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Sigur Ros Tix / Billy Bragg Reissue Deets

Posted on July 8, 2005 at 8:56 am | No Comments

Couple quick things this morning…

Pre-sale tickets for the North American dates of the upcoming Sigur R�s tour are now officially on sale, so get on over to their site pronto. Just picked up two for their show at the Boston Opera House on September 15th, and I’m not sure I could be more excited.

Yep Roc Records was kind enough to provide me with details on this fall’s Billy Bragg reissue discs, and the box set that pulls ’em all together. Here’s the skinny:

  • Four double-disc reissues, three of which have two cds of music. The fourth will have one cd and one dvd. The box set will contain all eight of those discs along with another bonus dvd, for a total of nine discs.
  • As of June 20th, here’s what they have for tracklistings (subject to updates), with the previously unreleased material in italics:
    Billy Bragg Reissues
    Yep Roc Records
    Due out: September 20th, 2005


    LIFE’S A RIOT WITH SPY Vs SPY

    Disc one:

    1 THE MILKMAN OF HUMAN KINDNESS
    2 TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT
    3 RICHARD
    4 A NEW ENGLAND
    5 MAN IN THE IRON MASK
    6 THE BUSY GIRL BUYS BEAUTY
    7 LOVERS TOWN REVISITED

    Disc two:

    1 STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
    2 THE CLOTH (1)
    3 LOVE LIVES HERE
    4 SPEEDWAY HERO
    5 LOVING YOU TOO LONG
    6 THIS GUITAR SAYS SORRY
    7 LOVE GETS DANGEROUS
    8 THE CLOTH (2)
    9 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
    10 A13, TRUNK ROAD TO THE SEA (Bobby Troup)
    11 FEAR IS A MAN’S BEST FRIEND (John Cale)


    BREWING UP

    Disc one:

    1 IT SAYS HERE
    2 LOVE GETS DANGEROUS
    3 MYTH OF TRUST
    4 FROM A VAUXHALL VELOX
    5 THE SATURDAY BOY
    6 ISLAND OF NO RETURN
    7 ST. SWITHIN’S DAY
    8 LIKE SOLDIERS DO
    9 THIS GUITAR SAYS SORRY
    10 STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
    11 A LOVER SINGS

    Disc two:

    1 IT MUST BE A RIVER
    2 WON’T TALK ABOUT IT
    3 TALKING WAG CLUB BLUES
    4 YOU GOT THE POWER
    5 THE LAST TIME (Jagger/Richards)
    6 BACK TO THE OLD HOUSE (Morrissey/Marr)
    7 A LOVER SINGS
    8 WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? (Florence Reece / Adapted Billy Bragg)
    9 IT SAYS HERE
    10 BETWEEN THE WARS
    11 THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (Leon Rosselson)


    TALKING WITH THE TAXMAN ABOUT POETRY

    Disc one:

    1 GREETINGS TO THE NEW BRUNETTE
    2 TRAIN TRAIN (Zenon De Fleur)
    3 THE MARRIAGE
    4 IDEOLOGY
    5 LEVI STUBBS’ TEARS
    6 HONEY I’M A BIG BOY NOW
    7 THERE IS POWER IN A UNION (Tune Traditional)
    8 HELP SAVE THE YOUTH OF AMERICA
    9 WISHING THE DAYS AWAY
    10 THE PASSION
    11 THE WARMEST ROOM
    12 THE HOME FRONT

    Disc two:

    1 SIN CITY (Gram Parsons/Chris Hillman)
    2 DEPORTEES (Woody Guthrie/Martin Hoffman)
    3 THERE IS POWER IN A UNION (Instrumental/Tune Traditional)
    4 TRACKS OF MY TEARS (Robinson/Moore/Tarplin)
    5 WISHING THE DAYS AWAY (alternate)
    6 THE CLASHING OF IDEOLOGIES
    7 GREETINGS TO THE NEW BRUNETTE (demo)
    8 A NURSE’S LIFE IS FULL OF WOE
    9 ONLY BAD SIGNS
    10 HOLD THE FORT (Traditional/Arrangement Billy Bragg)


    INTERNATIONALE / LIVE AND DUBIOUS DVD

    Disc one:

    1 THE INTERNATIONALE (Traditional/Arrangement Billy Bragg)
    2 I DREAMED I SAW PHIL OCHS LAST NIGHT (Robinson/Hayes/New Lyric Billy Bragg)
    3 THE MARCHING SONG OF THE COVERT BATTALIONS
    4 BLAKE’S JERUSALEM (Traditional/Arrangement Billy Bragg)
    5 NICARAGUA NICARAGUITA (Carlos Mejia Godoy)
    6 THE RED FLAG (Traditional/Arrangement Billy Bragg)
    7 MY YOUNGEST SON CAME HOME TODAY (Eric Bogle)
    8 INTRO RAP
    9 HELP SAVE THE YOUTH OF AMERICA
    10 THINK AGAIN (Dick Gaughan)
    11 CHILE YOUR WATERS RUN RED THROUGH SOWETO (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
    12 DAYS LIKE THESE (D.C. Remix)
    13 TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT
    14 THERE IS POWER IN A UNION (with The Pattersons/Tune Traditional)
    15 JOE HILL (Phil Ochs)
    16 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND (Guthrie/Adapted)
    17 NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
    18 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME (Sam Cooke)
    19 A MINER’S LIFE (Traditional/Arrangement Billy Bragg)

    Disc two (DVD):

    East Berlin DDR (Feb 1986)
    Nicaragua (July 1987)
    Lithuania USSR (May 1988)


    FROM THE WEST DOWN TO THE EAST
    Box set bonus DVD:

    The South Bank Show (Mar 1985)
    East Berlin DDR (Aug 1986)

    Only one word I can think of when reading all that: Wow. Thanks, Yep Roc.

    (edited to add: Billboard has some more info. Link via Chromewaves.)

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