Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Big Country: Restless Natives & Rarities


Y'know watching Adamson ply his folk-powered guitar-sculpting* got me thinking: if John Peel was a bit off in calling Adamson "the British Jimi Hendrix", maybe's he could be better described as "punk rock's Richard Thompson". By the way, this long out-of print collection of miscellanea goes for between $79 and $365 on Amazon, so if you appreciate this being available here maybe it's time to see what's in the band's catalog.



Restless Natives & Rarities link is in the comments


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    http://www.mediafire.com/?wllmn030seds0es

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  2. I loved the film 'Restless Natives'.

    Shame it isn't better known.

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  3. I was just thinking, you know who NEVER gets the respect he deserves?

    Tony Butler! AMAZING bass player!

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  4. amazing! they had such a big unique sound that was so different from the video worthy worthy banality of theat time. i think i appreciate them more now than i did then simply because i wanted more noise in the early eighties...excellent post. cheers.

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  5. great blog man, on ma way back to scotland between christmas and new year so the demo's will soundtrack ma journey back home.
    Keep up the sterling work
    gary C

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  6. Nice one. Good to see that 10 years on they're back and still wowing the crowds.

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  8. Thank you so much!

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  9. Hi
    Any chance of a repost? Please please

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  10. Can you upload Rarities V, VI, VIII and VIII in FLAC? I have or will soon have Rarities II & III, I just received IV. I'd be willing to send you a copy of each for the blog. I find it outrageous Amazon are selling CD-R burns of the Rarities for 15.99 each, of which are no doubt sourced from .mp3s.

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