(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)
Artist: Billy Bragg
Album Title: Life’s a riot with spy vs. spy
Year released: 1983
Year reissued: 2013
Details: Black vinyl, 180 gram, 45 rpm, 30th anniversary edition
The skinny: The debut album by England’s Billy Bragg is just over 15 minutes in length but packs a blue collar, folk-punk punch. It fits quite nicely on one side of the LP so he re-recorded the songs live for side two of this 30th anniversary pressing.
Standout track: “A new england”
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4 replies on “Vinyl love: Billy Bragg “Life’s a riot with spy vs. spy””
Beautiful pressing. Re-recorded songs to fill the second side. Billy Bragg’s early days…
Yessir we have a winner!
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Indeed. Really enjoying it over my Sunday morning latte.
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The live recordings is a nice touch. Again, vinyl reissues done right, eh?
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That’s a great investment JP! I have the original vinyl, and it is brief, but still excellent. The live addition is a nice touch.
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