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Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd: Blow Boys Blow

Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd: Blow Boys Blow (Tradition  TLP 1026)

Blow Boys Blow
Songs of the Sea
Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd

Tradition Records TLP 1026 (LP, USA, 1957)
Transatlantic Records XTRA 1052 (LP, UK, 1967)

Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd: Blow Boys Blow (Transatlantic XTRA 1052)
Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd: Blow Boys Blow (Rykodisc Tradition TCD1024)

Rykodisk Tradition TCD1024 (CD, USA, 1996)
Empire Musicwerks 545 450 849-2 (CD, USA, 2006)
Essential Media Group 942-31121-1 (CD, UK, 2007)

Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd: Blow Boys Blow (Empire Musicwerks 545 450 849-2)
Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd: Songs of the Sea (Orange Leisure)

Songs of the Sea
Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd

Orange Leisure (digital download, UK, 2 May 2011)

Musicians

Ewan MacColl, vocals (1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15), chorus (3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16)
A.L. Lloyd, vocals (2, 3, 5-7, 9, 12, 14, 16), chorus (1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15);
Alf Edwards, concertina;
Ralph Rinzler, guitar, banjo and mandolin;
Steve Benbow, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

  1. [EM] Row Bullies Row (Roud 928) (2.33)
  2. [ALL, EM] Paddy Doyle (Roud 4695; Henry H53c) (0.45)
  3. [ALL] Wild Goose Shanty (Roud 328) (1.24)
  4. [EM] While Cruising Around Yarmouth (Roud 2432) (2.50)
  5. [ALL] Old Billy Riley (Roud 4701) (0.27)
  6. [ALL] Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181) (4.39)
  7. [ALL] South Australia (Roud 325) (2.19)
  8. [EM] Blow Boys Blow (Roud 703; G/D 1:2) (1.35)

Side 1

  1. [ALL] Whup Jamboree (Roud 488) (1.19)
  2. [EM] Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (3.22)
  3. [EM] Whiskey Johnny (Roud 651) (1.50)
  4. [ALL] Do Me Ama (Roud 511; Laws K40) (3.28)
  5. [EM] Jack Tar (Roud 919; Laws K39) (2.09)
  6. [ALL] Paddy West (Roud 3092) (4.22)
  7. [EM] Haul on the Bowline (Roud 652; G/D 1:1) (0.42)
  8. [ALL] A Hundred Years Ago (Roud 926) (1.10)

Note

For the history of the Tradition / Transatlantic / Rykodisk copyrights and licences on this recording, see Fred McCormick’s letter “Ennis on Ember—reply” in the Musical Traditions letters.

See also Nick Guida’s Tradition Records discography.