A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl - The Blackball Line

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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

A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl

The Blackball Line

1957

Topic
8T8
8-inch EP

Tracks:

1. The Blackball Line - Ewan MacColl (appears on other albums)

2. Do Me Ama - A.L.Lloyd (appears on other albums)

3. Reuben Ranzo - A.L.Lloyd (appears on other albums)

4. The Handsome Cabin Boy - Ewan MacColl (appears on other albums)

5. A Hundred Years Ago - A.L.Lloyd (appears on other albums)

6. Stormalong - Ewan MacColl (appears on other albums)

7. The Coast of Peru - A.L.Lloyd (appears on other albums)

8. The Gauger - Ewan MacColl (appears on other albums)

9. Sally Racket - A.L.Lloyd (appears on other albums)

Personnel:

A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl with chorus
Alf Edwards, concertina (2, 4, 8)

Track 7 is from The Singing Sailor;
Tracks 4, 6-8, and 10 were reissued in 1963 on the three EPs Blow The Man Down, A Hundred Years Ago, and The Coast of Peru;
Track 1 was included in 2004 on the CD Blow the Man Down;
Tracks 2-6, 8-9 were included in 2004 on the CD Sailors' Songs and Sea Shanties.

Related recordings:

The Singing Sailor (Topic TRL3)
Row Bullies Row (Topic 8T7)
Blow The Man Down (Topic TOP98)
A Hundred Years Ago (Topic TOP99)
The Coast of Peru (Topic TOP100)

Thanks to Reinhard Zierke for the information from his extensive A.L.Lloyd's discography.