Billy Bragg Reissues
Yep Roc Records
Due out: September 20th, 2005

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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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