Ewan MacColl   •   Discography

Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) was a folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and argubly one of the most important figures the British Folk Revial on the 1950's & 1960's.

Ewan MacColl was born James Henry Miller, January 22, 1915, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire England, to Scottish parents, William and Betsy Miller. Though early on (at least the early 60's) his real name and place of birth was masked. Common biographies stated he was born in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Untitled "Topic" Album
(1954, UK)
[compilation]

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The Singing Sailor
(1955, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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World Library of Folk & Primitive Music: Vol. III — England
(1955, USA)
[various artists]

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World Library of Folk & Primitive Music: Vol. VI — Scotland
(1955, USA)
[various artists]

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Scots Drinking Songs
(1956, USA)

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Scots Folk Songs
(1956, USA)

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Scots Street Songs
(1956, USA)

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The English & Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. I
(1956, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English & Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. II
(1956, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English & Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. III
(1956, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English & Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. IV
(1956, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Great British Ballads – Not Included in the Child Collection
(1956, USA)

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Classic Scots Ballads
(1956, USA)

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Riverside Folk Song Sampler
(1956, USA)
[various artists]

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Hard Case
(1956, UK)

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Alan Lomax and The Ramblers
(1956, UK)

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Bad Lads and Hard Cases
(1957, USA)

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Thar She Blows! — Whaling Ballads and Songs
(1957, USA)

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Matching Songs of the British Isles and America
(1957, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Row Bullies Row
(1957, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The Black Ball Line
(1957, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Shuttle and Cage [1]
(1957, UK)

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Shuttle and Cage [2]
(1957, UK RE)

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Blow Boys Blow - Songs of Sea
(1957, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Jim Jones at Botany Bay
(1957, AUS)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Convicts and Currency Lads
(1957, AUS)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Singing Sailors
(1957, AUS)
w/A. L. Lloyd
[compilation]

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Shanties & Fo'c'sle Songs
(1957, AUS)
w/A. L. Lloyd
[compilation]

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The Singing Streets
(1958, USA)
w/Dominic Behan

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Bless 'Em All and other British Army Songs
(1958, USA)

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Champions and Sporting Blades
(1958, USA)

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Fourpence a Day: British Industrial Folk Songs 10"
(1958, USA)
[compilation]

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Haul on the Bowlin' … Volume One 10"
(1958, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd
[compilation]

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Off to Sea Once More … Volume Two 10"
(1958, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd
[compilation]

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Second Shift
(1958, UK)

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Barrack Room Ballads
(1958, UK)

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Bold Sportsmen All
(1958, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Songs of Robert Burns
(1959, USA)

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English and Scottish Love Songs
(1959, USA)
w/Isla Cameron

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Streets of Song
(1959, UK RE)
w/Dominic Behan

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Streets of Song: Childhood Memories of the City Streets
(1959, UK RE)
w/Dominic Behan

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Streets of Song: Childhood memories of city streets from Glasgow, Salford and Dublin [1]
(1959 (UK RE)
w/Dominic Behan

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Streets of Song: Childhood memories of city streets from Glasgow, Salford and Dublin [2]
(1959 (UK RE)
w/Dominic Behan



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A Garland Of Scots Folksong
(1960, USA)
w/Besty Miller

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New Briton Gazette
(1960, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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New Briton Gazette
(1960, USA RE)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Songs of Two Rebellions
(1960, USA)

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Field Trip-England
(1960, USA)
[various artists]

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Chants de Marins Anglais No 1
(1960, FRA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Angleterre: Chants De Travail
(1960, FRA)

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Chants de Marins Anglais No 2
(1960, FRA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Still I Love Him
(1960, UK)
w/Isla Cameron

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Chorus from the Gallows
(1960, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Tradition Folk Sampler
(1960, USA)
[various artists]

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The Folk Song Tradition
(1960, USA)
[various artists]

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Newport Folk Festival 1960 — Volume 2
(1960, USA)
[various artists]

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Child Ballads)
(1961, USA)

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Two-Way Trip
(1961, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Popular Scottish Songs
(1961, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Bothy Ballads of Scotland
(1961, USA)

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The Best Of Ewan MacColl
(1961, USA)

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British Industrial Ballads
(1961, USA)
[compilation]

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Merry Muses of Caledonia
(1962, USA)

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New Briton Gazette, Vol. 2
(1962, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Broadside Ballads (London: 1600-1700) [Volume One]
(1962, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Broadside Ballads (London: 1600-1700) Volume Two: Female Frollicks and Politicke
(1962, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Whaler out of New Bedford
(1962, USA)
[various artists]

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Revival In Britain — Volume One
(1962, USA)
[various artists]

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Scotch Drinking Songs
(1962, USA RE)

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A Sailor's Garland
(1962, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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A Lover's Garland
(1962, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Haul on the Bowlin' … Volume One 12" [1]
(1962, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd
[compilation]

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Haul on the Bowlin' … Volume One 12" [2]
(1962, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd
[compilation]

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Off to Sea Once More … Volume Two 12"
(1962, USA)
w/A. L. Lloyd
[compilation]

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The Jacobite Rebellions
(1962, UK)

