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Billy Bragg- Volume II

Billy Bragg- Volume II

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Label: Cooking Vinyl

Released 2006

English singer/songwriter Billy Bragg's Volume 2 box set picks up where Volume 1 left off, but most of the four albums covering 14 years chronicled here involve alterations in the Bragg repertoire: more love songs to balance his social and political rants, and a full band playing behind him. Bragg is nothing if he isn't revolutionary. He mixes adoration ("She's Got a New Spell") and angst ("Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards") on Workers Playtime (1988); covers Fred Neil ("Dolphins") on Don't Try This at Home (1991); puts music to a Rudyard Kipling poem à la Mermaid Avenue ("A Pict Song") on William Bloke (1996); and takes his home country to the woodshed ("Take Down the Union Jack") on England, Half English (2002). The nine-CD package is jammed with demos, alternate versions, and covers (such as a splendid version of the Faces' "Glad and Sorry"), and a bonus DVD provides a look at Bragg in his most comfortable element: on stage at concerts recorded in 1991 and 2006.

Track listing:

Workers Playtime

  1. She's Got A New Spell
  2. Must I Paint You A Picture
  3. Tender Comrade
  4. The Price I Pay
  5. Little Time Bomb
  6. Rotting On Remand
  7. Valentine's Day Is Over
  8. Life With The Lions
  9. The Only One
  10. The Short Answer
  11. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
  12. The Only One (Demo)*
  13. The Price I Pay (Demo)*
  14. Love Has No Pride*
  15. That's Entertainment*
  16. She's Got A New Spell (Demo)*
  17. The Short Answer (Demo)*
  18. Little Time Bomb (Demo)*
  19. Bad Penny (Demo)*
  20. Reason To Believe (Live)*
  21. Must I Paint You A Picture (Extended Version)*
  22. Raglan Road (Live)*

Don't Try This At Home

  1. Accident Waiting To Happen
  2. Moving The Goalposts
  3. Everywhere
  4. Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
  5. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
  6. Trust
  7. God's Footballer
  8. The Few
  9. Sexuality
  10. Mother Of The Bride
  11. Tank Park Salute
  12. Dolphins
  13. North Sea Bubble
  14. Rumours Of War
  15. Wish You Were Her
  16. Body Of Water
  17. Party Of God*
  18. North Sea Bubble (Demo)*
  19. Sexuality (Demo)*
  20. Just One Victory (Alternative Mix)*
  21. Everywhere (Alternative Version)*
  22. Trust (Demo)*
  23. Bread & Circuses*
  24. Cindy Of A Thousand Lives (Demo)*
  25. The Few (Demo)*
  26. Revolution*
  27. Tighten Up Your Wig with The Athenians & DJ Woody Dee*
  28. MBH*
  29. This Gulf Between Us*
  30. Piccadilly Rambler*

William Bloke

  1. From Red To Blue
  2. Upfield
  3. Everybody Loves You Babe
  4. Sugardaddy
  5. A Pict Song
  6. Brickbat
  7. The Space Race Is Over
  8. Northern Industrial Town
  9. The Fourteenth Of February
  10. King James Version
  11. Goalhanger
  12. As Long As You Hold Me (Demo)*
  13. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Demo)*
  14. Sugar Daddy (Demo)*
  15. The Space Race Is Over (Demo)*
  16. Goalhanger (Demo)*
  17. Upfield (Demo)*
  18. The Fourteenth Of February (Demo)*
  19. Qualifications*
  20. Never Had No One Ever*
  21. Thatcherites*
  22. All Fall Down*

England, Half English (Billy Bragg & The Blokes)

  1. St. Monday
  2. Jane Allen
  3. Distant Shore
  4. England, Half English
  5. NPWA
  6. Some Days I See The Point
  7. Baby Faroukh
  8. Take Down The Union Jack
  9. Another Kind Of Judy
  10. He'll Go Down
  11. Dreadbelly
  12. Tears Of My Tracks
  13. Billericay Dickie*
  14. Mansion On The Hill*
  15. Glad And Sorry*
  16. He'll Go Down (Demo)*
  17. Yarra Song*
  18. You Pulled The Carpet Out*
  19. Mystery Shoes*
  20. Tears Of My Tracks (Demo)*
  21. Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version)*
  22. England, Half English (7" Remix)*
  23. 1 2 3 4*
  24. Dry Bed (Band Version)*
  25. Danny Rose*
  26. She Smiled Sweetly*

Bonus Tracks*

DVD - If You've Got A Guestlist...

Billy Bragg & The Red Stars At The Town & Country Club November 1991

    1. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
    2. The Saturday Boy
    3. The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions
    4. The World Turned Upside Down
    5. Dolphins
    6. Valentine's Day Is Over
    7. North Sea Bubble
    8. Body Of Water
    9. Levi Stubbs' Tears
    10. A Lover Sings
    11. She's Got A New Spell
    12. Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
    13. Accident Waiting To Happen
    14. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards  
    15. Tender Comrade    
    16. Tank Park Salute  
    17. The Warmest Room  
    18. Sexuality

At The Broadway, Barking May 2006

    1. (Intro)
    2. A Lover Sings
    3. The Price I Pay
    4. Debris
    5. Tank Park Salute
    6. All You Fascists
    7. For The Great Leap Forwards
    8. A13, Trunk Road To The Sea
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Billy Bragg- Volume II

