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Mermaid Avenue / Billy Bragg & Wilco.

Author/creator Bragg, Billy performer.
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoNew York : Elektra, ℗1998.
Description1 audio disc (50 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Folk songs, English--United States.
Ballads, English--United States.
Folk-rock music.
Other author/creatorGuthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 lyricist.
Other author/creatorMerchant, Natalie performer.
Other author/creatorHarris, Corey performer.
Other author/creatorWilco (Musical group), performer.
Contents Walt Whitman's niece (3:53) -- California stars (4:57) -- Way over yonder in the minor key (4:06) -- Birds and ships (2:13) -- Hoodoo voodoo (3:12) -- She came along to me (3:26) -- At my window sad and lonely (3:27) -- Ingrid Bergman (1:50) -- Christ for president (2:39) -- I guess I planted (3:32) -- One by one (3:22) -- Eisler on the go (2:56) -- Hesitating beauty (3:04) -- Another man's done gone (1:34) -- The unwelcome guest (5:09).
Abstract "Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island is where Woody Guthrie lived with his family in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Here he wrote hundreds of songs which he never recorded. When he died he left only the lyrics. Billy Bragg and Wilco have written new tunes to these songs."--Shrink wrap.
General noteWords by Woody Guthrie, music composed chiefly by Billy Bragg.
General noteTitle from disc label.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteLyrics, notes and credits on insert.
CreditsProduced by Billy Bragg and Wilco with Grant Showbiz.
Performer Folk and rock songs; Billy Bragg, vocals, guitars ; Wilco ; guests, Natalie Merchant, vocals ; Corey Harris, guitars.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Totally Wired and Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, King Size Sound Laboratories, Chicago, and Fort Apache Studio, Boston.
Other titleWalt Whitman's niece.
Other titleCalifornia stars.
Other titleWay over yonder in the minor key.
Other titleBirds and ships.
Other titleHoodoo voodoo.
Other titleShe came along to me.
Other titleAt my window sad and lonely.
Other titleIngrid Bergman.
Other titleChrist for president.
Other titleGuess I planted.
Other titleOne by one.
Other titleEisler on the go.
Other titleHesitating beauty.
Other titleAnother man's done gone.
Other titleUnwelcome guest.
UPC 075596220422
Publisher number62204-2 Elektra

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