The Roaring Forty | 1983 – 2023

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

Tracklist

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1From Red to Blue3:22
2Upfield
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Terry Edwards (saxophonist/guitarist/horn player/member of the Higsons)
bass guitar:
Fionn Ó Lochlainn
drums (drum set):
J.F.T. Hood
guitar:
Billy Bragg
organ and piano:
Cara Tivey
trombone:
Caroline Hall (multi-instrumentalist performer: trombone, bass-clarinet, clarinet, flute, piano, vibraphone, accordion, percussion)
trumpet:
Dave Woodhead (trumpeter)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recorded at and mixed at:
Cathouse Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1996)
recording of:
Upfield
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
44:08
3Everybody Loves You Babe
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Everybody Loves You Babe
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:11
4Sugardaddy4:37
5A Pict Song
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
A Pict Song
lyricist:
Rudyard Kipling
composer:
Billy Bragg
4:56
6Brickbat
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
cello:
Diedre Cooper
guitar:
Billy Bragg
strings:
Terry Disley
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recorded at and mixed at:
Cathouse Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1996)
recording of:
Brickbat
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:15
7The Space Race Is Over
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
double bass:
Chris Morgan (US guitarist for Canned Heat)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
J.F.T. Hood
guitar:
Billy Bragg
keyboard:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recorded at and mixed at:
Cathouse Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1996)
recording of:
The Space Race Is Over
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:27
8Northern Industrial Town
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Northern Industrial Town
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
52:59
9The Fourteenth of February3:27
10King James Version
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
double bass:
Chris Morgan (US guitarist for Canned Heat)
guitar:
Billy Bragg
mandolin:
Ashley Drees
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
King James Version
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:22
11Goalhanger
engineer:
Andy Peak
producer:
Grant Showbiz
alto saxophone:
Terry Edwards (saxophonist/guitarist/horn player/member of the Higsons)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
J.F.T. Hood
electric bass guitar:
Nigel Frydman
guitar:
Billy Bragg
keyboard:
Cara Tivey
trombone:
Caroline Hall (multi-instrumentalist performer: trombone, bass-clarinet, clarinet, flute, piano, vibraphone, accordion, percussion)
trumpet:
Dave Woodhead (trumpeter)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Goalhanger
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:46
12Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (demo)
recording of:
Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:57
13The Boy Done Good (extended edit)
producer:
Grant Showbiz
keyboard:
Cara Tivey
percussion:
Jody Linscott
background vocals:
Lorraine Bowen
vocals:
Billy Bragg
performer:
Johnny Marr
recorded at:
Cathouse Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1996) and Clear Studios (Johnny Marr's studio) in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (in 1996)
recording of:
The Boy Done Good
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
composer:
Johnny Marr
43:23
14Run Out of Reasons
5:31
15Just One Victory
recording of:
Just One Victory
lyricist and composer:
Todd Rundgren
3:22
16The Boy Done Good
recording of:
The Boy Done Good
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
composer:
Johnny Marr
1:50
17Qualifications
recording of:
Qualifications
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:47
18Sugardaddy (Smokey Gets in Your Ears mix)
recording of:
Sugardaddy
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:40
19Never Had No One Ever
recording of:
Never Had No One Ever
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
3:12
20Rule nor Reason
recording of:
Rule nor Reason
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:14
21Thatcherites
recording of:
Thatcherites
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:43
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