
Release Details
Billy Bragg
The Roaring Forty | 1983-2023
- Released:2023-10-27
- Labels:Cooking Vinyl
- Appears in 198user collections
- Tracklist:
- - Part 1 : 1983-1984
- - Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy (July 1983)
- 1-1 - The Milkman Of Human Kindness
- 1-2 - To Have And Have Not
- 1-3 - Richard
- 1-4 - A New England
- 1-5 - The Man In The Iron Mask
- 1-6 - The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
- 1-7 - Lovers Town Revisited
- - Album Extras
- 1-8 - Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
- 1-9 - The Cloth 1
- 1-10 - Love Lives Here
- 1-11 - Speedway Hero
- 1-12 - Loving You Too Long
- 1-13 - The Man In The Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
- 1-14 - This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
- 1-15 - Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
- 1-16 - The Cloth 2
- 1-17 - A13, Trunk Road To The Sea
- 1-18 - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
- - John Peel Session (27 July 1983)
- 1-19 - A New England
- 1-20 - Strange Things Happen
- 1-21 - The Guitar Says Sorry
- 1-22 - Love Gets Dangerous
- 1-23 - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
- 1-24 - A13, Trunk Road To The Sea
- - Live At The ICA, London (5 January 1984)
- 1-25 - The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
- 1-26 - The Man In The Iron Mask
- 1-27 - A New England
- - Part 2: 1984-1985
- - Brewing Up With ... (October 1984)
- 2-1 - It Says Here
- 2-2 - Love Gets Dangerous
- 2-3 - The Myth Of Trust
- 2-4 - From A Vauxhall Velox
- 2-5 - The Saturday Boy
- 2-6 - Island Of No Return
- 2-7 - St. Swithin's Day
- 2-8 - Like Soldiers Do
- 2-9 - This Guitar Says Sorry
- 2-10 - Strange Things Happen
- 2-11 - A Lover Sings
- - Album Extras
- 2-12 - It Must Be A River
- 2-13 - Won't Talk About It
- 2-14 - Talking Wag Club Blues
- 2-15 - You Got The Power
- 2-16 - The Last Time
- 2-17 - Back To The Old House
- 2-18 - A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
- - Between The Wars E.P. (February 1985)
- 2-19 - Between The Wars
- 2-20 - Which Side Are You On?
- 2-21 - The World Turned Upside Down
- 2-22 - It Says Here (Different Version)
- - Days Like These E.P. (December 1985)
- 2-23 - Days Like These
- 2-24 - I Don't Need This Pressure Ron
- 2-25 - Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance
- 2-26 - Between The Wars (Live At Festival Des Politischen. Lides, Berlin GDR, February 1986)
- - Part 3: 1986-1988
- - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (September 1986)
- 3-1 - Greetings To The New Brunette
- 3-2 - Train Train
- 3-3 - The Marriage
- 3-4 - Ideology
- 3-5 - Levi Stubbs' Tears
- 3-6 - Honey I'm A Big Boy Now
- 3-7 - There Is Power In A Union
- 3-8 - Help Save The Youth Of America
- 3-9 - Wishing The Days Away
- 3-10 - The Passion
- 3-11 - The Warmest Room
- 3-12 - The Home Front
- - Album Extras
- 3-13 - Shirley
- 3-14 - The Tracks Of My Tears
- 3-15 - Wishing The Days Away (Alternative Version)
- 3-16 - The Clashing Of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
- 3-17 - A Nurse's Life Is Full Of Woe
- 3-18 - Only Bad Signs
- 3-19 - Hold The Fort
- - From 'Levi Stubbs' Tears' (June 1986)
- 3-20 - Think Again
- 3-21 - Walk Away Renee
- - From 'Greetings To The New Brunette' (November 1986)
- 3-22 - The Tatler
- 3-23 - Deportees
- 3-24 - Jeane
- 3-25 - Sin City
- - Part 4: 1988 - 1989
- - Workers Playtime (September 1988)
- 4-1 - She's Got A New Spell
- 4-2 - Must I Paint You A Picture
- 4-3 - Tender Comrade
