"Jimmy Miller is the name he was born with, "
And he changed it by deed poll
Do you talk about Robert Zimmerman?
Bet you don't
How about John Pandrich?
This Jimmy Miller" garbage is becoming a sure sign of old-folkie senility - the youngsters don't know who you are referring to and just seems spiteful sour grapes from folkie crumblies to continue is's necrophobic use.
I do wish some people would grow up so we can discuss these things sensibly   
Personally, I don't give two monkeys what people thought of Ewan as a singer and most of them who take snide digs at him never met him - none of that matters to me
To me, MacColl is a dead friend who went out of his way to work with younger singers who asked for his help while the rest of the folkie-stars got on with their careers

Is your name really "Jimmy Riddle" by the way - I thought that was a bodily function?
If it isn'yt, why did you change it?

"ARE there any recordings of Ewan MacColl singing in a Salford accent?"
Don't think there are - his period as an actor and his nomadic life changed that as it did mine and others
THe BBC description from the 1930s depression described hims as singing in a Scots accent
Jim Carroll