See also folkcatalogue’s blog on A Merry Progress to London.

Directed by Ewan MacColl;
Music direction by Peggy Seeger;
Liner notes by Jim O’Connor;
Design by Denis Turner

Musicians

John Faulkner: vocals [7-8, 10], guitar, zither, concertina;
Sandra Kerr: vocals [4, 11, 15], banjo;
Ted Culver: vocals [5, 14];
Jim O’Connor: vocals [3, 6, 13, 16];
Terry Yarnell: vocals [9, 12, 16], guitar, whistle, concertina

Tracks

Side 1

1. Street Cries / Painter’s Song (RoudBS B110154) (1.28)
2. Roome for Companie (at Bartolomew Faire) (3.10)
3. A Merry Progress to London (4.10)
4. The Maid of Tottenham (Roud 364) (2.35)
5. In Newry Town (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (2.50)
6. The Ploughboy and the Cockney (Roud 1688) (3.30)
7. The Bold Lieutenant (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474) (4.25)
8. London’s Ordinary, or Every Man in His Humour (Roud V18996) (3.10)

Side 2

9. London Mourning in Ashes (3.39)
10. The Lass of Islington (Roud 168) (2.55)
11. Through Moorfields (Roud 605; G/D 6:1079) (2.10)
12. Jarvis the Coachman (Roud 1312) (2.35)
13. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green (Roud 132; Laws N27; G/D 5:1061) (3.25)
14. There’s Nothing to Be Had Without Money (Roud V4463) (4.50)
15. Georgie Barnell (Roud 546) (2.45)
16. The Lawyer’s Lament for Charing Cross (3.50)

All tracks trad.

See also folkcatalogue’s blog on Sweet Thames Flow Softly.

Recording directed by Ewan MacColl
Music direction by Peggy Seeger;
Liner notes by Jim O’Connor;

Musicians

John Faulkner: vocals [4-5, 10, 12, 15, 17], guitar, zither, concertina;
Sandra Kerr: vocals [4, 8, 10, 13, 16], banjo [4, 10];
Ted Culver: vocals [3, 7];
Terry Yarnell: vocals [2, 6, 9], guitar, whistle, concertina;
Jim O’Connor: vocals [11, 14]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Street Cries (1.50)
2. Tottie (1.35)
3. Judges and Juries (Roud 300) (2.10)
4. Parson Grocer (Roud V3400) (2.35)
5. Betsy Baker (Roud 1288) (2.10)
6. Plank Bed Ballad (RoudBS B80187) (2.30)
7. The Jail Song (Roud 1077) (3.50)
8. William & Phyllis (Roud 1429) (5.35)
9. Randolph Turpin-Sugar Ray Fight (3.00)

Side 2

10. Supermarket Song (3.15)
11. Ratcliffe Highway (Roud 598) (2.00)
12. Outward Bound (Roud 1104) (3.30)
13. My Jolly Sailor Bold (Roud V15363) (4.00)
14. The Streets of London (3.20)
15. The Colour-Bar Strike (2.35)
16. Landlords Nine Questions (2.45)
17. Sweet Thames Flow Softly (5.25)

All tracks traditional except
Tracks 2, 6 Dagonet aka G.R. Sims;
Track 5 Ewan MacColl, Gardner;
Track 9 music Ewan MacColl;
Track 10 Marigold, Turner, O’Connor, Ewan MacColl;
Track 14 trad. / John Hasted;
Track 15 words Charlie Mayo, music Ewan MacColl;
Track 16 Peggy Seeger;
Track 17 Ewan MacColl

See also folkcatalogue’s blog on The Female Frolic.

Musicians

Frankie Armstrong: vocals [1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10];
Sandra Kerr: vocals [1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15], tin whistle [9];
Peggy Seeger: vocals [1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 14, 16], autoharp [2, 8], concertina [9], guitar [12, 16];
with
Jack Warshaw: guitar [8, 9, 12];
John Faulkner: concertina [15]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Doffin’ Mistress (Roud 2133) (Irish)
2. Girl of Constant Sorrow (Roud 499) (American)
3. The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (English)
4. My Husband’s Got No Courage in Him (Roud 870; G/D 7:1367) (English)
5. The Generous Lover (Roud 1996) (Irish)
6. The Whore’s Lament (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404) (American)
7. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (English)
8. Come Me Little Son (Contemporary English)

Side 2

9. The Female Frolic (English)
10. Children’s Sequences (English / Scottish / American)
11. An Old Man Came Courting Me (Roud 210) (Canadian)
12. Miner’s Wife (Contemporary English)
13. The Factory Girl (Roud 1659) (Irish)
14. Lowell Factory Girl (American)
15. The Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (English)
16. The Housewife’s Lament (Roud 5472) (American)

All tracks traditional except
Tracks 2, 9, 16 trad. arr. Peggy Seeger;
Track 7 trad. arr. Frankie Armstrong;
Tracks 8, 12 Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger;
Track 15 trad. arr. John Faulkner

See also folkcatalogue’s blog on Waterloo Peterloo.

