Billy Bragg - The Roaring Forty, 1983-2023 (14 x CDs)

 

BILLY BRAGG

Billy Bragg - The Roaring Forty, 1983-2023 [2023] (14 x CDs)

Who’d have thought it when Billy Bragg, enthusiastic and charmingly innocent, made his debut four decades ago? This 14CD and book set is a celebration of a body of work that no one – almost certainly not even the man himself - could have imagined.

He’s 65 now and who can take that in? The big-nosed bard from Barking, as he christened himself, as a respectable family member of society, and still working tirelessly.

Billy Bragg - The Roaring Forty, 1983-2023 [2023] is a new collection of songs that celebrates the 40th anniversary of Billy Bragg’s career as a singer-songwriter and activist. It contains more than 300 tracks, including each of his 12 studio albums, non-album singles and B-sides, session tracks, rare live recordings, collaborations, and previously unreleased material from across his career. It also comes with a large format book containing images of 40 significant objects from Billy’s career, such as the hand tinted flyer to his first solo gig, his first NME cover, the original lyrics to ‘A Lover Sings’, the Red Wedge manifesto, his membership card to the Smokey Robinson & The Miracles fan club, and more, with commentary from the man himself. The box set is a limited edition and is exclusive to Billy Bragg’s official store, where the first 1000 orders (any format) come with a signed A4 art print. If you are a fan of Billy Bragg’s music and his political and social activism, this box set is a must-have for your collection. It showcases his evolution as an artist and his influence on generations of musicians and activists. It is a testament to his enduring relevance and his passion for making the world a better place. Not just a compilation, not even just a big compilation, The Roaring Forty is a moving trawl through the life and times of an extraordinary artist who has never stood still. (B)

This box set is a must-have for anyone who appreciates the singer’s talent and versatility. 

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Track lists

details: https://www.discogs.com/release/28798045-Billy-Bragg-The-Roaring-Forty-1983-2023

