Best Of Billy Bragg At The BBC 1983 2019

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Billy Bragg will release Best Of Billy Bragg At The BBC 1983 2019, a compilation of classic performances at the BBC from the early 80s through to the present, on vinyl (15th Nov) on the Cooking Vinyl label. The album, fully remastered and featuring many previously unreleased tracks, includes selected highlights from sessions for John Peel, David Jensen, Janice Long, Phill Jupitus, Bob Harris, Tom Robinson & more, and offers a fascinating chronological perspective on the development of one of the UKs most beloved entertainers. The collection draws from all corners of Billys catalogue and features, among many gems, his signature song A New England (later covered to huge acclaim by Kirsty MacColl), Levi Stubbs Tears, and his workers anthem There Is Power In A Union, with a couple of atypical covers thrown in, namely John Cales Fear Is A Mans Best Friend and A13, his personal psycho-geography take on Route 66. All of these and more paint a picture of a British national treasure plying his trade at a British institution and making the world a better place in the process.