The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Song

by A. L. Lloyd

The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Song cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 March 1963
  • Label: Topic Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Planned and compiled by Lloyd, this panorama of industrial folk song was performed by Anne Briggs, Bob Davenport, Ray Fisher, Louis Killen, Lloyd himself, Matt McGinn and the Celebrated Working Man's Band. Recorded in a single November session the previous year, the album sold strongly enough to rescue its label's finances.

Genres

Descriptors: traditional, folk, storytelling, communal, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Miners' Dance Tunes
  2. The Collier's Rant
  3. The Recruited Collier
  4. Pit Boots
  5. The Banks Of The Dee
  6. The Donibristle Moss Moran Disaster
  7. The Durham Lockout
  8. The Blackleg Miners
  9. The Celebrated Working Man
  10. The Row Between The Cages
  11. The Collier's Daughter
  12. The Weaver's March
  13. The Weaver and The Factory Maid
  14. The Spinner's Wedding
  15. The Poor Cotton Wayver
  16. The Doffing Mistress
  17. The Swan Necked Valve
  18. The Dundee Lassie
  19. The Foreman O'Rourke
  20. Farewell To The Monty
  21. Miners' Dance Tunes

Credits

  • Anne Briggs - featuring [with]
  • Bob Davenport - featuring [with]
  • Louis Killen - featuring [with]
  • Matt McGinn - featuring [with]
  • Ray Fisher - featuring [with]
  • The Celebrated Working Man's Band - featuring [with]
  • Alf Edwards - featuring [with], concertina
  • Jim Bray - featuring [with], double bass
  • Brian Shuel - design, photography by
  • Bill Leader - recorded by
  • Paul Carter - recorded by

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