The Crossing

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Julian was interviewed by the Big Country podcast The Great Divide in 2013, and spoke extensively about his time working with Big Country from 1982-1986. Julian’s quotes mostly come from that interview.

a b Loder, Kurt (15 September 1983). "Big Country: The Crossing". Rolling Stone. No.404. Archived from the original on 29 March 2007 . Retrieved 18 September 2011. Cherry Red Records – The Journey, Big Country". Cherryred.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014 . Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961" (in Finnish). Sisältää Hitin - Suomen listalevyt (Timo Pennanen) . Retrieved 11 August 2016. The album launch took place in Moscow and was accompanied by a tour of the USSR, [10] a political statement some felt seemed insincere. [11] During the Peace in Our Time UK tour, the band were supported by Diesel Park West and Cry Before Dawn. [12] The 1990s [ edit ] The height of the band's popularity was in the early to mid 1980s, although they have retained a cult following for many years since. The band's music incorporated Scottish folk and martial music styles, and the band engineered their guitar-driven sound to evoke the sound of bagpipes, fiddles, and other traditional folk instruments. The surviving original members toured again in late December 2010 and January 2011 with Mike Peters of the Alarm and Jamie Watson, Bruce's son, added to the line-up. [20] This line-up began more regular touring as well as writing new material for potential release, in part with the involvement of record producer Steve Lillywhite. The efforts resulted in the creation of Big Country's first single in 11 years, entitled "Another Country". [21] a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp.56–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

RPM 100 Albums". RPM. archived at Library and Archives Canada. 39 (11). 12 November 1983. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012 . Retrieved 15 September 2011. As mentioned initially, Julian did not sign his work or get attributed his works in album sleeve notes by his own name. He would use the initials J.B. Why the secrecy? Heart and Soul" – 4:33 (This version fades out earlier than the version on the 1983 cassette release) Adamson moved to Nashville in the mid-1990s, where he met country music singer/songwriter Marcus Hummon, and together they released an alternative country studio album as The Raphaels in 2001.

Opening the evening is the wonderfully talented Charlotte Grayson. Please come and show her your support. You’ll be glad you did. a b c d e f g h i Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp.56–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Big Country – Steeltown". Rotherham Theatres. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014 . Retrieved 8 April 2014. So who designed the cover art for The Crossing? The liner notes don’t give a lot of clues. «Sleeve by J.B. & Q. Branch». Hmm. Julian has long since left the music industry behind. For the last three decades he has worked under the banner of Vegas Design, being involved in all aspects of brand creation, identity development, design and marketing for the art, publishing, and classic car world.

Big Country Star Believed To Have Committed Suicide | News". Nme.Com. 18 December 2001 . Retrieved 8 April 2014.Proper Records are delighted to make again available the first three albums from the much-loved Big Country. Originally released on Mercury Records between 1983 and 1986, these records – The Crossing, Steeltown, and The Seer – sound as striking and singular now as they did when first heard. Julian would work as a freelancer for a few years before the call came to work for Big Country. “I got introduced to Big Country through their product manager at Phonogram. I was working freelance at the time and my two biggest clients were The Clash and Adam and the Ants. As a result I was working a lot for CBS. Suddenly I got a call out of the blue – completely out of the blue! – from a guy at Phonogram called Bob Fisher. Phonogram had got a couple of new acts, including Tears For Fears, which was who Bob called me about. I ended up doing some work with him for Tears For Fears. He was so pleased with that, and we were obviously starting quite a good relationship. When Big Country signed, it was like, ‘come in and meet them, they are coming down from Scotland. We’ll have a meeting at the office.’ I can’t remember who was in the meeting, I think it might just have been Bruce and Stuart. Their A&R man Chris Briggs was also there.” On Christmas 1984, the four members participated in the Band Aid charity record " Do They Know It's Christmas?". They are among a small handful of acts to contribute a spoken message to the B-side of the single. There was plenty of depth beyond the singles, with songs like “Inward” exuding a choppy energy that had remained intact from the new wave days. “1000 Stars” and others built an intricate wall of guitar sound, carefully constructed by the band with producer Steve Lillywhite. The opening section of “The Storm” showed their more acoustic side, on an album entirely written by the four members of a big new British attraction of the era.

a b c d e f g h i Colin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music (Thirded.). Virgin Books. pp.60/1. ISBN 1-85227-969-9. That would have been the Harvest Home single, released in September 1982. That was the first time the Big Country logo was used, and when Julian arrived he found that the idea for the logo was already on the table. Gwenda (19 January 2012). "Big Country Interviews 1984-1986". Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Strachan, Graeme (16 September 2022). "Big Country and Harvest Home: The start of something special for Fife band that conquered the world". The Courier . Retrieved 21 October 2023. Find sources: "Big Country"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( April 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Pruzan, Jeff (October–November 2001). "Big Country: The Crossing". Blender. Vol.1, no.3. Archived from the original on 3 June 2002 . Retrieved 6 July 2016. a b c d "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016 . Retrieved 11 August 2016. BIG COUNTRY - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com . Retrieved 29 January 2018.