> Folk Music > Records > Peggy Seeger: Eleven American Ballads and Songs

Eleven American Ballads and Songs

Peggy Seeger: Eleven American Ballads and Songs (Topic 10T9)

Eleven American Ballads and Songs
Peggy Seeger

Topic Records 10T9 (10" LP, UK, 1957)

See also the partial French reissue
Des Rocheuses au Kentucky
Le Chant Du Monde LDY 4154 (7" EP, F)

Peggy Seeger: Eleven American Ballads and Songs (Topic 10T9) Peggy Seeger: Eleven American Ballads and Songs (Topic 10T9)
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Introduction and notes by Alan Lomax;
Sleeve design by Brian Byfield

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals, banjo

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Cumberland Gap (Roud 3414) (1.56)
  2. The Lady of Carlisle (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474) (4.09)
  3. The Deer Song (Roud 3607) (2.51)
  4. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens (Roud 451) (3.06)

Side 2

  1. I Never Will Marry (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (2.28)
  2. Devilish Mary (Roud 1017) (2.01)
  3. The Fair Maid By the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (2.21)
  4. Three Banjo Tunes: Soldier’s Joy / Shady Grove (Roud 4456) / Georgia Buck (Roud 3428) (3.16)
  5. The Wife of Usher’s Well (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.45)

All tracks trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Peggy Seeger: Come Along John

Come Along John

Peggy Seeger: Come Along John (Topic 7T18) Peggy Seeger: Come Along John (Topic TOP18)

Come Along John
American Children’s Songs
Peggy, Penny and Barbara Seeger

Topic Records 7T18, later TOP18 (EP, UK, 1958)

Peggy Seeger: Come Along John (Topic 7T18)
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Recorded by Bill Leader;
Sleeve design by Gloria Leader

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals, banjo;
Penny Seeger: vocals [3, 7-8], guitar [3, 5, 8];
Barbara Seeger: vocals [3, 7-8], autoharp [3]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. All Around the Kitchen (Roud 11599)
  2. Come Along John (Roud 4618)
  3. Billy Barlow (Roud 236)
  4. Old Aunt Kate (Roud 11617)

Side 2

  1. Little Bird, Little Bird, Go Through My Window (Roud 7700)
  2. Lula Gal (Roud 7728)
  3. Rissolty, Rossolty (Roud 2792; TYG 1)
  4. The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59)

All tracks trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Peggy Seeger: Shine Like a Star

Shine Like a Star

Peggy Seeger: Shine Like a Star (Topic TOP38)

Shine Like a Star
Peggy, Penny and Barbara Seeger

Topic Records TOP38 (EP, UK, 1958)

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This album contains songs from Ruth Crawford Seeger’s book American Folk Songs for Christmas (New York: Doubleday, 1953).

Sleeve design by Fredun Shapur

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals, banjo [1-2, 4, 6-7], guitar [3];
Penny Seeger: vocals [1], guitar [1];
Barbara Seeger: vocals [1]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Amen
  2. Child of God (Roud 18269)
  3. Pretty Little Baby

Side 2

  1. Great Big Stars (Roud 15303)
  2. Shine Like a Star (Roud 18276)
  3. The Angel Band (Roud 4268)
  4. Watch the Stars (Roud 18281)

All tracks trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Peggy Seeger: Troubled Love

Troubled Love

Peggy Seeger: Troubled Love (Topic TOP72)

Troubled Love
Peggy Seeger

Topic Records TOP72 (EP, UK, 1962)

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Recorded by Bill Leader;
Notes by Angela Carter

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals, banjo

Tracks

Side 1

  1. A Rich Old Man (Roud 1004; Laws Q7)
  2. The Rambling Gambler (Roud 414) (3.06)

Side 2

  1. The Cruel War Is Raging (Roud 401; Laws O33) (2.13)
  2. The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470) (3.44)

All tracks trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Peggy Seeger: Early in the Spring

Early in the Spring

Peggy Seeger: Early in the Spring (Topic TOP73)

Early in the Spring
Peggy Seeger

Topic Records TOP73 (EP, UK, 1962)

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Recorded by Bill Leader;
Notes by Angela Carter

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals, banjo

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Madam I Have Come to Court You (Roud 542; G/D 8:1588) (2.15)
  2. When I Was in My Prime (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.43)

Side 2

  1. So Early, Early in the Spring (Roud 152; Laws M1; G/D 1:51) (3.15)
  2. The Chickens They Are Crowing (Roud 3650) (2.08)

All tracks trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Tom Paley, Peggy Seeger: Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?

Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?

Tom Paley, Peggy Seeger: Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (Topic 12T113)

Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?
Who’s Going to Glove Your Hand?
Tom Paley and Peggy Seeger with Claudia Paley

Topic Records 12T113 (LP, UK, 1964)
Topic Records TSDL113 (digital download, UK, December 2009)

Tom Paley, Peggy Seeger: Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (Topic TSDL113)
Tom Paley, Peggy Seeger: Tom Paley & Peggy Seeger (Elektra EKL 295)

Tom Paley & Peggy Seeger
Tom Paley, Peggy Seeger

Elektra Records EKL 295 (LP, mono, USA, 1965)
Elektra Records EKS 7295 (LP, stereo, USA, 1965)

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Recorded by Bill Leader in London in 1964;
Photography by Brian Shuel;
Notes by Tom Paley and Peggy Seeger

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals [1, 3-4, 6, 8-10, 12-13, 15], banjo, autoharp, dulcimer;
Tom Paley: vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16], guitar;
Claudia Paley: vocals [11]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. [PS, TP] Who’s That Knocking at My Window? (The Drowsy Sleeper) (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (2.36)
  2. [TP] Love Henry (Roud 47; Child 68) (2.40)
  3. [PS] The Lass of Loch Royal (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (6.22)
  4. [PS, TP] Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (2.22)
  5. [TP] Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (2.51)
  6. [PS] Englewood Mine (2.39)
  7. [TP] Buck Dancer’s Choice (1.15)
  8. [PS] Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (2.07)

Side 2

  1. [PS, TP] The Kicking Mule (Roud 3774) (1.33)
  2. [PS] The Heartless Lady (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.55)
  3. [TP, CP] The Fiddling Soldier (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (3.14)
  4. [PS] Tittery Nan (Roud 2194; Laws H16) (1.46)
  5. [PS] Loving Reilly (Roud 538; Laws M10; G/D 6:1097; Henry H234) (5.29)
  6. [TP] The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (2.34)
  7. [PS] If He’d Be a Buckaroo (Roud 3586) (1.12)
  8. [TP] The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore (Roud 17338) (2.33)

All tracks trad. except
Track 6 Isaac Hannah / trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Mike, Peggy and Penny Seeger: American Folk Songs for Christmas

American Folk Songs for Christmas

Mike, Peggy and Penny Seeger: American Folk Songs for Christmas (Rounder CD 0268/0269)

American Folk Songs for Christmas
Mike, Peggy And Penny Seeger and members of their families

Rounder Records CD 0268/0269 (2 CD, UK, 1989)

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Most songs are from Ruth Crawford Seeger’s book American Folk Songs for Christmas (New York: Doubleday, 1953).

Produced by Mike Seeger;
Recorded by Chris Matin at Pathway Studios, London, England except
Tracks 9, 38 recorded by Arley Seeger,
Tracks 6, 8, 13-14, 46 recorded by Mike Seeger;
Mixed by Penny and Mike Seeger;
Illustrations by Barbara Cooney;
Photography by Brian Shuel;
Design by Joanna Bodenweber;
Art direction by Scott Billington;
CD art adaption by Nancy Given

Musicians

Mike Seeger: vocals [1, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13, 15-17, 20-21, 23,25, 29-31, 33-37, 39, 41-42, 44-45, 47-50, 52], guitar [4, 8, 17, 36, 45], fiddle [5, 13, 39, 47, 53], mandolin [6, 9, 21], banjo [11, 53], autoharp [12, 23, 29, 33], harmonica [15, 36, 49-50], slide guitar [16], quills [25, 36], shaker [25], ukulele [42], jews’s harp [51];
Peggy Seeger: vocals [1, 5, 7, 12, 15-19, 21-22, 24-27, 30-32, 34-37, 39-44, 47, 50-52], piano [2, 7, 12, 22, 24, 28, 32, 50, 53], concertina [10, 35, 39-40, 49], banjo [11, 47, 51], guitar [21, 26, 33, 36-37, 42];
Penny Seeger: vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8-12, 14, 15-19, 21, 25, 27-28, 30-37, 39-42, 44-45, 47-48, 50-52], guitar [6, 29, 33, 47], dulcimer [9, 37-38, 42, 53], bell [16];
Neill MacColl: vocals [];
Calum MacColl: vocals [4, 15, 19-21, 25, 27, 30, 34-35, 41, 44, 49-50], bowed psaltery [2, 23], slide guitar [4, 15], whistle [4, 10, 21, 50];
Kitty MacColl: vocals [5, 11, 17, 26, 28, 32, 37, 39-40, 42];
Sonya Cohen: vocals [6, 8-9, 14, 38, 46-48], guitar [9];
Rufus Cohen: vocals [];
Kim Seeger: vocals [6, 8-9, 48], spoons [9];
Ewan MacColl: vocals [20, 25, 30, 34-35, 41, 50];

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Stars in the Heaven (Roud 18969) (1.06)
  2. Oh, Watch the Stars (Roud 18281) (2.12)
  3. Great Big Stars (Roud 15303) (0.52)
  4. Shine Like a Star in the Morning (Roud 18276) (2.18)
  5. Bright Morning Star (Roud 18268) (3.01)
  6. Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow (Roud 18278) (2.08)
  7. Shepherd, Shepherd (Roud 12093) (0.55)
  8. Don’t You Hear the Lambs a-Crying (Roud 12257) (1.35)
  9. Found My Lost Sheep (Roud 18286) (2.20)
  10. Look Away to Bethlehem (Roud 18287) (1.40)
  11. How Many Miles to Bethlehem? (Roud 8148) (1.20)
  12. Jehovah Hallelujah (Roud 11861) (1.30)
  13. Joseph and Mary (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327) (2.50)
  14. A Virgin Most Pure (Roud 1378) (2.01)
  15. Baby Born Today (Roud 11049) (2.04)
  16. Go Tell It on the Mountain (Roud 15220) (1.32)
  17. Shepherds Rejoice (Roud 7105) (1.27)
  18. The New Born Baby (Roud 18271) (1.35)
  19. Oh, Mary and the Baby Sweet Lamb (Roud 18273) (0.58)
  20. Star in the East (Roud 5743) (2.24)
  21. Babe of Bethlehem (Roud 11878) (2.58)
  22. Child of God (Roud 18269) (1.53)
  23. Cradle Hymn (Roud 8885) (3.16)
  24. Ain’t That a-Rocking All Night (Roud 18284) (2.15)
  25. Sing-a-Lamb (Roud 11668) (1.32)
  26. Mary, What You Gonna Name That Pretty Baby? (Roud 12207) (2.10)
  27. Sing Hallelu (Roud 18279) (2.24)
  28. Mary Had a Baby (Roud 11619) (3.04)

CD 2

  1. Jesus Borned in Bethlea (Roud 1122) (3.23)
  2. Wasn’t That a Might Day (Roud 12206) (1.14)
  3. January, February the Last Month of the Year (Roud 13975) (2.02)
  4. Poor Little Jesus (Roud 10067) (2.52)
  5. Heard From Heaven Today (Roud 12081) (2.37)
  6. ’Twas a Wonder in Heaven (Roud 18283) (1.29)
  7. Mariner’s Hymn (Roud 18282) (1.20)
  8. O Mary, Where Is Your Baby? (Roud 17919) (2.14)
  9. Yonder Comes Sister Mary (Roud 18270) (2.27)
  10. The Blessings of Mary (Roud 278) (2.47)
  11. Awake (Roud 18285) (2.13)
  12. Exultation (Roud 18272) (0.47)
  13. Children of the Heavenly King (Roud 6874) (1.47)
  14. Singing in the Land (Roud 18280) (3.20)
  15. Rejoice My Friends (Roud 18277) (1.09)
  16. The Twelve Apostles (Roud 133) (2.58)
  17. Holy Babe (Roud 133) (4.26)
  18. Twelve Days of Christmas (Roud 68; G/D 3:637) (3.55)
  19. The Angel Band (Roud 4268) (2.30)
  20. Almost Day (Roud 11655) (1.30)
  21. Heaven Bell Ring (Roud 12065) (1.34)
  22. A Mince Pie or a Pudding (Roud 18274) (1.40)
  23. Christmas Day in the Morning (Roud 700) (1.53)
  24. Turkey Run Away (Roud 18693) (0.45)
  25. Breaking Up Christmas instrumental (2.54)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 17, 23 Isaac Watts

> Folk Music > Records > Mike, Peggy, Barbara & Penny Seeger: Animal Folk Songs for Children

Animal Folk Songs for Children

Mike, Peggy, Barbara & Penny Seeger: Animal Folk Songs for Children (Rounder CD 8023/8024)

Animal Folk Songs for Children
Mike, Peggy, Barbara & Penny Seeger with their children

Rounder Records CD 8023/8024 (2 CD, UK, 1992)

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Most songs are from Ruth Crawford Seeger’s book Animal Folk Songs for Children (New York: Doubleday, 1950).

