Unplugged at the Walls (album)

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Unplugged At The Walls wasn't even an intended release in the first place, but it turns out to be by far Marillion's most interesting live release in the latter years. It is recorded in a small restaurant in Oswestry 25 and 26th of June 1998 as a strictly acoustic set.

As quoted by Steve Hogarth:

"We offered to play a gig in there for a free meal and some beers."

As soon as the fans found out they were going to perform in the restaurant, everyone wanted to come and see them. They eventually had to sell some tickets, and those were sold out in less than a day or so. Fans from all around the world found their way to the small town of Oswestry to hear the band perform, and the response was so great that the band also figured they had to tape the thing. It is a very interesting release with a sort of an unplugged acoustic feeling to the set, and the band rewrote much of their performed material for the gig to be more acoustic sounding. They also perform their version of Abraham, Martin And John which appeared later on Marillion.Christmas 1999 fan-club only release in a studio version.

Unplugged At The Walls was released on the bands own label, Racket Records.