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Radio Ballads
The Ballad Of John Axon
Topic TSCD 801
Song Of A Road
Topic TSCD 802
Singing The Fishing
Topic TSCD 803
The Big Hewer
Topic TSCD 804
The Body Blow
Topic TSCD 805
On The Edge
Topic TSCD 806
The Fight Game
Topic TSCD 807
The Travelling People
Topic TSCD 808
The Ballad Of John Axon
Argo DA 139
Singing The Fishing
Argo DA 142
The Big Hewer
Argo DA 140
On The Edge
Argo DA 136
The Fight Game
Argo DA 141
The Travelling People
Argo DA 133
The World Of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Vol.2
Argo SPA 216
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger
The Ballad Of John Axon
1965
Argo
DA 139
12-inch LP
Personnel:
Singers: Isla Cameron, Fitzroy Coleman, Colin Dunn, Stan Kelly, Dick Loveless, A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Charles Mayo
Jim Bray: double bass
Terry Brown: trumpet
Bob Clark: fiddle
John Cole: harmonica
Fitzroy Coleman: guitar
Brian Daly: guitar
Alf Edwards: English concertina
Billy Loch: drums
Bob Mickleburgh: trombone
Peggy Seeger: guitar, mandolin, 5-string banjo
Bruce Turner: clarinet

A radio-ballad (no.1) about the railwaymen of England
Related recordings:
Singing The Fishing (Argo DA 142)
The Big Hewer (Argo DA 140)
On The Edge (Argo DA 136)
The Fight Game (Argo DA 141)
The Travelling People (Argo DA 133)
The Ballad Of John Axon (Topic TSCD 801)
The reissue on CD is available from Topic Records