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1986
Blood And Roses, Vol.4
Blackthorne ESB 82
Blood And Roses, Vol.5
Blackthorne ESB 83
Items Of News
Blackthorne BR1067
Parsley, Sage and Politics
White Wind, Black Tide
Blackthorne BSC 2
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Hot Blast
1979
Larrikin
LRF 032
12-inch LP
Tracks:
1. Blast Against Blackguards (appears on other albums)
2. The Tenant Farmer (appears on other albums)
3. The Pay-Up Song (appears on other albums)
4. Emily (appears on other albums)
5. Cut-Price Hero (appears on other albums)
6. You and I (appears on other albums)
7. Legal Illegal (appears on other albums)
8. The Invader (appears on other albums)
9. Father's Song (appears on other albums)
10. White Wind (appears on other albums)
Personnel:
Ewan MacColl, vocals
Peggy Seeger, vocals, guitar, concertina
Calum MacColl, psaltery, guitar, 8-string dulcimer, bongo drums, tin whistle, kalimba
Neill MacColl, mandolin, guitar
Bruce Turner, clarinet
Jim Carroll, Kirsty MacColl, Pat MacKenzie, supporting vocals (10)

All songs (except "The Invader" by Peggy Seeger) were written by Ewan MacColl between September 1977 and February 1978;
Reissue on the Blackthrone LP: Hot Blast
Related recordings:
Hot Blast (Blackthorne BR 1059)
Hot Blast (Folkways FW 8710)
Digital download (mp3 or lossless) or a custom CD of a Folkways reissue is available from Smithsonian Folkways