In November 1979, Mike Baillie, ex-Insect Bites, was recruited as a permanent band member, taking care of the drums, backing vocals and percussion).

Some, including DJ John Peel, felt that this glorified Nazi ideology and it was indeed similar to posters from the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Germany.

After the original version of the album had already been released, Canadian record producer Bruce Fairbairn was brought into the project.

One updated track, "The Olympian", was released on a flexi-disc single as a free gift with a March 1980 issue of Smash Hits.

It proved to be the band's most commercial release, reaching the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart and contained the minor hit single "Circus Games".

[2] A few of the tracks on the album also included a collection of fourteen adult and child backing vocalists, along with a lone didgeridoo player.

Initial copies of The Absolute Game came with a free limited edition, second album entitled Strength Through Joy, echoing the band's previous controversial themes.

[2] The pair played multiple instruments on the album, and also invited a collection of seventeen musical friends to perform on various tracks with them.

Jobson went on to pursue a solo career as a poet, songwriter, television presenter and most recently, as a film director.

[2] Webb proposed a solo career and, according to Armoury Show fan page, later joined Public Image Ltd in 1992 (but played only on their last tour), and is now a video game designer.

The line-up mirrored the 2007 gigs, with members of The Gospel Truth Choir joining Button on backing vocals for "A Woman in Winter" and "Working for the Yankee Dollar".

This final concert was to conclude a week of events celebrating the works, past and present, of Richard Jobson as part of The Fifer Festival 2010 on 6 March 2010.

It had a more extensive set of venues than the 2007 reunion with concerts throughout the UK and Ireland, and headlining the 2017 Rebellion Festival on the final night.

On 27 September 2023 Richard Jobson released a statement on the bands official website announcing that for the foreseeable future Bruce and Jamie Watson would be stepping down to focus on their work with Big Country.