A Big 10-8 Place

Infobox Album |
Name = A Big 10-8 Place
Type = Album
Artist = Negativland


Background = orange
Released = October 1983
Recorded = 1982-1983
Genre = Experimental music/Sound collage/Alternative; Concept album
Length = 37:37
Label = Seeland Records
Producer = Negativland
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:acx1z8oaoyvn]
Last album = Points
(1981)
This album = A Big 10-8 Place
(1983)
Next album =
(1985)

"A Big 10-8 Place" is Negativland's 3rd album, released in 1983. This was the first album with the involvement of band member Don Joyce. The album's title is a reference to the radio ten-code "10-8", which means "back in service" or "available for next call" in the context of common CB radio usage. The lyrics and collage sound clips on the album make frequent reference to the CB radio hobby, as well as mischief like jamming.

The original release had unusual packaging, and included a small plastic bag of lawn clippings (or mulch), a "No Other Possibility" bumper sticker, and a map of Contra Costa county, where the band originated. Contra Costa county is frequently mentioned on the track "180-G, a Big 10-8 Place, Pt. Two".

The album was re-released by Seeland Records, then with distribution from Mordam Records, in 1994. It was re-released again in 2007 by Seeland, packaged with a DVD release of No Other Possibility, Negativland's 1989 video release.

On the info for the album, Crosley Bendix "tells" that the album was edited manually and put in two people that edited it and went "mad". One of them is described as David Brom, jokingly.

Track listing

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

Side One

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

Side Two

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