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1958
Haul on the Bowlin'
Stinson Records SLP 80
Off to Sea Once More
Stinson Records SLP 81
Second Shift
Topic 10T25
Barrack Room Ballads
Topic 10T26
Still I Love Him
Topic 10T50
Bold Sportsmen All
Topic 10T36
Champions and Sporting Blades
Riverside RLP 12-652
English and Scottish Love Songs
Riverside RLP 12-656
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