| Description | Track 1: Compere introduces Alan Ward, a technician who worked with Charles Parker, 0.38 mins
Track 2: Alan Ward talks about using recording equipment and working on the Radio Ballads, Charles Parker’s ability to make speech part of the music, 1.41 mins
Track 3: continues Track 2, 1.41 mins
Track 4: continues Track 3, 1.05 mins
Track 5: extract from ‘Singing the Fishing’, 1.04 mins
Track 6: continues Track 5, 2.09 mins
Track 7: the compere reads a memo listing Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl’s travel expenses during the making of the Radio Ballads, 1.55 mins
Track 8: Extract from a recording of Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl talking about making the Radio Ballads, particularly ‘The Ballad of John Axon’, 3.12 mins
Track 9: continues Track 8, 0.55 mins
Track 10: a woman reads from the sleeve notes of ‘The Ballad of John Axon’ about the innovations in the Radio Ballads, 1.00 mins
Track 11: Interview with John Clark , 2.35 mins
Track 12: John Clark talks about his feelings about the end of the Radio Ballads, 1.33 mins
Track 13: Sandra reads part of an article by Charles Parker which explains why the Radio Ballads took place in Birmingham, 1.45 mins
Track 14: Compere talks about ‘The Leaveners’ theatre group and introduces Banner Theatre, 2.20 mins
Track 15: Banner and The Grey Cock folk club play ‘The (Gallow?) Wassail’, 3.33 mins
Track 16: Bob Etheridge talks about Charles Parker and reads a piece of actuality from the Banner motor trade show, 3.04 mins
Track 17: continues Track 16, 2.55 mins
Track 18: Bob Etheridge and Banner sing ‘Seventeen Come Sunday’, 3.17 mins
Track 19: a man talks about Charles Parker’s sacking from the BBC ‘the best thing that ever happened to him’, 1.08 mins
Track 20: Banner sings a song by Charles Parker about the media, 3.06 mins
Track 21: A woman talks about the Handsworth Community Theatre Project and sings a song and performs a sketch from the project, 3.48 mins
Track 22: continues Track 21, 3.18 mins
Track 23: part of a song ‘Along the Soho Road’, 0.42 mins
Total: 48.36 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA 2 of 2 KF549C0334680 |