Alert Me

Want us to e-mail you when this item becomes available?

  
   
 
   
More Buying Choices
Get it for less! Order it used
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Volume I
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images

Volume I [Box set]

~ Billy Bragg
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Sign up to be notified when this item becomes available.


Special Offers and Product Promotions

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   Billy Bragg Videos opens new browser window
www.muzu.tv/billybragg  -  Free High Quality Music Video To Watch Or Share From MUZU.TV. 
  
 

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Volume II

Volume II

~ Billy Bragg
4.7 out of 5 stars (3)  £29.98
The Progressive Patriot

The Progressive Patriot

by Billy Bragg
3.1 out of 5 stars (17)  £6.97
Mermaid Avenue

Mermaid Avenue

~ Billy Bragg
4.2 out of 5 stars (9)  £6.58
Mr. Love & Justice

Mr. Love & Justice

~ Billy Bragg
4.1 out of 5 stars (14)  £8.88
Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2

Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2

~ Billy Bragg & Wilco
5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £6.68
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Audio CD (20 Nov 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 7
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • ASIN: B000JCESB6
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 127,848 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
See all items

Product Description

Description

Even devoted Billy Bragg fans who have followed the singer-songwriter's albums throughout the '90s and 2000s are likelyto agree that the artist's best work is his earliest. Braggwas a passionate, outspoken figure who married punk immediacy to folk-styled songwriting, and whose unerringly clever and detail-rich lyrics addressed both political and emotionalmatters with equal insight. He released a series of albums and EPs in the '80s that still sound fresh and relevant today.
VOLUME 1 BOX SET is a compendium of all of Bragg's early recordings, including his debut EP LIFE'S A RIOT WITH SPYVS. SPY, his excellent full-length albums BREWING UP WITH BILLY BRAGG and TALKING WITH THE TAXMAN ABOUT POETRY, and thevarious EPs and singles in between. VOLUME 1 also includes work from THE INTERNATIONALE, the 1990 release that marked the change in Bragg's approach from stripped-down singer-with-guitar to a more a robust, pop-oriented sound. The set is packed with extras, including alternate takes, rare singles, unreleased material, and two DVDs featuring concert and television appearances. But the thrill of having Bragg's excellent songs from the era--and there are many of them--under onecover is the set's real treasure.

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

7 Reviews
5 star:
 (6)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.9 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping the Bragg flag flying!, 15 Mar 2006
This review is from: Volume 1 (7 CD + 2 DVD) (Audio CD)
In an era of political (and social) apathy, where the skinny-trousered new princes of pop, like the Duran's and Spandau's at the time when Billy first got going, are really only in it for the fame and fortune, it's good to be reminded of the harsh yet melodic 'pop protest' that could be heard during the grey 'n' gritty days of the 1980s. Thus, with this about-time lavish repackaging of Bragg's earlier offerings we are now able to reappraise his music whilst simultaneously revisiting an 80s that was bookended by the Falklands War and the fall of the Wall. He's been described, rather famously (and in a rather shallow manner), as 'a one-man Clash', but - it has to be remembered - that there are, indeed, "two sides to every story" (to quote the Bard from Barking himself). Thus, quite often on the same slab of vinyl, we have the two voices of Bragg: the angry young social commentator alongside the patriotic Romantic. Take, for instance, the clanging political wake up call that is 'Ideology' and the forlornly beautiful - at once both despairing and inspiring - 'The Home Front'; and that's just the musical polar opposites to be found on 'Talking With The Taxman About Poetry' alone! As for his cover of 'The World Turned Upside Down' (from the 'Between The Wars' EP, also included here - Bragg's version, of course, owing more to Dick Gaughan's own rendition rather than Leon Rosselson's original), well, it's enough to make you put on your old CND pin badge, join a picket line and go on a march against New Labour! Let's here it for our very own Blakean William Bloke then. Up the workers!!!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Never more relevant - just as poignant, 30 Mar 2006
This review is from: Volume 1 (7 CD + 2 DVD) (Audio CD)
It's hard now to remember what it felt like to live in the Thatcher-Reagan
era, when everyone expected nuclear war any day, and when a miner's
strike divided the UK in a way that no other issue has since. Billy was a voice of
passion and reason then, and given the currently scary direction the world
seems to be heading, his songs about war and injustice seem terribly relevant
again. "Between the wars" still tells us as clearly as ever what the difference
is between what people want and what their leaders do in their name. But as well
as the passionate political songs, Billy was always about talking about emotions
openly, and "The Saturday Boy" and "St Swithins Day" are both classics of
youth and the torment of young relationships (when I heard The Streets
"Dry Your Eyes", it made me think of these songs immediately). There is real wit
and charm to Billy's songs - I defy anybody to listen to "Sexuality" without smiling.
I bought these albums on vinyl for 3 pounds 99p when they appeared in the 1980s,
and I was really grateful to Billy for releasing them at such a low price. I'm very
happy to buy the complete set on CD for what still seems like an incredible bargain
price.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So good I've bought it three times!!, 22 Mar 2006
By James B. Spink "Jim" (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)      
This review is from: Volume 1 (7 CD + 2 DVD) (Audio CD)
A must for any Billy Bragg fan! I've bought this material on the original vinyl, then on CD and now, for a third time, on this superb box set! The sound quality and bonus material make this well worth the very reasonable asking price, and it makes a fine collection and tribute to a great body of work. A note to the reviewer from Wales who missed the track "scholarship is the enemy of romance" - the track can be found on the earlier collection "Reaching to the Converted", which is readily available from Amazon!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars A Game of Two Halves
This box set gathers together the first three albums `Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy', `Brewing up with Billy Bragg' and `Talking with the Taxman about Poetry' and also the fifth... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 ...

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Should Be Six Stars or More!!
I can't say much that the others reviewers haven't already said - what a bargain box. Yes, I've bought the albums before but can't argue with the extra expense to own all the... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2006 by Kevan James

4.0 out of 5 stars Great music but not a perfect package.
The music is naturally fantastic and the mastering is pretty good.

However I have four complaints

- The booklet is very bland. We don't need lyrics. Read more

Published on 25 Mar 2006 by Mr. Paul English

5.0 out of 5 stars Pay No More Than.......
What can you say? The only disappointment for me is that "Scholarship is the Enemy of Romance" from the b-side of "Days Like These" is missing but then I'm being picky... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2006 by M. J. Williams

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Volume I
74% buy the item featured on this page:
Volume I 4.9 out of 5 stars (7)
Datapanik in Year Zero
8% buy
Datapanik in Year Zero 4.0 out of 5 stars (2)
£15.98
Must I Paint You a Picture - The Essential Billy Bragg
8% buy
Must I Paint You a Picture - The Essential Billy Bragg 4.6 out of 5 stars (8)
£7.48
Volume II
5% buy
Volume II 4.7 out of 5 stars (3)
£29.98
Explore similar items

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject










i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.