Big Country - Soundcheck Extravaganza 1993/1994.

[@gordondeprest]

Stuart was an amazing guitar player...very much underappreciated in his time. I'm pretty sure his peers knew his level of talent but not much spoken about it in the trade magazines..would of been nice to know he got "some love" from the press now and then whilst he was here among us. RIP Stuart.

[@eyemoeba]

their inspired decision to not have guitar solos in Big Country tells you all you need to know about Stuart's ambitions for his songs and his lack of interest in the kind of adulation you speak of, but being hailed by John Peel as 'the new Hendrix' is about as cool as accolades get.

[@vfxtutswithdan1893]

No Guitar solos? Have you been listening to the same Big Country I've been listening to?@@eyemoeba

[@merin797]

Reading the book, “Stuart Adamson, In a Big Country” by Allan Glen, right now. (I could listen to these soundchecks all day).👍Thanks for posting!

[@hanyapoczynok1106]

Thanks for sharing this. Hearing Stuart sing "Look Away" a capella like that practically made my heart stop.

[@MattMartinGuitars]

Wonderful stuff. Gods, I miss this band.

[@bran1843]

Truly a haunting experience listening to that. Thanks for sharing.

[@timj41]

Still breaks my heart when I hear these....

[@jackiebrown7229]

Well that wiz braw! Loved going to see them. The atmosphere was always amazing! Miss them❤️

[@eamonnlittle9040]

Salty language,in a broad Fife accent,recalling how taxi driver refused to take him from train station to venue.Just what us young Scots guys were like,and still are.Never forgot his auld arse oor Stuart .Some superb sounds on this.

[@lisaknell6018]

Love this, Stuart was definitely one of the most underrated guitarists of his generation. Would've loved to have heard a full version of Atlantic City!!

[@MisterGee1968]

+Lisa Knell Agreed Lisa - of course it's been well documented that Springsteen is a big fan of Stuart / BC.....

[@MisterGee1968]

+Lisa Knell If Bruce is "The Boss", what would Stuart be ? "God" ? "The King" ?

[@ben_jamin160]

he was our gift from god, gods gifts are few.

[@eyemoeba]

@@MisterGee1968 the CEO.

[@bigcountryforever]

Fantastic,a priceless peace, marks drumming sounds effortless and precise,

[@sinister066]

i wish i had a tenth of the talent mark brzezicki has

[@MrMcClinch]

This is a gem. Thanks for sharing

[@stuart364]

ahh this is a complete gem of a recording, thks for posting..

[@IqbalHamid]

As fresh and exhilirating as the first time I heard them. Yes, I do feel as if I've just stepped off a rollercoaster.

[@scottlakey1136]

Fantastic

[@pmckerna]

First wee snippet is "Raindance".

[@jafangi007]

pure gold

[@weegussieboy]

WOW wow wow !!! Amazing.

[@Teganiss]

Stuart doing Bruce Springsteen. Amazing

[@tyeistops]

wtf? how's it just come across my attention... woo hoo...... fuckin'' magic mr.... thanx soo much!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@bobdobbs6301]

chills........

[@gerardlappee9725]

Wow! They 've played a part of The Crossing, between 5:21 and 6:16. That's rare, because on KZbin I've only see one more live-registration of that song... Somewhere in 1982...

[@CarlBewley]

River of Hope . . . 4/4 on the left hand 6/8 on the right . . . . . Mark B sold his soul to the drum gods for that :)

[@MisterGee1968]

9.25 - "Into The Valley" !!!!!!

[@colinwatt3958]

Angle Park, The Crossing, Close Action, Led Zep, Springsteen, The Skids. Do soundchecks get any better than this?

[@gordondeprest]

I thought I heard Giant in there...would of been cool to hear that one Live...

[@markgittins6012]

stuart great sense of humour

[@aarlevanbram]

cool!

[@trayceehanvy2766]

Wow.

[@P44LYY]

SOO BLOODDYY PERB!!!

[@timj41]

@Janco6 sorry for the dumb question, whose song is that? Springsteen?

[@BC1000Stars]

Really? Somebody gave a thumbs down? Wow.

[@ben_jamin160]

maybe their sad. sad litle bastards haha

[@IqbalHamid]

I gave this a thumbs up and wish I could give a whole load more.

[@MisterGee1968]

Can you imagine an album "Big Country play the Skids" - Meloncholy Soldiers, Masquerade, Yankee Dollar etc...............

[@IqbalHamid]

Graham Goodall or the Skids playing BC even

[@jackiebrown7229]

@@IqbalHamid naaaah! Jobbo couldnae sing Big Country. He couldnae even sing the Skids! 😂

[@jackiebrown7229]

Scared To Dance. His guitar is feckin awesome on it.

[@timj41]

You are Bang on man, imagine if in 2001 Richard J had called Stuart when he was at a very low ebb and said ‘come on mate lets reform the old gang’ ah what could have been eh? With some money in the bank after all those years they could have said ‘f...K the media we don’t have tae prove anythin anymore we’re just goonae have some fun’ imagine how phucking amazing that could have been. I reckon Stuart would have f...g loved it, things could have been different

[@westy1479]

Westy Poetry!

[@paztarancon]

💖💖💖

[@timbrown5304]

Hurry On Boys :-)

[@IqbalHamid]

Is he singing Springsteen there. 3 minutes in. Atlantic City.

[@BC1000Stars]

IqbalHamid he sure is 😊

[@ianwallace4667]

would have loved to hear Stuart singing that song

[@ben_jamin160]

wow

[@timj41]

which song is it at 1.18? cant ID it, sounds bloody great

[@josiahprofenno4136]

I really wish I’d know too.

[@BC1000Stars]

Freedom Song from 1991

[@milanotiki]

pure style,belgrade,serbia,milanotiki

[@lisaknell1809]

Does anyone know what song begins around 2:14? Great guitar, but of course...it’s Stu!

[@BC1000Stars]

Atlantic City by Springsteen, Lisa. 🙂

[@lisaknell1809]

BC1000stars sorry I actually meant at 1:24. I’m getting dyslexic in my old age!

[@BC1000Stars]

Hilarious! I was gonna say, you knew what it was 5 years ago in the comments further down! 😂

[@BC1000Stars]

Anyway, that's a snippet of Freedom Song - something they never actually played live.

[@lisaknell1809]

BC1000stars thanks! Never heard of that one!

[@georgiak6017]

Cool

[@marc12marc]

2:27 They blew up the chicken??

[@MisterGee1968]

This is superb BC1000 !!!! I caught "Into the Valley" @ 9.25 - what was the other Skids' track ?

[@BC1000Stars]

Hi, there's a snippet of Hurry On Boys in there too. Glad you liked this, I had a lot of fun editing it together. I have more so i think it's time I did a part 2 of this. Stay Alive! :)

[@MisterGee1968]

+Graham Goodall Got it - "Hurry On Boys" @ 10.10 !

[@MisterGee1968]

+BC1000stars More ???? Yes please !!!!!

[@ShadSimm]

What's the instrumental after Stuart's little monologue about 1:17?

[@BC1000Stars]

ShadSimm it's a snippet of 'Freedom Song'

[@sinister066]

@timj41 freedom song.

[@Jusepluvik]

at 4:10 , Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker? Yummy, all of it!

[@chen5310]

September Bellesbach And before that is Black Dog I think.....

[@sinister066]

@pmckerna tis' followed by river of hope...brzezicki rules!

[@cmgushman]

the crossing @5:45 for a little bit