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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Walt Whitman's Niece (Lp Version) | |||
| 2. California Stars (Lp Version) - Billy Bragg And Wilco | |||
| 3. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (Lp Version) | |||
| 4. Birds And Ships (Featuring Natalie Merchant) (Lp Version) - Billy Bragg & Wilco Featuring Natalie Merchant | |||
| 5. Hoodoo Voodoo (Lp Version) - Billy Bragg And Wilco | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Airline To Heaven | |||
| 2. My Flying Saucer | |||
| 3. Feed Of Man | |||
| 4. Hot Rod Hotel | |||
| 5. I Was Born | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Bugeye Jim | |||
| 2. When The Roses Bloom Again | |||
| 3. Gotta Work | |||
| 4. My Thirty Thousand | |||
| 5. Ought To Be Satisfied Now | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. All Aboard: Okfusgee Co., Oklahoma | |||
| 2. The Homestead | |||
| 3. First Stop: Pampa, Tx | |||
| 4. Next Stop: California | |||
| 5. Last Stop: The Big "Red" Apple | |||
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A box set containing three albums of songs featuring lyrics by American folk musician, Woody Guthrie and music by the English singer/songwriter and the American alternative rockers. Includes the making of documentary 'Man in the Sand' on DVD and a 48-page booklet featuring lyrics, photographs and sketches.
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4CD .. Sessions // 3Cd+Dvd
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By J. H. Bretts
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Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an absolutely fantastic collection of songs - Woody Guthrie lyrics stunningly set to music by Wilco and Billy Bragg. The first two discs were originally released over a decade ago, but the third is mainly material from the vaults that never made the original releases. That third disc is is no way inferior to the others, with tracks like Jolly Banker matching theirs for fine musicianship and trenchant lyrics. There is also a DVD of an absorbing documentary about Billy Bragg's search for the essence of Guthrie across the USA. With three CDs , a DVD and very useful booklet this collection is both amazingly good value for money and a brilliant display of song writing and sensitive playing. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Richard
Format:Audio CD
An ambitious project which began as a result of an accident when the daughter of Woody Guthrie (Nora)got in touch with Billy Bragg after listening to CDs of his music and invited him to set a recently discovered batch of her father's poetry which he'd never got around to adding music to.
Nora Guthrie's recording career had produced just one single (Emily's Illness) unlike her brother Arlo who began as a singer songwriter with a hit album called Alice's Restaurant before many others of mainly covers
Billy Bragg was the right man for the job as a writer of political songs.
Listen enough to these songs and first impressions are Bob Dylan as the most obvious influence.You hear snatches of Dylan songs throughout or Irish folk songs and its here that Bragg picked up on the idea of Dylan and Woody Guthrie before him using the melodies of earlier songs usually credited as "trad" before passing them off as their own work.
This set of songs lives within itself but many could have been hits in more normal times
The idea of finishing off songs by using contemporary artists to do it is a fairly recent phenomenon which began with The Lost Notebooks-Hank Williams songs finished by Bob Dylan,Jakob Dylan,Norah Jones,Jack White,Lucinda Williams,Levon Helm and Merle Haggard among the 12 artists
Nora Guthrie's recording career had produced just one single (Emily's Illness) unlike her brother Arlo who began as a singer songwriter with a hit album called Alice's Restaurant before many others of mainly covers
Billy Bragg was the right man for the job as a writer of political songs.
Listen enough to these songs and first impressions are Bob Dylan as the most obvious influence.You hear snatches of Dylan songs throughout or Irish folk songs and its here that Bragg picked up on the idea of Dylan and Woody Guthrie before him using the melodies of earlier songs usually credited as "trad" before passing them off as their own work.
This set of songs lives within itself but many could have been hits in more normal times
The idea of finishing off songs by using contemporary artists to do it is a fairly recent phenomenon which began with The Lost Notebooks-Hank Williams songs finished by Bob Dylan,Jakob Dylan,Norah Jones,Jack White,Lucinda Williams,Levon Helm and Merle Haggard among the 12 artists
By del
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great album
This is a beautifully crafted album. I have never been a fan of Billy Bragg unlike Wilco. However after hearing this I will be looking into Mr Bragg's back catalogue
Published 3 months ago by Benji
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
I already had #1 and #2, didn't know about the third one. It's as good as the other 2. The more I listen to it the more I like it.
Published 4 months ago by Lorenzo Romagnoli
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Worth the Wait!
I can only concur fully with the other five-star review comments. I saw the original "Making of" documentary about 12 years ago and was fascinated at the time but did not... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mike M
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Comprehensive
Interesting coverage of Gutherie's work by Bragg who is clearly a such devotee.entirely sincere .To have been give the challenge by the family was definitely special.
Published 7 months ago by Norfolk
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wants list
i have been a lover of woody guthrie, wilco and billy bragg's music for many years.
the mermaid avenue albums have been on my wants list for ages, no excuse now. Read more
the mermaid avenue albums have been on my wants list for ages, no excuse now. Read more
Published 12 months ago by G. V. Best
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