{"product_id":"bragg-billy-best-of-cd-71129752342","title":"Billy Bragg - Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983-2019 [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest Of Billy Bragg At The BBC 1983-2019 is a new double CD compilation of classic Billy Bragg performances at the BBC from the early 80s through to the present. The album, fully remastered and featuring many previously unreleased tracks, includes selected highlights from sessions for John Peel, David Jensen, Janice Long, Phill Jupitus, Bob Harris, Tom Robinson and more, and offers a fascinating chronological perspective on the development of one of the UK's most beloved entertainers. Featuring 38 classic tracks, the collection draws from all corners of Billy's catalogue and features, among many gems, his signature song \"A New England\" (later covered to huge acclaim by Kirsty MacColl), \"Levi Stubbs' Tears\" and his workers' anthem \"There Is Power In A Union,\" with a couple of atypical covers thrown in, namely John Cale's \"Fear Is A Man's Best Friend\" and \"A13,\" his personal psycho-geography take on \"Route 66.\" All of these and more paint a picture of a British national treasure plying his trade at a British institution and making the world a better place in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA New England (John Peel Session, 27th July 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFear Is a Man's Best Friend (John Peel Session, 27th July 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Gets Dangerous (John Peel Session, 27th July 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike Soldiers Do (David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Man in the Iron Mask (David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Saturday Boy (David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Lover Sings (John Peel Session, 18th September 1984)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBetween the Wars (John Peel Session, 18th September 1984)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA13, Trunk Road to the Sea (Saturday Live, 13th October 1984) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere Is Power in a Union (John Peel Session, 20th August 1985) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDays Like These (John Peel Session, 20th August 1985) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScholarship Is the Enemy of Romance (Janice Long Session, 18th December 1985) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreetings to the New Brunette (John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeology (John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Warmest Room (John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe's Got a New Spell (John Peel Session, 30th August 1988) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValentine's Day Is Over (John Peel Session, 30th August 1988) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Short Answer (John Peel Session, 30th August 1988) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRotting on Remand (John Peel Session, 30th August 1988) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Few (John Peel Session, 12th May 1991) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccident Waiting to Happen (John Peel Session, 12th May 1991) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTank Park Salute (John Peel Session, 12th May 1991) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrickbat (John Peel Session, 13th October 1995) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Gulf Between Us (John Peel Session, 13th October 1995) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoal Hanger (John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Boy Done Good (John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Red to Blue (John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Busy Girl Buys Beauty (Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Says Here (Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonesome Traveller (John Peel Session, 8th December 2004) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoodbye, Goodbye (Phill Jupitus Live, 30th March 2007) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWay over Yonder in the Minor Key (Bob Harris Live, 6th May 2012) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo-One Knows Nothing Anymore (Latitude Festival Live, 18th July 2014) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevi Stubbs' Tears (Glastonbury Live, 26th June 2015) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy We Build the Wall (Tom Robinson Live Buxton Opera House, 21st January 2017) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Ain't Got No Home (Radio 2 Folk Awards Live, 5th April 2017) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Space Race Is Over (Tom Robinson Now Playing 'Billy Bragg Takeover', 14th July 2019) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSt. Swithin's Day (Tom Robinson Now Playing 'Billy Bragg Takeover', 14th July 2019)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"503","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50557551739176,"sku":"71129752342","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3731867-2617035.jpg?v=1763982327","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/bragg-billy-best-of-cd-71129752342","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}