Edited by Kenneth S. Goldstein;
Cover designed and produced by Paul Bacon, Ken Braren and Harris Lewine;
Recorded at Topic Studios, London, England;
Sleeve notes by A.L. Lloyd

See Nick Guida’s The Balladeers website for more information on this record.

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12-14, 16, 18], accompanied by Peggy Seeger: banjo, guitar;
Isla Cameron: vocals [2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17], accompanied by Ralph Rinzler: banjo, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. [EM] Will Ye Gang to the Hielands? (Geordie)* (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.27)
2. [IC] The Bonny Miner Lad* (Roud 2599) (1.35)
3. [EM] The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495)
4. [IC] The Sprig of Thyme (Let No Man Steal Your Thyme)* (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.27)
5. [EM] It Was Under My Love’s Window (Roud 21234)
6. [IC] Still I Love Him* (Roud 654; TYG 33) (2.01)
7. [EM] The American Stranger* (Roud 1081; G/D 7:1469) (2.14)
8. [IC] Blackbirds and Thrushes (Roud 12657)
9. [EM] O Sally My Dear (Roud 32572)

Side 2

10. [IC] Whistle, Daughter, Whistle* (Roud 1570; G/D 7:1334) (2.10)
11. [EM] Blow Away the Morning Dew (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301)
12. [IC, EM] To the Weavers Gin Ye Go (Roud V22409)
13. [EM] The Bird in the Bush (Roud 290)
14. [IC] The Waters of Tyne* (Roud 1364) (1.20)
15. [EM] The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvin Haugh* (Roud 3325; G/D 5:1041) (4.04)
16. [IC] Geordie* (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (1.43)
17. [EM] Are Ye Sleeping, Maggie?* (Roud 4897) (3.05)

Ten tracks (marked with *) are also on the Topic album Still I Love Him (see below), so it seems safe to assume that both albums were drawn from the same studio recordings.

Recorded by Bill Leader;
Notes by A.L. Lloyd
Dark blue on cream version: sleeve designed by Gloria Leader and screen printed by John Alexander, notes typewritten on a six-page inlay;
Red stripes version: This is a generic gatefold cover; the picture with the album title is glued onto it, A.L. Lloyd’s typeset notes are glued onto the inner left and the record sleeve on the inner right of the cover.

The record label of the red stripe version says “First published in 1958” but this probably refers to the ten tracks (marked with *) that were licensed to the American record company Riverside for their album English and Scottish Love Songs.

Duncan Guthrie told me in an e-mail that his copy of the screenprinted album has a second inlay with the trsck listing and the note “Release date: May 1960”. I’m not sure if this is an actual inlay of the album or an advertisement flyer that had just been edded to his copy.

See Nick Guida’s The Balladeers website for more information on this record.

Musicians

Isla Cameron: vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 11-12, 14], accompanied by Ralph Rinzler: banjo, guitar;
Ewan MacColl: vocals [3, 6, 10, 13], accompanied by Peggy Seeger: banjo, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. [IC] Whistle, Daughter, Whistle* (Roud 1570; G/D 7:1334) (2.10)
2. [IC] Once I Had a True Love (Roud 170) (2.34)
3. [EM] The American Stranger* (Roud 1081; G/D 7:1469) (2.14)
4. [IC] My Bonny Miner Lad* (Roud 2599) (1.35)
5. [IC] Let No Man Steal Your Thyme* (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.27)
6. [EM] Geordie* (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.27)
7. [IC] Buy Broom Besoms (Roud 1623; G/D 3:489) (1.04)

Side 2

8. [IC] Geordie* (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (1.43)
9. [IC] The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (3.10)
10. [EM] Are Ye Sleeping, Maggie?* (Roud 4897) (3.05)
11. [IC] Still I Love Him* (Roud 654; TYG 33) (2.01)
12. [IC] The Waters of Tyne* (Roud 1364) (1.20)
13. [EM] The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinhaugh* (Roud 3325; G/D 5:1041) (4.04)
14. [IC] Bobby Shaftoe (Roud 1359) (1.24)

Acknowledgements

Thank you very much for Alistair Banfield for the second cover picture with the red scenic background.