It Was the Best of Times It Was the Best of Times It Was the Best of Times is the third live album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in April 1999. The album title makes use of the opening line from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. "It Was the Best of Times" was recorded in September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK during the "It's About Time" tour (set up in support of the "Some Things Never Change" studio album). The band includes vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mark Hart performing songs originally sung by Roger Hodgson. Supertramp are also augmented by
The Myanmar Times contained the word Ewhsnahtrellik – or "killer Than Shwe" in reverse – as well as a supposed "old Danish poem", the acrostic of which read "freedom". The group said it placed the ad to "show that you can find cracks or holes in even the worst regimes". The controversy made that week's edition a "best-seller" and copies were sold for two times their face value by local newspaper vendors. While no serious action was taken against "The Myanmar Times" for publishing the advertisement, two staff at the Press Scrutiny Board were removed from their positions and copies of the newspaper