Big City Secrets [SEP] record label
Big City Secrets
Big City Secrets is the first studio album by Joseph Arthur, released by Real World Records on March 11, 1997. Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno contribute backing vocals on the song "Mercedes."
Album credits.
1. "Big City Secret"
- Joseph Arthur: guitar and vocals
- Roger Beaujolais: vibes
- Martyn Barker: treated tubular kit
- Simon Edwards: bass
- Markus Dravs: keyboards, desert storm & gravel percussion
2. "Mercedes"
and made available to concertgoers immediately following the show on recordable media.
Arthur was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-1990s, and signed to Gabriel's Real World label as the first North American artist on the label's roster. Arthur released his debut album, "Big City Secrets" (1997), and follow-up, "Come to Where I'm From" (2000), on Real World before signing with various independent labels between 2002 and 2006. He established his own record label, Lonely Astronaut Records