On the Edge

by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker & Peggy Seeger

Type: Album
Released: 1 January 1971
Label: Argo
Country: United Kingdom
Community rating: 3.71/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Broadcast on 13 February 1963, 'On the Edge' turns to the teenagers of England and Scotland, their talk of school, work, dancing and parents set against MacColl's songs and Peggy Seeger's arrangements. Alone among the celebrated ballads it reached LP only with this Argo issue, eight years after the broadcast.

Genres

Audio Documentary
Industrial Folk Song

Descriptors: folk, storytelling, spoken-word, social-commentary, archival

Tracklist

Side 1
Side 2

Credits

Ewan MacColl - primary artist, performer
Alf Edwards - concertina, ocarina
Colin Ross - northumbrian pipes
B - mastered by