Blow Boys Blow: The Tradition Years
Released: Aug 1, 2006
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Released: Aug 1, 2006
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One of the greatest sea-shanty recordings ever made, and probably the only one ever to get endorsements from the likes of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart. A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl, backed by...
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Classic Scots Ballads: Tradition Years
Released: Nov 22, 2005
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Released: Nov 22, 2005
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Ewan MacColl was a poet, a political activist, a playwright, a fine songwriter (his "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is one of the greatest love songs ever written), and a nuanced and balanced...
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The Definitive Collection
Released: Aug 26, 2003
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Released: Aug 26, 2003
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There are national treasures and there are global treasures; Scotland's Ewan MacColl falls into the latter category. A staunch supporter of the arts, folklorist, playwright, and activist, MacColl...
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The Body Blow
Released: Jul 13, 1999
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Released: Jul 13, 1999
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A radio ballad initially intended to deal with the psychology of pain, but finally refocused to the subject of polio -- a disease that brings with it a terrible amount of pain, along with its...
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Chorus from the Gallows
Released: Mar 9, 1999
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Released: Mar 9, 1999
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A beautifully remastered CD edition of this bleak MacColl release, which opens with the tale of Craig and Derek Bentley and closes with "Go Down Ye Murderers," which relates the story of Timothy...
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Black and White: The Definitive Collection
Released: Nov 19, 1996
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Released: Nov 19, 1996
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Though he remains a legendary figure in folk music circles, Ewan McColl was probably known (where he was known at all) to the rest of the world as the composer of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your...
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Solo Flight
Released: 1972
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Released: 1972
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This CD reissue of a 1972 album shows that, while MacColl's most influential period came in the late '50s and early '60s, he hadn't lost a step as a singer a decade later. One of the prime movers...
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