The Roaring Forty | 1983 – 2023

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

Tracklist

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1She’s Got a New Spell
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1998)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
electric bass guitar:
Bruce Thomas (in 1998)
percussion:
Tony Maronie (in 1998)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
recorded at:
Pavilion Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1998)
recording of:
She’s Got a New Spell (in 1998)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:25
2Must I Paint You a Picture
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1998)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player) (in 1998)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
Hammond organ and piano and additional vocals:
Cara Tivey (in 1998)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
recorded at:
Pavilion Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1998)
recording of:
Must I Paint You a Picture (in 1998)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg5:31
3Tender Comrade
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Tender Comrade
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg2:49
4The Price I Pay
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player) (in 1998)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1998) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1998)
membranophone:
Micky Waller (in 1998)
piano and background vocals:
Cara Tivey (in 1998)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
recorded at:
Pavilion Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1998)
recording of:
The Price I Pay (in 1998)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:34
5Little Time Bomb
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Dave Woodhead (trumpeter)
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Little Time Bomb
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg2:18
6Rotting on Remand
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
pedal steel guitar:
BJ Cole
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Rotting on Remand
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:38
7Valentine’s Day Is Over
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player) (in 1998)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
flugelhorn:
Dave Woodhead (trumpeter) (in 1998)
piano:
Cara Tivey (in 1998)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
recorded at:
Pavilion Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1998)
recording of:
Valentine's Day Is Over (in 1998)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg4:54
8Life With the Lions
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
electric bass guitar:
Bruce Thomas
electric guitar:
Martin Belmont
harmonica:
Barb Jungr
membranophone:
Micky Waller
piano and background vocals:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Life With the Lions
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:05
9The Only One
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
cello:
John Palmer (Belgian 'singing busdriver' Eric Bastiaen)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
The Only One
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:23
10The Short Answer
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
12 string guitar and acoustic guitar:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
acoustic guitar and slide guitar:
Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
cello:
Julia Palmer
electric bass guitar, electric guitar and triangle:
Billy Bragg
percussion:
Tony Maronie
viola:
Theresa Pamplin
violin family:
Camilla Brunt and Donna Welchman
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
The Short Answer
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg4:56
11Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
assistant engineer:
Graham Dear
engineer:
Martin Hayles
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) (in 1988) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1988)
electric bass guitar:
Bruce Thomas (in 1998)
electric guitar:
Martin Belmont (in 1998), Billy Bragg (in 1998) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1998)
membranophone:
Micky Waller (in 1998)
piano:
Cara Tivey (in 1998)
background vocals:
Jayne Creamer (in 1998), Kaya Jenner (in 1998), George Peckham (engineer, Porky) (in 1998), Michelle Shocked (in 1998), Cara Tivey (in 1998) and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (in 1998)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
recorded at:
Pavilion Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1998)
recording of:
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (in 1998)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg44:35
12The Price I Pay (demo)
recording of:
The Price I Pay
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:59
13Love Has No Pride
Billy Bragg3:33
14That’s Entertainment
cover recording of:
That’s Entertainment
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:
And Son Music Ltd. (, from 1980 to present), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Stylist Music Ltd.
Billy Bragg3:51
15She’s Got a New Spell (demo)
recording of:
She’s Got a New Spell
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg2:42
16Little Time Bomb (demo)
recording of:
Little Time Bomb
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg2:19
17Bad Penny (demo)
recording of:
Bad Penny
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg3:05
18Reason to Believe
live cover recording of:
Reason to Believe (on 1988-11-01)
lyricist and composer:
Tim Hardin
publisher:
Allen Stanton Productions, Alley Music Corp., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Faithful Virtue Music Co. Inc., Hudson Bay Music Inc., Robbins Music Co. Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Trio Music Co., Inc.
Billy Bragg2:10
19Raglan Road
Billy Bragg3:44
20She’s Leaving Home (single, March 1988)
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
piano and recorder:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey
cover recording of:
She’s Leaving Home
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey53:01
21Wishing the Days Away (Ballad version)
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
keyboard:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Wishing the Days Away
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg34:34
22Won’t Talk About It
recording of:
Won’t Talk About It (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg with Norman Cook4:22
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