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Wilco & Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue Box Set Expands
Wilco and Billy Bragg release expanded box set with 18 new tracks from Mermaid Avenue sessions.
In brief
Wilco and Billy Bragg release expanded box set with 18 new tracks from Mermaid Avenue sessions. Wilco and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions box set adds 18 previously unreleased tracks including 17 demos and a Woody Guthrie home tape. Originally reported by Stereogum.
Wilco and Billy Bragg
Wilco and Billy Bragg released Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions in 2012 combining Vol. I, Vol. II, and 17 previously unreleased recordings.
Expanded Box Set Adds 18 Tracks
The new set includes 17 alternate takes and demos plus a Woody Guthrie home tape of 'Hesitating Beauty' for a total of 18 additional tracks.
Release Date and Details
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions releases December 11 on Craft Recordings after Wilco and Bragg performed the full album at Solid Sound festival.
The takeaway
Wilco and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions box set adds 18 previously unreleased tracks including 17 demos and a Woody Guthrie home tape.
