Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983 - 2019

~ Release by Billy Bragg (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
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1A New England (John Peel session, 27th July 1983)
live recording of:
A New England (on 1983-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Chappell Music Ltd.
2:17
2Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend (John Peel session, 27th July 1983)
live recording of:
Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend (on 1983-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
John Cale
live cover recording of:
Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend
lyricist and composer:
John Cale
recording of:
Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend
lyricist and composer:
John Cale
2:38
3Love Gets Dangerous (John Peel session, 27th July 1983)
live recording of:
Love Gets Dangerous (on 1983-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:16
4Like Soldiers Do (David Jensen session, 22nd December 1983)
live recording of:
Like Soldiers Do (on 1983-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:46
5The Man in the Iron Mask (David Jensen session, 22nd December 1983)
live recording of:
The Man in the Iron Mask (on 1983-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
2:23
6The Saturday Boy (David Jensen session, 22nd December 1983)
live recording of:
The Saturday Boy (on 1983-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:18
7A Lover Sings (John Peel session, 18th September 1984)
live recording of:
A Lover Sings (on 1984-09-18)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:06
8Between the Wars (John Peel session, 18th September 1984)
live recording of:
Between the Wars (on 1984-09-18)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:40
9A13, Trunk Road to the Sea (Saturday live, 13th October 1984)
recording of:
A13 (Trunk Road to the Sea) (from 1984-10-13 to present)
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
composer:
Bobby Troup
version of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
2:14
10There Is Power in a Union (John Peel session, 20th August 1985)
live recording of:
There Is Power in a Union (with lyrics by Billy Bragg) (on 1985-08-20)
lyricist and arranger:
Billy Bragg
is based on:
Battle Cry of Freedom
2:22
11Days Like These (John Peel session, 20th August 1985)
live recording of:
Days Like These (on 1985-08-20)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
1:54
12Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance (Janice long session, 18th December 1985)
live recording of:
Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance (on 1985-12-18)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
1:56
13Greetings to the New Brunette (John Peel session, 2nd September 1986)
live recording of:
Greetings to the New Brunette (on 1986-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:24
14Ideology (John Peel session, 2nd September 1986)
live recording of:
Ideology (on 1986-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:27
15The Warmest Room (John Peel session, 2nd September 1986)
live recording of:
The Warmest Room (on 1986-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:08
16She’s Got a New Spell (John Peel session, 30th August 1988)
live recording of:
She’s Got a New Spell (on 1988-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:42
17Valentine’s Day Is Over (John Peel session, 30th August 1988)
live recording of:
Valentine's Day Is Over (on 1983-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:25
18The Short Answer (John Peel session, 30th August 1988)
live recording of:
The Short Answer (on 1988-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:24
19Rotting on Remand (John Peel session, 30th August 1988)
live recording of:
Rotting on Remand (on 1988-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:19
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1The Few (John Peel Session 12th May 1991)
live recording of:
The Few (on 1991-05-12)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:02
2Accident Waiting To Happen (John Peel Session 12th May 1991)
live recording of:
Accident Waiting to Happen (on 1991-05-12)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Accident Waiting to Happen
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:02
3Tank Park Salute (John Peel Session 12th May 1991)
live recording of:
Tank Park Salute (on 1991-05-12)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:48
4Brickbat (John Peel Session 13th October 1995)
live recording of:
Brickbat (on 1995-10-13)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:58
5This Gulf Between Us (John Peel Session 13th October 1995)
live recording of:
This Gulf Between Us (on 1995-10-13)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:07
6Goal Hanger (London Music Week Live 1st May 1997)
live recording of:
Goalhanger (on 1997-05-01)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:54
7The Boy Done Good (London Music Week Live 1st May 1997)
live recording of:
The Boy Done Good (on 1997-05-01)
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
composer:
Johnny Marr
2:48
8From Red To Blue (London Music Week Live 1st May 1997)
live recording of:
From Red to Blue (on 1997-05-01)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:09
9The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live October 1999)
live recording of:
The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (in 1999-10)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
1:59
10It Says Here (Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live October 1999)
live recording of:
It Says Here (in 1999-10)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:22
11Lonesome Traveller (John Peel Session 8th December 2004)
live cover recording of:
Lonesome Traveler (“I’m (just) a Lonely and a Lonesome Traveller”) (on 2004-12-08)
lyricist and composer:
Lee Hays
publisher:
Essex Musikverlag and Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
live recording of:
Lonesome Traveler (“I’m (just) a Lonely and a Lonesome Traveller”) (on 2004-12-08)
lyricist and composer:
Lee Hays
publisher:
Essex Musikverlag and Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
3:22
12Goodbye Goodbye (Phill Jupitus Live 30th March 2007)
live recording of:
Goodbye, Goodbye (on 2007-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:09
13Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (Bob Harris Live 6th May 2012)
live recording of:
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key (on 2012-05-06)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (in 1946)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
3:17
14No-One Knows Nothing Anymore (Latitude Festival Live 18th July 2014)
live recording of:
No One Knows Nothing Anymore (on 2014-07-18)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:55
15Levi Stubbs' Tears (Glastonbury Live 26th June 2015)
live recording of:
Levi Stubbs’ Tears (on 2015-06-26)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:25
16Why We Build The Wall (Tom Robinson Live Buxton Opera House 21st January 2017)
recorded at:
Buxton Opera House in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom (on 2017-01-21)
live cover recording of:
Why We Build the Wall (on 2017-01-21)
lyricist and composer:
Anaïs Mitchell
publisher:
Treleven Music
live recording of:
Why We Build the Wall (on 2017-01-21)
lyricist and composer:
Anaïs Mitchell
publisher:
Treleven Music
3:42
17I Ain't Got No Home (Radio 2 Folk Awards Live 5th April 2017)
live cover recording of:
I Ain’t Got No Home (on 2017-04-05)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (in 1938)
live recording of:
I Ain’t Got No Home (on 2017-04-05)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (in 1938)
3:50
18The Space Race Is Over (Tom Robinson Now Playing 6Music Takeover 14th July 2019)
live recording of:
The Space Race Is Over (on 2019-07-14)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:09
19St. Swithin's Day (Tom Robinson Now Playing 6Music Takeover 14th July 2019)
live recording of:
St Swithin’s Day (on 2019-07-14)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:55