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Hot Blast: Contemporary Songs

Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl
Hot Blast: Contemporary Songs Political themes run powerfully through this 1978 recording, written and performed by husband and wife Ewan MacColl (1915–1989) and Peggy Seeger (b. 1935). Songs cover apartheid, domestic abuse, and worker's rights. MacColl and Seeger point out that writing and singing political songs is an age-old tradition, and they hope that the songs on this album will be useful weapons in the arsenal of those who are "against the brutal exploitation of the working-class, against the senseless waste of human and natural resources and against the pernicious disease of racism." Liner notes include song lyrics for each of the tracks.

Track Listing

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Blast Against Blackguards Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 04:09
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102
The Tenant Farmer Ewan MacColl 03:35
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103
The Pay-Up Song Peggy Seeger 05:01
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Emily Peggy Seeger 05:38
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105
Cut-Price Hero Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 03:15
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You and I Peggy Seeger 03:05
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Legal Illegal Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 04:13
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The Invader Peggy Seeger 05:27
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202
Father's Song Ewan MacColl 02:23
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White Wind Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 18:37