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On this day, 24 November 1988, singer songwriters Billy Bragg and Michelle Shocked played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall.
Bragg had released his fourth album, Workers Playtime, in September 1988. With this album, Bragg added a full backing band and accompaniment, including Tivey on piano, Danny Thompson on double bass and veteran Micky Waller on drums. Wiggy earned a co-production credit with Joe Boyd.
American singer Michelle Shocked had just released her second album Short Sharp Shocked. The photograph of Shocked that appears on the cover was taken by Chris Hardy of the San Francisco Examiner at a protest in San Francisco during the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
The 2003 re-issue de-contextualized the original photograph by closely cropping it to Shocked's face.
