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1977
Cold Snap
Blackthorne BR 1057
Saturday Night at the Bull & Mouth
Blackthorne BR 1055
Penelope Isn't Waiting Anymore
Rounder 4011
Parliamentary Polka / Song Of Choice
Blackthorne BR 20535
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Hot Blast
1978
Folkways
FW 8710
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 of the record on Blackthorne: Hot Blast
Related recordings:
Hot Blast (Blackthorne BR 1059)
Hot Blast (Larrikin LRF 032)
Digital download (mp3 or lossless) or a custom CD is available from Smithsonian Folkways