Gig: 5/11/1989, The Alarm, Record “Prision Without Prision Bars”

Day Twenty Nine: Thursday 30th June 2005 Today we get a visit from George Williams, the engineer in situ at The Doghouse Studios in Henley. George is the man we want to mix the album. We actually worked with him when we made the Children Of The Revolution album and we loved the sounds and mixes he produces. We had reached a bit of an impasse with Steve Brown over [read more]

‘Love Don’t Come Easy’ [4:08] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Love can give you everything Then take it all away She can take you to the water She can make you thirst for days Tell you what you want to hear In the same breath she can steal And that’s why love don’t come easy Love can take you to the mountain Love can make it move Love can shine [read more]

“Sold Me Down The River” single released. This is arguably the bands biggest readio hit in the Usa. It reached #2 on Modern rock chart and #3 on the Mainstrram rock chart (although, this editor recalls that it actually hit #1, but I can’t find the evidence any where). It only reached #50 on the Hot 100 chart, which says more about the disparity of “alternative” music in 1989 and [read more]