Without the Aid of a Safety Net

Without the Aid of a Safety Net is the first live album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1994. (see 1994 in music). It contains a portion of the tracks from a concert at The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, and was recorded on 29th December, 1993. The full concert was released in 2005, labelled as 2CD Expanded Edition: The Complete Concert. This version features 8 tracks not on the original release.

Track listing

1. "Harvest Home" (3:27)
2. "Just A Shadow" (3:33)
3. "13 Valleys" (5:04)
4. "The Storm" (4:51)
5. "Chance" (3:44)
6. "Look Away" (4:20)
7. "What Are You Working For" (4:00)
8. "Steeltown" (5:38)
9. "Ships" (6:06)
10. "Wonderland" (5:54)
11. "In A Big Country" (6:21)

The cassette and CD release includes these additional tracks

• Peace In Our Time (3:20)
• Long Way Home (6:01)
• Lost Patrol (6:10)

2005 Release

All tracks written by Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki unless stated otherwise.

• Disc One

1. Introduction
2. Harvest Home
3. Peace In Our Time
4. Just A Shadow
5. 13 Valleys (Stuart Adamson)
6. Winter Sky* (Stuart Adamson/Bruce Watson)
7. The Storm
8. Chance
9. Tracks Of My Tears* (William Robinson/Marvin Tarplin/Warren Moore)
10. Rockin' In The Free World* (Neil Young)
11. All Go Together* (Stuart Adamson/Bruce Watson)
12. We're Not In Kansas* (Stuart Adamson)
13. Look Away (Stuart Adamson)
14. What Are You Working For (Stuart Adamson)
15. Steeltown

• Disc Two

1. Stuart And The Audience
2. Ships (Stuart Adamson/Bruce Watson)
3. Wonderland
4. Long Way Home (Stuart Adamson)
5. Alone* (Stuart Adamson)
6. In A Big Country
7. The Audience - Encore
8. Lost Patrol
9. (Hey Hey My My) Out Of The Blue (Into The Black)* (Neil Young)
10. Fields Of Fire*

All tracks marked * previously unreleased

Personnel

• Stuart Adamson - guitar, vocals
• Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion, vocals
• Tony Butler - bass, vocals
• Bruce Watson - guitar, mandolin