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(27 June 2008)
signifies that the discography entry has a companion page with additional graphics and also shows variations (if applicable) of that release.

(9 May 2008)

I added a new category that differentiates those tracks that are performed live but in a studio setting. Throughout the sight, tracks are marked as follows:

Studio Track (Dark Blue)

Live Track (Aqua)

Live In Studio (Pink)

Digital Source (CD & DVD)

Analog Source (Vinyl, Audio/Video Cassette) (italicized)

(3 November 2007)

Made the variation symbols consistent over each track. The colour of the equals symbol ‘=’ will follow the following list:

=Album  or common track
( #common live track)
=Single edit
=12” edit
= , =or =Alternate mixes

For live tracks, the symbols will refer to where the entire concert can be found

Without The Aid of a Safety Net &
Live ’93 Bootleg &
Eclectic &
King Biscuit Flower Hour &
Brighton Rock &
Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall %
Come Up Screaming @
Moscow 1988 @
Das Fest @
Peace Concert (Live In East Berlin 1988) @
Live In Essen (Rockpalast) @
Keep On Truckin’ %
No Place Like Bonn %
Defrostin’ %
Without The Aid of a Safety Net (expanded edition) &
Roseland Ballroom (New York City 9 December 1983) %
Wolfsburg ^



(1 June 2007)

The way variations of songs has changed a bit. Studio tracks are in Dark Blue and Live tracks are in Aqua. References to digital sources (CD & DVD) in normal type, while analog sources (vinyl, cassette, VHS) are in italics. Because these symbols ●   ♣  ♥  will vary in size depending on one’s computer, I changed the variation notation to symbols from the “standard” character set (= # %), so they should appear in the same size as the rest of the text. If there is no symbol next to the release in a song’s discography, that particular version is unique. Unless noted, the country of release is The United Kingdom.....I hope this makes things a bit easier to understand



(2 January 2007)Along with colour coding of song variations, I have placed a “Variation Notation” on selected pages to make it easier to determine on what album a particular version of a song is. Mainly to show the different studio versions. No notations are made on Live versions as each concert is slightly different and the colour coding already makes note if the same song from the same show is used. Also, there are no notations for versions on the Rarities series as it assumed to be a demo version unless specifically noted (like the alternate version of the One Great Thing mix). Songs whose variations are enough to have their own page also do not have notations as the pages themselves note the variation.

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(19 May 2006)

It has been a while since I wrote on this page. I was going through the pages and realized that I needed to update this page. The site in is present form is complete, but is constantly being adjusted as needed. I’ve added search capabilities on the home page using a Google tool. If it isn’t 100% accurate, it is due to changes not being yet recognized by Google. According to them, changes in a site will be recognized as it is ‘spidered’ every now and then.

I’ve reworked the solo entries to accommodate those who have varying preferences when browsing through the solo section. Hopefully, I will be adding entries for Bruce Watson’s efforts with FourGoodMen (formerly called A Few Good Men) (www.fourgoodmen.com)...That’s all for now

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Well, the site is pretty much complete. The next big project is too link the list of concert recordings on the ‘Trading’ page to the lyrics pages. That will take some time, but it is something that I want to do and was one of the primary reasons for incorporating the Book of Lyrics here.I have adopted (borrowed, stolen, plagiarized, etc.) most of the elements of Mike Wallack’s compilation . They are just too good not to use. Please see the ‘Introduction’ page for all the gory details. On the lyrics pages, where applicable, a graphic is on each page depicting the cover of disc where the song first appeared. Below that are listings for each album/single/CD the song has appeared. Also, for some songs, additional notes and/or quotations are added. Hopefully, more will be added in the future. Some songs have more than one page. This is only the case when the two versions have significant lyrical variations.As for some of the other elements, I might as well like the originator explain them as well:

What’s with the symbol? The lyrics for many of the songs in this book were transcribed by myself and members of the Big Country internet community by careful listening and discussion. Nevertheless, without definitive written lyrics from the songwriters it remains nearly impossible to be sure that all lyrics presented are correct. Songs for which “official” lyrics have never been made available are indicated by the question mark icon. Sources for “official” lyrics are the liner notes to the albums, Big Country Words by Stuart Adamson, the music book for “Wonderland”, and Country Club magazine (the old official magazine for Big Country). Lyrics have recently been posted on the official website for the “No Place Like Home + Peace in Our Time” release. Some revision to songs marked with the icon is still needed.

What’s with the miniature album pictures?
Big Country released eight studio albums. For the sake of chronological categorizing, all of Big Country’s songs have been assigned to an “era” associated with the album for which the song was recorded or, in the case of unreleased songs, approximating the time that the song was recorded. A timeline of the eight studio album is used to show where each song fits chronologically, with the appropriate album image shown in color and all other albums shown in greyscale. Thus, a reader can simply glance at the album timeline to get a rough idea of where that song fits within the Big Country chronology.