Ewan MacColl was one of the architects of the folksong revival. Whether as an interpreter of ancient ballads or as a writer of new songs, he influenced almost everyone involved in folk music in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. He brought the same skill and understanding to songs of Britain's industrial cities, ballads of Scots history and lyrics from the English countryside. His own compositions, many of which have passed into the common currency of folk music, are featured both on his own albums and on The Radio-Ballads (see under TSCD801-808).

EWAN MacCOLL THE REAL MacCOLL TSCD463

This compilation from MacColl's many albums for Topic in the 1950s and '60s gathers ballads and songs of nationhood, crime and punishment, mining and weaving. Many are traditional, but some are MacColl's own compositions and include such widely known pieces as Dirty Old Town and The Gresford Disaster.

1 Ye Jacobites By Name
2 Johnny Cope
3 Cam Ye O'er Fra France
4 Haughs O'Cromdale
5 Such a Parcel o'Rogues in a Nation
6 Farewell to Sicily
7 Derek Bentley
8 Johnny O'Breadiesley
9 Go Down Ye Murderers
10 Van Diemen's Land
11 Minorie
12 Sheep Crook & Black Dog
13 The Bramble Briar
14 One Night As I Lay on My Bed
15 The Grey Cock
16 The Blantyre Explosion
17 The Gresford Disaster
18 Four Loom Weaver
19 Song of the Iron Road
20 Dirty Old Town

Ewan MacColl vocals
Peggy Seeger accompaniments

EWAN MacCOLL CHORUS FROM THE GALLOWS TSCD502 (SORRY - NO LONGER FOR SALE IN ONLINE SHOP)

Songs of crimes, confessions, outlaws end executions have always fascinated singers and listeners alike. In this collection MacColl ranges from the cattle-rusting border raiders of the Middle Ages and the 18th-century highwayman Dick Turpin to the notorious murder trials of Craig & Bentley and Timothy Evans in the 1950s. A Landmark Recording of British Folk Music.

1 Derek Bentley
2 The Black Velvet Band
3 Jamie Raeburn's Farewell
4 Johnny O'Breadiesley
5 Hughie the Graeme
6 Minorie
7 The Treadmill Song
8 Turpin Hero
9 The Crafty Farmer
10 McKaffery
11 Jimmy Wilson
12 The Lag's Song
13 Van Dieman's Land
14 Go Down Ye Murderers

Ewan MacColl vocals
Peggy Seeger guitar & banjo

EWAN MacCOLL SOLO FLIGHT TSCD810 (SORRY - NO LONGER FOR SALE IN ONLINE SHOP)

An album of songs originally released on the Argo label in 1972. They reflect the broad spectrum of Ewan MacColl's interest in folk song and balladry; from the picaresque 18th century adventures of Alan Tyne o' Harrow to the political propaganda of The Bonny Bunch Of Roses.

"At his best, Ewan was a genuinely authoritative and compelling singer" Rock'n'Reel
1 The Bonnie Bunch Of Roses
2 The Tunnel Tigers
3 A Roving Hielan Man
4 The Iron-Moulder's Wedding
5 The Bold Poachers
6 Ye Hae Lien Wrang Lassie
7 The Fowler
8 The Maid Of Reigate
9 Sheath and Knife
10 Alan Tyne o' Harrow
11 Roseberry
12 The Molecatcher
13 James Herries
14 The Penny Wager
15 The Tattie-Lifting Song
16 Lament for the Death of a Nobody

Ewan MacColl vocals
Peggy Seeger guitar , concertina, dulcimer & banjo
John Faulkner guitar, fiddle, mandolin & tin-whistle