A Big 10-8 Place

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A Big 10-8 Place
A Big 10-8 Place cover
Studio album by Negativland
Released October 1983
Recorded 1982-1983
Genre Experimental music/Sound collage/Alternative; Concept album
Length 37:37
Label Seeland Records
Producer(s) Negativland
Professional reviews
Negativland chronology
Points
(1981)
A Big 10-8 Place
(1983)
Escape From Noise
(1987)



A Big 10-8 Place is Negativland's 3rd album and most arguably, their most coveted, excluding their limited run Negativland LP in 1980. The song deals with fair use and copyrights, but there are some added bonuses, like a whole piece devoted to giving directions from San Francisco to Concord, where the band was formed, and Contra Costa lawn clippings (really, wood chips). The album was re-released by Seeland Records, then with distribution from Mordam Records, in 1994, but since has been long out of print. On the mail order catalog, the band says that they're remastering the album for re-release soon. This was the first album that has Don Joyce and David Wills on it.

[edit] Track Listing

All songs written by (David Wills/Ian/Mark Hosler).

Side One

  1. Theme from a Big Place (2:58)
  2. A Big 10-8 Place, Pt. One (13:22)
  3. Clowns and Ballerinas (1:34)

Side Two

  1. Introduction (:49)
  2. Four Fingers (3:05)
  3. 180-G, a Big 10-8 Place, Pt. Two (15:49)