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Title:
Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC. 1983-2019 [CD]
Edition:
Limited edition.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
[London, United Kingdom] : Cooking Vinyl, [2019]

℗2019
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (1 hr., 57 min., 59 sec.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
"38 classic tracks compiled from the BBC archive spanning 1983 to 2019. Fully remastered, many previously unreleased; includes selected highlights from sessions for John Peel, David Jensen, Janice Long, Phill Jupitus, Bob Harris, Tom Robinson & more"--Container packaging.
General Note:
Title from disc label.

Contains previously unreleased material.

All songs written by Billy Bragg, except "Lonesome traveller" by Lee Hays; "Way over yonder in the minor key" by Guthrie/Bragg; "I ain't got no home" by Guthrie; "Why we build the wall" by Anais Mitchell; A13-BB parody of Route 66, lyrics by Bragg, tune by Bobby Troup; "Fear is a man's best friend" by John Cale; "The boy done good" by Bragg/Marr.

Compact discs.

Credits printed on container.
Performers:
Billy Bragg ; with accompaniment.
Contents:
Disc one. A new England ; Fear is a man's best friend ; Love gets dangerous (John Peel session, 27th July 1983) -- Like soldiers do ; The man in the iron mask / (with Dave Woodhead) ; The Saturday boy (David Jensen session, 22nd December 1983) -- A lover sings ; Between the wars (John Peel session, 18th September 1984) -- A13, Trunk Road to the sea / (with Wiggy) (Saturday live, 13th October 1984) -- There is power in a union ; Days like these (John Peel session, 20th August 1985) -- Scholarship is the enemy of romance (Janice Long session, 18th December 1985) -- Greetings to the new brunette ; Ideology ; The warmest room (John Peel session, 2nd September 1986) -- She's got a new spell ; Valentine's Day is over ; The short answer ; Rotting on remand (John Peel session, 30th August 1988) --

Disc two. The few ; Accident waiting to happen / (with Wiggy) ; Tank park salute / (with Cara Tivey) (John Peel session, 12th May 1991) -- Brickbat ; This gulf between us (John Peel session, 13th October 1995) -- Goal hanger ; The boy done good ; From red to blue (John Peel Divas Bar live, 1st May 1997) -- The busy girl buys beauty ; It says here (Janice Long Paris Theatre London live, October 1999) -- Lonesome traveller (John Peel session, 8th December 2004) -- Goodbye, goodbye (Phill Jupitus live, 30th March 2007) -- Way over yonder in the minor key (Bob Harris live, 6th May 2012) -- No-one knows nothing anymore (Latitude Festival live, 18th July 2014) -- Levi Stubbs' tears (Glastonbury live, 26th June 2015) -- Why we build the wall (Tom Robinson live Buxton Opera House, 21st January 2017) -- I ain't got no home / (with CJ Hillman) (Radio 2 Folk Awards live, 5th April 2017) -- The space race is over ; St. Swithin's Day (Tom Robinson now playing 'Billy Bragg takeover,' 14th July 2019).
Language:
English
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