Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

~ Release by Billy Bragg & Wilco (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Mermaid Avenue
2▼CD: Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II
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1Airline to Heaven
acoustic guitar, handclaps and mellotron and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
handclaps:
John Stirratt
handclaps, musical saw, shakers and slide guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and John Stirratt
recording of:
Airline to Heaven
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1939)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1997) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1997)
4.54:51
2My Flying Saucer
engineer:
Jerry Boys
producer:
Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998-01)
acoustic guitar, baritone guitar and electric guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (in 1998-01)
cabasa:
Jeff Tweedy (in 1998-01)
electric bass guitar and guitar:
John Stirratt (in 1998-01)
guest tambourine:
Ken Coomer (in 1998-01)
recorded at:
Totally Wired in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland (in 1998-01)
recording of:
My Flying Saucer (in 1998-01)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1950)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1995)
41:46
3Feed of Man
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
Hammond organ and guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
resonator guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Feed of Man
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy (until 1998)
54:08
4Hot Rod Hotel
acoustic guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
electric guitar, farfisa and mandolin:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Hot Rod Hotel
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1949)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1996)
43:17
5I Was Born
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Natalie Merchant
recording of:
I Was Born
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1950)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1996)
3.651:50
6Secret of the Sea
12 string guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar, organ, piano, slide guitar and tambourine:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and John Stirratt
recording of:
Secret of the Sea
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1939)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1999) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1999)
42:42
7Stetson Kennedy
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
solo electric guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Stetson Kennedy
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1950)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1997)
52:40
8Remember the Mountain Bed
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
classical guitar [nylon string guitar] and organ:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
piano:
Leroy Bach
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and John Stirratt
recording of:
Remember the Mountain Bed
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1944)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1999) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1999)
56:26
9Blood of the Lamb
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
acoustic guitar and slide guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
double bass:
John Stirratt
Hammond organ, farfisa and piano and background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
recording of:
Blood of the Lamb
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1955)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1997) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1997)
44:17
10Aginst th’ Law
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Corey Harris
banjo:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
mandolin:
Jeff Tweedy
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
resonator guitar:
Bob Egan
recording of:
Against th’ Law
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1947)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1995)
43:03
11All You Fascists
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg and Jeff Tweedy
harmonica and slide guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
All You Fascists (music by Billy Bragg)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
is based on:
All You Fascists (music by Woody Guthrie)
52:43
12Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
banjo and solo acoustic guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
double bass:
John Stirratt
mandolin:
Ben Ivitsky
percussion:
Ken Coomer
violin:
Eliza Carthy
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco), Ken Coomer and John Stirratt
recording of:
Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1949)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1995)
42:32
13Meanest Man
baritone guitar and electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
Hammond organ:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
resonator guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Meanest Man
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1945)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1997)
53:46
14Black Wind Blowing
resonator guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Black Wind Blowing
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1997)
53:00
15Someday Some Morning Sometime
bell, double bass and membranophone:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
Wurlitzer electric piano and acoustic guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Someday Some Morning Sometime
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1948)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy (until 2000)
52:51
3▶CD: Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III
4▶DVD-Video: Man in the Sand (documentary)