{"product_id":"billy-bragg-wilco-mermaid-avenue-393816","title":"Billy Bragg \u0026 Wilco – Mermaid Avenue (2xLP)","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBilly Bragg \u0026amp; Wilco’s \u003cem\u003eMermaid Avenue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e began in 1998 as an unusual collaboration with a deep folk-music backstory: previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics were set to new music by Bragg and Wilco, following a project initiated by Guthrie’s daughter Nora. Rather than treating the words like museum pieces, the album gives them fresh life through Bragg’s politically alert folk style and Wilco’s late-90s alt-country warmth. That approach helped make this first volume the defining entry in the series, and it went on to earn a Grammy nomination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record’s appeal is in how naturally these different voices meet. Guthrie’s writing moves easily between wit, tenderness and social observation, while the music keeps things open and human rather than reverential. “California Stars” became the best-known song to emerge from the sessions, and tracks such as “Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key” and “Ingrid Bergman” show how comfortably Guthrie’s words could live inside new arrangements a generation later. Natalie Merchant guests on two songs, adding another distinctive voice to the set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a tribute album, \u003cem\u003eMermaid Avenue\u003c\/em\u003e captures a genuine exchange between British folk songwriting, American roots rock and Guthrie’s unfinished work. If you come to it for the famous songs, you stay for the broader picture: a 15-track album that makes the case for Guthrie as playful, romantic and restlessly alive on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2xLP, 180g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGatefold sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMastered by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed at Furnace Record Pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cq\u003eNo other posthumous reconsideration has captured Guthrie in all his compelling contradictions as precisely or as affectionately as Billy Bragg and Wilco's Mermaid Avenue did in 1998.\u003c\/q\u003e - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/16518-the-complete-mermaid-avenue-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop \u0026amp; Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e- Disc 1 -\u003cbr\u003e1. Walt Whitman's Niece\u003cbr\u003e2. California Stars\u003cbr\u003e3. Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 2 -\u003cbr\u003e1. Birds and Ships\u003cbr\u003e2. Hoodoo Voodoo\u003cbr\u003e3. She Came Along to Me\u003cbr\u003e4. At My Window Sad and Lonely\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 3 -\u003cbr\u003e1. Ingrid Bergman\u003cbr\u003e2. Christ for President\u003cbr\u003e3. I Guess I Planted\u003cbr\u003e4. One By One\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 4 -\u003cbr\u003e1. Eisler on the Go\u003cbr\u003e2. Hesitating Beauty\u003cbr\u003e3. Another Man's Done Gone\u003cbr\u003e4. The Unwelcome Guest\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50927438987329,"sku":"2905724","price":72.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/ACONC_46792__200057__10082026111231-5025.jpg?v=1793866558","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/billy-bragg-wilco-mermaid-avenue-393816","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}