Billy Bragg – Workers Playtime
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1988 album Workers Playtime.
Music from Workers Playtime
Artists on Workers Playtime
Gear Used On Workers Playtime
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Billy Bragg – Workers Playtime (1988). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Billy Bragg on Workers Playtime
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On his Facebook page he talks about his Fender Telecaster "A 1965 Fender Telecaster serial number L70580. I don't seem to have any record of where or when I bought this beauty, but it was likely I picked it up on tour in the USA during late 1987. It provided the defining sound of the 'Workers Playtime' album - it's the guitar that I'm playing on 'Must I Paint You A Picture', Valentine's Day Is Over', 'The Price I Pay', 'The Only One' and 'Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards'. It was one of those guitars that are very easy to find tunes on and the songs that emerged had a more soulful sound, moving away from the chop and clang of my previous albums. I was in a reflective mood after the Red Wedge campaign and the break-up of a tumultuous relationship and the Telecaster seemed to fit that sensibility in a way that the Burns and the Arbiter could not. Suffice to say that 'Workers Playtime' would have been a completely different album without this guitar."
