| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/12/3 |
| Title | Sound recording of Ewan MacColl singing songs from Rollins 'Pepys Ballads' [accompanied by Peggy Seeger] and talking about the ballad tradition |
| Level | File |
| Date | 13 February 1961 |
| Description | Recording by Charles Parker of Ewan MacColl singing songs from Rollins 'Pepys Ballads' [accompanied by Peggy Seeger] and talking about the ballad tradition. Volume and page number given after song title for reference in Hyder Edward Rollins edition of 'The Pepys Ballads' and for the tunes in William Chappel's edition of 'Popular Music of the Olden Time'.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.21 Description of track: Tape test recording
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.42 Description of track: Ewan MacColl [and Peggy Seeger] Singing 'Pitties lamentation for the Cruelty of this age' (Rollins vol 1; tune Chappel vol 1 p124)
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 3.08 Description of track: Ewan MacColl Singing 'A Merry Progress to London' (Rollins vol 1 p151; tune Chappel vol 1 p364)
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.43 Description of track: Ewan MacColl [and Peggy Seeger] Singing 'London Mourning in Ashes' (Rollins vol 3 p5; tune Chappel vol 1 p202)
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 2.01 Description of track: Ewan MacColl [and Peggy Seeger] Singing and telling story behind 'A New Ballad of the Midwife's Ghost' in 1680 (Rollins vol 3 p33; tune Chappel vol 1 p372)
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.55 Description of track: Ewan MacColl [and Peggy Seeger] Singing and telling story behind 'A King and No King' (Rollins vol 4 p165; tune Chappel vol 2 pp618-620)
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.38 Description of track: Ewan MacColl [and Peggy Seeger] Singing and telling story behind 'The Female Frollick' (Rollins vol 5 p291; tune Chappel vol 2 pp513-515)
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.58 Description of track: Ewan MacColl [and Peggy Seeger] Singing and telling story behind the ballad 'Titus Andronicus' from 1st edition of the Francis J Child Ballads (tune Chappel vol 1 p161)
Total duration: (min/sec): 16.26 |
| Related Material | A copy of Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry first published in 1765 and Hyder Edward Rollins edition of 'The Pepys Ballads', the largest surviving collection of English ballads printed in London in the seventeenth century, are both available for reference in the Charles Parker Library of books at Birmingham City Archives |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF220 T092 5974
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 01/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |