No Frontiers was originally entitled New Frontier when it was first recorded in a demo studio in the East Los Angeles by Mike Peters and Eddie Macdonald in August 1988. This while the band were on tour with Bob Dylan and were booked to play 3 nights at the Greek Hotel in the Hollywood Hills. Mike and Eddie had been writing new songs and working on new ideas and took the opportunity to record ending up with a 16 track acoustic demo-tape. In October/November 1988 the band returned to North Wales where they worked on new songs for upcoming album, during this phase the song evolved to become No Frontiers as the band worked on it together. The final recorded version No Frontiers appeared on the Change album released on 18th September 1989. the two earlier versions surfaced on a Change Demos CD that appeared in 1998, initially this was a bootleg and then was made available through the MPO
1989 Change album Skylight Suite recording
Running length 3:53
Written by Macdonald / Peters
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals
Dave Sharp – Electric Guitar
Eddie Macdonald – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Nigel Twist – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Mark Taylor – Piano, Hammond Organ
Recorded 22nd May 1989 at The Skylight Suite, Wapping, London E1W, England
Mixed at Good Earth Studio, London, England in June/July 1989
Produced & Engineered by Tony Visconti
Alternative studio recordings – Demo, Acoustic, Remastered, Re-imaged
August 1988 – Demo
Recorded as New Frontier
Running length 2:52
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
Eddie Macdonald – Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Recorded at a demo Studio in East Los Angeles, USA
October 1988 to February 1989 Kinmel Hall Demo
Running length 3:42
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals
Dave Sharp – Electric Guitar
Eddie Macdonald – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Nigel Twist – Drums, Drum Programming, Backing Vocals
Recorded during demo/song development sessions at a Kinmel Hall, St George , North Wales
1997 – Mike Peters – Acoustic Works 1987-1991
Running length 3:06
MuMusicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
Recorded in October 1995 at Fort Apache, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Recorded by Dan McLoughlin
Produced by Mike Peters
Album appearances and discography of studio recordings
All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated
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18th September 1989 : The Alarm – Change
Released in the UK by IRS Records, on vinyl IRSAX 1020, cassette IRSAC 1020, CD IRSACD 1020
Original 1989 Album version
Change was also released on vinyl, cassette and CD in USA, Canada, Vinyl and CD in Europe and Australia,
Vinyl and cassette in Italy, Vinyl only in Brazil, Cassette only in Germany, CD only in Japan
2000 : The Alarm – Change [1989-1990]
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C015
Appearing as part of the Alarm 2000 collection box set and then later as an individual disc
Original 1989 album recording remastered
Single appearances and discography
Officially released live recordings – Audio
Officially released live recordings – Video/DVD
Lyrics – Change album
A thousand miles before us
Long is the road
The mountain high
And the valley low
Our love is stronger than we know
In the tears of a river
I see the wrong
Hear the mountain cry
Cry anger
Feel the pain in the valley below
I want to run
Where the sunlight beats on my face
I want to feel
The wind in my hair
There are no frontiers
That we can’t cross tonight
There are no borderlines
To keep us apart
There are no frontiers
I am devoted to you
Like the sea to the shore
Like the tree to the forest
I can’t live without you
A river can’t live without water
I want to run
Where the sunlight beats on my face
I want to feel
The wind in my hair
There are no frontiers
That we can’t cross tonight
There are no borderlines
To keep us apart
There are no frontiers
That we can’t cross oh oh oh
There are no frontiers
That we can’t cross tonight
There are no borderlines
To keep us apart
There are no frontiers
That we can’t cross tonight
There are no borderlines
To keep us apart
No, no, no
There are no frontiers
There are no frontiers
To keep us apart
There are no frontiers
Alternative Lyrics
Audio & Visual Sources
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