{"product_id":"billy-bragg-workers-playtime-solid-red-vinyl","title":"Billy Bragg - Workers Playtime (Solid Red Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHd2O_KuCxA?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSolid Red Vinyl LP In Gatefold Sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorkers Playtime returns to vinyl here on a single solid red LP, one of the limited colored pressings in Cooking Vinyl's 2026 reissue, packed in a gatefold sleeve. The audio is a new remaster by John Webber at Air Studios, made from high-resolution transfers of master tapes kept in Bragg's own archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBragg's fourth release and his third full-length album, Workers Playtime was first issued by Go! Discs on September 20, 1988. Joe Boyd, whose production credits include Nick Drake and Fairport Convention, produced it with Wiggy, Bragg's former bandmate in Riff Raff, at Pavilion Studios in London. Danny Thompson plays double bass, BJ Cole pedal steel, Bruce Thomas of the Attractions bass guitar and Micky Waller drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCooking Vinyl's notes place the writing of \"Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards\" after Margaret Thatcher's victory in the 1987 general election, and describe the unaccompanied \"Tender Comrade\" as a challenge to the prejudice of the moral majority. \"Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards\" and \"She's Got A New Spell\" were both released as singles. The original sleeve carried the subtitle \"Capitalism Is Killing Music,\" a reference to the British Phonographic Industry's \"Home Taping Is Killing Music\" campaign, and early copies printed a maximum price on the artwork, £4.99 for the LP in the UK, which later editions dropped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album reached No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart. Rolling Stone rated it four stars out of five, and it was voted No. 499 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe's Got A New Spell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMust I Paint You A Picture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTender Comrade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Price I Pay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Time Bomb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRotting On Remand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValentine's Day Is Over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife With The Lions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Only One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Short Answer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaiting For The Great Leap Forwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e (4)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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-talking-with-the-taxman-about-poetry-solid-blue-vinyl\"\u003eTalking With The Taxman About Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorkers Playtime (this release)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 711297150988\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":67532207915166,"sku":"EVP-435090E5-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_102725_289_v_0711297150988_009.jpg?v=1792129154","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/billy-bragg-workers-playtime-solid-red-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}