Edited by Kenneth S. Goldstein;
Notes by A.L. Lloyd;
Cover illustration from a woodcut by Hogarth;
Cover design by Paul Bacon

Musicians

Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd: vocals;
Steve Benbow: guitar;
John Cole: harmonica

Tracks

Side 1

1. [EM] Card Playing Song (Roud 884; G/D 3:571) (2.24)
2. [ALL] The Bold Gambling Boy (Roud 393) (2.23)
3. [EM] Gaelic Football (Football Crazy) (Roud 6858) (2.31)
4. [ALL] Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (3.36)
5. [EM] Morrissey and the Russian Sailor (Roud 2150) (3.53)
6. [ALL] The Cock Fight (Roud 211; TYG 81) (1.37)
7. [EM] The Sporting Races of Galway (Roud 3031) (3.01)

Side 2

8. [ALL] Old Bob Ridley (Roud 753) (3.01)
9. [EM] Reynard the Fox (Roud 358, 1868) (2.44)
10. [ALL] Skewball (Roud 456; Laws Q22) (2.25)
11. [EM] The Turpin–Sugar Ray Fight (4.16)
12. [ALL] The Football Match (Roud 1291) (1.32)
13. [EM] Govan Pool-Room Song (3.20)
14. [ALL] Heenan and Sayers (Roud 2148; Laws H20) (3.12)

Musicians

Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd: vocals;
Steve Benbow: guitar [1-6, 8-10];
Peggy Seeger: guitar [7];
John Cole: harmonica [1, 2, 6, 8-10]

Tracks

Side 1

1. [EM] Govan Pool-Room Song (3.20)
2. [ALL] Old Bob Ridley (Roud 753) (3.01)
3. [EM] The Sporting Races of Galway (Roud 3031) (3.01)
4. [ALL] The Old Bitch Fox (Chivvy-O) (Roud 1241) (2.53)
5. [EM] Football Crazy (Roud 6858) (2.31)

Side 2

6. [ALL] Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (3.36)
7. [EM] Card Playing Song (Roud 884; G/D 3:571) (2.24)
8. [ALL] The Cock Fight (Roud 211; TYG 81) (1.37)
9. [ALL] Bold Thady Quill (Roud 23572) (2.46)
10. [EM] The Turpin–Sugar Ray Fight (4.16)

Recorded by Bill Leader
Notes by A.L. Lloyd

Musicians

Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd: vocals;
Steve Benbow: guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. [ALL] Skewball (Roud 456; Laws Q22) (2.25)
2. [ALL] Heenan and Sayers (Roud 2148; Laws H20) (3.12)
3. [ALL] The Bold Gambling Boy (Roud 393) (2.23)

Side 2

4. [EM] Reynard the Fox (Roud 358, 1868) (2.44)
5. [EM] Morrissey and the Russian Sailor (Roud 2150) (3.53)

The CD contains tracks of the original LP Bold Sportsmen All and EP Gamblers and Sporting Blades plus three additional tracks (8-10) from A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl and Roy Harris.

Compiled and produced by Tony Engle
Design and artwork by John Haxby, Art Surgery

Musicians

Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd, Roy Harris: vocals
with
Steve Benbow: guitar;
John Cole: harmonica;
Peggy Seeger: guitar [1, 9];
Alf Edwards: concertina [8];
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle [8];
Martin Carthy: guitar [10];
Bobby Campbell: fiddle [10]

Tracks

1. [EM] Card Playing Song (Roud 884; G/D 3:571) (2.24)
2. [ALL] The Bold Gambling Boy (Roud 393) (2.23)
3. [EM] Gaelic Football (Football Crazy) (Roud 6858) (2.31)
4. [ALL] Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (3.36)
5. [EM] Morrissey and the Russian Sailor (Roud 2150) (3.53)
6. [ALL] The Cock Fight (Roud 211; TYG 81) (1.37)
7. [EM] The Sporting Races of Galway (Roud 3031) (3.01)
8. [ALL] Sovay the Female Highwayman (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35) (2.22)
9. [EM] Turpin Hero (Roud 621; Laws L10) (2.42)
10. [RH] The Saucy Bold Robber (Roud 1464) (2.28)
11. [ALL] Old Bob Ridley (Roud 753) (3.01)
12. [EM] Reynard the Fox (Roud 358, 1868) (2.44)
13. [ALL] Skewball (Roud 456; Laws Q22) (2.25)
14. [EM] The Turpin–Sugar Ray Fight (4.16)
15. [ALL] The Football Match (Roud 1291) (1.32)
16. [EM] Govan Pool-Room Song (3.20)
17. [ALL] Heenan and Sayers (Roud 2148; Laws H20) (3.12)

Tracks 1, 3-4, 6-7, 11, 14, 16 are from Bold Sportsmen All (10T36, 1958);
Tracks 2, 5, 12-13, 17 are from Gamblers and Sporting Blades (TOP71, 1962);
Track 8 is from A.L. Lloyd: First Person (12T118, 1966);
Track 9 is from Ewan MacColl: Chorus From the Gallows (12T16, 1960);
Track 10 is from Roy Harris: Champions of Folly (12TS256, 1975);
Track 15 is from Champions and Sporting Blades (Riverside RLP 12-652, 1958?)