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3 unusual facts about Show of Hands Live


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Paul Downes did work with Beer, however, for some Show of Hands performances in the early 1990s, one such performance being released as an album in 1994.

Show of Hands Live

"Exile" has been re-recorded several times in the studio too, one such example was for their album Lie of the Land (1995) and their 2007 compilation album Roots: The Best of Show of Hands.

It is often today referred to as their first album whatsoever, with their first three cassette albums (Show of Hands, Tall Ships and Out for the Count) being dropped from the canon (and replaced with the Backlog album) and are generally referred to as demo albums due to them being recorded in home studios with little production.



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