Gig: 1/18/1986, The Alarm, Hagadal, Hultsfred, Sweden

Day Forty One : Thursday 13th July 2005 The morning is spent getting the best out of the four vocal takes I recorded yesterday. At 1200 we observed the two minute silence honoring the memory of the victims of last weeks bomb attacks. Since the beginning of the session in Henley, I have been constantly pouring over the lyrics on my lap top. I have the lyric to each song [read more]

The Brook Southampton, Hampshire

Standards is your standard issue pre-Christmas “best of” compilation from The Alarm, a band that is far from standard issue. Here, all your favorites are lifted to the audio excellence of digital sound -“The Stand”, “Strength”, “Spirit Of ’76”, “Rescue Me”, “Marching On”, “Blaze Of Glory” – and the sound is great. This ia an excellent collection to own, especially if, like me, you have all of The Alarm’s earliest [read more]