Musicians

Frankie Armstrong: vocals [2, 7, 11, 15], chorus [8, 12];
John Faulkner: vocals [6, 9], chorus [8, 10, 12, 14], mandolin [2, 5], English concertina [3, 13], guitar [15];
Brian Pearson: vocals [3, 10, 13, 15], chorus [8, 10, 12, 14];
Denis Turner: vocals [1, 4-5, 12, 16], chorus [8, 10, 12, 14];
Terry Yarnell: vocals [5, 8-9, 14], chorus [8, 10, 12, 14];
Sandra Kerr: guitar [2, 13, 15], dulcimer [3, 5-6, 11], tin whistle [9], spoons [14];
Jim O’Connor: drums [9], percussion [14];
Peggy Seeger: guitar [5]

Tracks

Side 1

1. With Henry Hunt We’ll Go (Roud 1117) (0.47)
2. The Lancashire Lads (Roud 588; G/D 1:89) (2.12)
3. The Labouring Man (Roud 1156) (4.17)
4. John o’ Grinfilt (Roud 1460) (3.18)
5. Humphrey Hardfeatures: Description of Cast-Iron Inventions (2.40)
6. Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252) (5.21)
7. The Death of Parker (3.50)
8. Drink Old England Dry (1.43)

Side 2

9. The Battle of Waterloo (3.39)
10. Boney Was a Warrior (1.17)
11. The Victory (Roud 2278) (3.57)
12. The Dudley Boys (Roud 1131) (2.57)
13. Keepers and Poachers (Roud 851) (1.51)
14. I Should Like to Be a Policeman (Roud V26510) (2.59)
15. The Way to Live (2.41)
16. Hand-Loom Weaver’s Lament (3.50)

All tracks traditional except
Tracks 1-3, 13, 15 trad. arr. Sandra Kerr, John Faulkner;
Tracks 5 trad. arr. Peggy Seeger, Sandra Kerr, John Faulkner;
Tracks 6, 11 trad. arr. Sandra Kerr;
Tracks 9, 14 trad. arr. Jim O’Connor, Sandra Kerr

Produced by Bruno Pianta and Roberto Leydi;
Recorded by Roberto Leydi at the Teatro Lirico in Milan, Italy, on 24 April 1968;
Cover design by Domizia Gandolfi

Musicians

Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Sandra Kerr, John Faulkner, Terry Yarnell, Denis Turner, Brian Pearson

Tracks

Side 1

1. Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (2.30)
2. Strawberry Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (2.25)
3. I Am a Girl of Constant Sorrow (Roud 499) (2.00)
4. The Driver’s Song (2.17)
5. Sweet Trinity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (2.20)
6. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (2.00)
7. The Doffin Mistress (Roud 2133) (1.22)
8. Single Girl (Roud 436) (2.43)
9. The Dirty Union Leaders (1.25)
10. Song of Choice (3.47)

Side 2

11. Johnny Sands (Roud 184; Laws Q3; G/D 2:319) (2.00)
12. Irish Dance Music (3.30)
13. Sea Shanties: Blood Red Roses (Roud 931) / Hilo John Brown (Roud 8229) / Bring ’Em Down (4.16)
14. The Whale Catchers (Roud 3291) (1.48)
15. We’ll Rant and We’ll Roar (Roud 32688) (2.20)
16. The Crooked Cross (2.15)
17. Ballad of Ho Chi Mihn (3.58)
18. Oh, Brother, Did You Weep? (2.30)

All tracks traditional except
Track 9 words Peter O’Toole, music trad. Blackleg Miners;
Tracks 10, 16 Peggy Seeger;
Tracks 4, 17-18 Ewan MacColl

See also folkcatalogue’s blog on As We Were A-Sailing.

