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Billy Bragg & Wilco

Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (4-CD Set)

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Release Date: December 11, 2026

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Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions brings together all three volumes of Billy Bragg and Wilco’s celebrated interpretations of previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics. The 4-CD set adds 16 previously unreleased tracks, including rare demos, alternate takes and live recordings, and is presented in a 5.5-inch portfolio book featuring new liner notes by Bob Mehr. 

Disc 1 – Mermaid Avenue
1. Walt Whitman's Niece
2. California Stars
3. Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
4. Birds and Ships
5. Hoodoo Voodoo
6. She Came Along to Me
7. At My Window Sad and Lonely
8. Ingrid Bergman
9. Christ for President
10. I Guess I Planted
11. One by One
12. Eisler on the Go
13. Hesitating Beauty
14. Another Man's Done Gone
15. The Unwelcome Guest

Disc 2 – Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
1. Airline to Heaven
2. My Flying Saucer
3. Feed of Man
4. Hot Rod Hotel
5. I Was Born
6. Secret of the Sea
7. Stetson Kennedy
8. Remember the Mountain Bed
9. Blood of the Lamb
10. Aginst Th' Law
11. All You Fascists
12. Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
13. Meanest Man
14. Black Wind Blowing
15. Someday Some Morning Sometime

Disc 3 - Mermaid Avenue Vol. III
1. Bugeye Jim
2. When the Roses Bloom Again
3. Gotta Work
4. My Thirty Thousand
5. Ought to Be Satisfied Now
6. Listening to the Wind That Blows
7. Go Down to the Water
8. Chain of Broken Hearts
9. Jailcell Blues
10. Don't You Marry
11. Give Me a Nail
12. The Jolly Banker
13. Union Prayer
14. Be Kind to the Boy on the Road
15. Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
16. Tea Bag Blues
17. I'm Out to Get

Disc 4 - 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)*
9. Hot Rod Hotel (Demo)*
10. Christ For President (Solo Version)*
11. Give Me A Nail (Demo)*
12. Long & Hard (Demo)*
13. I Was Born (Demo)*
14. At My Window Sad And Lonely (Solo Version)
15. Birds And Ships (Demo)*
16. The Unwelcome Guest (Demo)*
17. Airline To Heaven (Solo Version)
18. Hesitating Beauty (Woody Guthrie Demo)*

*Previously unreleased.

- Deluxe 4-CD set featuring all three Mermaid Avenue volumes, plus rare and previously unreleased recordings
- Includes 16 previously unreleased tracks, featuring alternate takes, demos and live performances
- Features a rare Woody Guthrie home demo
- Mastering of Vols. I–III by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (2012)
- Alternates & Demos bonus disc mastered by Paul Blakemore
- Housed in a 5.5" portfolio-style package
- New liner notes by Bob Mehr

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