CD01

01 Billy Bragg - The Milkman Of Human Kindness 2:49

02 Billy Bragg - To Have And To Have Not 2:33

03 Billy Bragg - Richard 2:51

04 Billy Bragg - A New England 2:14

05 Billy Bragg - The Man In The Iron Mask 2:14

06 Billy Bragg - The Busy Girl Buys Beauty 1:58

07 Billy Bragg - Lovers Town Revisited 1:19

08 Billy Bragg - Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version) 3:17

09 Billy Bragg - The Cloth 1 2:50

10 Billy Bragg - Love Lives Here 1:42

11 Billy Bragg - Speedway Hero 2:38

12 Billy Bragg - Loving You Too Long 2:50

13 Billy Bragg - The Man In The Iron Mask (Alternative Version) 2:17

14 Billy Bragg - This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version) 2:14

15 Billy Bragg - Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version) 2:32

16 Billy Bragg - The Cloth 2 2:47

17 Billy Bragg - A13, Trunk Road To The Sea 2:27

18 Billy Bragg - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend 2:32

19 Billy Bragg - A New England (John Peel Session 27/07/83) 2:18

20 Billy Bragg - Strange Things Happen (John Peel Session 27/07/83) 2:43

21 Billy Bragg - This Guitar Says Sorry (John Peel Session 27/07/83) 2:35

22 Billy Bragg - Love Gets Dangerous (John Peel Session 27/07/83) 2:18

23 Billy Bragg - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (John Peel Session 27/07/83) 2:40

24 Billy Bragg - A13, Trunk Road To The Sea (John Peel Session 27/07/83) 2:26

25 Billy Bragg - The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (Live At The Ica, London 05/01/84) 2:03

26 Billy Bragg - The Man In The Iron Mask (Live At The Ica, London 05/01/84) 2:08

27 Billy Bragg - A New England (Live At The Ica, London 05/01/84) 2:11

CD02

01 Billy Bragg - It Says Here 4:18

02 Billy Bragg - Love Gets Dangerous 2:25

03 Billy Bragg - The Myth Of Trust 2:55

04 Billy Bragg - From A Vauxhall Velox 2:32

05 Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy 3:32

06 Billy Bragg - Island Of No Return 3:36

07 Billy Bragg - St. Swithin's Day 3:51

08 Billy Bragg - Like Soldiers Do 2:40

09 Billy Bragg - This Guitar Says Sorry 2:30

10 Billy Bragg - Strange Things Happen 2:40

11 Billy Bragg - A Lover Sings 3:52

12 Billy Bragg - It Must Be A River 2:18

13 Billy Bragg - Won't Talk About It 5:05

14 Billy Bragg - Talking Wag Club Blues 2:58

15 Billy Bragg - You Got The Power 3:09

16 Billy Bragg - The Last Time 2:54

17 Billy Bragg - Back To The Old House 2:51

18 Billy Bragg - A Lover Sings (Alternative Version) 3:58

19 Billy Bragg - Between The Wars 2:29

20 Billy Bragg - Which Side Are You On? 2:34

21 Billy Bragg - World Turned Upside Down 2:35

22 Billy Bragg - It Says Here (Alternative Version) 2:35

23 Billy Bragg - Days Like These 2:21

24 Billy Bragg - I Don't Need This Pressure Ron 1:57

25 Billy Bragg - Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance 2:22

26 Billy Bragg - Between The Wars (Live At Festival Des Politischen Liedes, Berlin) 2:31

CD03

01 Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette 3:33

02 Billy Bragg - Train Train 2:13

03 Billy Bragg - The Marriage 2:33

04 Billy Bragg - Ideology 3:29

05 Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears 3:32

06 Billy Bragg - Honey, I'm A Big Boy Now 4:09

07 Billy Bragg - There Is Power In A Union 2:50

08 Billy Bragg - Help Save The Youth Of America 2:50

09 Billy Bragg - Wishing The Days Away 2:31

10 Billy Bragg - The Passion 2:56

11 Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room 3:59

12 Billy Bragg - The Home Front 4:11

13 Billy Bragg - Shirley 3:34

14 Billy Bragg - The Tracks Of My Tears 2:55

15 Billy Bragg - Wishing The Days Away (Alternative Version) 2:31

16 Billy Bragg - The Clashing Of Ideologies (Alternative Version) 2:51

17 Billy Bragg - A Nurse's Life Is Full Of Woe 2:47

18 Billy Bragg - Only Bad Signs 3:10

19 Billy Bragg - Hold The Fort 1:47

20 Billy Bragg - Think Again 3:33

21 Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee (Version) (Introducing Duane Tremelo) 2:25

