Bragg, Billy
Best Of Billy Bragg At The Bbc 1983-2019

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Best Of Billy Bragg At The BBC 1983 - 2019 is een compilatie van de klassieke optredens die de Britse singer-songwriter vanaf het begin van de jaren ’80 tot nu bij de BBC gaf. Het 38 nummers tellende album is volledig geremastered en bevat veel niet eerder uitgebrachte tracks en de hoogtepunten van de sessies die Billy Bragg deed bij John Peel, David Jensen, Janice Long, Phill Jupitus, Bob Harris, Tom Robinson en vele anderen. Het biedt een fascinerend en chronologisch perspectief op de ontwikkeling van een van de meest geliefde entertainers van het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Onder de tracklisting bevinden zich nummers uit alle hoeken van zijn catalogus, waaronder A New England (dat later nog is gecovered door Kirsty MacColl), Levi Stubbs’ Tears en het arbeids-anthem There Is Power In A Union, aangevuld met een aantal atypische covers zoals Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend van John Cale en Braggs persoonlijke blik op A13 van Route 66.

CD 1

1. A New England (John Peel session, 27th July 1983) -
2. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (John Peel session, 27th July 1983) -
3. Love Gets Dangerous (John Peel session, 27th July 1983) -
4. Like Soldiers Do (David Jensen session, 22nd December 1983) -
5. The Man In The Iron Mask (w/ Dave Woodhead) (David Jensen session, 22nd December 1983) -
6. The Saturday Boy (David Jensen session, 22nd December 1983) -
7. A Lover Sings (John Peel session, 18th September 1984) -
8. Between The Wars (John Peel session, 18th September 1984) -
9. A13, Trunk Road To The Sea (w/ Wiggy) (Saturday live, 13th October 1984) -
10. There Is Power In A Union (John Peel session, 20th August 1985) -
11. Days Like These (John Peel session, 20th August 1985) -
12. Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance (Janice Long session, 18th December 1985) -
13. Greetings To The New Brunette (John Peel session, 2nd September 1986) -
14. Ideology (John Peel session, 2nd September 1986) -
15. The Warmest Room (John Peel session, 2nd September 1986) -
16. She’s Got a New Spell (John Peel session, 30th August 1988) -
17. Valentine's Day Is Over (John Peel session, 30th August 1988) -
18. The Short Answer (John Peel session, 30th August 1988) -
19. Rotting On Remand (John Peel session, 30th August 1988)

CD 2

1. The Few (John Peel session, 12th May 1991) -
2. Accident Waiting To Happen (w/ Wiggy) (John Peel session, 12th May 1991) -
3. Tank Park Salute (w/ Cara Tivey) (John Peel session, 12th May 1991) -
4. Brickbat (John Peel session, 13th October 1995) -
5. This Gulf Between Us (John Peel session, 13th October 1995) -
6. Goal Hanger (John Peel Divas Bar live, 1st May 1997) -
7. The Boy Done Good (John Peel Divas Bar live, 1st May 1997) -
8. From Red To Blue (John Peel Divas Bar live, 1st May 1997) -
9. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999) -
10. It Says Here (Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999) -
11. Lonesome Traveller (John Peel session, 8th December 2004) -
12. Goodbye, Goodbye (Phill Jupitus live, 30th March 2007) -
13. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (Bob Harris live, 6th May 2012) -
14. No-One Knows Nothing Anymore (Latitude Festival live, 18th July 2014) -
15. Levi Stubbs’ Tears (Glastonbury live, 26th June 2015) -
16. Why We Build The Wall (Tom Robinson live Buxton Opera House, 21st January 2017) -
17. I Ain’t Got No Home (w/ CJ Hillman) (Radio 2 Folk Awards live, 5th April 2017) -
18. The Space Race Is Over (Tom Robinson Now Playing ‘Billy Bragg Takeover’, 14th July 2019) -
19. St. Swithin's Day (Tom Robinson Now Playing ‘Billy Bragg Takeover’, 14th July 2019)