Volume I (The Utility Version)

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The Utility Version

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CD 1: Life's a Riot Why Spy vs Spy
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1The Milkman of Human Kindness
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer)
guitar:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs and Utility Records
recorded at:
Chappell Music in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
recording of:
The Milkman of Human Kindness (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
42:49
2To Have and to Have Not
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer)
guitar:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs and Utility Records
recorded at:
Chappell Music in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
recording of:
To Have and to Have Not (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
32:33
3Richard
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer)
guitar:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs and Utility Records
recorded at:
Chappell Music in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
recording of:
Richard (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
32:52
4A New England
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer)
guitar:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs and Utility Records
recorded at:
Chappell Music in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
recording of:
A New England (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Chappell Music Ltd.
4.652:15
5The Man in the Iron Mask
recording of:
The Man in the Iron Mask
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
32:14
6The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer)
guitar:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs and Utility Records
recorded at:
Chappell Music in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
recording of:
The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
31:59
7Lovers Town Revisited
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer)
guitar:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs and Utility Records
recorded at:
Chappell Music in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
recording of:
Lovers Town Revisited (from 1983-02-02 until 1983-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
3.51:21
CD 2: Bonus CD
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1Strange Things Happen (Alternate Version)
recording of:
Strange Things Happen
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:19
2The Cloth (Version 1)
2:51
3Love Lives Here
1:43
4Speedway Hero
2:39
5Loving You Too Long
2:52
6This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternate Version)
recording of:
This Guitar Says Sorry
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:15
7Love Gets Dangerous (Alternate Version)
recording of:
Love Gets Dangerous
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:33
8The Cloth (Version 2)
2:47
9The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
recording of:
The Man in the Iron Mask
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
2:17
10A13, Trunk Road to the Sea2:28
11Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
recording of:
Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder)
cover recording of:
Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder)
2:32
CD 3: Brewing Up With Billy Bragg
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1It Says Here
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
It Says Here (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:19
2Love Gets Dangerous
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
Love Gets Dangerous (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:24
3The Myth of Trust
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
The Myth of Trust (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:55
4From a Vauxhall Velox
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
From a Vauxhall Velox (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:31
5The Saturday Boy
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
The Saturday Boy (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
53:30
6Island of No Return
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
Island of No Return (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
43:37
7St. Swithin's Day
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
St Swithin’s Day (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
33:54
8Like Soldiers Do
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
Like Soldiers Do (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:40
9This Guitar Says Sorry
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
This Guitar Says Sorry (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:32
10Strange Things Happen
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
Strange Things Happen (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:38
11A Lover Sings
engineer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1984-07)
producer:
Ted de Bono
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
A Lover Sings (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
43:54
CD 4: Bonus CD
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1It Must Be a River
recording of:
It Must Be a River (on 1984-01-17)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:19
2Won't Talk About It
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
samples:
Levi Stubbs’ Tears by Billy Bragg
recording of:
Won’t Talk About It (original version) (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
5:06
3Talking Wag Club Blues
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
recording of:
Talking Wag Club Blues (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:59
4You Got the Power
recorded at:
Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-07)
medley including a cover recording of:
You've Got the Power (in 1984-07)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”) and Johnny Terry (bass vocals, member of James Brown & The Famous Flames)
3:11
5The Last Time
cover recording of:
The Last Time (on 1986-01-10)
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
2:56
6Back to the Old House
cover recording of:
Back to the Old House (on 1986-01-10)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer / songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
2:54
7A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
recorded in:
Chiswick, Hounslow, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1986-01-10)
recording engineer:
Wiggy (member of Riff Raff) (on 1986-01-10)
guitar and tambourine:
Johnny Marr (on 1986-01-10)
vocals:
Johnny Marr (on 1986-01-10)
recording of:
A Lover Sings (on 1986-01-10)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
3:58
8Which Side Are You On
arranger:
Billy Bragg
recorded at:
Focus Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-11)
recording of:
Which Side Are You On? (lyrics by Billy Bragg) (in 1984-11)
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Which Side Are You On? (original version by Florence Reece)
42:35
9It Says Here (Alternative Version)
recorded at:
Focus Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-11)
recording of:
It Says Here (in 1984-11)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:36
10Between the Wars
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
recorded at:
Focus Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-11)
recording of:
Between the Wars (in 1984-11)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:31
11The World Turned Upside Down
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
recorded at:
Focus Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1984-11)
recording of:
The World Turned Upside Down (in 1984-11)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Rosselson (in 1974)
42:36
CD 5: Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
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1Greetings to the New Brunette
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
bass guitar and slide guitar:
John Porter (producer and musician US and UK) (in 1986)
electric guitar:
Johnny Marr (in 1986)
percussion:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1986), Simon Moreton (in 1986) and George Shilling (in 1986)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1986) and Kirsty MacColl (in 1986)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1986)
recording of:
Greetings to the New Brunette (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4.53:32
2Train Train
cover recording of:
Train Train
lyricist and composer:
Zenon de Fleur
2:13
3The Marriage
recording of:
The Marriage
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:32
4Ideology
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
percussion:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and George Shilling
