{"product_id":"billy-bragg-discography-tube-map","title":"Billy Bragg Discography Tube Map Art Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gift for Billy Bragg fans who know every word but could not tell you who played on what, because this runs every credited musician as their own line across the records. They already own the albums, and this is the part the sleeves never show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Produced unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe stations run chronologically from Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy in 1983 through to the most recent records. One-off contributors branch off as short spurs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this Billy Bragg discography tube map art makes a gift fans keep\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo map I have drawn opens quite like this one. Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy has exactly one credited musician, so the print begins as a single line with nothing running alongside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything after that is the story of a solo act slowly acquiring a band. Not an algorithm - every connection on this map was made by hand, by an obsessive fan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributing musicians on the map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe debut is one man alone. By Don't Try This at Home in 1991, the same map features 23 credited musicians, the busiest station in the whole print, with Workers Playtime close behind at 20.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDave Woodhead's trumpet and flugelhorn are the longest-serving line after Bragg himself, appearing on five records from Brewing Up in 1984 through to William Bloke in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohnny Marr turns up on three: Brewing Up, Talking with the Taxman About Poetry and Don't Try This at Home. Kirsty MacColl sings on two, Taxman and Don't Try This at Home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCara Tivey's piano and organ runs across four albums from Workers Playtime, and Wiggy plays on three across the same stretch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon't Try This at Home holds the most surprising pair of stations on the map. Michael Stipe sings backing vocals on one track, and Peter Buck plays mandolin on another, so two-thirds of R.E.M.'s front line appear once here and nowhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mermaid Avenue records bring Wilco's lines in whole, Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett, John Stirratt and Ken Coomer, with Natalie Merchant guesting. Later, Joe Henry joins for Shine a Light, and Robert Wyatt appears just once, on Mr Love \u0026amp; Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow I make each print\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach one is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Choose A2 or A1, unframed or framed, ready to hang in a hallway, living room or studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUK\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUSA \/ CAN \/ AUS equivalent\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eOrientation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e594 x 420 mm (23 x 16 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e24 x 18 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e841 x 594 mm (33 x 23 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e36 x 24 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the debut really just one musician?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy credits Billy Bragg alone, so it appears on the map as a single line with no branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich record has the most musicians?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon't Try This at Home in 1991, with 23 credited players, ahead of Workers Playtime on 20.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre Michael Stipe and Peter Buck really on the map?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, both on Don't Try This at Home. Stipe on backing vocals, Buck on mandolin, and neither appears anywhere else in the catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes the map include the Wilco collaborations?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. The Mermaid Avenue sessions feature Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett, John Stirratt and Ken Coomer, and the later Shine a Light sessions feature Joe Henry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is the longest-serving musician besides Bragg?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDave Woodhead on trumpet and flugelhorn, across five records from 1984 to 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the framing options?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated Music Maps\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full range of gifts for music fans at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/music-wall-art-prints\" title=\"all music discography tube map art prints\"\u003eGifts for Music Fans collection\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/solo-artists-music-maps\" title=\"solo artists discography tube map art prints\"\u003eSolo Artists collection\u003c\/a\u003e at mikebellmaps.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause Stipe and Buck appear here, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/rem-discography-art-prints-albums-in-order\" title=\"R.E.M. discography tube map art print\"\u003eR.E.M. 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