Produced by Mike Seeger;
Mixed by Bob Read with Penny and Mike Seeger;
Mastered by David Glasser and Mike and Penny Seeger at Airshow, inc., Springfield, Virginia;
Photography by David Gahr, August 1991;
Animal illustrations by Barbara Cooney from Animal Folk Songs for Children by Ruth Crawford Seeger;
Cover design by Sonya Cohen;
Design and layout by Nancy Given

Musicians

Mike Seeger: vocals [1, 6, 9, 14, 22, 30-31, 34-35, 37, 42-43, 50, 57], fiddle [1, 3, 30, 33, 42, 57], 5-string banjo [6, 20, 31, 44, 54, 58], 5-string mandoline banjo [9], guitar [7, 43], mandocello [16], banjo-ukelele [19], quills [22], harmonica [23], jew’s harp [25, 50], autoharp [29], banjo-mandolin [32], fretless bass [34], fretless banjo [53];
Peggy Seeger: vocals [3, 5, 7, 16, 18, 21, 24, 41, 45-47, 51, 55-56], piano [1-2, 4, 8, 18, 30-31, 41], 5-string banjo [5, 15, 33, 55], guitar [23, 19, 47, 51], English concertina [36], lap dulcimer [46, 51];
Barbara Seeger: vocals [24];
Penny Seeger: vocals [1, 7, 10-11, 13, 20, 27, 36, 40, 44, 49, 53], sandpaper [3, 19], guitar [7, 23, 29, 33, 44, 57], lap dulcimer [20], dulcimer [25], percussion [25]; hand game clapping [40], ukelele [58];
Neill MacColl: vocals [2, 8, 25, 28, 37, 48], ukelele [1, 43], slide guitar [10, 37], mandolin [16], banjo-guitar [19,32], shaker [22], banjo-ukelele [25], percussion [31], guitar [33, 57], autoharp [58];
Calum MacColl: vocals [8, 17, 32, 37, 41], whistle [1, 25, 33, 36], slide guitar [3, 43], guitar [8, 10, 22, 37, 58], ukelele [16], thumb piano [19], mandolin [31], banjo-ukelele [32, 57];
Kitty MacColl: vocals [15, 39];
Sonya Cohen: vocals [1, 4, 7, 12-13, 16, 23, 36, 40, 52], hand game clapping [40];
Rufus Cohen: vocals [1, 10, 26, 38], guitar [38];
Kim Seeger: fiddlesticks [42];
Irene Scott: spoons [55];
Chorus: vocals [16, 17, 19, 21-22,24-27, 31-32, 34, 43, 56-57];
All: vocals [29, 44, 58]

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Raccoon and Possum (Roud 3444) (2.39)
  2. Mister Rabbit (Roud 10058) (2.06)
  3. Peep Squirrel (Roud 7645) (1.54)
  4. A Squirrel Is a Pretty Thing (Roud 3621) (1.37)
  5. Cross-Eyed Gopher (Roud 18259) (0.43)
  6. Muskrat (Roud 18260) (3.06)
  7. Old Ground Hog (Roud 3125) (2.38)
  8. Snake Baked a Hoecake (Roud 3622) (0.52)
  9. Mole in the Ground (Roud 4957) (2.26)
  10. Little Dog Named Right (Roud 18263) (1.34)
  11. Little Lap Dog Lullabye (Roud 10997) (1.00)
  12. Little Brown Dog (Roud 18261) (1.56)
  13. Oh, Blue (Roud 4313) (2.03)
  14. Old Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (2.12)
  15. The Deer Song (Roud 3607) (3.15)
  16. And We Hunted and We Hunted (Roud 283; G/D 2:283) (3.03)
  17. The Gray Goose (Roud 11684) (3.23)
  18. Old Lady Goose (Roud 18262) (1.15)
  19. The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster Laid an Egg (Roud 11058) (1.32)
  20. My Old Hen’s a Good Old Hen (Roud 4235) (1.45)
  21. Turkey Song (Roud 4234) (0.30)
  22. Shake That Little Foot, Dinah-O (Roud 17003) (1.56)
  23. There Was an Old Frog (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669) (2.20)
  24. Little Pig (Roud 746) (1.35)
  25. The Old Sow (Roud 17759) (2.04)
  26. The Little Black Bull (Roud 7612) (2.22)
  27. The Old Cow Died (Roud 18285) (1.53)
  28. Black Sheep, Black Sheep (Roud 18267) (0.52)
  29. The Big Sheep (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (3.47)