22 Billy Bragg - The Tatler 3:39

23 Billy Bragg - Deportees (With Hank Wangford) 4:01

24 Billy Bragg - Jeane 2:52

25 Billy Bragg - Sin City (With Hank Wangford) 3:33

CD04

01 Billy Bragg - She's Got A New Spell 3:25

02 Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You A Picture 5:30

03 Billy Bragg - Tender Comrade 2:48

04 Billy Bragg - The Price I Pay 3:34

05 Billy Bragg - Little Time Bomb 2:18

06 Billy Bragg - Rotting On Remand 3:38

07 Billy Bragg - Valentine's Day Is Over 4:54

08 Billy Bragg - Life With The Lions 3:05

09 Billy Bragg - The Only One 3:23

10 Billy Bragg - The Short Answer 4:56

11 Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards 4:35

12 Billy Bragg - The Price I Pay (Demo) 3:58

13 Billy Bragg - Love Has No Pride 3:33

14 Billy Bragg - That's Entertainment 3:51

15 Billy Bragg - She's Got A New Spell (Demo) 2:42

16 Billy Bragg - Little Time Bomb (Demo) 2:19

17 Billy Bragg - Bad Penny (Demo) 3:04

18 Billy Bragg - Reason To Believe (Live At Club Soda, Montreal, November 1988) 2:09

19 Billy Bragg - Raglan Road (Live At Womad Festival Toronto, August 1989) 3:44

20 Billy Bragg - She's Leaving Home (With Cara Tivey) (Single, March 1988) 3:00

21 Billy Bragg - Wishing The Days Away (Ballad Version) 4:34

22 Billy Bragg - Won't Talk About It (With Norman Cook) 4:22

CD05

01 Billy Bragg - The Internationale 3:49

02 Billy Bragg - I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night 1:30

03 Billy Bragg - He Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions 4:02

04 Billy Bragg - Blake's Jerusalem 2:33

05 Billy Bragg - Nicaragua Nicarauguita 1:09

06 Billy Bragg - The Red Flag 3:14

07 Billy Bragg - My Youngest Son Came Home Today 3:08

08 Billy Bragg - Joe Hill (With The Pattersons) 8:23

09 Billy Bragg - This Land Is Your Land (With Heathens All) 4:35

10 Billy Bragg - Never Cross A Picket Line 3:37

11 Billy Bragg - A Change Is Gonna Come 3:57

12 Billy Bragg - A Miner's Life 3:01

13 Billy Bragg - Introduction 0:58

14 Billy Bragg - Help Save The Youth Of America (Live) 2:37

15 Billy Bragg - Think Again (Live) 4:23

16 Billy Bragg - Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live) 3:11

17 Billy Bragg - Days Like These (Dc Remix) 2:42

18 Billy Bragg - To Have And To Have Not (Live) 2:49

19 Billy Bragg - There Is Power In A Union (With The Pattersons) 3:27

20 Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears (Live) 3:48

21 Billy Bragg - Ideology (Live) 4:54

22 Billy Bragg - The Short Answer (Live) 4:41

23 Billy Bragg - Seven & Seven Is (From 'rubáiyát (Elektra's 40th Anniversary) 2:10

CD06

01 Billy Bragg - Accident Waiting To Happen 4:00

02 Billy Bragg - Moving The Goalposts 2:33

03 Billy Bragg - Everywhere 4:59

04 Billy Bragg - Cindy Of A Thousand Lives 4:14

05 Billy Bragg - You Woke Up My Neighbourhood 3:10

06 Billy Bragg - Trust 4:11

07 Billy Bragg - God's Footballer 3:04

08 Billy Bragg - The Few 3:27

09 Billy Bragg - Sexuality 3:46

10 Billy Bragg - Mother Of The Bride 3:34

11 Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute 3:29

12 Billy Bragg - Dolphins 4:19

13 Billy Bragg - North Sea Bubble 3:18

14 Billy Bragg - Rumours Of War 2:49

15 Billy Bragg - Wish You Were Her 2:47

16 Billy Bragg - Body Of Water 3:54

17 Billy Bragg - Bad Penny 2:31

18 Billy Bragg - Ontario, Quebec And Me 2:42

19 Billy Bragg - Bread And Circuses 4:26

20 Billy Bragg - Heart Like A Wheel 2:44

21 Billy Bragg - Accident Waiting To Happen (Red Star Version) 3:46

22 Billy Bragg - Sulk 3:46

23 Billy Bragg - Revolution 1:49

CD07

01 Billy Bragg - From Red To Blue 3:22

02 Billy Bragg - Upfield 4:07

03 Billy Bragg - Everybody Loves You Babe 3:11

04 Billy Bragg - Sugardaddy 4:37

05 Billy Bragg - A Pict Song 4:56

06 Billy Bragg - Brickbat 3:14

07 Billy Bragg - The Space Race Is Over 4:26

08 Billy Bragg - Northern Industrial Town 2:59

09 Billy Bragg - The Fourteenth Of February 3:27

10 Billy Bragg - King James Version 3:22

11 Billy Bragg - Goalhanger 3:46

12 Billy Bragg - Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (Demo) 4:56

13 Billy Bragg - The Boy Done Good (Extended Edit) 3:22

