Nineteen songs from a set of recording sessions were released over the years on at least four different titled records on three labels: This one with different titles on both Riverside (RLP 12-642, 1958) and Washington (WLP 711, 1962), the 10" album Barrack Room Ballads (10T26, 1980) and its expanded reissue Bundook Ballads (12T130, 1965) on the Topic label.

Produced by Bill Grauer;
Edited by Kenneth S. Goldstein;
Cover designed by Paul Bacon

See Nick Guida’s The Balladeers Scotland for more information on this record.

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals;
Peggy Seeger: guitar [2, 5, 9-10, 13, 16, 18], banjo [10];
Jimmie Macgregor: guitar [1, 4, 7-8, 17];
John Cole: harmonica [1, 3-4, 7, 11, 15, 17]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Bless ’Em All (Roud 6402) (4.23)
2. Tell Me Boys Have You Any Complaints (Roud 2564) (1.46)
3. The Dying Soldier (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (3.11)
4. The Ballad of Wadi Maktilla (Roud 10503) (2.53)
5. The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404) (4.17)
6. Hand Me Down My Petticoat (Roud 2565) (1.16)
7. All You Maidens Sweet and Kind (Roud 18828) (2.49)
8. Columbo (1.40)
9. Seven Years in the Sand (Roud 2568) (1.02)

Side 2

10. Join the British Army (Roud 5680) (1.23)
11. When This Ruddy War is Over (Roud 10529) (2.16)
12. The Second Front Song (4.48)
13. Browned Off (2.49)
14. McKaffery (Roud 1148) (4.12)
15. The Fortress Song (1.49)
16. The D-Day Dodgers (Roud 10499) (2.23)
17. On the Move (Roud 2569) (1.40)
18. The Ghost Army of Korea (Roud 2567) (1.40)

Track 4 Hamish Henderson;
Track 13 Ewan MacColl;
Track 16 Harry Pynn

Tracks 2-3, 5, 11 recorded by Ewan MacColl in 1956;
Tracks 1, 4, 6-10 recorded by Bill Leader in 1958

See Nick Guida’s The Balladeers Scotland for more information on this record.

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals;
Peggy Seeger: guitar [1-2, 4, 6, 8-10], banjo [7];
Jimmie Macgregor: guitar [3, 5];
John Cole: harmonica [3, 5, 11]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Join the British Army (Roud 5680) (1.29)
2. The Ghost Army of Korea (Roud 2567) (2.23)
3. The Ballad of Wadi Maktilla (Roud 10503) (3.01)
4. The Young Trooper Cut Down in His Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404) (4.30)
5. Bless ’Em All (Roud 6402) (4.33)

Side 2

6. Any Complaints (Roud 2564) (1.56)
7. The Second Front Song (5.38)
8. Seven Years in the Sand (Roud 2568) (1.21)
9. Farewell to Sicily (Roud 10501) (2.45)
10. Browned Off (2.27)
11. When This Ruddy War Is Over (Roud 10529) (2.29)

Tracks 3, 9 Hamish Henderson;
Track 10 Ewan MacColl

Nineteen songs from a set of recording sessions were released over the years on at least four different titled records on three labels: This one and its shorter predecessor Barrack Room Ballads (10T26, 1958) were on the Topic label and Bless ’Em All and other British Army Songs on Riverside RLP 12-642 (1957). The latter was reissued in the 1960s as British Army Songs on Washington WLP 711.

Tracks 2, 4-6, 8, 10, 13, 15 recorded by Ewan MacColl in 1956;
Tracks 1, 3, 7, 9, 11-12, 14 recorded by Bill Leader in 1958;
Notes by Ewan MacColl

See Nick Guida’s The Balladeers Scotland for more information on this record.

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals;
Peggy Seeger: guitar [1, 3, 6-7, 9, 12, 14], banjo [11];
Jimmie Macgregor: guitar [4, 10, 15];
John Cole: harmonica [2, 4-5, 8, 10, 15]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Any Complaints (Roud 2564) (1.56)
2. The Fortress Song (1.56)
3. Farewell to Sicily (Roud 10501) (2.45)
4. The Ballad of Wadi Maktilla (Roud 10503) (3.01)
5. The Dying Soldier (3.19)
6. The Ghost Army of Korea (Roud 2567) (2.23)
7. Browned Off (2.27)
8. When This Ruddy War Is Over (Roud 10529) (2.29)

Side 2

9. Join the British Army (Roud 5680) (1.29)
10. On the Move Tonight (1.47)
11. The Second Front Song (5.38)
12. Seven Years in the Sand (Roud 2568) (1.21)
13. Hand Me Down Me Petticoat (1.23)
14. The Young Trooper Cut Down in His Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404) (4.30)
15. Bless ’Em All (Roud 6402) (4.33)

Tracks 3-4 Hamish Henderson;
Track 7 Ewan MacColl