CD 2

  1. Old Bell’d Yoe (Roud 18264) (1.23)
  2. The Kicking Mule (Roud 3774) (2.41)
  3. Whoa Mule! Can’t Get the Saddle On (Roud 16366) (1.13)
  4. Hop On, My Ladies (Roud 6677) (2.23)
  5. Stewball (Roud 456; Laws Q22) (3.31)
  6. Riding Round the Cattle (Roud 3438) (2.19)
  7. Crocodile Song (Roud 886; G/D 8:1700; Henry H231a) (2.52)
  8. Go On, Old ’Gator (Roud 17457) (2.42)
  9. Of All the Beast-es (Roud 18266) (0.53)
  10. Go to Sleep (Roud 6373) (2.28)
  11. Jack, Can I Ride? (Roud 11498) (1.03)
  12. Daddy Shot a Bear (Roud 15607) (0.25)
  13. Wolves A-Howling (Roud 17052) (1.15)
  14. Song of the Doodlebug (Roud 18665) (1.45)
  15. Little Birdie (Roud 436) (2.00)
  16. The Sea Fowl (0.53)
  17. Old Bangum (Roud 29; Child 18) (3.46)
  18. The Swapping Song (Roud 469; G/D 8:1696; Henry H732; TYG 58) (3.06)
  19. Great Big Dog (1.06)
  20. Saw a Sow (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703) (1.46)
  21. Turkey in the Straw (Roud 4247) (2.26)
  22. Once I Had an Old Gray Mare (Roud 3442) (3.36)
  23. Little Rooster (Roud 544; G/D 8:1666) (2.06)
  24. Who Killed Poor Robin? (Roud 494) (3.10)
  25. Lost Gander instrumental (1.59)
  26. The Leatherwing Bat (Roud 747) (4.10)
  27. Jane, Jane (1.14)
  28. Old Bell Cow (Roud 17676) (2.08)
  29. Animal Song (Roud 3710) (1.20)

All tracks trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Peggy Seeger: Classic Peggy Seeger

Classic Peggy Seeger

Peggy Seeger: Classic Peggy Seeger (Fellside FECD105)

Classic Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger featuring Tom Paley

Fellside Recordings FECD105 (CD, UK, 1996)

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Issued under license from Topic Records;
Produced and remastered by Paul Adams;
Booklet design and artwork by Mary Blood;
Photography by Brian Shuel

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals, banjo, autoharp, dulcimer;
Tom Paley: vocals [16, 18, 21], guitar

Tracks

  1. Cumberland Gap (Roud 3414) (1.56)
  2. The Lady of Carlisle (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474) (4.09)
  3. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens (Roud 451) (3.06)
  4. The Deer Song (Roud 3607) (2.51)
  5. I Never Will Marry (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (2.28)
  6. Devilish Mary (Roud 1017) (2.01)
  7. The Fair Maid By the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (2.21)
  8. Three Banjo Tunes: Soldier’s Joy / Shady Grove (Roud 4456) / Georgia Buck (Roud 3428) (3.16)
  9. The Wife of Usher’s Well (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.45)
  10. The Rambling Gambler (Roud 414) (3.06)
  11. The Cruel War Is Raging (Roud 401; Laws O33) (2.13)
  12. The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470) (3.44)
  13. When I Was in My Prime (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.43)
  14. So Early, Early in the Spring (Roud 152; Laws M1; G/D 1:51) (3.15)
  15. The Chickens They Are Crowing (Roud 3650) (2.08)
  16. Who’s That Knocking at My Window? (The Drowsy Sleeper) (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (2.36)
  17. The Lass of Loch Royal (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (6.22)
  18. Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (2.22)
  19. Englewood Mine (2.39)
  20. Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (2.07)
  21. The Kicking Mule (Roud 3774) (1.33)
  22. The Heartless Lady (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.55)
  23. Tittery Nan (Roud 2194; Laws H16) (1.46)
  24. Loving Reilly (Roud 538; Laws M10; G/D 6:1097; Henry H234) (5.29)
  25. If He’d Be a Buckaroo (Roud 3586) (1.12)

All tracks trad. except
Track 19 Isaac Hannah / trad.