14 Billy Bragg - Run Out Of Reasons 5:30

15 Billy Bragg - Just One Victory 3:22

16 Billy Bragg - The Boy Done Good 1:49

17 Billy Bragg - Qualifications 4:46

18 Billy Bragg - Sugardaddy (Smokey Gets In Your Ears Mix) 3:39

19 Billy Bragg - Never Had No One Ever 3:12

20 Billy Bragg - Rule Nor Reason 4:13

21 Billy Bragg - Thatcherites 1:40

CD08

01 Billy Bragg - Walt Whitman's Niece (With Wilco) 3:53

02 Billy Bragg - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (With Wilco) 4:06

03 Billy Bragg - Birds And Ships (With Natalie Merchant) 2:14

04 Billy Bragg - She Came Along To Me (With Wilco) 3:27

05 Billy Bragg - Ingrid Bergman 1:51

06 Billy Bragg - I Guess I Planted (With Wilco) 3:34

07 Billy Bragg - Eisler On The Go (With Wilco) 2:57

08 Billy Bragg - The Unwelcome Guest (With Wilco) 5:07

09 Billy Bragg - My Flying Saucer (With Wilco) 1:46

10 Billy Bragg - Hot Rod Hotel (With Wilco) 3:18

11 Billy Bragg - Stetson Kennedy (With Wilco) 2:39

12 Billy Bragg - All You Fascists (With Wilco) 2:45

13 Billy Bragg - Meanest Man (With Wilco) 3:46

14 Billy Bragg - Black Wind Blowing 3:00

15 Billy Bragg - Bugeye Jim 3:15

16 Billy Bragg - My Thirty Thousand (With Wilco) 2:39

17 Billy Bragg - Ought To Be Satisfied Now 3:32

18 Billy Bragg - Go Down To The Water 4:33

19 Billy Bragg - Jailcell Blues (With Wilco) 2:25

20 Billy Bragg - Don't You Marry 3:16

21 Billy Bragg - Give Me A Nail (With Wilco) 1:40

22 Billy Bragg - Union Prayer 4:10

23 Billy Bragg - Be Kind To The Boy On The Road (With Wilco) 3:44

24 Billy Bragg - I'm Out To Get (With Wilco) 3:58

CD09

01 Billy Bragg - St. Monday 3:02

02 Billy Bragg - Jane Allen 3:57

03 Billy Bragg - Distant Shore 2:29

04 Billy Bragg - England, Half English 2:26

05 Billy Bragg - Npwa 5:30

06 Billy Bragg - Some Days I See The Point 4:57

07 Billy Bragg - Baby Faroukh 3:03

08 Billy Bragg - Take Down The Union Jack 3:18

09 Billy Bragg - Another Kind Of Judy 3:42

10 Billy Bragg - He'll Go Down 3:20

11 Billy Bragg - Dreadbelly 3:32

12 Billy Bragg - The Tears Of My Tracks 3:52

13 Billy Bragg - Mystery Shoes 3:08

14 Billy Bragg - England, Half English (7' Remix) 3:55

15 Billy Bragg - Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version) 3:22

16 Billy Bragg - Yarra Song 3:32

17 Billy Bragg - You Pulled The Carpet Out 2:37

18 Billy Bragg - Christ For President (Live In The Studio) 4:12

19 Billy Bragg - California Stars (Live In The Studio) 3:58

20 Billy Bragg - Hoodoo Ska Voodoo (Live In The Studio) 5:20

21 Billy Bragg - My Father's Mansion 2:57

22 Billy Bragg - England Half English Meets John Barleycorn 2:53

CD10

01 Billy Bragg - I Keep Faith 4:35

02 Billy Bragg - I Almost Killed You 2:38

03 Billy Bragg - M For Me 2:43

04 Billy Bragg - The Beach Is Free 2:43

05 Billy Bragg - Sing Their Souls Back Home 3:28

06 Billy Bragg - You Make Me Brave 3:04

07 Billy Bragg - Something Happened 2:38

08 Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice 3:13

09 Billy Bragg - If You Ever Leave 3:01

10 Billy Bragg - O Freedom 4:05

11 Billy Bragg - The Johnny Carcinogenic Show 4:15

12 Billy Bragg - Farm Boy 3:37

13 Billy Bragg - Ash Wednesday (Band Version) 2:02

14 Billy Bragg - Like Soldiers Do (Acoustic Version) 3:42

15 Billy Bragg - The Price Of Oil 4:50

16 Billy Bragg - Down In The Willow Garden 2:51

17 Billy Bragg - Old Clash Fan Fight Song 2:34

18 Billy Bragg - The Big Lie 2:04

19 Billy Bragg - Home 3:20

20 Billy Bragg - Same Again 2:05

21 Billy Bragg - There Will Be A Reckoning (Pressure Drop Version) 3:44

22 Billy Bragg - All You Fascists 2010 1:52

23 Billy Bragg - Tomorrow's Going To Be A Better Day (Pressure Drop Version) 2:53

24 Billy Bragg - The Battle Of Barking 2:16

25 Billy Bragg - A New England (From A Concert For Kirsty Maccoll) 4:07

CD11

01 Billy Bragg - January Song 2:21

02 Billy Bragg - No One Knows Nothing Anymore 4:32

03 Billy Bragg - Handyman Blues 3:02

04 Billy Bragg - I Ain't Got No Home 3:34

05 Billy Bragg - Swallow My Pride 2:51

06 Billy Bragg - Do Unto Others 4:08

07 Billy Bragg - Over You 3:15

08 Billy Bragg - Goodbye, Goodbye 3:15

09 Billy Bragg - There Will Be A Reckoning 3:30

