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| Wide Blue Yonder | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | British folk rock | |||
| Length | 56:02 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
| Producer | Clive Gregson | |||
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Wide Blue Yonder is a 1987 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. As well as traditional material it features covers of "Between the Wars" by Billy Bragg and "The Rose of England" by Nick Lowe. The album is produced by Clive Gregson.
Stephen William Bragg is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is heavily centred on bringing about change and involving the younger generation in activist causes.
The Internationale is a 1990 album by Billy Bragg. Originally released on Bragg's short-lived record label, Utility Records, it is a deliberately political album, consisting mainly of cover versions and rewrites of left-wing protest songs. Although Bragg is known for his association with left-wing causes, this release is unusual; most of Bragg's recordings balance overtly political songs with social observation and love songs.
Oysterband is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976.
Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy is Billy Bragg's first album, released in 1983. All songs on the original album consisted of Bragg singing to his electric guitar accompaniment.
Tracks on Wax 4 is the fourth album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The record was the first Edmunds solo effort to feature all four members of the band Rockpile: Edmunds, Billy Bremner, Nick Lowe, and Terry Williams.
Brewing Up with Billy Bragg is the second album by Billy Bragg, released in 1984.
Rise Above is an album by British folk music group Oysterband, released in 2002.
Here I Stand is a 1999 album by British folk-rock band Oysterband. It is their 17th studio album.
Deep Dark Ocean is a 1997 album by British folk rock band Oysterband.
The Shouting End of Life is an album by British folk rock group Oysterband, released in 1995. The album was vehemently political, and showed a much harder, punkier side than previous albums.
Holy Bandits is a 1993 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. The album features the original version of the song "When I'm Up ", which became a Canadian top 10 hit for the folk group Great Big Sea in 1997.
Deserters is an album by British folk music group Oysterband, released in 1992.
Freedom and Rain is a 1990 album by British folk rock band Oysterband and singer June Tabor. The album features a mixture of traditional material and contemporary covers including "Lullaby of London" by Shane MacGowan, "All Tomorrow's Parties" by Lou Reed, "Valentine's Day Is Over" by Billy Bragg and "Night Comes In" by Richard Thompson.
Ride is a 1989 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. The album features a cover of the New Order song "Love Vigilantes".
Step Outside is a 1986 album by British folk rock band The Oyster Band. The album was the first release of Cooking Vinyl records. The album was chosen as one of the 50 best of the year in Q Magazine.
Little Rock to Leipzig is a 1990 album by British folk-rock band Oysterband. The album is a mixture of live and studio recordings, also a mixture of traditional songs, original recordings and covers of contemporary songs including "I Fought the Law" by Sonny Curtis and "Gonna Do What I Have to Do" by Phil Ochs.
Greasy Truckers Party is a 1972 live album by various artists recorded at a February 1972 Greasy Truckers concert at the Roundhouse in London. The concert featured three bands, Man, Brinsley Schwarz, and Hawkwind, and musician Magic Michael. Originally a double vinyl album, in a limited edition of 20,000 and sold at just £1.50, it rapidly sold out, and became a collector's item.
In the world of British underground rock, the Greasy Truckers Party ... ... looms about as large as the Monterey International Pop Festival does in American rock lore; it wasn't the biggest gig ever played by the bands involved, but for reasons of exposure, and resulting word-of-mouth, and the excerpted live album that followed, it came to define what they were capable of.
The Oxford Girl and Other Stories is a 2008 acoustic compilation album by British folk rock band Oysterband.
The Rose of England is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe, released in 1985. It is the second overall and last album by Lowe's band the Cowboy Outfit, credited as 'Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit'. It contains three cover versions; "7 Nights to Rock", "I Knew the Bride" and "Bo Bo Skediddle".
Martin Christopher Belmont is an English rock and country-blues guitarist.
