The Roaring Forty | 1983 – 2023

~ Release by Billy Bragg (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1The Internationale
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
brass:
Christie Tyler Cory Band (brass band)
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Côr Cochion Caerdydd
conductor:
David Bedford (composer)
arranger:
David Bedford (composer)
recording of:
The Internationale (English, Billy Bragg version)
composer:
Pierre Degeyter (Belgian socialist & composer)
translator:
Billy Bragg (in 1989)
translated version of:
L’Internationale (The Internationale)
Billy Bragg33:49
2I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
dedicated to:
Phil Ochs
version of:
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night (Robinson/Hayes)
Billy Bragg31:30
3He Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
accordion, clarinet, piano, pipe organ and sopranino recorder:
Lorraine Bowen
bass guitar:
Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
cymbal and membranophone:
Charlie Llewellin
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
recording of:
The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg34:02
4Blake’s Jerusalem
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
Billy Bragg42:33
5Nicaragua Nicarauguita
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
cover recording of:
Nicaragua, Nicaragüita
lyricist and composer:
Carlos Mejía Godoy
recording of:
Nicaragua, Nicaragüita
lyricist and composer:
Carlos Mejía Godoy
Billy Bragg31:09
6The Red Flag
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
bodhrán and percussion:
Jim Sutherland (UK composer & producer)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
tin whistle:
Marc Duff
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughan (Scottish singer-songwriter and musician)
recording of:
The Red Flag (tune of The White Cockade)
lyricist:
Jim Connell
is based on:
The Red Flag (the lyrics, not set to a specific tune)
version of:
The White Cockade
Billy Bragg43:15
7My Youngest Son Came Home Today
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
guitar:
Billy Bragg
piano and shakuhachi:
Cara Tivey
sopranino recorder:
Lorraine Bowen
vocals:
Billy Bragg
cover recording of:
My Youngest Son Came Home Today
lyricist and composer:
Eric Bogle
recording of:
My Youngest Son Came Home Today
lyricist and composer:
Eric Bogle
Billy Bragg33:08
8Joe Hill
cover recording of:
Joe Hill (Ochs; "Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores...")
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
dedicated to:
Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter)
recording of:
Joe Hill (Ochs; "Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores...")
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
dedicated to:
Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter)
Billy Bragg with The Pattersons38:23
9This Land Is Your Land
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Billy Bragg with Heathens All34:35
10Never Cross a Picket Line
producer:
Grant Showbiz
Billy Bragg33:37
11A Change Is Gonna Come
cover recording of:
A Change Is Gonna Come
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
Billy Bragg33:58
12A Miner’s Life
recording of:
A Miner’s Life
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3510)
Billy Bragg33:01
13Introduction
Billy Bragg0:58
14Help Save the Youth of America (live)
live recording of:
Help Save the Youth of America
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
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15Think Again (live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live recording of:
Think Again
lyricist and composer:
Dick Gaughan (Scottish singer-songwriter and musician)
Billy Bragg44:24
16Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live cover recording of:
Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto
writer:
Bernice Johnson Reagon (gospel singer)
live recording of:
Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto
writer:
Bernice Johnson Reagon (gospel singer)
Billy Bragg33:11
17Days Like These (DC remix)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
recording of:
Days Like These
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
live recording of:
Days Like These
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg42:43
18To Have and to Have Not (live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live recording of:
To Have and to Have Not
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
Billy Bragg42:49
19There Is Power in a Union
cover recording of:
There is Power in a Union (Joe Hill)
lyricist:
Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter) (in 1913)
composer:
Lewis E. Jones (hymnist)
parody version of:
There Is Power in the Blood (Power In The Blood)
Billy Bragg with The Pattersons3:27
20Levi Stubbs’ Tears (live)
live recording of:
Levi Stubbs’ Tears
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:49
21Ideology (live)
live recording of:
Ideology
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg4:54
22The Short Answer (live)
live recording of:
The Short Answer
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg4:42
23Seven & Seven Is
cover recording of:
7 and 7 Is
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Lee
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Grass Root Productions, Grassroots Music Production and Trio Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Trio Music Co. Ltd. and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
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