Yep Roc Records’ comprehensive Billy Bragg reissue series is back on the schedule for a Feb. 21 release. As previously reported, the label had expected to put out expanded versions of the singer/songwriter’s “Life’s a Riot With Spy vs. Spy,” “Brewing Up With Billy Bragg,” “Talking With the Taxman About Poetry” and “The Internationale” in September, as well as box them together with a bonus DVD.
Less than a week after the label announced the plan, the artist pulled the plug, stating that he wanted to be sure he could “fully support these releases on both sides of the Atlantic” upon their release. Bragg has only played a handful of dates in 2005, but is expected to mount some level of touring behind the Yep Roc re-releases.
Earlier this month, a trio of songs Bragg co-wrote with patients facing life-threatening illnesses as part of a project known as Rosetta Requiem were released as downloads via iTunes and on CD through Townshend Records. Details of the project can be found on the artist’s Web site.
Source billboard.com.
