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Radio Ballads Vol.4: the Big Hewer

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date May 26, 2008
For an in-depth examination of what miners and their communities have had to endure, this CD goes most of the way on exploring the topic.

MacColl's sympathetic lyrics make for an ideal combination of song and narrative.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Radio Ballads Vol.1: the Ballad of John Axon

by: Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

Release Date May 26, 2008
~Essential Listening for Social Historians and folk music lovers Wonderfully weaving sound effects, witness recordings (actuality) and folk music, this is a beautiful evocation of the lives of the railwaymen in the 1~ by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger including such classics as "The Manchester Rambler" and "Song of the Iron Road", recorded in the studio along to tape recorders and record players for the "actuality" and

CD-Charts Position 3
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Song of a Road

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date May 26, 2008
~Essential Listening for Social Historians and folk music lovers Wonderfully weaving sound effects, witness recordings (actuality) and folk music, this is a beautiful evocation of the lives of the railwaymen in the 1~ by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger including such classics as "The Manchester Rambler" and "Song of the Iron Road", recorded in the studio along to tape recorders and record players for the "actuality" and

CD-Charts Position 4
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Radio Ballads Vol.8: the Travelling People

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date May 26, 2008
~Essential Listening for Social Historians and folk music lovers Wonderfully weaving sound effects, witness recordings (actuality) and folk music, this is a beautiful evocation of the lives of the railwaymen in the 1~ by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger including such classics as "The Manchester Rambler" and "Song of the Iron Road", recorded in the studio along to tape recorders and record players for the "actuality" and

CD-Charts Position 5
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Radio Ballads Vol.6: on the Edge

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date May 26, 2008
~Essential Listening for Social Historians and folk music lovers Wonderfully weaving sound effects, witness recordings (actuality) and folk music, this is a beautiful evocation of the lives of the railwaymen in the 1~ by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger including such classics as "The Manchester Rambler" and "Song of the Iron Road", recorded in the studio along to tape recorders and record players for the "actuality" and

CD-Charts Position 6
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Black and White: the Definitive Ewan Maccoll Collection

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date October 31, 2000
This is simply wonderful.
MacColl was the inspiration for many, many, many (and possibly most!) of today's folk singers. From the political through to the mythical historic and the moving this collection, with some live and truly powerful recordings,will captivate. Prepare to feel the floor vibrate when you put this on...

CD-Charts Position 7
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Radio Ballads Vol.7: the Fight Game

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date May 26, 2008
This is simply wonderful.
MacColl was the inspiration for many, many, many (and possibly most!) of today's folk singers. From the political through to the mythical historic and the moving this collection, with some live and truly powerful recordings,will captivate. Prepare to feel the floor vibrate when you put this on...

CD-Charts Position 8
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Radio Ballads Vol.5: the Body Blow

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date May 26, 2008
This is simply wonderful.
MacColl was the inspiration for many, many, many (and possibly most!) of today's folk singers. From the political through to the mythical historic and the moving this collection, with some live and truly powerful recordings,will captivate. Prepare to feel the floor vibrate when you put this on...

CD-Charts Position 9
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The Definitive Collection

by: Ewan MacColl

Release Date June 23, 2003
You won't find his singles and albums in any pop charts, but Ewan MacColl is one of folk music's legends. He did much to preserve traditional British folk songs, many of which he recorded. He also wrote many songs, one of which (The first time ever I saw your face) was inspired by Peggy Seeger, brother of America's legendary folk singer, Pete Seeger. The song eventually became a major international pop hit for Roberta Flack, by which time Ewan and Peggy were married. One of Ewan's earlier marriages produced Kirsty MacColl, a great pop singer of the eighties.

Like his eventual brother-in-law, Ewan saw the hardships caused by the depression of the thirties and became committed to left-wing causes, which sometimes affected his choice ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Blow Boys Blow: The Tradition Years

by: Ewan Maccoll & Al Lloyd

Release Date August 01, 2006
You won't find his singles and albums in any pop charts, but Ewan MacColl is one of folk music's legends. He did much to preserve traditional British folk songs, many of which he recorded. He also wrote many songs, one of which (The first time ever I saw your face) was inspired by Peggy Seeger, brother of America's legendary folk singer, Pete Seeger. The song eventually became a major international pop hit for Roberta Flack, by which time Ewan and Peggy were married. One of Ewan's earlier marriages produced Kirsty MacColl, a great pop singer of the eighties.

Like his eventual brother-in-law, Ewan saw the hardships caused by the depression of the thirties and became committed to left-wing causes, which sometimes affected his choice ... Read More: