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THE BALLAD OF JOHN AXON

on BBC Home Service Basic

by Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker
The story of John Axon , G.c. and of the tradition of railway service for which he stands told by his widow and his workmates with footplate and engine shed recordings and set into song by EWAN MACCOLL with A- L. Lloyd , Isla Cameron Stan Kelly , Colin Dunn
Dominic Behan , Charles Mayo Dick Loveless
Jim Bray (bass)
Fitzroy Coleman (guitar) Terry Brown (trumpet) Bob Clark (fiddle)
John Cole (harmonica) Bryan Daley (guitar)
Alf Edwards (concertina) Billy Loch (drums)
Bob Mickleburg (trombone) Bruce Turner (clarinet)
Orchestration and music direction by Peggy Seeger
Technical direction under John Bower
Produced by CHARLES PARKER A revised version of the programme first broadcast en July 2. 1958
See page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Ewan MacColl
Unknown:
Charles Parker
Unknown:
John Axon
Unknown:
Ewan MacColl
Unknown:
L. Lloyd
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Isla Cameron
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Stan Kelly
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Colin Dunn
Unknown:
Dominic Behan
Unknown:
Charles Mayo
Unknown:
Dick Loveless
Bass:
Jim Bray
Guitar:
Fitzroy Coleman
Guitar:
Terry Brown
Unknown:
Bob Clark
Unknown:
John Cole
Guitar:
Bryan Daley
Guitar:
Alf Edwards
Concertina:
Billy Loch
Unknown:
Bob Mickleburg
Clarinet:
Bruce Turner
Unknown:
Peggy Seeger
Unknown:
John Bower
Produced By:
Charles Parker

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