- 4-4 - The Price I Pay
- 4-5 - Little Time Bomb
- 4-6 - Rotting On Remand
- 4-7 - Valentine's Day Is Over
- 4-8 - Life With The Lions
- 4-9 - The Only One
- 4-10 - The Short Answer
- 4-11 - Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
- - Album Extras
- 4-12 - The Price I Pay (Demo)
- 4-13 - Love Has No Pride
- 4-14 - That's Entertainment
- 4-15 - She's Got A New Spell (Demo)
- 4-16 - Little Time Bomb (Demo)
- 4-17 - Bad Penny (Demo)
- 4-18 - Reason To Believe (Live At Club Soda, Montreal, November 1988)
- 4-19 - Raglan Road (Live At Womad Festival Toronto, August 1989)
- 4-20 - She's Leaving Home (Single, March 1988)
- 4-21 - Wishing The Days Away (Ballad Version) (from 'Waiting For The Great Leap Forward', August 1988)
- 4-22 - Won't Talk About It (Single, June 1989)
- - Part 5: 1990 - 1991
- - The Internationale (May 1990)
- 5-1 - The Internationale
- 5-2 - I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
- 5-3 - The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions
- 5-4 - Blake's Jerusalem
- 5-5 - Nicaragua Nicarauguita
- 5-6 - The Red Flag
- 5-7 - My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- - Album Extras
- 5-8 - Joe Hill
- 5-9 - This Land Is Your Land
- 5-10 - Never Cross A Picket Line
- 5-11 - A Change Is Gonna Come
- 5-12 - A Miner's Life
- - Help Save The Youth Of America: Live And Dubious E.P (April 1988)
- 5-13 - Introduction
- 5-14 - Help Save The Youth Of America (Live)
- 5-15 - Think Again (Live)
- 5-16 - Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
- 5-17 - Days Like These (DC Remix)
- 5-18 - To Have And To Have Not (Live)
- 5-19 - There Is Power In A Union
- - Billy Bragg Live (Canada 1991)
- 5-20 - Levi Stubbs' Tears (Live)
- 5-21 - Ideology (Live)
- 5-22 - The Short Answer (Live)
- 5-23 - Seven & Seven Is (from 'Rubáiyát (Elektra's 40th Anniversary), March 1990)
- - Part 6: 1991 - 1992
- - Don't Try This At Home (September 1991)
- 6-1 - Accident Waiting To Happen
- 6-2 - Moving The Goalposts
- 6-3 - Everywhere
- 6-4 - Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
- 6-5 - You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
- 6-6 - Trust
- 6-7 - God's Footballer
- 6-8 - The Few
- 6-9 - Sexuality
- 6-10 - Mother Of The Bride
- 6-11 - Tank Park Salute
- 6-12 - Dolphins
- 6-13 - North Sea Bubble
- 6-14 - Rumours Of War
- 6-15 - Wish You Were Her
- 6-16 - Body Of Water
- 6-17 - Bad Penny (from 'Sexuality', June 1991)
- - From 'You Woke Up My Neighbourhood' (September 1991)
- 6-18 - Ontario, Quebec And Me
- 6-19 - Bread And Circuses
- 6-20 - Heart Like A Wheel
- - From 'Accident Waiting To Happen' (February 1992)
- 6-21 - Accident Waiting To Happen (Red Star Version)
- 6-22 - Sulk
- 6-23 - Revolution
- - Part 7: 1996 - 1997
- - William Bloke (September 1996)
- 7-1 - From Red To Blue
- 7-2 - Upfield
- 7-3 - Everybody Loves You Babe
- 7-4 - Sugardaddy
- 7-5 - A Pict Song
- 7-6 - Brickbat
- 7-7 - The Space Race Is Over
- 7-8 - Northern Industrial Town
- 7-9 - The Fourteenth Of February
- 7-10 - King James Version
- 7-11 - Goalhanger
- - Album Extras
- - From 'The Boy Done Good' (May 1997)
- 7-12 - The Boy Done Good (Extended Edit)
- 7-13 - Run Out Of Reasons
- 7-14 - Just One Victory
- - From 'Bloke On Bloke' (June 1997)
- 7-15 - The Boy Done Good
- 7-16 - Qualifications
- 7-17 - Sugardaddy (Smokey Gets In Your Ears Mix)
- 7-18 - Never Had No One Ever
- 7-19 - Rule Nor Reason
- 7-20 - Thatcherites
- 7-21 - Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (Demo)
- - Part 8: 1998 - 2012
- - From 'Mermaid Avenue' (June 1998)
