{"product_id":"billy-bragg-talking-with-the-taxman-about-poetry-solid-blue-vinyl","title":"Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (Solid Blue Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ePTW_3JOA0s?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSolid Blue Vinyl LP, Gatefold Sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis solid blue pressing is part of the limited colored run that accompanies Cooking Vinyl's 2026 vinyl reissue of Talking With The Taxman About Poetry, presented in a gatefold sleeve. The audio is a new remaster by John Webber at Air Studios, made from high-resolution transfers of master tapes that Bragg kept in his own archive. The single LP holds the original twelve-song running order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBragg's third album was first issued on September 22, 1986, by Go! Discs in the UK and Elektra in the US. It was recorded between March and July of that year at Livingston Studios in Wood Green, London, with John Porter and Kenny Jones producing. The original sleeve carried the subtitle \"The Difficult Third Album,\" and the title is shared with a Vladimir Mayakovsky poem that was reprinted in the liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arrangements reach well beyond Bragg's voice and guitar. Johnny Marr plays electric guitar and Kirsty MacColl sings on \"Greetings To The New Brunette\" and \"The Passion.\" Porter adds bass, slide guitar and mandolin, Bobby Valentino plays violin on \"Train Train\" and \"Wishing The Days Away,\" Dave Woodhead brings trumpet and flugelhorn, and Ken Craddock plays piano and organ. Cooking Vinyl's notes describe \"Levi Stubbs' Tears\" as the story of a victim of domestic abuse who takes comfort in the music of the Four Tops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album reached No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart, Bragg's first top ten album, and No. 5 in New Zealand, and was certified Silver by the BPI. \"Levi Stubbs' Tears\" reached No. 29 in the UK and \"Greetings To The New Brunette\" No. 6 in New Zealand. Trouser Press's Ira Robbins called it \"a great leap forward, the deft application of understated instrumental accompaniment on some of Bragg's best-ever songs,\" and it is included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreetings To The New Brunette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrain Train\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevi Stubbs' Tears\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoney, I'm A Big Boy Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere Is Power In A Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelp Save The Youth Of America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWishing The Days Away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Passion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Warmest Room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Home Front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e (4)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/billy-bragg-brewing-up-with-billy-bragg-solid-dark-green-vinyl\"\u003eBrewing Up With Billy Bragg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/billy-bragg-the-million-things-that-never-happened-black-vinyl\"\u003eThe Million Things That Never Happened\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/billy-bragg-workers-playtime-solid-red-vinyl\"\u003eWorkers Playtime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalking With The Taxman About Poetry (this release)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 711297150889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cooking Vinyl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.27.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cooking Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67532369264798,"sku":"EVP-4994CCA4-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/UNK_20260910_1116_102726_226_v_0711297150889_012.jpg?v=1792129166","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/billy-bragg-talking-with-the-taxman-about-poetry-solid-blue-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}