Big Barn Burning – Topping The Orchard on vinyl LP. 1990 Boston college radio Americana, Resonance Records. Ships from Germany.
About Topping The Orchard
A vinyl pressing of a 1990 college radio favourite from Boston band Big Barn Burning, blending Americana songwriting with a distinctly New England sensibility.
Topping The Orchard is an album by Big Barn Burning, released in 1990 via Resonance Records. Part of the Boston area’s college rock and roots rock scene, the band built a small but devoted following among listeners drawn to their blend of Americana instrumentation and rootsy, autumnal songwriting. This listing is a vinyl LP pressing, with a small seamsplit noted at the top middle, from a Berlin based eBay seller.
- Who were Big Barn Burning
- About Topping The Orchard
- The New England roots rock scene
- Pressing details and buying advice
In Brief
- Artist Big Barn Burning were a Boston area band working within the Americana and college roots rock tradition.
- Release Topping The Orchard came out in 1990 via Resonance Records, catalogue number 33-9030.
- Sound Rootsy, guitar-driven Americana songwriting with a distinctly New England, autumnal character.
- Scene context Part of a wider late-80s and early-90s Boston college radio scene that nurtured roots rock and Americana leaning bands.
- This copy Small seamsplit noted top middle, shipped from Berlin, Germany.
Big Barn Burning – Topping The Orchard (LP, Album)
Vinyl LP, Resonance Records
Vinyl LP pressing of Topping The Orchard, with a small seamsplit noted top middle, sold by a Berlin based eBay seller with 100% positive feedback.
Pressing Specifications
Who Were Big Barn Burning?
Big Barn Burning emerged from the Boston area's fertile late-1980s and early-1990s college radio scene, a period that nurtured a wide range of roots-leaning American guitar bands drawing on folk, country and rock traditions in equal measure. Taking their evocative, rural-imagery band name as a signal of their musical direction, the group built a rootsy, guitar-driven sound suited to the region's own distinctly New England character, standing somewhat apart from the more overtly punk and alternative rock acts that dominated much of Boston's wider indie scene at the time.
About Topping The Orchard
Released via Resonance Records in 1990, Topping The Orchard captures Big Barn Burning's rootsy, autumnal songwriting sensibility, a record well suited to the region's own seasonal character and rural imagery evoked in the band's name and album title alike. The record fits comfortably alongside the broader wave of college radio Americana and roots rock bands active during this period, offering guitar-driven songwriting that prized atmosphere and mood over flashier production, typical of the independent regional label releases of the era.
- A genuine artefact of the Boston college radio Americana scene
- Rootsy, guitar-driven songwriting with a distinctive regional character
- An interesting pickup for collectors of independent regional label releases
- Honestly described condition
- Small seamsplit noted at the top middle of the sleeve
- Limited wider documentation available about the band
- Niche appeal outside college radio Americana collectors
What is Topping The Orchard by Big Barn Burning?
It is a 1990 Americana and roots rock album from Boston area band Big Barn Burning, released via Resonance Records.
What condition is this vinyl copy in?
The listing notes a small seamsplit at the top middle of the sleeve; check the listing for full condition details.
What scene did Big Barn Burning belong to?
The Boston area college radio scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which fostered a range of Americana and roots rock leaning bands.
What does this album sound like?
Rootsy, guitar-driven Americana songwriting with a distinctly New England, autumnal character.
Does this listing ship outside Germany?
The seller is based in Berlin and lists a fixed shipping cost; check the current listing for up to date international shipping options and rates.
Where To Buy This Pressing
Worth The Spin?
- A rootsy piece of early-90s Boston college radio Americana
- Genuine regional character within a wider American roots rock scene
- Best suited to collectors of college radio and Americana releases
Topping The Orchard offers a rootsy, atmospheric slice of the Boston Americana scene, and this listing offers a vinyl pressing from a highly rated German seller.