- 8-1 - Walt Whitman's Niece
- 8-2 - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
- 8-3 - Birds And Ships
- 8-4 - She Came Along To Me
- 8-5 - Ingrid Bergman
- 8-6 - I Guess I Planted
- 8-7 - Eisler On The Go
- 8-8 - The Unwelcome Guest
- - From 'Mermaid Avenue Volume 2' (November 1999)
- 8-9 - My Flying Saucer
- 8-10 - Hot Rod Hotel
- 8-11 - Stetson Kennedy
- 8-12 - All You Fascists
- 8-13 - Meanest Man
- 8-14 - Black Wind Blowing
- - From 'Mermaid Avenue Volume 3' (June 2012)
- 8-15 - Bugeye Jim
- 8-16 - My Thirty Thousand
- 8-17 - Ought To Be Satisfied Now
- 8-18 - Go Down To The Water
- 8-19 - Jailcell Blues
- 8-20 - Don't You Marry
- 8-21 - Give Me A Nail
- 8-22 - Union Prayer
- 8-23 - Be Kind To The Boy On The Road
- 8-24 - I'm Out To Get
- - Part 9: 1998 - 2002
- - England, Half English (March 2002)
- 9-1 - St. Monday
- 9-2 - Jane Allen
- 9-3 - Distant Shore
- 9-4 - England, Half English
- 9-5 - NPWA
- 9-6 - Some Days I See The Point
- 9-7 - Baby Faroukh
- 9-8 - Take Down The Union Jack
- 9-9 - Another Kind Of Judy
- 9-10 - He'll Go Down
- 9-11 - Dreadbelly
- 9-12 - The Tears Of My Tracks
- - From 'Take Down The Union Jack' (May 2002)
- 9-13 - Mystery Shoes
- 9-14 - England, Half English (7" Remix)
- 9-15 - Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version)
- 9-16 - Yarra Song
- 9-17 - You Pulled The Carpet Out
- - From 'The Mermaid Avenue Tour: You Can Call Me Cupcake' (January 1999)
- 9-18 - Christ For President (Live In The Studio October / November 1999)
- 9-19 - California Stars (Live In The Studio October / November 1999)
- 9-20 - Hoodoo Ska Voodoo (Live In The Studio October / November 1999)
- 9-21 - My Father's Mansion (From 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger', March 1998)
- 9-22 - England Half English Meets John Barleycorn (From 'The Imagined Village' E.P., (September 2007)
- - Part 10: 2006 - 2010
- - Mr. Love & Justice (March 2008)
- 10-1 - I Keep Faith
- 10-2 - I Almost Killed You
- 10-3 - M For Me
- 10-4 - The Beach Is Free
- 10-5 - Sing Their Souls Back Home
- 10-6 - You Make Me Brave
- 10-7 - Something Happened
- 10-8 - Mr. Love & Justice
- 10-9 - If You Ever Leave
- 10-10 - O Freedom
- 10-11 - The Johnny Carcinogenic Show
- 10-12 - Farm Boy
- 10-13 - Ash Wednesday (Band Version)
- 10-14 - Like Soldiers Do (Acoustic Version) (From 'I Keep Faith' 7-inch Single, March 2008)
- 10-15 - The Price Of Oil
- 10-16 - Down In The Willow Garden (From 'The Progressive Patriot: Complimentary Music', November 2006)
- 10-17 - Old Clash Fan Fight Song (From 'Johnny Clash' Single, August 2007)
- 10-18 - The Big Lie
- - From 'Six Songs From Pressure Drop' (April 2010)
- 10-19 - Home
- 10-20 - Same Again
- 10-21 - There Will Be A Reckoning (Pressure Drop Version)
- 10-22 - All You Fascists 2010
- 10-23 - Tomorrow's Going To Be A Better Day (Pressure Drop Version)
- 10-24 - The Battle Of Barking
- 10-25 - A New England (From 'A Concert For Kirsty Maccoll', Shepherds Bush Empire 10/10/2010)
- - Part 11: 2011 - 2015
- - Tooth & Nail (March 2013)
- 11-1 - January Song
- 11-2 - No One Knows Nothing Anymore
- 11-3 - Handyman Blues
- 11-4 - I Ain't Got No Home
- 11-5 - Swallow My Pride
- 11-6 - Do Unto Others
- 11-7 - Over You
- 11-8 - Goodbye, Goodbye
- 11-9 - There Will Be A Reckoning
- 11-10 - Chasing Rainbows
- 11-11 - Your Name On My Tongue
- 11-12 - Tomorrow's Going To Be A Better Day
- - From 'Fight Songs: A Decade Of Downloads' (November 2011)
- 11-13 - We're Following The Wrong Star
- 11-14 - Never Buy The Sun