Tracks 1-9 are from Eleven American Ballads and Songs (10T9, 1958);
Tracks 10-12 are from Troubled Love (TOP72, 1962);
Tracks 13-15 are from Early in the Spring (TOP73, 1962);
Tracks 16-25 are from Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (12T113, 1964)

> Folk Music > Records > Peggy Seeger with Irene Scott: Almost Commercially Viable

Peggy Seeger with Irene Scott: Almost Commercially Viable

Peggy Seeger with Irene Scott: Almost Commercially Viable (Fellside FECD130)

Almost Commercially Viable
Peggy Seeger with Irene Scott as No Spring Chickens

Golden Egg Productions GRADE 2 (CD, USA, 1993)
Fellside Recordings FECD130 (CD, UK, 1998)

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Issued under license from Golden Egg Productions;
Mastered by Tim Young at The Hit Factory, London;
Executive producer at Fellside: Paul Adams;
Cover illustration by Judie Bomberger;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals [1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1-13, 16-17], backing guitar [1-2, 5, 7, 9-11, 16], piano [4, 13-14], English concertina [16], Korg synthesiser [9], autoharp [2];
Irene Scott: vocals [3, 5, 7, 9, 14-15], lead guitar [2];
Sara Allen: alto flute [9];
Steve Anstee: cello [14, 17];
Roger Bunn: double bass [6];
Kenny Clayton: piano [3, 6, 12, 17];
Kathryn Locke: cello [1];
Calum MacColl: lead guitar [10], backing guitar [7-8, 13], bass guitar [2, 15], zither [14, 16], 8-string dulcimer & psaltery [11], penny whistle [5];
Neill MacColl: backing guitar [7], lead guitar [1, 8, 12], bass guitar [4];
Nick Muir: electric piano [15];
Dick Pierce: trumpet [6];
Brian Spring: drum [4, 6, 8];
Will Stallibrass: harmonica [15];
Phil Steriopulos: double bass [12];
Johnny van Derrick: fiddle [17];
Robin Williams: violin [3]

Tracks

  1. New Spring Morning (3.54)
  2. Bread and Wine (3.32)
  3. Let’s Pretend (2.33)
  4. Polonium (4.22)
  5. Primrose Hill (4.31)
  6. Sweet Heroin (4.27)
  7. Garden of Flowers (3.28)
  8. Guilty (2.03)
  9. Night Song (2.58)
  10. A Good War (4.08)
  11. Morning Comes Too Soon (3.33)
  12. You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are (3.05)
  13. Give ’em an Inch (1.54)
  14. My Joy of You (5.30)
  15. Holiday Song (3.13)
  16. Once Again (3.39)
  17. Getting it Right (3.50)

Tracks 1, 4, 9-13, 16 Peggy Seeger;
Tracks 2, 5, 8 words Peggy Seeger with Irene Scott; music Peggy Seeger;
Tracks 3, 15 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 words Elizabeth Pyper, music Rutthy Taubb;
Track 7 words Peggy Seeger with Irene Scott; music trad. Sicilian;
Track 14 words Ian Davidson, music trad. Scots

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Peggy Seeger: Three Score and Ten

Peggy Seeger: Three Score and Ten (Appleseed APR CD 1100)

Three Score and Ten
70th Birthday Celebration Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 29 May 2005
Peggy Seeger and Friends

BBC / Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1100 (2 CD, UK, 2007)

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Produced by Nick Barraclough for BBC Radio 2;
Recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 29 May 2005;
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals [2-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14, 16, 18-19, 21-28], spoken vocals [13, 15, 17], guitar [2, 14, 18, 25], banjo [4, 8, 19, 21-24], concertina [5, 9], piano [10, 16], autoharp [11, 27];
Billy Bragg: vocals [11-12], guitar [11];
Eliza Carthy: vocals [5-6, 26], fiddle [3-6];
Martin Carthy: vocals [5], guitar [6, 9, 28];
Graham Henderson: accordion [10, 26, 28];
Calum MacColl: vocals [5], guitar [3, 10, 16, 26];
Neill MacColl: mandolin [3, 26], guitar [27-28];
Kitty MacColl: vocals [5, 26];
James McNally: bodhrán [7];
Irene Piper-Scott: vocals [3], spoons [7];
Mike Seeger: vocals [18, 20-21], autoharp [18], banjo [19, 21], quills & shaker [20];
Pete Seeger: vocals [21], banjo [21];
Norma Waterson: vocals [5-6, 26];
All on chorus [12]

