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The Ian Campbell Folk Group: Coaldust Ballads

Coaldust Ballads (Transatlantic TRA 123)

Coaldust Ballads
The Ian Campbell Folk Group

Transatlantic Records TRA 123 (LP, UK, 1965)

Recorded at Olympic Studios, London
Produced by Nathan Joseph
Cover photo John Adams
Design Brian Shuel

See also the album's sleeve notes in the Ian Campbell Folk Group discography at Nick Guida's fantastic The Balladeers Scotland website.

Musicians

Ian Campbell, Lorna Campbell, vocals;
Brian Clark, guitar, vocals;
John Dunkerley, guitar, banjo;
Dave Swarbrick, fiddle, mandolin, 12 string guitar;

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Come All You Gallant Colliers
  2. Down in the Coalmine
  3. The Canny Miner Lad
  4. Sandgate Girl's Lament (Roud 3170)
  5. Rap Her to Bank (Roud 1786)
  6. The Blantyre Explosion (Roud 1014)
  7. Instrumental Medley: The Banks / The High Level
  8. Pay Friday
  1. The Colliers' Rant (Roud 1366)
  2. Geordie Black (Roud 3507)
  3. The Sandgate Dandle
  4. Drunken Bella Roy
  5. Blackleg Miners (Roud 3193)
  6. My Miner Lad (Roud 2599)
  7. Cushy Butterfield
  8. The Plodder Seam
  9. Collier Laddie (Roud 3787)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1, 16 Ewan MacColl;
Track 2 J.B. Geoghehan;
Track 3 Ian Campbell;
Track 8 Anderson;
Track 10 Rowland Harrison;
Tracks 11, 12 Robert Nunn;
Track 15 George Ridley