- 11-15 - Last Flight To Abu Dhabi
- 11-16 - Constituition Hill
- 11-17 - Lay Down Your Weary Tune (From 'Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan', February 2012)
- 11-18 - Song Of The Iceberg (From 'No One Knows Nothing Anymore' 7-inch Single, April 2013)
- 11-19 - There Is Power In A Union (Recorded For The Film Pride, September 2014)
- 11-20 - Hope St. (Single, 2014)
- 11-21 - Kilroy Was Here (From 'Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl' October 2015)
- 11-22 - Sunday Morning (from RockWiz Sunday Morning September 2015)
- - Part 12: 2016 - 2017
- - Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad (September 2016)
- 12-1 - Rock Island Line
- 12-2 - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
- 12-3 - The Midnight Special
- 12-4 - Railroad Bill
- 12-5 - Lonesome Whistle
- 12-6 - KC Moan
- 12-7 - Waiting For A Train
- 12-8 - In The Pines
- 12-9 - Gentle On My Mind
- 12-10 - Hobo's Lullaby
- 12-11 - Railroading On The Great Divide
- 12-12 - John Henry
- 12-13 - Early Morning Rain
- - Live At Buxton Opera House 21/01/2017
- 12-14 - Why We Build The Wall (Live)
- 12-15 - The Midnight Special (Live)
- 12-16 - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Live)
- - Bridges Not Walls (November 2017)
- 12-17 - The Sleep Of Reason
- 12-18 - King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood
- 12-19 - Why We Build The Wall
- 12-20 - Saffiyah Smiles
- 12-21 - Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
- 12-22 - Full English Brexit
- - Part 13: 2021
- - The Million Things That Never Happened (October 2021)
- 13-1 - Should Have Seen It Coming
- 13-2 - Mid-Century Modern
- 13-3 - Lonesome Ocean
- 13-4 - Good Days And Bad Days
- 13-5 - Freedom Doesn't Come For Free
- 13-6 - Reflections On The Mirth Of Creativity
- 13-7 - The Million Things That Never Happened
- 13-8 - The Buck Doesn't Stop Here No More
- 13-9 - I Believe In You
- 13-10 - Pass It On
- 13-11 - I Will Be Your Shield
- 13-12 - Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained
- - Lockdown Live: The Million Things Streamed Launch (September 2021)
- 13-13 - Sulk (Live)
- 13-14 - Moving The Goalposts (Live)
- 13-15 - Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained (Live)
- 13-16 - The Million Things That Never Happened (Live)
- 13-17 - King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood (Live)
- 13-18 - Mid-Century Modern (Live)
- 13-19 - Cindy Of A Thousand Lives (Live)
- 13-20 - Lonesome Ocean (Live)
- - Part 14: 1987 - 2015
- - Rare And Previously Unreleased Recordings
- 14-1 - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) (Live In Australia 1985)
- 14-2 - The Internationale
- 14-3 - Salt Of The Earth
- 14-4 - My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- 14-5 - PF Sloan
- 14-6 - Darling, Let's Have Another Baby
- 14-7 - If I Had A Hammer
- 14-8 - Slipknot
- 14-9 - Marching Out From Selma
- 14-10 - When The Ship Comes In (Live At The Barbican, September 2005)
- - Live At AIR Studio, London (24 February 2008)
- 14-11 - Don't Do It Liza
- 14-12 - The Drugs Don't Work
- 14-13 - I Ain't Got No Home
- 14-14 - On A Good Day
- 14-15 - Talkin' World War III Blues
- - From The Film 'Death Or Liberty' (2011)
- 14-16 - The Rebels Of '48
- 14-17 - An English Revolutionary
- 14-18 - Ballots And Bread
- 14-19 - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
- 14-20 - If We Make It Through December
- 14-21 - Springhill
- 14-22 - Can't Be There Today
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