speaks
You Me And The Truth
Dynamite Lady
Beautiful People
Return Of The Two Headed King
Save Me
Beat The Devil
Heart Of The World




Producer:



21) RARITIES VI

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1000 Stars (alternate take)
Harvest Home (alternate take)
You Dreamer
Message Of Love
I'm Not Ashamed
Sail Into Nothing
Wolfman And The Clown
Thunder And Lightning
God's Great Mistake
Wildland In My Heart
Take You To The Moon
Makes A Man
Post Nuclear Talking Blues
Crazy Times
One Great Thing
Charlotte




Producer:



22) RARITIES VII

 
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Disc 1
Sun And My Shadow
Living By Memory
Don't You Stay
I Get Hurt
Birmingham
Cimarron
Grace
The President Slipped And Fell
Sleep There Till Dawn
Loserville
Bella
Ages Of A Man
Perfect World
Driving To Damascus (1st version)


 
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Disc 2
See You
Fragile Thing
Your Spirit To Me
I'm On This Train
Trouble The Waters (1st version)
Dive Into Me
Without Wings
This Blood's For You
You Want Me To Go
Devil In The Eye
Somebody Else
Trouble The Waters (2nd version)
Driving To Damascus (2nd version)

23) RARITIES VIII

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All Go Together
Alone
Comes A Time
Eastworld
Small Town Big News
I Could Be Happy Here
Keep On Dreaming
Long Way Home
Sweet November Nothings
One I Love
Pan American Irish Girl
Pink Marshmallow Moon
Simple's Always Best
Selling Of America
Seven Waves
Soldier Of The Lord
Winding Wind




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