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Jack The Sipper

Apr 22 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

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One of the best bands to ever come out of Scotland. Or out of anywhere in the world, for that matter.

Stuart Adamson - gone too soon.

An outstanding live version of "Ships" at The Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1993.

And another, different but no less spectacular version of "Ships", Germany 1991.

Same concert. A powerful version of "Look away"

"Where the rose is sown", 1984

"King of emotion", Moscow, 1988.

"The storm", 1984.

"The crossing" is an excellent album. Here's the title track.

"Angle Park"

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