Release Date: 01 December 2017
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 5
Barcode: 5013929104303
Genres: Rock
Description
Formed out of the ashes of Scottish punk band Skids by their guitarist Stuart Adamson, BIG COUNTRY became one of the biggest British alternative rock bands of the 1980s, with a huge reputation as a live band to rival the likes of U2 and Simple Minds. •After their initial success with a string of albums on Mercury Records, Big Country continued throughout the 1990s with new albums on a variety of labels, playing as ever around the world to their devoted fanbase. Sadly, Stuart's untimely death in 2001 closed a chapter on Big Country's story forever… •WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS pays tribute to the tour de force that was Big Country in the Nineties, with recordings of five live shows released officially for the very first time and with the full blessing of the band. •Across these various in-concert recordings, which have previously been available only on elusive, under-the-counter bootlegs, you'll hear a band touring to promote their most recent albums The Buffalo Skinners (1993) and Why The Long Face (1995), with live sets which often climaxed with impassioned cover versions of 'Don't Fear The Reaper' (Blue Oyster Cult), 'My, My, Hey Hey' and 'Rockin' In The Free World' (both Neil Young) and 'Tracks Of My Tears' (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles). •Also included are rousing versions of many of their evergreen hits inc. In A Big Country, Look Away, Chance and Wonderland,
Tracklisting
Kevin Ayers
Wrath
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tigertailz
The Fall
Big Country
Big Country
Big Country
Big Country
Big Country
Big Country
Big Country