Billy Bragg- Volume II

Regular price $45.99 USD
Regular price Sale price $45.99 USD
Sale Sold out
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Format

Label: Cooking Vinyl

Released 2006

English singer/songwriter Billy Bragg's Volume 2 box set picks up where Volume 1 left off, but most of the four albums covering 14 years chronicled here involve alterations in the Bragg repertoire: more love songs to balance his social and political rants, and a full band playing behind him. Bragg is nothing if he isn't revolutionary. He mixes adoration ("She's Got a New Spell") and angst ("Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards") on Workers Playtime (1988); covers Fred Neil ("Dolphins") on Don't Try This at Home (1991); puts music to a Rudyard Kipling poem à la Mermaid Avenue ("A Pict Song") on William Bloke (1996); and takes his home country to the woodshed ("Take Down the Union Jack") on England, Half English (2002). The nine-CD package is jammed with demos, alternate versions, and covers (such as a splendid version of the Faces' "Glad and Sorry"), and a bonus DVD provides a look at Bragg in his most comfortable element: on stage at concerts recorded in 1991 and 2006.

Track listing:

Workers Playtime

  1. She's Got A New Spell
  2. Must I Paint You A Picture
  3. Tender Comrade
  4. The Price I Pay
  5. Little Time Bomb
  6. Rotting On Remand
  7. Valentine's Day Is Over
  8. Life With The Lions
  9. The Only One
  10. The Short Answer
  11. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
  12. The Only One (Demo)*
  13. The Price I Pay (Demo)*
  14. Love Has No Pride*
  15. That's Entertainment*
  16. She's Got A New Spell (Demo)*
  17. The Short Answer (Demo)*
  18. Little Time Bomb (Demo)*
  19. Bad Penny (Demo)*
  20. Reason To Believe (Live)*
  21. Must I Paint You A Picture (Extended Version)*
  22. Raglan Road (Live)*

Don't Try This At Home

  1. Accident Waiting To Happen
  2. Moving The Goalposts
  3. Everywhere
  4. Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
  5. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
  6. Trust
  7. God's Footballer
  8. The Few
  9. Sexuality
  10. Mother Of The Bride
  11. Tank Park Salute
  12. Dolphins
  13. North Sea Bubble
  14. Rumours Of War
  15. Wish You Were Her
  16. Body Of Water
  17. Party Of God*
  18. North Sea Bubble (Demo)*
  19. Sexuality (Demo)*
  20. Just One Victory (Alternative Mix)*
  21. Everywhere (Alternative Version)*
  22. Trust (Demo)*
  23. Bread & Circuses*
  24. Cindy Of A Thousand Lives (Demo)*
  25. The Few (Demo)*
  26. Revolution*
  27. Tighten Up Your Wig with The Athenians & DJ Woody Dee*
  28. MBH*
  29. This Gulf Between Us*
  30. Piccadilly Rambler*

William Bloke

  1. From Red To Blue
  2. Upfield
  3. Everybody Loves You Babe
  4. Sugardaddy
  5. A Pict Song
  6. Brickbat
  7. The Space Race Is Over
  8. Northern Industrial Town
  9. The Fourteenth Of February
  10. King James Version
  11. Goalhanger
  12. As Long As You Hold Me (Demo)*
  13. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Demo)*
  14. Sugar Daddy (Demo)*
  15. The Space Race Is Over (Demo)*
  16. Goalhanger (Demo)*
  17. Upfield (Demo)*
  18. The Fourteenth Of February (Demo)*
  19. Qualifications*
  20. Never Had No One Ever*
  21. Thatcherites*
  22. All Fall Down*

England, Half English (Billy Bragg & The Blokes)

  1. St. Monday
  2. Jane Allen
  3. Distant Shore
  4. England, Half English
  5. NPWA
  6. Some Days I See The Point
  7. Baby Faroukh
  8. Take Down The Union Jack
  9. Another Kind Of Judy
  10. He'll Go Down
  11. Dreadbelly
  12. Tears Of My Tracks
  13. Billericay Dickie*
  14. Mansion On The Hill*
  15. Glad And Sorry*
  16. He'll Go Down (Demo)*
  17. Yarra Song*
  18. You Pulled The Carpet Out*
  19. Mystery Shoes*
  20. Tears Of My Tracks (Demo)*
  21. Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version)*
  22. England, Half English (7" Remix)*
  23. 1 2 3 4*
  24. Dry Bed (Band Version)*
  25. Danny Rose*
  26. She Smiled Sweetly*

Bonus Tracks*

DVD - If You've Got A Guestlist...

Billy Bragg & The Red Stars At The Town & Country Club November 1991

    1. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
    2. The Saturday Boy
    3. The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions
    4. The World Turned Upside Down
    5. Dolphins
    6. Valentine's Day Is Over
    7. North Sea Bubble
    8. Body Of Water
    9. Levi Stubbs' Tears
    10. A Lover Sings
    11. She's Got A New Spell
    12. Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
    13. Accident Waiting To Happen
    14. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards  
    15. Tender Comrade    
    16. Tank Park Salute  
    17. The Warmest Room  
    18. Sexuality

At The Broadway, Barking May 2006

    1. (Intro)
    2. A Lover Sings
    3. The Price I Pay
    4. Debris
    5. Tank Park Salute
    6. All You Fascists
    7. For The Great Leap Forwards
    8. A13, Trunk Road To The Sea
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