Looks good

A 3 CD and 1 DVD box set will be out in June celebrating Big Country at the BBC.



Disc One contains the 4 songs from the David Jansen session from 1982, the 4 songs from the John Peel session from 1983 plus 6 previously unreleased songs recorded live at the Hammersmith Palais in 1983.

Disc Two contains 14 previously unreleased live songs including 4 songs recorded live at the Reading Festival from 1983, 4 songs recorded live at Wembley Stadium supporting Elton John in 1984 and 6 songs recorded live at the Soviet Embassy in 1988

Disc Three contains 14 songs from their legendary 1989 concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, 6 of which are previously unreleased.

Disc Four is a DVD containing all of the band’s “Top of the Pops” performances, plus performances from “The Old Grey Whistle Test,” “The Oxford Road Show” and an interview with Stuart Adamson conducted by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson’s former colleague from The Skids. There are also concerts from Pop Carnival, Sefton Park in 1983, The Hogmany concert from the Edinburgh Playhouse in 1984 and a concert from the Reading Hexagon in 1986. Plus 2 bonus tracks in the form of the band’s second appearance on “Top of The Pops” performing “Fields of Fire” and “In A Big Country.”

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CETJ8JY/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CETJ8JY/?tag=imwan-21

Really attractive packaging there, and I'd be interested to hear and see it, but that's a hefty price tag for this sort of thing.

The price at the Universal Music UK website is £29.99, so I would imagine the Amazon price will come down as the release date approaches. I'm eager to find out if the DVD is NTSC and Region 0 or 1 so we can play it on standard US players.

Here's the detailed track listing thanks to TheSecondDisc.com (* denotes previously unreleased tracks):

Disc 1

1. Harvest Home (Kid Jensen Session, BBC Radio 1 – 8/23/1982)
2. Close Action (Kid Jensen Session, BBC Radio 1 – 8/23/1982)
3. Heart & Soul (Kid Jensen Session, BBC Radio 1 – 8/23/1982)
4. Angle Park (Kid Jensen Session, BBC Radio 1 – 8/23/1982)
5. Inwards (John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1 – 2/22/1983)
6. A Thousand Stars (John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1 – 2/22/1983)
7. Close Action (John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1 – 2/22/1983)
8. Porrohman (John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1 – 2/22/1983)
9. Balcony (Live @ Hammersmith Palais, London – 3/29/1983) *
10. Lost Patrol (Live @ Hammersmith Palais, London – 3/29/1983) *
11. The Storm (Live @ Hammersmith Palais, London – 3/29/1983) *
12. In a Big Country (Live @ Hammersmith Palais, London – 3/29/1983) *
13. Angle Park (Live @ Hammersmith Palais, London – 3/29/1983) *
14. Fields of Fire (Live @ Hammersmith Palais, London – 3/29/1983) *

Disc 1, Tracks 1-8 released as Radio 1 Sessions (Night Tracks CDNT007 (U.K.), 1994)

Disc 2 *

1. Harvest Home (Live @ The Reading Festival – 8/26/1983)
2. Close Action (Live @ The Reading Festival – 8/26/1983)
3. The Storm (Live @ The Reading Festival – 8/26/1983)
4. Fields of Fire (Live @ The Reading Festival – 8/26/1983)
5. Lost Patrol (Live @ Wembley Stadium – 6/28/1984)
6. In a Big Country (Live @ Wembley Stadium – 6/28/1984)
7. Porrohman (Live @ Wembley Stadium – 6/28/1984)
8. Inwards (Live @ Wembley Stadium – 6/28/1984)
9. Peace in Our Time (Live @ the Soviet Embassy, London – 9/22/1988)
10. Look Away (Live @ the Soviet Embassy, London – 9/22/1988)
11. Broken Heart (Live @ the Soviet Embassy, London – 9/22/1988)
12. Thousand Yard Stare (Live @ the Soviet Embassy, London – 9/22/1988)
13. King of Emotion (Live @ the Soviet Embassy, London – 9/22/1988)
14. River of Hope (Live @ the Soviet Embassy, London – 9/22/1988)

Disc 3: Live At The Hammersmith Odeon – 1/23/1989

1. Peace in Our Time
2. Look Away *
3. Wonderland
4. Broken Heart *
5. Just a Shadow *
6. Thousand Yard Stare *
7. The Seer
8. Come Back to Me
9. The Travellers
10. King of Emotion
11. East of Eden *
12. Restless Natives *
13. Tracks of My Tears *
14. Fields of Fire

Disc 4: DVD

Top of the Pops performances:

1. Fields of Fire (3/24/1983)
2. In a Big Country (April 1983)
3. Chance (May 1983)
4. East of Eden (9/27/1984)
5. Look Away (1986)
6. King of Emotion (8/23/1988)

Other live performances:

1. Fields of Fire (Oxford Road Show – 2/25/1983)
2. Close Action (The Old Grey Whistle Test - 3/29/1983)
3. A Thousand Stars (The Old Grey Whistle Test - 3/29/1983)
4. Just A Shadow (Oxford Road Show - 2/8/1985)
5. Interview with Richard Jobson
6. Heart of the World (Live @ Wembley Stadium for The Prince’s Trust – 7/18/1990)

Live at Sefton Park, Liverpool – 7/2/1983 (recorded for Pop Carnival)

1. Porrohman
2. The Storm
3. In a Big Country
4. Chance
5. Angle Park
6. Fields of Fire

Live at The Playhouse, Edinburgh – 12/31/1984 (recorded for The Old Grey Whistle Test)

1. Just a Shadow
2. The Storm
3. Chance
4. Where the Rose is Sown
5. Come Back to Me
6. A Thousand Stars
7. Harvest Home
8. Interview with Billy Sloan

Live at The Hexagon, Reading – 4/14/1986 (recorded for The Old Grey Whistle Test)

1. Wonderland
2. Where the Rose is Sown
3. Remembrance Day
4. I Walk the Hill
5. Look Away
6. Chance
7. The Teacher
8. In a Big Country
9. Inwards
10. Harvest Home
11. Fields of Fire

This is a must have but why the oversized packaging?

Anyway, I might have to order this from the UK but I will wait to see as the date draws closer. A shame nothing from the 90s is on here (aside from 1 video clip)but perhaps there were no BBC sessions for them then.

Still, this is very cool indeed. Hope the DVD is NTSC.

Yep a must own for the hardcore fan.

One of the benefits of Big Country touring & recording with their new lineup is that packages like this become more marketable. I'm most excited about the video performances from 1984, since there's very little live material available from the Steeltown tour. Considering it's my favorite album of the '80s, and maybe of the last 30 years (see my avatar), I've always been a bit disappointed at how it's been overlooked by anyone other than the most hardcore fans.

This set is a bargain at http://www.fishpond.com.au/Music/At-BBC ... 2537358533

$15 ?

I ordered it, does not confirm how many discs there is but I can't see any other version so it must be the full set.

What you ordered is the 2CD version "which features selected audio highlights from the box set".

This is Fishpond's link for the box set:

http://www.fishpond.com.au/Music/At-BBC ... 2537284252

Thanks
I could not find any reference to a 2 CD version. I cancelled my order.