10 Billy Bragg - Chasing Rainbows 3:38

11 Billy Bragg - Your Name On My Tongue 4:50

12 Billy Bragg - Tomorrow's Going To Be A Better Day 3:11

13 Billy Bragg - We're Following The Wrong Star 4:10

14 Billy Bragg - Never Buy The Sun 3:45

15 Billy Bragg - Last Flight To Abu Dhabi 2:06

16 Billy Bragg - Constituition Hill 2:30

17 Billy Bragg - Lay Down Your Weary Tune (From Chimes Of Freedom) 4:19

18 Billy Bragg - Song Of The Iceberg 3:51

19 Billy Bragg - There Is Power In A Union 2:51

20 Billy Bragg - Hope St. (With The Levellers) 3:38

21 Billy Bragg - Kilroy Was Here (From Joy Of Living) 4:12

22 Billy Bragg - Sunday Morning (With Courtney Barnett) 2:52

CD12

01 Billy Bragg - Rock Island Line 2:56

02 Billy Bragg - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore 4:29

03 Billy Bragg - The Midnight Special 3:35

04 Billy Bragg - Railroad Bill 2:49

05 Billy Bragg - Lonesome Whistle 2:54

06 Billy Bragg - Kc Moan 2:40

07 Billy Bragg - Waiting For A Train 2:47

08 Billy Bragg - In The Pines 3:30

09 Billy Bragg - Gentle On My Mind 3:39

10 Billy Bragg - Hobo's Lullaby 3:57

11 Billy Bragg - Railroading On The Great Divide 3:08

12 Billy Bragg - John Henry 2:41

13 Billy Bragg - Early Morning Rain 4:15

14 Billy Bragg - Why We Build The Wall (Live) 3:45

15 Billy Bragg - The Midnight Special (Live) 3:36

16 Billy Bragg - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Live) 4:46

17 Billy Bragg - The Sleep Of Reason 4:33

18 Billy Bragg - King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood 3:00

19 Billy Bragg - Why We Build The Wall 3:30

20 Billy Bragg - Saffiyah Smiles 3:33

21 Billy Bragg - Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted 4:14

22 Billy Bragg - Full English Brexit 4:04

CD13

01 Billy Bragg - Should Have Seen It Coming 3:24

02 Billy Bragg - Mid-Century Modern 5:28

03 Billy Bragg - Lonesome Ocean 3:35

04 Billy Bragg - Good Days And Bad Days 4:41

05 Billy Bragg - Freedom Doesn't Come For Free 3:22

06 Billy Bragg - Reflections On The Mirth Of Creativity 3:08

07 Billy Bragg - The Million Things That Never Happened 3:46

08 Billy Bragg - The Buck Doesn't Stop Here No More 4:44

09 Billy Bragg - I Believe In You 3:02

10 Billy Bragg - Pass It On 3:52

11 Billy Bragg - I Will Be Your Shield 3:31

12 Billy Bragg - Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained 3:40

13 Billy Bragg - Sulk (Live) 3:45

14 Billy Bragg - Moving The Goalposts (Live) 2:59

15 Billy Bragg - Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained (Live) 3:19

16 Billy Bragg - The Million Things That Never Happened (Live) 3:49

17 Billy Bragg - King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood (Live) 2:56

18 Billy Bragg - Mid-Century Modern (Live) 4:55

19 Billy Bragg - Cindy Of A Thousand Lives (Live) 4:22

20 Billy Bragg - Lonesome Ocean (Live) 3:42

CD14

01 Billy Bragg - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) (Live) 2:44

02 Billy Bragg - The Internationale (With Pete Seeger) 3:32

03 Billy Bragg - Salt Of The Earth (With Peter Buck) 2:55

04 Billy Bragg - My Youngest Son Came Home Today (With Michael Stipe) 3:39

05 Billy Bragg - Pf Sloan Billy Bragg (With Mike Mills) 4:25

06 Billy Bragg - Darling, Let's Have Another Baby (With Kirsty Maccoll) 2:47

07 Billy Bragg - If I Had A Hammer (With Eliza Carthy) 3:05

08 Billy Bragg - Slipknot 4:34

09 Billy Bragg - Marching Out From Selma 3:07

10 Billy Bragg - When The Ship Comes In (Live) 3:25

11 Billy Bragg - Don't Do It Liza (With Kt Tunstall) 3:54

12 Billy Bragg - The Drugs Don't Work (With Kt Tunstall) 4:13

13 Billy Bragg - I Ain't Got No Home (With Foy Vance) 4:03

14 Billy Bragg - On A Good Day 2:17

15 Billy Bragg - Talkin' World War Iii Blues 3:11

16 Billy Bragg - The Rebels Of '48 (Live) 3:17

17 Billy Bragg - An English Revolutionary (Live) 3:30

18 Billy Bragg - Ballots And Bread (Live) 4:01

19 Billy Bragg - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (With Joe Henry) 3:22

20 Billy Bragg - If We Make It Through December (With Joe Henry) 3:13

21 Billy Bragg - Springhill 4:51

22 Billy Bragg - Can't Be There Today 3:41

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