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GUIDE TO THE HOMEPAGE QUICKLINK COLLAGE



When on the homepage just hover your mouse cursor over the lower right corner graphic and the above guide will overlay the collage.

WHAT DO ALL THOSE SYMBOLS MEAN???

Throughout the site, 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)

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. 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). Some songs have variations that are enough to have their own page. 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.

The colour of the equals symbol ‘=’ will follow the following list:
=Album or common studio track ( #common live track)
=Single edit
=12” edit
=, =or =Alternate mixes

For live tracks, these symbols will refer to where the entire concert can be found:
King Biscuit Flower Hour / Live / Homecoming ’83 £
The Seer Live In New York / Live In New York City 1986 $
Peace In Our Time / Moscow 1988 Ж
Without The Aid of a Safety Net £
BBC Live In Concert Æ
Live ’93 Bootleg / Live In Cologne ß
Eclectic £
Brighton Rock £
Nashville Sessions $
Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall £
Come Up Screaming / Final Fling §
Peppermint Lounge $
Wolfsburg €
Driving To Newcastle §
Das Fest ß
Peace Concert (Live In East Berlin 1988) ß
Live In Essen (Rockpalast) ß
Keep On Truckin’ §
No Place Like Bonn ß
Defrostin’ $
Without The Aid of a Safety Net (expanded edition) £
Roseland Ballroom (New York City 9 December 1983) $
What Are You Doing In My Living Room / Live at Lathones §
Dreams Stay With You (Edinburgh Picture House) §

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


signifies that the track has an accompanying page that has tabs and chords for use for guitar playing.

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.