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Billy Bragg The Roaring Forty | 1983 – 2023 (Deluxe Edition) 2 CD
40-songs, 2CD in card digisleeve with 16 page booklet.

2023 will see Billy Bragg and Cooking Vinyl celebrating forty years of music from the singer, songwriter, activist and author, with a selection of releases to appeal to casual admirers and die hard fans alike. Each format has been compiled by Billy

“It seems like just the other day that I was handing John Peel a mushroom biryani and asking him to play my first record. The music business has changed dramatically since then, but my belief in the power of the song is undimmed.” Billy Bragg 2023

Track Listing –

Disc 1.
1. Billy Bragg ‘A New England (2013 Remaster) from ‘Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy (1983)
2. Billy Bragg ‘The Milkman Of Human Kindness’ (2013 Remaster) from ‘Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy’ (1983)
3. Billy Bragg ‘To Have And Have Not’ (2013 Remaster) from ‘Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy’ (1983)
4. Billy Bragg ‘The Man In The Iron Mask’ (2013 Remaster) from ‘Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy’ (1983)
5. Billy Bragg ‘St. Swithin’s Day’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Brewing Up With’ (1984)
6. Billy Bragg ‘The Saturday Boy’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Brewing Up With’ (1984)
7. Billy Bragg ‘Between The Wars’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Between The Wars E.P.’ (1985)
8. Billy Bragg ‘The World Turned Upside Down’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Between The Wars E.P.’ (1985)
9. Billy Bragg ‘Which Side Are You On?’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Between The Wars E.P.’ (1985)
10. Billy Bragg ‘Levi Stubbs’ Tears’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Levi Stubbs’ Tears’ (1986)
11. Billy Bragg ‘Greetings To The New Brunette’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Talking With The Taxman About Poetry’ (1986)
12. Billy Bragg ‘There Is Power In A Union’ (2006 Remaster) from ‘Talking With The Taxman About Poetry’ (1986)
13. Billy Bragg ‘Help Save The Youth O