{"product_id":"billy-bragg-wilco-mermaid-avenue-indie-exclusive-white-eco-mix-vinyl","title":"Billy Bragg \u0026 Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (Indie Exclusive White Eco-Mix Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndie Exclusive 2LP on White Eco-Mix Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoody Guthrie left behind more than a thousand sets of finished lyrics, written between 1939 and 1967, that he never set to music. In the spring of 1995 his daughter Nora asked Billy Bragg, who had just played a Guthrie tribute concert in Central Park, to write tunes for some of them. Bragg asked Wilco to join him. Mermaid Avenue, named for the Coney Island street where Guthrie lived, is the first album to come out of that collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody tried to sound like Guthrie. Bragg and Jeff Tweedy wrote new music in their own styles and split the lead vocals, seven songs each. Jay Bennett co-wrote the music for \"California Stars\" and \"Christ for President.\" Natalie Merchant sings lead on \"Birds and Ships\" and harmony on \"Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key,\" Corey Harris plays lap steel on \"California Stars,\" and Eliza Carthy plays violin on both of those Side A songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBragg and the band recorded in Dublin at Totally Wired and Windmill Lane, at King Size Sound Labs in Chicago and at Fort Apache in Boston, and produced the album themselves with Grant Showbiz. Elektra released it on June 23, 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was nominated for the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album and placed fourth in the Village Voice's Pazz \u0026amp; Jop critics poll for 1998. It reached No. 90 on the Billboard 200 and No. 12 in Australia, where it went gold. Mermaid Avenue Vol. II followed in 2000, and a third volume in 2012. In June 2026 Bragg, Wilco and Merchant played the songs together at Wilco's Solid Sound festival in North Adams, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCraft Recordings presses this edition on two LPs of white eco-mix vinyl, the 15 songs spread across four sides. It is a limited run, exclusive to independent record stores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalt Whitman's Niece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalifornia Stars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWay Over Yonder in the Minor Key\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirds and Ships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoodoo Voodoo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Came Along to Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt My Window Sad and Lonely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide C\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIngrid Bergman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChrist for President\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Guess I Planted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne by One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEisler on the Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHesitating Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnother Man's Done Gone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Unwelcome Guest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour Billy Bragg \u0026amp; Wilco titles at Evergreen Vinyl, this one included: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/billy-bragg-wilco-mermaid-avenue-vol-ii-indie-exclusive-white-eco-mix-vinyl?variant=67523543990430\"\u003eMermaid Avenue Vol. II\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/billy-bragg-wilco-mermaid-avenue-vol-iii-indie-exclusive-white-eco-mix-vinyl?variant=67523544318110\"\u003eMermaid Avenue Vol. III\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/billy-bragg-wilco-mermaid-avenue-the-complete-sessions-box-set?variant=67536330096798\"\u003eMermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 888072826014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Craft Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.11.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Craft Recordings","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67523543400606,"sku":"EVP-56DA5345-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/mermaid-avenue-vol1-white-eco-mix-packshot.png?v=1791410468","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/billy-bragg-wilco-mermaid-avenue-indie-exclusive-white-eco-mix-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}