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1960
Chorus From the Gallows
Topic 12T16
New Briton Gazette, Vol. 1
Folkways FW 8732
A Garland Of Scots Folksong
Folk-Lyric FL 116
Blow Boys Blow
Tradition TLP 1026
Unfortunate Rake
Folkways FS 3805
Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd
Blow Boys Blow
1960
Tradition
TLP 1026
12-inch LP
Tracks:
1. Row Bullies Row
(appears on other albums)
2. Paddy Doyle
(appears on other albums)
3. Wild Goose Shanty
(appears on other albums)
4. While Cruising Around Yarmouth
(appears on other albums)
5. Old Billy Riley
(appears on other albums)
6. Handsome Cabin Boy
(appears on other albums)
7. South Australia
(appears on other albums)
8. Blow Boys Blow
(appears on other albums)
9. Whup Jamboree
(appears on other albums)
10. Banks of Newfoundland
(appears on other albums)
11. Whiskey Johnny
(appears on other albums)
12. Do Me Ama
(appears on other albums)
13. Jack Tar
(appears on other albums)
14. Paddy West
(appears on other albums)
15. Haul on the Bowline
(appears on other albums)
16. A Hundred Years Ago
(appears on other albums)
Personnel:
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
Reissued on CD by Tradition Records in 1996:
Blow Boys Blow
and Empire Musicwerks in 2006:
Blow Boys Blow
Related recordings:
Blow Boys Blow (Transatlantic XTRA 1052)
Blow Boys Blow (Tradition TCD 1024)
Blow Boys Blow (Empire Musicwerks)
CD reissue is available in some online shops
