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1965
Bundook Ballads
Topic 12T130
British Army Songs
Washington WLP 711
The Ballad Of John Axon
Argo DA 139
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1
Washington WLP 715
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2
Washington WLP 716
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 3
Washington WLP 717
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 4
Washington WLP 718
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 5
Washington WLP 719
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 6
Washington WLP 720
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 7
Washington WLP 721
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 8
Washington WLP 722
Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection
Washington WLP 723
Scotch Drinking Songs
Offbeat OLP 4023
Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger
Freeborn Man
1983
Rounder
ROUN 3080
12-inch LP
Tracks:
1. North Sea Holes (appears on other albums)
2. The Shoals Of Herring (appears on other albums)
3. The Lags' Song (appears on other albums)
4. Come, Me Little Son (appears on other albums)
5. Moving-On Song (appears on other albums)
6. Sweet Thames, Flow Softly (appears on other albums)
7. I'm A Rambler (appears on other albums)
8. Freeborn Man (appears on other albums)
9. The Driver's Song (appears on other albums)
10. The Ballad Of Springhill (appears on other albums)
11. Thirty-Foot Trailer (appears on other albums)
12. Down The Lane (appears on other albums)
13. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (appears on other albums)
14. The Big Hewer (appears on other albums)
15. The Battle Is Done With (appears on other albums)
16. Dirty Old Town (appears on other albums)
Personnel:
Supporting vocals: Calum, Hamish, Kirsty and Neill MacColl Accompanists: Dill Katz (bass)
Calum MacColl (zither, guitar, whistle, Appalachian dulcimer)
Neill MacColl (guitar, mandolin)
Peggy Seeger (guitar, 5-string banjo, autoharp, concertina)
Chris Taylor (harmonica)
Bruce Turner (clarinet)
Ian Telfer (fiddle)

Reissue of the Blackthrone LP: Freeborn Man
Related recordings:
Freeborn Man (Blackthorne BR 1065)
Freeborn Man (Amiga 8 45 367)
Freeborn Man (Camsco / Blackthorne BR 1065)
The CD reissue is available from Camsco Music