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 of the 1950's & 1960's. Ewan MacColl was born James Henry Miller on January 22, 1915, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England, to Scottish parents.

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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)
Alan Lomax and The Ramblers

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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 [1]
(1958, UK)

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Barrack Room Ballads [2]
(1958, UK RE)

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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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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]

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Topic Records • The Real Sound of Folk Music
(2017, UK)
[various artists]