Recordings

Abstract

The Radio Ballads, 8 CDs, Topic TSCD801–808, 1999. Ewan MacColl (song lyrics, music, script), Peggy Seeger (orchestration and music direction), Charles Parker (field recordings). The Ballad of John Axon is about the railwaymen of England, in particular the story of steam locomotive driver John Axon, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his heroic attempt to stop his train after the brake pipe failed (broadcast 2 July 1958), TSCD 801. The Song of a Road is the story behind the building of the first motorway in the UK, the Ml (5 November 1959), TSCD 802. Singing the Fishing turns on the lives of three generations of fishermen working consecutively in the eras of sail, steam and diesel and expressing the rise and fall of an industry (16 August 1960), TSCD 803. The Big Hewer is about the lives of miners in the coal fields of Northumberland, Durham, South Wales and the East Midlands (18 August 1961), TSCD 804. The Body Blow focuses on the subject of poliomyelitis (27 March 1962), TSCD 805. On the Edge presents the lives and expectations of young people poised between childhood and adulthood (13 February 1963), TSCD 806. The Fight Game is an ironic allegory, echoing the fact that boxing was once the theme of many broadside ballads (3 July 1963), TSCD 807. The Travelling People is about Britain's nomadic peoples, the Gypsies and tinkers (17 April 1964), TSCD 808. The Voice of the People: the Traditional Music of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1998. 20 CDs. Topic TSCD 651–670. Compilation, research and notes by Reg Hall, production by Tony Engle and Reg Hall. Come let us buy the licence: songs of courtship and marriage, TSCD 651. My ship shall sail the ocean: songs of tempest and sea battles, sailors lads and fishermen, TSCD 652. O'er his grave the grass grew green: tragic ballads, TSCD 653. Farewell, my own dear native land: songs of exile and emigration, TSCD 654. Come all my lads that follow the plough: the life of rural working men and women, TSCD 655. Tonight I ‘ll make you my bride: ballads of true and false lovers, TSCD 656. First I ‘m going to sing you a ditty: rural fun and frolics, TSCD 657. A story I ‘m just about to tell: local events and national issues, TSCD 658. Rig‐a‐jig‐jig: dance music of the south of England, TSCD 659. Who's that at my bed window?: songs of love and amorous encounters, TSCD 660. My father's the king of the gypsies: music of English and Welsh travelers and gypsies, TSCD 661. We ‘ve received orders to sail: Jackie Tar at sea and on shore, TSCD 662. They ordered their pints of beer and bottles of sherry: the joys and curse of drink, TSCD 663. Troubles they are but few: dance tunes and ditties, TSCD 664. As me and my love sat courting: songs of love, courtship and marriage, TSCD 665. You lazy lot of bone‐shakers: songs and dance tunes of seasonal events, TSCD 666. It fell on a day, a bonny summer day: ballads,TSCD 667. To catch a fine buck was my delight: songs of hunting and poaching, TSCD 668. Ranting and reeling: dance music of the north of England, TSCD 669. There is a man upon the farm: working men and women in song, TSCD 670. See also The Voice of the People: A Selection from the Series of Anthologies, The Traditional Music of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1998, Topic, TSCD 751. Bob Hart: A Broadside, 1999. Musical Traditions MT CD 301–2. Cyril Poacher: Plenty of Thyme, 1999. Musical Traditions MT CD 303. Melodeon Players from East Anglia: the Pigeon on the Gate, 1997. Veteran, Vintage Series, 2 audio tapes, VTVS 05/06.