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Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (credited to Billy Bragg) was released in July 1983 by Charisma's new imprint, Utility. Hearing DJ John Peel mention on-air that he was hungry, Bragg rushed to the BBC with a mushroom biryani , so Peel played "The Milkman of Human Kindness" from Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy albeit at the wrong speed (since the 12 ...
The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes 13 studio albums (including two with Wilco and one with The Blokes), six live albums, 12 compilation albums, five extended plays, and 20 singles.
"A New England" is a song written and recorded by Billy Bragg, included on his album Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy, released in 1983. It remains a signature song from the early years of Bragg's recording career. [1] In 1985, a cover version by Kirsty MacColl became a hit single.
Bragg describes the album as "first pandemic blues album of our times but also a heartfelt paean to human resilience." [1] The album was produced by Romeo Stodart, of the Magic Numbers, with Dave Izumi. The instrumentation includes a 1960s mellotron, which provided a "wonderful kind of woozy, dreamlike sound", according to Bragg. [2]
Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999. A DVD of the film is included in Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions . Bob Dylan tells in his autobiography that Woody Guthrie asked him to reach out to Guthrie's wife Margie and get the boxes of songs and poems that had been written ...
Brewing Up with Billy Bragg is the second album by Billy Bragg, released in 1984.. While his debut album Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983) was performed by Bragg accompanied only by his guitar, Brewing Up with Billy Bragg began to use subtle overdubs, such as backing vocals on "Love Gets Dangerous", trumpet on "The Saturday Boy" and organ on "A Lover Sings".
Reaching to the Converted is an album by Billy Bragg released in August 1999. It is a collection of B-sides and rarities that spans Billy's entire career. It includes variations on old favorites, such as "Greetings to the New Brunette" (retitled "Shirley") and "Walk Away Renee".
Volume 1 is a box set by alternative folk singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, released in 2006.The box set includes 7 CDs and 2 DVDs with a booklet containing song lyrics and an introduction by Wiggy, producer of several of Bragg's albums.