Between the Wars (EP)

1985 EP by Billy Bragg

Between The Wars

EP by

Billy Bragg

Released| February 1985
Genre| Folk punk, protest song
Label| Go! Discs
Producer| Kenny Jones

Between the Wars is an extended play released by Billy Bragg in 1985. It reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

The title track was inspired by the UK miners' strike (1984–1985).[2] The choice of other songs on the record was also relevant to the dispute - "Which Side Are You On?" is an updated version of the American pro-trade union song of the same title from the 1930s, whilst "It Says Here" is critical of the political bias of British newspapers, most of which opposed the strike.

The proceeds from sales of the record were donated to the striking miners' fund.[3] Bragg said, "Revolutions do not start in record shops. But if you write a song like "Between the Wars", you have to come up with the actions to meet it. I don't claim that the Labour Party has all the answers in the U.K., but they took the youth vote for granted in the last election and didn’t get it."[4]

All four tracks are available on the Billy Bragg compilation album, Back to Basics, and the 2006 reissue of Brewing Up with Billy Bragg.

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Billy Bragg; except where indicated

1. "Between the Wars"
2. "Which Side Are You On?" (music by Florence Reece; new lyrics by Billy Bragg)
3. "World Turned Upside Down" (Leon Rosselson)
4. "It Says Here (Different Version)"

## References[edit]

1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 75\. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
2. ^ Bragg's 20 years on campaign trail, BBC News, 7 October 2003
3. ^ Family Detective: Billy Bragg, The Daily Telegraph, 31 March 2007
4. ^ Sue Cummings (August 1985). "King of the Road". Spin. No. 4\. p. 16.

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Billy Bragg

Studio albums|

* Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy
* Brewing Up with Billy Bragg
* Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
* Workers Playtime
* The Internationale
* Don't Try This at Home
* William Bloke
* Mermaid Avenue
* Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
* England, Half-English
* Mr Love & Justice
* Mermaid Avenue Vol. III
* Tooth & Nail
* Shine a Light
* Bridges Not Walls
* The Million Things That Never Happened

Compilations
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* Back to Basics
* The Peel Sessions Album
* Victim of Geography
* Bloke on Bloke
* Reaching to the Converted
* Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg
* Volume 1
* Volume 2
* Fight Songs
* Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

Singles and EPs|

* Between the Wars EP
* "Levi Stubbs' Tears"
* "Greetings to the New Brunette"
* "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards"
* "Sexuality"
* "We Laughed"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Red Wedge
* "A New England"
* Wilco
* Man in the Sand

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* MusicBrainz release group

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