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Gamblers and Sporting Blades
(1962, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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British Army Songs
(1962, USA RE)

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads – Vol. 1
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads – Vol. 2
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads – Vol. 3
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads – Vol. 4
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads – Vol. 5
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads – Vol. 6
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads – Vol. 7
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 8
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Great British Ballads – Not Included in the Child Collection — Volume 9
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Whaling Ballads
(1962, USA RE)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Scots Folk Songs
(1962, USA RE)

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Fourpence a Day: British Industrial Folk Songs 12" [1]
(1963, USA)
[compilation]

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Fourpence a Day: British Industrial Folk Songs 12" [2]
(1963, USA)
[compilation]

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Fourpence a Day: British Industrial Folk Songs 12" [3]
(1963, USA)
[compilation]

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Fourpence a Day: British Industrial Folk Songs 12" [4]
(1963, USA)
[compilation]

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Fourpence a Day: British Industrial Folk Songs 12" [5]
(1963, USA)
[compilation]

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Barrack Room Ballads
(1963, UK RE)

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Blow the Man Down
(1963, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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A Hundred Years Ago
(1963, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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The Coast of Peru
(1963, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Street Songs Of Scotland
(1963, USA RE)

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Volume Two — F.J. Child Ballads
(1964, USA)

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Volume Three — F.J. Child Ballads
(1964, USA)

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Traditional Songs and Ballads
(1964, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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English and Scottish Folk Ballads
(1964, UK)
w/A. L. Lloyd

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Steam Whistle Ballads
(1964, UK)
[compilation]

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Topic Sampler No. 1: Folk Songs
(1964, UK)
[various artists]

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The Ballad Of John Axon
(1965, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker

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Bundook Ballads
(1965, UK)

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Singing the Fishing
(1966, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker

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Folk Songs For Little Sailors
(1966, USA)
[various artists]

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The Manchester Angel
(1966, UK)

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Topic Sampler No. 2: Folk Songs: An Anthology
(1966, UK)
[various artists]

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Topic Sampler No. 5: A Prospect of Scotland
(1966, UK)
[various artists]

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A Sailor's Garland
(1966, UK)

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Poetry and Song — Volume 5
(1967, UK)
[various artists]

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The Long Harvest: Record One
(1967, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Two
(1967, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Three
(1967, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Four
(1967, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Big Hewer
(1967, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker

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The Fight Game
(1967, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker

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The Manchester Angel
(1967, USA RE)

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The Long Harvest: Record Five
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Six
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Seven
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Eight
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Nine
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Long Harvest: Record Ten
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Angry Muse
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Amorous Muse
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Wanton Muse
(1968, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Songs of Two Rebellions
(1968, USA RE)

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Paper Stage, Record One
(1969, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Paper Stage, Record Two
(1969, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The Travelling People
(1969, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker



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The World of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
(1970, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Topic Sampler No. 6: Folk Songs: A Collection of Ballads & Broadsides
(1970, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger
[various artists]

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On the Edge
(1971, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker

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Singing the Fishing
(1971, UK RE)
w/Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker

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Topic Sampler No. 7: Sea Songs and Shanties
(1971, UK)
[various artists]

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The World of Folk
(1971, UK)
[various artists]

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Greatest Folksingers Of The 'Sixties
(1972, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger
[various artists]

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Solo Flight
(1972, UK)

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The World Of Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger – Volume Two
(1972, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Folkways Record of Contemporary Songs
(1973, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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At The Present Moment
(1973, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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The World of Folk — Volume Two
(1973, UK)
[various artists]

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We Are The Engineers & I'm Gonna Be An Engineer
(1975, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Songs Of Struggle – Live in Concert
(1976, AUS)
w/Peggy Seeger

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No Tyme Lyke the Present
(1976, AUS)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Saturday Night at the Bull and Mouth
(1977, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Cold Snap
(1977, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Parliamentary Polka & Song Of Choice
(1977, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Hot Blast
(1978, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Hot Blast
(1978, USA RE)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Saturday Night at the Bull and Mouth
(1978, USA RE)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Cold Snap
(1978, USA RE)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Different Therefore Equal
(1979, UK)
Peggy Seeger

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Different Therefore Equal
(1979, USA)
Peggy Seeger

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Blood and Roses — Volume One
(1979, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger



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Kilroy was Here
(1980, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Kilroy was Here
(1980, USA RE)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Blood and Roses — Volume Two
(1981, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Blood and Roses — Volume Three
(1982, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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From Where I Stand
(1982, USA)
Peggy Seeger

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Freeborn Man
(1983, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Freeborn Man
(1983, USA RE)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Songs for Peace
(1983, USA)
[various artists]

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Items Of News
(1986, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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White Wind, Black Tide
(1986, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Blood and Roses — Volume Four
(1986, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Blood and Roses — Volume Five
(1986, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Parsley Sage & Politics
(1986, USA)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Naming Of Names
(1990, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger

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Black and White: The Definitive Collection
(1990, UK)

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Black and White: The Definitive Collection
(1991, USA)

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Folk On 2 - EFDSS & 70th Birthday Concert
(1996, UK)
w/Peggy Seeger
[various artists]