tscd805
tscd805 the body blow

A radio-ballad about the psychology of pain by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker & Peggy Seeger

THE BODY BLOW VARIOUS ARTISTS TSCD805
1 Introduction 2.47
2 What day did the world stop moving? 7.26
3 Do you recall how you climbed the Mountains? 4.13
4 Can't breathe... 6.12
5 I often think back... 2.53
6 The world is a bed ... 3.53
7 I wasn't afraid while I was in the lung... 5.51
8 Well, first of all... appreciate the situation... 7.17
9 While there's life, there's hope... 5.00
10 It's goodbye now... 2.54
11 Now I can do all the small things? 5.16
12 Stronger than pain is the human will to survive... 5.16
13 Closing announcement / The hidden foe... 1.46

Script, song lyrics and music: Ewan MacColl
Orchestration and musical direction: Peggy Seeger
Actuality recording: Charles Parker
Production: Charles Parker
Programme prepared with the help of: The Polio Research Fund

Singers: Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger

Instrumentalists:
Alf Edwards English concertina, ocarina
Alfie Khan flute, harmonica
Brian Daly guitar
Peggy Seeger guitar, 5-string banjo