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Studio sessions are often meticulously produced, even agonized over. BBC sessions, though, offer an honest, intimate, revealing look at artists in particular stages of their career. This comp provides an intriguing chronological perspective on the artistic development of one of England’s most revered singer-songwriters. Billy’s albums are often sparsely produced and he started off just recording his passionate vocals and guitar, but these precious BBC sessions capture his songs as they first took shape and exposed themselves in all their raw glory: "A New England," "Levi Stubbs’Tears," "A13, Trunk Road to the Sea," "There Is Power in a Union," "Like Soldiers Do," "Between the Wars," "Days Like These," "Ideology," "The Warmest Room," "The Short Answer," "Brickbat," "Goal Hanger," "Goodbye, Goodbye"…38 tracks (many unissued) on double CD or triple vinyl! Cooking Vinyl.