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> From: Liam's Brother
> Date: 28 Oct 99 - 10:44 AM
>
> The original label was Argo, as I recall.

Yes, that's right. I have here a digitised copy of my old vinyl "The World Of Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger", Argo, SPA-A 102, Decca. I also scanned and transcribed the cover, which gives a list of their other recordings on Argo:

THE BALLAD OF JOHN AXON, RG 474 mono
SINGING THE FISHING, RG 502 mono
THE BIG HEWER, RG 538 mono
THE FIGHT GAME, RG 539 mono
THE TRAVELLING PEOPLE, DA 133 mono
ON THE EDGE, DA 136 mono
THE ANGRY MUSE, ZDA 83 stereo, DA 83 mono
THE AMOROUS MUSE, ZDA 84 stereo, DA 84 mono
A MERRY PROGRESS TO LONDON, ZDA 46 stereo, DA 46 mono
SWEET THAMES FLOW SOFTLY, ZDA 47 stereo, DA 47 mono
PEGGY ALONE, ZDA 81 stereo, DA 81 mono

However, I don't have any of these others, only "World Of ...", and it doens't have 'Schooldays O'er' but has some others from the various Radio Ballads. For anyone who's interested, here are the sleeve notes for the tracks:

SIDE ONE

DIRTY OLD TOWN
Written by Ewan MacColl in 1946 for a Theatre workshop production, 'LANDSCAPE WITH CHIMNEYS', a documentary play about Salford, Lancs.

THE MANCHESTER RAMBLER
Written by Ewan MacColl in 1933, and became the official song of the Ramblers Federation. Since then it has travelled as far as the logging camps of British Columbia, where the words have been adapted to suit the logging industry.

THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
Written by Ewan MacColl in 1958, this song has been sung by at least a dozen popular groups and singers.

FREEBORN MAN
Written by Ewan MacColl in 1966 for a radio-ballad entitled 'THE TRAVELLING PEOPLE', this song has since passed into the folk tradition and is sung by gypsies and travellers in Scotland, England and Ireland.

SPACE GIRL
Written by Ewan MacColl in 1952 for a short ballad-opera, to be performed by Theatre Workshop, entitled 'YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE'.

BLACK VELVET BAND
A traditional song, from the singing of Harry Cox, agricultural labourer from Catfield, Norfolk.

THE BIG HEWER
Written in 1961 for a BBC documentary radio-ballad on coalminers, 'THE BIG HEWER'.


SIDE TWO

THE SHOALS OF HERRING
Written in 1961 by Ewan MacCo11 for a radio-ballad on the herring fishing, entitled 'SINGING THE FISHING'.

MAIDS, WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG
A traditional song, collected from Sam Larner of Winternon, Norfolk, in 1961.

THIRTY-FOOT TRAILER
Written by Ewan MacCol1 in 1966 for the radio-ballad, 'THE TRAVELLING PEOPLE'.

PEGGY GORDON
Learned by Peggy Seeger from Elizabeth Cotton, a North Carolina negro woman, this song became very popular in 1959 and 1960.

POOR PADDY WORKS ON THE RAILWAY
A traditional song, collated by Ewan MacCol1 in 1952 from two separate versions.

BALLAD OF SPRINGHILL
The Springhill mining disaster of 1958 was the first to receive world-wide television coverage. Ewan and Peggy saw it during a visit to Paris and this song - a joint composition - was the result.

SWEET THAMES FLOW SOFTLY
Written for an experimental production by the Critics Group, based on ROMEO AND JULIET, which was broadcast to schools in May 1966.