Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry

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A1	Greetings To The New Brunette Bass – John PorterElectric Guitar – Johnny MarrPercussion – Simon MoretonSlide Guitar – John PorterVocals – Kirsty MacColl	3:29
A2	Train Train Violin – Bobby ValentinoWritten-By – Zenon De Fleur	2:11
A3	The Marriage Bass – John PorterTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Dave Woodhead	2:30
A4	Ideology	3:27
A5	Levi Stubbs' Tears Percussion – Simon MoretonTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Dave Woodhead	3:28
A6	Honey, I'm A Big Boy Now Piano – Kenny Craddock	4:05
B1	There Is Power In A Union Lyrics By – Billy BraggWritten-by [Tune] – Traditional	2:47
B2	Help Save The Youth Of America Mandolin – John Porter	2:45
B3	Wishing The Days Away Mandolin – John PorterViolin – Bobby Valentino	2:28
B4	The Passion Electric Guitar – Johnny MarrVocals – Kirsty MacColl	2:52
B5	The Warmest Room Bass – John PorterOrgan – Kenny Craddock	3:55
B6	The Home Front Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Dave Woodhead	4:09

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Livingston Studios
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

• Percussion [Assorted] – George Shilling, Kenny Jones
• Performer [Everything Else] – Billy Bragg
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Hans Praefke
• Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Penny Smith*
• Producer – John Porter, Kenny Jones
• Tape [Op], Other [Tea & Biscuits] – George Shilling
• Written-By – Billy Bragg (tracks: A1, A3 to B6)

Notes

The Difficult Third Album
Recorded at Livingston Studios, London
All tracks published by Chappell Music, ASCAP except A2 published by Corbert Music, BMI.
A2 originally recorded by The Count Bishops in 1976 on a Chiswick Records single cat no. S5A.

For copyright reasons this album is not available in South Africa.

℗ 1986 Elektra/Asylum Records
© 1986 Billy Bragg
Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A - etched): ST E 60502 A-3 1-3 SPAR B-25778-A3 △14713 0-
• Matrix / Runout (Side B - etched): ST E 60502 B-3 1-2 SPAR B-25779-B3 0- △14713X
• Matrix / Runout (Sides A/B - stamped): ATLANTIC STUDIOS DK
• Matrix / Runout (Sides A/B - stamped): SRC (Large S with the R and C in the loops)
• Barcode: 0 7559-60502-1 0

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AGOLP 6	Billy Bragg	Talking With The Taxman About Poetry ‎(LP, Album, PRS)	Go! Discs	AGOLP 6	UK	1986
D 21016	Billy Bragg	Talking With The Taxman About Poetry ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Liberation Records	D 21016	Australia	1991
CHR 1533	Billy Bragg	Talking With The Taxman About Poetry ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Go! Discs, Chrysalis	CHR 1533	Italy	1986
9 60502-1, 60502-1	Billy Bragg	Talking With The Taxman About Poetry ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Elektra, Elektra	9 60502-1, 60502-1	US	1986
5D-0649	Billy Bragg	Talking With The Taxman About Poetry ‎(Cass, Album)	DRO	5D-0649	Spain	1989