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

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