Volume I

~ Release by Billy Bragg (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

7 CDs + 2 DVDs

Tracklist

1▶CD: Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy
2▶CD: Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy: bonus disc
3▶CD: Brewing Up With Billy Bragg
4▶CD: Brewing Up With Billy Bragg: bonus disc
5▶CD: Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
6▼CD: Talking With the Taxman About Poetry: bonus disc
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1Sin City
cover recording of:
Sin City
composer:
Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons
3:35
2Deportees
cover recording of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (in 1948)
composer:
Martin Hoffman (in 1958)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
arrangement of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (original poem)
recording of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (in 1948)
composer:
Martin Hoffman (in 1958)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
arrangement of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (original poem)
4:03
3There Is Power in a Union (instrumental)
instrumental recording of:
There Is Power in a Union (with lyrics by Billy Bragg)
lyricist and arranger:
Billy Bragg
is based on:
Battle Cry of Freedom
3:17
4The Tracks of My Tears
cover recording of:
The Tracks of My Tears
writer:
Warren “Pete” Moore, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Tarplin
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
recording of:
The Tracks of My Tears
writer:
Warren “Pete” Moore, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Tarplin
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
2:57
5Wishing the Days Away (alternative version)
recording of:
Wishing the Days Away
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:33
6The Clashing of Ideologies (alternative version)
recording of:
The Clashing of Ideologies
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:52
7Greetings to the New Brunette (demo)
recording of:
Greetings to the New Brunette
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:57
8A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
recording of:
A Nurse’s Life Is Full of Woe
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:49
9Only Bad Signs
recording of:
Only Bad Signs
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:11
10Hold the Fort
cover recording of:
Hold the Fort (traditional labor song)
lyricist:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1774)
version of:
Hold the Fort
recording of:
Hold the Fort (traditional labor song)
lyricist:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1774)
version of:
Hold the Fort
1:48
7▶CD: The Internationale