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Ideology
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
43:28
5Levi Stubbs' Tears
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Dave Woodhead (trumpeter) (in 1986)
percussion:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1986), Simon Moreton (in 1986) and George Shilling (in 1986)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1986)
recording of:
Levi Stubbs’ Tears (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
43:32
6Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
recording of:
Honey I'm a Big Boy Now
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:08
7There Is Power in a Union
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
percussion:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1986) and George Shilling (in 1986)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1986)
recording of:
There Is Power in a Union (with lyrics by Billy Bragg) (in 1986)
lyricist and arranger:
Billy Bragg
is based on:
Battle Cry of Freedom
42:49
8Help Save the Youth of America
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
mandolin:
John Porter (producer and musician US and UK) (in 1986)
percussion:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1986) and George Shilling (in 1986)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1986)
recording of:
Help Save the Youth of America (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:49
9Wishing the Days Away
recording of:
Wishing the Days Away
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:30
10The Passion
recording of:
The Passion
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
2:54
11The Warmest Room
producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
bass guitar:
John Porter (producer and musician US and UK) (in 1986)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
percussion:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) (in 1986) and George Shilling (in 1986)
piano:
Ken Craddock (in 1986)
vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1986)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1986)
recording of:
The Warmest Room (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
43:57
12The Home Front
recording of:
The Home Front
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
4:12
CD 6: Bonus CD
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1Sin City
43:35
2Deportees
44:03
3There Is Power in a Union (Instrumental)
instrumental recording of:
There Is Power in a Union (with lyrics by Billy Bragg)
lyricist and arranger:
Billy Bragg
is based on:
Battle Cry of Freedom
43:17
4The Tracks of My Tears42:57
5Wishing the Days Away (Alternative Version)
recording of:
Wishing the Days Away
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:33
6The Clashing of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
42:52
7Greetings to the New Brunette (Demo)
recording of:
Greetings to the New Brunette
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
43:57
8A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
42:49
9Only Bad Signs
33:11
10Hold the Fort
recording of:
Hold the Fort (traditional labor song)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1774)
version of:
Hold the Fort
41:48
CD 7: The Internationale
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1The Internationale
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
brass:
Christie Tyler Cory Band
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Côr Cochion Caerdydd
conductor:
David Bedford (composer)
arranger:
David Bedford (composer)
recording of:
The Internationale (English, Billy Bragg version)
composer:
Pierre Degeyter (Belgian socialist & composer)
translator:
Billy Bragg (in 1989)
translated version of:
L’Internationale
33:50
2I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
lyricist:
Billy Bragg
dedicated to:
Phil Ochs
version of:
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night (Robinson/Hayes)
31:29
3The Marching Song of the Covert34:00
4Blake's Jerusalem
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
piano:
Cara Tivey
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
42:32
5Nicaragua Nicaraguita
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
cover recording of:
Nicaragua, Nicaragüita
lyricist and composer:
Carlos Mejía Godoy
31:09
6The Red Flag
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
bodhrán and percussion:
Jim Sutherland (UK composer & producer)
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
tin whistle:
Marc Duff
vocals:
Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughan
recording of:
The Red Flag (tune of The White Cockade)
lyricist:
Jim Connell
is based on:
The Red Flag (the lyrics, not set to a specific tune)
version of:
The White Cockade
43:13
7My Youngest Son Came Home Today
producer:
Grant Showbiz and Wiggy (member of Riff Raff)
guitar:
Billy Bragg
piano and shakuhachi:
Cara Tivey
sopranino recorder:
Lorraine Bowen
vocals:
Billy Bragg
cover recording of:
My Youngest Son Came Home Today
lyricist and composer:
Eric Bogle
33:08
8Introduction (Live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
20:58
9Help Save the Youth of America (2)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live recording of:
Help Save the Youth of America
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:36
10Think Again (Live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live recording of:
Think Again
lyricist and composer:
Dick Gaughan
44:21
11Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live cover recording of:
Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto
writer:
Bernice Johnson Reagon
33:09
12Days Like These (DC Remix)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live recording of:
Days Like These
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
42:41
13To Have and to Have Not (Live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
live recording of:
To Have and to Have Not
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
42:47
14There Is Power in a Union (Live)
engineer and producer:
Kenny Jones (UK engineer)
recording of:
There Is Power in a Union (with lyrics by Billy Bragg)
lyricist and arranger:
Billy Bragg
is based on:
Battle Cry of Freedom
33:28
15Joe Hill
cover recording of:
Joe Hill (Ochs; "Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores...")
composer:
Phil Ochs
dedicated to:
Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter)
38:24
16This Land Is Your Land
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
34:36
17Never Cross a Picket Line
producer:
Grant Showbiz
33:38
18A Change Is Gonna Come
cover recording of:
A Change Is Gonna Come
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
33:59
19A Miner's Life
recording of:
A Miner’s Life
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3510)
33:02
DVD-Video 8: Here and There
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1There Is A Power In A Union (East Berlin DDR, 1986-02)
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2Between The Wars (East Berlin DDR, 1986-02)
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3Nicaragua Nicaragua (Nicaragua, 1987-07)
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5I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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6To Have And To Have Not (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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7The Milkman Of Human Kindness (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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8Island Of No Return (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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9Between The Wars (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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10The World Turned Upside Down (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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11Levi Stubbs Tears (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
?:??
12Help Save The Youth Of America (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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13A New England (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
recording of:
A New England
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Chappell Music Ltd.
?:??
14Wishing The Days Away (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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15People Get Ready (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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16Tupelo Honey (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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17Star (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)
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18A13, Trunk Road To The Sea (Lithuania USSR, 1988-05)?:??