Billy Bragg - Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy - Special 30th. Anniversary Edition 30 years and a mushroom biryani later, we find ourselves older and fatter... but wiser. Life is still a riot with Spy vs Spy... just ask Edward Snowden. So to mark the anniversary of the of Billy's seminal debut album we have fired up the remastering guru, Tim Young and let him loose on the original LP, adding a certain nuance to Oliver Hitch's straight stereo recording. But wait, that's not all, in June this year Billy recorded the album in a live set at the Union Chapel in that London village, singing through his beard and into your ears. A juxtaposition and no mistake. So, enjoy the bookends* to a 30 year career of experience and exploration and treat yourself to a mushroom biryani while you do. *no he's not actually retiring, it's a metaphor... not a good one but what do you want? Album Tracks 1. The Milkman of Human Kindness 2. To Have and to Have Not 3. Richard 4. A New England 5. The Man in the Iron Mask 6. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty 7. Lovers Town Revisited 1. Strange Things Happen [Alternative Version][Alternate Take] 2. The Cloth [1][Version] 3. Love Lives Here 4. Speedway Hero 5. Loving You Too Long 6. The Guitar Says Sorry [Alternative Version][Alternate Take] 7. Love Gets Dangerous [Alternative Version][Alternate Take] 8. The Cloth [2][Version] 9. The Man in the Iron Mask [Alternative Version][Alternate Take] 10. A13, Trunk Road to the Sea 11. Fear Is a Man's Best Friend