Billy Bragg To Release 30th Anniversary Edition Of 'Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs Spy'
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of his seminal 1983 debut album ‘Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy’, Billy Bragg will release a special edition on October 21 comprising the original album re-mastered, plus a new, live solo version by Billy recorded as a unique encore at his London Union Chapel show in June.
'Life’s A Riot (30th Anniversary Edition)' will feature a sleeve based on the original 1983 Barney Bubbles artwork and will be available on CD, in a replica vinyl card sleeve with inner sleeve, limited edition LP with inner sleeve and lyrics on 180g vinyl with DL and digital.
In keeping with the ‘Pay No More Than £2.99’ slogan that appeared on the front of the original record sleeve, the album will be available at a special ‘Pay No More Than’ price from iTunes of £2.49 for the original 7 track re-mastered album and £3.49 for the 30th Anniversary Edition, which includes the live Union Chapel show encore, for pre-orders and during the first week of release.
Billy says: “Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy has a very special place in my heart, being the first step on a 30 year journey that has seen me travel to places that I could never have imagined back in ’83. Also, as it’s only 17 minutes long, I can knock the whole album out as an encore if the fancy takes me - no need to book the Royal Albert Hall and the London Symphony Orchestra”
Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy (30th Anniversary Edition) tracklisting:
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
8. Intro (Live at Union Chapel)
9. Lovers Town revisited (Live at Union Chapel)
10. To Have and to Have Not (Live at Union Chapel)
11. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (Live at Union Chapel)
12. The Man in the Iron Mask (Live at Union Chapel)
13. Richard (Live at Union Chapel) 14. The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live at Union Chapel)
15. A New England Live at Union Chapel)
Earlier this year, Billy released his first new studio album in five years 'Tooth & Nail'. Drawing on personal as well as political themes, 'Tooth & Nail' was recorded over a whirlwind five-day session with Grammy Award winning producer Joe Henry.
Billy is touring through November and December and will be playing a milestone London show with his band at Hammersmith Apollo on Thursday 1 May 2014.
Mon November 18th 2013 - CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Tue November 19th 2013 - DERBY Assembly Rooms
Wed November 20th 2013 - BRISTOL Colston Hall
Thu November 21st 2013 - CARDIFF St Davids Hall
Fri November 22nd 2013 - CARDIFF St Davids Hall
Sun November 24th 2013 - BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall
Mon November 25th 2013 - LEEDS Town Hall
Tue November 26th 2013 - MANCHESTER Bridgewater Hall
Wed November 27th 2013 - GLASGOW Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Thu November 28th 2013 - GATESHEAD The Sage
Sat November 30th 2013 - SHEFFIELD Sheffield City Hall
Sun December 1st 2013 - LONDON Royal Festival Hall
Mon December 2nd 2013 - SOUTHAMPTON Southampton Guildhall
Wed December 4th 2013 - FROME Cheese and Grain
Thu December 5th 2013 - EXETER Great Hall
Thu May 1st 2014 - LONDON Hammersmith Apollo
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'Life’s A Riot (30th Anniversary Edition)' will feature a sleeve based on the original 1983 Barney Bubbles artwork and will be available on CD, in a replica vinyl card sleeve with inner sleeve, limited edition LP with inner sleeve and lyrics on 180g vinyl with DL and digital. 
