Gig: 11/16/1987, The Alarm, Panyehol Leisure Centre, Gonseinon

‘Prison Without Prision Bars (acoustic demo)’ [2:31] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I hear a gunshot break the silence I hear that sound �most every night My mind is stripped there’s no reaction I’m trapped in a Prison without prison bars Help me Help me I’m trapped in a Prison without bars Help me Help me I’m trapped in a Prison without prison bars Everyday someone’s trying to sell me [read more]

Tracks The Road Unsafe Building (1990) Stand, The Sixty Eight Guns (Part I) Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? Absolute Reality (Single version) Strength Spirit Of 76 Rain In The Summertime Rescue Me Sold Me Down The River Devolution Working Man Blues Happy Christmas (War Is Over) USA CD Adds: Marching On (single version) Blaze Of Glory (Declaration album version) UK CD/LP adds A New South Wales

Still on a roll from a year of Bob Dylan supports, The Alarm make up for lost time this side of the Atlantic with a Tony Visconti-produced concept LP that bemoans the fate of their ailing Welsh homeland. Simultaneously released with Welsh language vocals as Change, this is a stadium-sized pub-rock set that lacks the gusto and rampant commerciality of their 68 Guns secondhand The Clash without ever really living [read more]