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1966
The Manchester Angel
Topic 12T147
A Merry Progress To London
Argo ZDA 46
A Sailor's Garland
Transatlantic XTRA 5013
The Long Harvest, Vol.1
Argo DA 66
The Long Harvest, Vol.2
Argo DA 67
The Long Harvest, Vol. 3
Argo DA 68
The Long Harvest, Vol. 4
Argo DA 69
Singing The Fishing
Argo DA 142
Folk Songs. Topic Sampler No 2
Topic TPS 145
Men At Work. Topic Sampler No 3
Topic TPS 166
A Prospect of Scotland. Topic Sampler No 5
Topic TPS 169
Whaling Ballads
Washington WLP 724
Street Songs Of Scotland
Washington WLP 738
Scots Folk Songs
Washington WLP 733
Folk Songs For Little Sailors
Riverside RLP 1424
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger
The Big Hewer
1967
Argo
DA 140
12-inch LP
Personnel:
Singers: Isla Cameron, Ian Campbell, Joe Higgins, Louis Killen, A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl
Jim Bray: double bass
Brian Daly: guitar
Alf Edwards: English concertina, harmonica, clarinet
Alfie Kahn: tin whistle
Kay Graham: fiddle
Peggy Seeger: autoharp, guitar, mandolin, 5-string banjo
Dave Swarbrick: figgle

A radio-ballad (no.4) about Britain's coal miners
Related recordings:
The Ballad Of John Axon (Argo DA 139)
Singing The Fishing (Argo DA 142)
On The Edge (Argo DA 136)
The Fight Game (Argo DA 141)
The Travelling People (Argo DA 133)
The Big Hewer (Topic TSCD 804)
The reissue on CD is available from Topic Records