23.02.2019
USA, West Hollywood, The Troubadour
Second Night at the Troubadour
very good / exc. Aud.

01. The Milkman Of Human Kindness [3:17]
02. A Lover Sings [3:57]
03. (Billy talks about his mom and brother . . .) [4:19]
04. The Myth Of Trust [3:11]
05. (Billy talks about his very early gigs . . .) [3:50]
06. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty [2:09]
07. (Billy talks socialism . . .) [4:04]
08. Ideology [3:48]
09. (Billy talks difficulty of remembering lyrics . . .) [3:14]
10. St Swithin's Day [3:17]
11. Greetings To The New Brunette [4:02]
12. (Billy introduces . . .) [2:16]
13. Like Soldiers Do [3:49]
14. (Billy talks about his 1st American touring opening for Echo and the Bunnymen . . .) [7:59]
15. This Guitar Says Sorry [2:35]
16. (More on touring with Echo stories . . .) [4:44]
17. The Man In The Iron Mask . . . [2:30]
18. The Saturday Boy [4:37]
19. (Billy talks about 2nd tour with The Smiths . . .) [3:34]
20. Richard [4:05]
21. (Billy talks about his next book and equality and accountability . . .) [9:49]
22. The World Turned Upside Down [2:40]
23. Lovers Town Revisited [1:36]
24. (Billy talks Thomas Hardy and introduces . . .) [3:23]
25. The Man He Killed [1:43]
26. Between The Wars [2:58]
27. (Billy talks Brexit . . .) [5:10]
28. Levi Stubbs Tears [3:26]
29. (Billy talks empathy and compassion. . .) [5:03]
30. To Have And To Have Not [2:58]
31. There Is Power In A Union [4:01]
32. (Billy debates what to play next . . .) [3:34]
33. I Don't Need This Pressure Ron [2:30]
34. Help Save The Youth of America [3:00]
35. (Billy talks Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy) [3:28]
36. A New England [3:58]

Total Running Time: [2:14:50]

Sonics>Battery Box>Edirol R-09HR>ProTools (for level adjustment, compression, eq, noise reduction and song separation)>flac. 

Taped and mastered by JB. 

Please don't sell or convert to lossy format. Don't upload to any site that has anything to do with lossy material. 

Notes:
Second of a three night stand at the Troubadour. On night two Billy concentrates on his fist three releases (Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy, Brewing Up With Billy Bragg, and Talking With The Taxman About Poetry) and throws in some singles and ep tracks from the period. A long, flawless show with Billy in fine voice. Many songs not heard in years. All songs but two on electric guitar. As I have said before, a BB show is as much an intelligent and optimistic discussion of the world, as it is a great musical event. His anecdotes are often so dead on you want to jot them down. Plus, many great stories about his early career playing clubs in England and touring America with Echo and the Bunnymen and the Smiths, with Wiggie in tow. The Troubadour is one of the best and best sounding venues in LA. A great crowd. A terrific recording. Samples below. The other shows will follow. 

24bit 48K recording. If you still burn to CD, it's pretty easy to convert the files to CD specs. A good place ti divide discs is after 18. The Saturday Boy. 

Dimeadozen.org: Torrent 644031 (by waxdoll)