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1	The Milkman Of Human Kindness	2:47
2	To Have And To Have Not	2:32
3	Richard	2:49
4	Lovers Town Revisited	1:17
5	A New England	2:13
6	The Man In The Iron Mask	2:13
7	The Busy Girl Buys Beauty	1:57
8	It Says Here	4:15
9	Love Gets Dangerous	2:23
10	From A Vauxhall Velox	2:30
11	The Myth Of Trust	2:53
12	The Saturday Boy	3:28
13	Island Of No Return	3:34
14	This Guitar Says Sorry	2:29
15	Like Soldiers Do	2:38
16	St. Swithin's Day	3:52
17	Strange Things Happen	2:38
18	A Lover Sings	3:51
19	Between The Wars	2:27
20	The World Turned Upside Down Written-By – Leon Rosselson	2:34
21	Which Side Are You On Adapted By – Billy BraggWritten-By – Florence Reece	2:33

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Go! Discs Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Billy Bragg
• Copyright (c) – Chappell Music Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – MCPS Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Stormking Music, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Harmony Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – Berry Street Studio
• Recorded At – Vineyard Studios
• Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
• Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation
• Pressed By – Allied Record Company

Credits

• Compiled By, Mastered By – Kenny Jones
• Design [Designer And Cubist], Artwork By [Cover] – Caramel Crunch
• Engineer – Kenny Jones (tracks: 8 to 21)
• Guitar, Vocals – Billy Bragg
• Organ – Kenny Craddock (tracks: 8 to 18)
• Photography By – Bob Bromide, Jayne Creamer
• Producer – Kenny Jones (tracks: 19 to 21), Edward De Bono* (tracks: 8 to 18)
• Producer, Engineer, Recorded By – Oliver Hitch (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Trumpet – Dave Woodhead (tracks: 8 to 18)
• Written-By – Billy Bragg

Notes

"Together at last the first 21 songs from the roots of urbane folk music"

For copyright reasons this C.D. is not available in South Africa

Tracks 1-7 originally released as "Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy" mini-album
Produced, engineered and recorded in straight stereo by Oliver Hitch.
© 1983 Chappell Music Ltd London W1
℗ 1983 Go! Discs Ltd

Tracks 8-18 originally released as "Brewing Up With Billy Bragg" LP .
Produced by Edward De Bono.
Engineered by Kenny Jones.
Recorded at Berry Street Studio Clerkenwell London EC1 July 1984.
© 1985 Chappell Music Ltd London W1
℗ 1984 Go! Discs Ltd

Tracks 19-21 taken from "Between The Wars" EP .
Produced and engineered by Kenny Jones.
Recorded straight to stereo at Vineyard Studio London 1985.
"Between The Wars"
© 1985 Chappell Music Ltd London W1
"The World Turned Upside Down"
© 1981 Leon Rosselson/MCPS
"Which Side Are You On"
© 1946 Stormking Music Inc. assigned to Harmony Music Ltd
℗© 1985 Billy Bragg·Go! Discs Ltd

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7559-60726-2 5
• Matrix / Runout: 2 60726-2 SRC-04 M3-S6 ARC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AGODP 8	Billy Bragg	Back To Basics ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Go! Discs	AGODP 8	UK	1987
CHR1603	Billy Bragg	Back To Basics ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Go! Discs	CHR1603	Italy	1987
CD 38767	Billy Bragg	Back To Basics ‎(CD, Comp)	Chrysalis, Go! Discs	CD 38767	Australia	1987
9 60726-2	Billy Bragg	Back To Basics ‎(CD, Comp)	Elektra	9 60726-2	US	1987
MUSH32028.2	Billy Bragg	Back To Basics ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Mushroom, Cooking Vinyl	MUSH32028.2	Australia & New Zealand	Unknown