The Roaring Forty | 1983 – 2023

~ Release by Billy Bragg (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1The Internationale
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy
brass:
Christie Tyler Cory Band
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Côr Cochion Caerdydd
conductor:
David Bedford
arranger:
David Bedford
recording of:
The Internationale (English, Billy Bragg version)
composer:
Pierre Degeyter
translator:
Billy Bragg (in 1989)
translated version of:
L’Internationale (The Internationale)
Billy Bragg3:49
2I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
dedicated to:
Phil Ochs
version of:
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night (Robinson/Hayes)
Billy Bragg1:30
3He Marching Song of the Covert BattalionsBilly Bragg4:02
4Blake’s Jerusalem
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake
composer:
Hubert Parry (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
Billy Bragg2:33
5Nicaragua Nicarauguita
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy
vocals:
Billy Bragg
cover recording of:
Nicaragua, Nicaragüita
lyricist and composer:
Carlos Mejía Godoy
recording of:
Nicaragua, Nicaragüita
lyricist and composer:
Carlos Mejía Godoy
Billy Bragg1:09
6The Red Flag
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy
bodhrán and percussion:
Jim Sutherland
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
tin whistle:
Marc Duff
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughan
recording of:
The Red Flag (tune of The White Cockade)
lyricist:
Jim Connell
is based on:
The Red Flag (the lyrics, not set to a specific tune)
version of:
The White Cockade
Billy Bragg3:15
7My Youngest Son Came Home TodayBilly Bragg3:08
8Joe Hill
cover recording of:
Joe Hill (Ochs; "Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores...")
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
dedicated to:
Joe Hill
recording of:
Joe Hill (Ochs; "Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores...")
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
dedicated to:
Joe Hill
Billy Bragg with The Pattersons8:23
9This Land Is Your Land
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Billy Bragg with Heathens All4:35
10Never Cross a Picket Line
producer:
Grant Showbiz
Billy Bragg3:37
11A Change Is Gonna Come
cover recording of:
A Change Is Gonna Come
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. and Kags Music Corp.
Billy Bragg3:58
12A Miner’s Life
recording of:
A Miner’s Life
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3510)
Billy Bragg3:01
13Introduction
Billy Bragg0:58
14Help Save the Youth of America (live)
live recording of:
Help Save the Youth of America
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg2:38
15Think Again (live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones
live recording of:
Think Again
lyricist and composer:
Dick Gaughan
Billy Bragg4:24
16Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (live)Billy Bragg3:11
17Days Like These (DC remix)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones
recording of:
Days Like These
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
live recording of:
Days Like These
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg2:43
18To Have and to Have Not (live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones
live recording of:
To Have and to Have Not
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
Billy Bragg2:49
19There Is Power in a Union
cover recording of:
There is Power in a Union (Joe Hill)
lyricist:
Joe Hill (in 1913)
composer:
Lewis E. Jones
parody version of:
There Is Power in the Blood (Power In The Blood)
Billy Bragg with The Pattersons3:27
20Levi Stubbs’ Tears (live)
live recording of:
Levi Stubbs’ Tears
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:49
21Ideology (live)
live recording of:
Ideology
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg4:54
22The Short Answer (live)
live recording of:
The Short Answer
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg4:42
23Seven & Seven IsBilly Bragg2:11
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