Album UK 1957 on Topic Records label
Folk (Folk)
"Industrial folk-ballads sung by Ewan MacColl" This is the first and original edition of the LP, with cover artwork produced by "Brooks" the famous artist responsible for the cover of the "Singing Sailor" cover. The later edition used this first image as a black and white picture pasted on cardboard on the vertical striped generic sleeve.
![]() | Ewan MacColl voc, 1915-1989 GB vocals, album by |
![]() | Peggy Seeger bj, g, voc, *1935 GB accompanied by |
Brooks design |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | The Wark Of The Weavers | Ewan MacColl | ||
2 | The Blantyre Explosion | Ewan MacColl | ||
3 | Moses Of The Mail | Ewan MacColl | ||
4 | Fourpence A Day | Ewan MacColl | ||
5 | Champion At Keepin' 'Em Rolling | Ewan MacColl | ||
6 | The Four Loom Weavers | Ewan MacColl | ||
7 | The Plodder Seam | Ewan MacColl | ||
8 | Cosher Bailey's Engine | Ewan MacColl | ||
9 | The Gresford Disaster | Ewan MacColl | ||
10 | Cannily, Cannily | Ewan MacColl | ||
11 | The Coal-Owner & The Pitman's Wife | Ewan MacColl | ||
12 | Poor Paddy Works On The Railway | Ewan MacColl |