Produced by Harley Usill;
Recorded by Kevin Daly;
Sleeve design by Dave Scott

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals [4, 10-11, 18];
Aldwyn Cooper: vocals [1, 6];
John Faulkner: vocals [2-3, 5, 13, 17], mandolin [11], fiddle [15];
Brian Pearson: vocals [9, 12, 19];
Dick Snell: vocals [7, 15];
Terry Yarnell: vocals [3, 8, 14, 16, 20];
Chorus: vocals [1-2, 6, 8-9, 11, 16-17, 19-20];
Sandra Kerr: guitar [3, 11], dulcimer [5], whistle [14];
Peggy Seeger: guitar [3, 11], concertina [4, 6, 14, 18], banjo [15]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Slave Ho (Roud 4692) (fragment of capstan shanty) (0.30)
2. Billy Riley (Roud 4701) (halyard shanty) (1.05)
3. Sir Francis Drake (Roud 22269) (2.28)
4. Farewell to Tarwathie (Roud 2562; G/D 1:15) (2.12)
5. The New York Trader (Roud 478; Laws K22; G/D 2:191) (5.16)
6. Sailing Over the Dogger Bank (Roud 18836) (1.54)
7. The Bold Pirate (Roud 984; Laws K30) (3.49)
8. The Alabama (Roud 4710) (halyard shanty) (0.56)
9. So Handy (Roud 814) (halyard shanty) (2.16)
10. The Flying Cloud (Roud 1802; Laws K28; G/D 1:44) (4.59)

Side 2

11. The North Sea Holes (Come All You Gallant Fishermen) (2.35)
12. The Loss of the Ramillies (Roud 523; Laws K1; G/D 1:28) (2.33)
13. As We Were A-Sailing (Roud 492; Laws N4; G/D 1:180) (2.45)
14. The Press Gang (Roud 601; Laws N6; G/D 1:174; Henry H108a) (2.07)
15. The Dockyard Gate (Roud 1739) (2.08)
16. Bottle-O (Roud 314) (halyard shanty) (0.58)
17. Long Time Ago (Roud 318) (halyard shanty) (5.05)
18. Nancy of Yarmouth (Roud 407) (2.07)
19. John Dameray (Roud 9439) (short-haul shanty) (2.19)
20. Bold Benjamin (Roud 2632) (2.17)

All tracks trad. except
Track 11 Ewan MacColl

See also folkcatalogue’s blog on Ye Mariners All.

Produced by Harley Usill;
Recorded by Kevin Daly;
Sleeve design by Dave Scott

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals [3, 5, 7, 11, 14-15, 19-20];
Aldwyn Cooper: vocals [4];
John Faulkner: vocals [9, 13, 16, 18], fiddle [2, 8-9, 12, 15];
Brian Pearson: vocals [2, 8];
Dick Snell: vocals [1, 12, 16], whistle [2];
Terry Yarnell: vocals [6, 9, 16];
Phil Colclough: vocals [17];
Chorus: vocals [1, 4-5, 7, 9-10, 12, 14, 17, 19-20];
Peggy Seeger: dulcimer [8], concertina [2, 12];
Sandra Kerr: guitar [2], whistle [8, 12]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Ja, Ja, Ja (Roud 8236) (pumping shanty) (0.21)
2. The Indian Lass (Roud 2326) (3.14)
3. The Cruel Ship’s Captain (Roud 835) (1.51)
4. Paddy Get Back (Roud 653) (capstan shanty) (2.58)
5. Jack the Jolly Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40) (3.53)
6. The Ship in Distress (Roud 807) (3.56)
7. Cheer’ly Man (Roud 395) (halyard shanty) (2.06)
8. The Spanish Fight (Roud 296) (1.50)
9. Andrew Rose (Roud 623; G/D 1:6) (3.31)
10. Bangidero (Roud 3222) (capstan shanty) (2.10)

Side 2

11. The Mermaid (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) (2.36)
12. Goodbye, Fare You Well (Roud 927; G/D 1:5; Henry H53a) (capstan shanty) (2.32)
13. The Bold Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47) (3.04)
14. Clear the Track (Roud 810) (capstan shanty) (1.32)
15. Captain Ward and the Rainbow (Roud 224; Child 287; G/D 1:39) (1.52)
16. The Sea Martyrs (Roud V40381) (5.00)
17. Cruising Round Yarmouth (Roud 2432) (2.16)
18. Ye Mariners All (Roud 1191) (2.18)
19. Galloping Randy Dandy O! (Roud 4702) (capstan shanty) (1.36)
20. Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b) (capstan shanty) (2.23)

All tracks trad.