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Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. The project was the first of several such projects organized by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie, original director of the Woody Guthrie Foundation and archives. Mermaid Avenue was released on the Elektra Records label on June 23, 1998. A second volume of recordings, Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, followed in 2000 and both were collected in a box set alongside volume three in 2012 as Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions. The projects are named after the song "Mermaid's Avenue", written by Guthrie. This was also the name of the street in Coney Island, New York on which Guthrie lived. According to American Songwriter Magazine, "The Mermaid Avenue project is essential for showing that Woody Guthrie could illuminate what was going on inside of him as well as he could detail the plight of his fellow man".

Release info

Label: Nonesuch 536075-1
Format: Vinyl, Album, LP, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Folk, Country Rock

Tracklist

A1 Walt Whitman's Niece
A2 California Stars
A3 Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
B1 Birds And Ships
B2 Hoodoo Voodoo
B3 She Came Along To Me
B4 At My Window Sad And Lonely
C1 Ingrid Bergman
C2 Christ For President
C3 I Guess I Planted
C4 One By One
D1 Eisler On The Go
D2 Hesitating Beauty
D3 Another Man's Done Gone
D4 The Unwelcome Guest

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Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (2LP)

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