Big Country Classic

Limited six disc (five CDs + PAL/Region 2 DVD) set. Cherry Red Records are pleased to announce the release of Out Beyond The River: The Complete Compulsion Recordings, a newly remastered set featuring the original classic line-up of Scottish rock giants Big Country, fronted by the late Stuart Adamson. This set celebrates the recordings of Scottish rock giants Big Country, made between 1993 and 1994 for Chrysalis Records imprint Compulsion. Featuring 71 tracks on five discs, including the albums The Buffalo Skinners and the double live album Without The Aid Of A Safety Net, recorded at Barrowlands Ballroom in Glasgow on 29 December 1993. Includes rare B-sides/bonus tracks, US radio mixes, previously unreleased instrumental demos, plus the original demo for every track on The Buffalo Skinners album.

4CD Deluxe Edition of Big Country’s eighth and final album with Stuart Adamson. Driving To Damascus’ (1999), also includes the live-in-the-studio ‘Nashville Sessions’, single versions, alternate mixes from the US release ‘John Wayne’s Dream’ and two discs of demos. Formed by singer/guitarist Stuart Adamson in 1981 after leaving his previous group Skids, the Scottish rock band Big Country were hugely successful in the UK and US, scoring four UK Top 10 albums including ‘The Crossing’ (a UK platinum, US gold record) plus a further 2 UK Top 30 albums.

80's Big Country Hits contains the definitive Artists & Country, Rock. The Best hits from Tanya Tucker, GENE WATSON, Bellamy Brothers and many more.

Big Country who were one of Britain's most successful international rock acts during the 80's were very popular in Germany where all this material originates. Hit singles and albums many TV and festival appearances they toured consistently there until their end in 2000. This DVD is from 1995. The main concert is from their headline appearance at Das Fest in Karlsruhe.

Recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, 20/6/86. Dire Straits, Phil Collins, Big Country, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Tina Turner, Joan Armatrading, Rod Stewart, Howard Jones, Midge Ure, Level 42.

This release continues the series of 4-CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year. This great-value 113-track collection covers the year of 1961, during which time Billboard published a country Top 30 called Hot C&W Sides, and it comprises every record which appeared in the top 22 places in that chart during the year, excluding one or two records which are unavailable for copyright reasons. Despite the fact that the pop landscape had been transformed over the preceding years by rock ‘n’ roll and its aftermath, and with the new decade the British Invasion was only a couple of years away, the charts still had a familiar look about them for country fans, with many traditional established country stars well-represented, like Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells and Ray Price. However, the smoother Nashville sound certainly characterised many of the hits and there was more than a smattering of artists who enjoyed big crossover hits, notably Leroy Van Dyke returning to the charts with his long-running No. 1 “Walk On By”, as well as Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Hank Locklin, and Faron Young.