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Linda
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Post subject: [2009-03-24] Big Country "Final Fling" DVD 2-disc set (1988 and 2000 concerts)  Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:32 pm |
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 With the untimely passing of frontman Stuart Adamson in 2001, the title Final Fling couldn't be more sadly appropriate. This two-disc set captures Big Country toward the beginning and near the end of their 20-year career. The first disc features a 1988 performance from an outdoor peace concert in East Berlin, shortly before the release of Peace in Our Time (and before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989). It's a straightforward, electric set played in front of a huge, enthusiastic crowd during the twilight hours. The second disc finds the Scottish rockers back at their old stomping grounds, Glasgow's Barrowlands, while on their Driving to Damascus tour with the Alarm in 2000. They may look older, but their chiming twin-guitar attack is as passionate and rousing as ever. Both sets include such fan favorites as "Look Away," "Fields of Fire," and Top 40 hit "In a Big Country."http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001P7DU90/?tag=imwan-20
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Post subject: [2009-03-24] Big Country "Final Fling" DVD 2-disc set (1988 and 2000 concerts) Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:36 pm |
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Is this a re-release? I've had this for years and it rocks! Stuart Adamson was one of the best guitar players around and these shows especially the 2000 gig prove that and then some. Man, what a loss when he went.
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Post subject: [2009-03-24] Big Country "Final Fling" DVD 2-disc set (1988 and 2000 concerts) Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:02 pm |
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I'm glad I got to see them when they played a festival near my home. They were a great live band, I may well get this.
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