UPC: 714822057622
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Oct 26, 2009
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Liner Note Authors: Fred McCormick; Peggy Seeger.
The Topic label's two-disc Ewan MacColl compilation Ballads: Murder Intrigue Love Discord (the title pretty much sums it up) features 29 dark, traditional folk songs culled from sessions done in 1956. A master storyteller, MacColl goes it alone on all of these cuts, proving once again that unlike many of his contemporaries at the time, his magnificently expressive voice requires no musical accompaniment to enhance the song's subject matter. Topic has done a nice job at spacing out these MacColl collections throughout the years, as each one is lovingly restored and brimming with extensive notes (as in a massive, 64-page booklet). While the sparseness of the material may put off some listeners, Ballads: Murder Intrigue Love Discord is still required listening for anybody with even the slightest interest in the heady, U.K. oral tradition. ~ James Christopher Monger
The Topic label's two-disc Ewan MacColl compilation Ballads: Murder Intrigue Love Discord (the title pretty much sums it up) features 29 dark, traditional folk songs culled from sessions done in 1956. A master storyteller, MacColl goes it alone on all of these cuts, proving once again that unlike many of his contemporaries at the time, his magnificently expressive voice requires no musical accompaniment to enhance the song's subject matter. Topic has done a nice job at spacing out these MacColl collections throughout the years, as each one is lovingly restored and brimming with extensive notes (as in a massive, 64-page booklet). While the sparseness of the material may put off some listeners, Ballads: Murder Intrigue Love Discord is still required listening for anybody with even the slightest interest in the heady, U.K. oral tradition. ~ James Christopher Monger
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Cruel Mother
2 - Johnnie O'Breadisley
3 - Lang Johnnie More
4 - Jock the Leg
5 - Hughie the Graeme
6 - Douglas Tragedy
7 - Dowie Dens O'Yarrow
8 - Captain Ward and the Rainbow
9 - Clyde's Water
10 - Crafty Farmer
11 - Lord Gregory
12 - Gil Morice
13 - My Son David
14 - Battle of Harlaw
15 - Bonnie Hoose O'Airlie
Disc 2:
1 - Rantin' Laddie
2 - Earl of Aboyne
3 - Cooper O' Fife
4 - Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
5 - Jolly Beggar
6 - Beggar Laddie
7 - Our Goodman
8 - Laird O' Drum
9 - Broomfield Hill
10 - Get Up and Bar the Door
11 - Hind Horn
12 - Trooper and the Maid
13 - Amang the Blue Flowers and the Yellow
14 - Keach in the Creel
1 - Cruel Mother
2 - Johnnie O'Breadisley
3 - Lang Johnnie More
4 - Jock the Leg
5 - Hughie the Graeme
6 - Douglas Tragedy
7 - Dowie Dens O'Yarrow
8 - Captain Ward and the Rainbow
9 - Clyde's Water
10 - Crafty Farmer
11 - Lord Gregory
12 - Gil Morice
13 - My Son David
14 - Battle of Harlaw
15 - Bonnie Hoose O'Airlie
Disc 2:
1 - Rantin' Laddie
2 - Earl of Aboyne
3 - Cooper O' Fife
4 - Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
5 - Jolly Beggar
6 - Beggar Laddie
7 - Our Goodman
8 - Laird O' Drum
9 - Broomfield Hill
10 - Get Up and Bar the Door
11 - Hind Horn
12 - Trooper and the Maid
13 - Amang the Blue Flowers and the Yellow
14 - Keach in the Creel