Workers Playtime

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Workers Playtime
Studio album by Billy Bragg
Released	September 20, 1988
Recorded	???
Genre	Folk
Length	42:22
Label	Go! Discs
Producer(s)	Joe Boyd with Wiggy
Billy Bragg chronology
Talking with the Taxman about Poetry (1986)	Workers Playtime (1988)	The Internationale (1990)

This article is about the music album. For the former BBC radio programme, see Worker's Playtime.

Workers Playtime is a 1988 album by Billy Bragg. Originally released on the Go! Discs label, it is his fourth release but third full length album. It was re-released on compact disc in September 1996 under the Cooking Vinyl label.

[edit] Track listing

1. She's Got A New Spell
2. Must I Paint You A Picture
3. Tender Comrade
4. The Price I Pay
5. Little Time Bomb
6. Rotting On Remand
7. Valentine's Day Is Over
8. Life With The Lions
9. The Only One
10. The Short Answer
11. Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

[edit] Musicians

• Billy Bragg - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Triangle
• Danny Thompson - Double Bass on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
• Cara Tivey - Piano, Backing Vocals, Hammond C3 organ
• Mickey Waller - Drums on tracks 4 & 8
• Wiggy - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Danelectro Bellzouki 12 string guitar (track 1), Slide Guitar, backing vocals on track 11
• Tony Maronie - Percussion on tracks 1 & 10
• Bruce Thomas - Electric Bass on tracks 1 & 8
• Dave Woodhead - Trumpets on track 5 , Flugelhorn on tracks 5& 7
• B.J.Cole - Pedal Steel Guitar on track 6
• Martin Belmont - Electric Guitar on track 8
• Barb Jungr - Harmonica on track 8
• Julia Palmer - Cello on tracks 9 & 10
• Camilla Brunt - Violin on track 10
• Kenny Jones - 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar
• Theresa Pamplin - Viola on track 10
• Donna Welchman - Violin on track 10
• Porky (aka Phill Jupitus) - backing vocals on track 11
• Jayne Creamer - backing vocals on track 11
• Kaya Jenner - backing vocals on track 11
• Michelle Shocked - backing vocals on track 11