Folk 78 - Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger

Subject: Folk 78 - Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Nov 10 - 07:15 AM

Probably the last concert by these two pioneers of the Brit. folk scene. Folk '78 now at Mediafire.com and on TheBox.bz

Subject: RE: Folk 78 - Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Nov 10 - 07:17 AM

Mediafire link: http://www.mediafire.com/?c4gw4vwgqzh4h

Subject: RE: Folk 78 - Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Nov 10 - 08:14 AM

Following Iain (Jethro) Anderson's complaint - all uploads will now be deleted. The tapes will all be dumped TODAY. The BBC didn't want them. Now the folk scene will be denied access to this historic material forever. What a great waste of time. Thanks Mr. Anderson. Have a nice day.

Subject: RE: Folk 78 - Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 04 Nov 10 - 09:14 AM

Guest, Thanks for pointing that one out, whoever you are. I've downloaded it and I'll be taking a copy for posterity.

In fact I remember the original transmission. I was living in a bedsitter in Portrush, Co Antrim at the time and listened to it through a tinny portable radio. Happy days! Wasn't there some bother over actually getting the concert staged? As I remember it, there was a Musicians Union strike because the BBC wanted to axe one of its orchestras, and the whole thing had to be put back until the strike was over.

However, this wasn't their final concert or anything like it. I returned to England at the back end of 1978 and caught them several times during the next few years.

Subject: RE: Folk 78 - Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
Date: 04 Nov 10 - 09:17 AM

Yeah, I did a floor turn when they did Kiveton in January 1985. Ewan was a bit poorly and Peggy did quite a few on her own.