Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions: Vinyl Box Set

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Label: Craft Recordings
Release Date: 22nd January 2027

Billy Bragg and Wilco's loving ode to the unheard lyrics of the immeasurably influential Woody Guthrie as presented in the ultimate boxset. An inspired pairing found an alt-country band in Wilco operating at a creative purple patch pairing with the seasoned folk storyteller Billy Bragg. 

The acclaimed Mermaid Avenue series returns in an expanded edition, uniting Billy Bragg and Wilco's celebrated interpretations of previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics.

Featuring all three volumes alongside previously unreleased material including rare demos, alternate takes, and live recordings, this definitive collection highlights one of modern folk-rock's most inspired collaborations. 7-LP box set plus bonus single-sided 7" vinyl of Woody Guthrie performing "Hesitating Beauty" (from Woody's Home Tape) with new liner notes by Bob Mehr and deluxe packaging.

Side A – Mermaid Avenue
1. Walt Whitman's Niece
2. California Stars
3. Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

Side B – Mermaid Avenue
1. Birds and Ships
2. Hoodoo Voodoo
3. She Came Along to Me
4. At My Window Sad and Lonely

Side C – Mermaid Avenue
1. Ingrid Bergman
2. Christ for President
3. I Guess I Planted
4. One by One

Side D – Mermaid Avenue
1. Eisler on the Go
2. Hesitating Beauty
3. Another Man's Done Gone
4. The Unwelcome Guest

Side E – Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
1. Airline to Heaven
2. My Flying Saucer
3. Feed of Man

Side F – Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
1. Hot Rod Hotel
2. I Was Born
3. Secret of the Sea
4. Stetson Kennedy

Side G – Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
1. Remember the Mountain Bed
2. Blood of the Lamb
3. Aginst Th' Law

Side H – Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
1. All You Fascists
2. Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
3. Meanest Man
4. Black Wind Blowing
5. Someday Some Morning Sometime

Side I – Mermaid Avenue Vol. III
1. Bugeye Jim
2. When the Roses Bloom Again
3. Gotta Work
4. My Thirty Thousand

Side J – Mermaid Avenue Vol. III
1. Ought to Be Satisfied Now
2. Listening to the Wind That Blows
3. Go Down to the Water
4. Chain of Broken Hearts

Side K – Mermaid Avenue Vol. III
1. Jailcell Blues
2. Don't You Marry
3. Give Me a Nail
4. The Jolly Banker
5. Union Prayer

Side L – Mermaid Avenue Vol. III
1. Be Kind to the Boy on the Road
2. Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
3. Tea Bag Blues
4. I'm Out to Get

Side M - Alternates & Demos
1. California Stars (Live)
2. Against Th’ Law (Alternate Version)*
3. All You Fascists (Alternate Version)*
4. I Guess I Planted (Alternate Version)*
5. She Came Along To Me (Alternate Version)*
6. Hesitating Beauty (Solo Version)*
7. Joe DiMaggio Done It Again (Demo)*
8. Psalm (Demo)*

Side N – Alternates & Demos
1. Hot Rod Hotel (Demo)*
2. Christ For President (Solo Version)*
3. Give Me A Nail (Demo)*
4. Long & Hard (Demo)*
5. I Was Born (Demo)*
6. At My Window Sad And Lonely (Solo Version)
7. Birds And Ships (Demo)*
8. The Unwelcome Guest (Demo)*
9. Airline To Heaven (Solo Version)*

Bonus 7” (Single-Sided):
1. Hesitating Beauty (Woody Guthrie Demo)*

*Previously unreleased.