Tracks

CD 1: First Set

  1. Introduction (2.11)
  2. Hangman (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248) (4.33)
  3. Fiddling Soldier (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (4.30)
  4. Logan County Jail (Roud 691; Laws E17) (4.37)
  5. Che Guevara (3.58)
  6. Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (5.27)
  7. Different Therefore Equal (3.39)
  8. Caveman (4.48)
  9. Humours of Bandon (2.46)
  10. Home Sweet Home (5.47)
  11. Darling Annie (5.21)
  12. If You Want a Better Life (2.58)

CD 2: Second Set

  1. Poem for Ewan (1.05)
  2. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (3.48)
  3. I Am Ill with Love (0.54)
  4. So Long Since I Have Been Home (6.14)
  5. My Mother Is Younger Than Me (3.51)
  6. When First Unto This Country (Roud 1081; G/D 7:1469) (3.10)
  7. Soldier’s Farewell (Roud 401; Laws O33) (4.03)
  8. Quill Ditty (3.11)
  9. Cindy (Roud 836) (4.21)
  10. English Is Cuh-ray-zee (4.04)
  11. Take It from Dr King (5.10)
  12. Where Have All the Flowers Gone (5.19)
  13. Gonna Be an Engineer (7.13)
  14. Careless Love (Roud 422) (4.45)
  15. Sing About These Hard Times (4.58)
  16. Love Call Me Home (5.15)

Track 2 trad. USA version of Child #95;
Tracks 3-4, 18-19, 21, 26 trad. USA;
Tracks 5, 7-8, 10-13, 15-17, 25, 27-28 Peggy Seeger;
Tracks 6, 9 trad. UK;
Track 14 Ewan MacColl;
Track 20 Mike Seeger;
Track 22 Richard Lederer, Josh White Jr.;
Track 23 Pete Seeger;
Track 24 Pete Seeger, Joe Hickerson;

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Peggy Seeger: First Farewell

Peggy Seeger: First Farewell (Red Grape RGPSCD4)

First Farewell
Peggy Seeger

Red Grape Music RGPSCD4 (CD, UK, 9 April 2021)

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Produced, mixed and mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Recorded at Voom! New Malden and Atticus, Palmers Green;
Photography by Vicki Sharp Photography;
Project management by Kerry Harvey-Piper, Red Grape Music Ltd;
Sleeve design amd artwork by Kitty MacColl

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals [1-11], piano [1, 3-8, 10], concertina [9], guitar [11];
Calum MacColl: vocals [4], guitar [2-6], ebow [7], organ [9];
Neill MacColl: guitar [2];
Kate St John: cor anglais [1], accordion [2, 4], backing vocals [2], oboe [8]

Tracks

  1. Dandelion and Clover (2.57)
  2. The Invisible Woman (3.41)
  3. Lubrication (2.27)
  4. All in the Mind (3.25)
  5. We Are Here (3.25)
  6. The Puzzle (2.14)
  7. Lullabies for Strangers (3.35)
  8. One of Those Beautiful Boys (2.39)
  9. Tree of Love (1.29)
  10. How I Long for Peace (3.12)
  11. Gotta Get Home By Midnight (2.16)

Tracks 1, 3, 6, 9-11 Peggy Seeger;
Track 4-5 Calum MacColl, Peggy Seeger;
Track 2 Neill MacColl, Peggy Seeger;
Track 7-8 Kate St John, Peggy Seeger

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Other records with Peggy Seeger

See also the Ewan MacColl discography for the numerous albums Peggy Seeger made with him.

The Armistice Pals: Where Have All the Flowers Gonw? (Folkstock FSR008) The Armistice Pals: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, EP, Folkstock FSR008, 2014

The F Spot: Femmes Fatales (Folkstock FSR12) Various Artists: The F Spot: Femmes Fatales, CD, Folkstock FSR12, 2015

Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018 (Fellside FECD282) Various Artists: Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018

Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records (Topic TXCD597) Various Artists: Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records, 2 CD/2 LP, Topic TXCD597, 2019