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THE record company of the British folk and world music revival. There really isn't much more to say! We carry a select group of Topic titles, and can special order any title currently in print.
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 Holy Heathens and The Old Green Man - Waterson:Carthy $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-562) In 1965 The Watersons released the landmark album Frost and Fire - A Calendar of Ritual Magical Songs. This new recording returns to the themes, with resonant ensemble singing bolstered by The Devil’s Interval, a young and exciting new vocal trio of Lauren McCormick, Emily Portman and Jim Causely, and accompanied by guitar, fiddle, mandolin, brass and percussion. Superb! 
 Poetry And Languid Charm - Swahili Music From Tanzania and Kenya From The Late 1920s - 1950s - Various $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-936) As recorded music developed in the early part of the 20th century, there was more and more pressure on commercial record labels to capitalise on indigenous music in Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean. This was not some sort of altruistic exercise, rather a market that was open to exploitation. On the East African coast, site of the present day Tanzania and Kenya, there was a "gold rush" fever in the 1930s to record the local music stars. The music recorded was mostly "taarab", sung poetry accompanied by an ensemble that played with both traditional African rhythms with Arabic influences and used Arabic and Indian instruments. This exciting music is being here released on CD for the first time and has been remastered to produce outstanding sound quality from the original 78 rpm recordings.
 Songs Of Survival - Traditional Music Of Georgia - Various (2 CDs) $24.99 (cdRoots# topic-935) Georgia lies on the Black Sea to the west, shares borders with Turkey and Armenia in the south and Azerbaijan in the east. Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Georgia is a small, very mountainous and poor country with a population of under five million but with a rich and ancient cultural life, mainly centring around music. Considering itself European, Georgia is at the crossroads of the east and west, a Christian country influenced by its Muslim neighbours. Songs of Survival is a comprehensive survey of the traditional music of Georgia with well over two hours of mostly vocal music celebrating the three part polyphonies that lie at the heart of its musical life. There is a 28 page illustrated booklet with copious background notes as well as notes on the songs and performances - hymns, carols, lullabies, work songs, wrestling music, wedding songs, healing songs, city songs. Georgia’s male polyphony is one of the musical wonders of the world. Both archaic and modernist, and melding influences from east and west
 Songs Of Defiance - Music Of Chechnya And The North Caucasus - Various $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-934) In this first ever survey of the music of this region, Michael Church shows us a vibrant musical tradition. The small but troubled Republic of Chechnya is a member of the Russian Federation, located in the North Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. With a population of a little more that one million, its fight for independence has kept it in the news and kept visitors out. Michael Church has recorded and compiled the stunning music on this disc, partly in Chechnya itself. Some of the tracks are love songs and circle dances, others are living history, accompanied by balalaika, violin, drum and accordion, these songs celebrate heroes and denounce genocidal crimes.
 Voices For Humans, Ancestors And Gods: A Musical Journey Through India's Interior (East And North East) - various $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-933) This acoustic journey starts in Eastern India, and travels up the Ghat mountain range, into the plains of Western Bengal. In the North East it enters the Assamese river delta and finally climbs up to the Himalayan highlands. This musical journey roughly follows the real journey of the sound recordist Rolf Killius, who has been documenting Indian music for the last ten years. This selection comprises regional music cultures (bargit, odissi, bhajan, Baul and loko geet), music of the minstrel balladeers (Daasari, Maasti and Baul) and music of the Adivasi cultures (Saora, Deori and Monpa).The collection focuses on what many believe to be India's primary melody instrument - the voice. It includes many incredibly rare performances including those of the Adivasi, the original inhabitants of India. Most of the performances are accompanied, variously, on thumbra (3 string lute), drums, jenjurungrai (lute), cymbals and other percussion, violin, tambura, murali flute, etc etc.
 Falak, The Voice Of Destiny: Traditional, Popular and Symphonic Music Of Tajikistan - various $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-932) Falak, (literally "sky" or "destiny") is a characteristic musical genre of the rural mountain regions of Tajikistan in Central Asia. Falak songs "cry to the sky" of the transient nature of life and separation from loved ones induced by a perceived inescapable fate. Tajik mountain music also comprises folk, dance and wedding songs, as well as a tradition of epic singing and settings of Persian classical poems. This double CD highlights the crossover – the continuity and change – between rural and urban, traditional and modern, old and new, and includes exciting contemporary popular and symphonic music. Whether rooted in local practices or borrowed from elsewhere, all these musical expressions belong ultimately to the Tajik people and forma fertile musical world with a distinctive Tajik character.
 Women Of Egypt 1924-1931: Pioneers Of Stardom And Fame - various $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-931) Featuring: Umm Kulthumm, Fathiyyah Ahmed, Munira al-Mahdiyyah etc.... A CD compilation of Arab women, stars of Egyptian theatre and song who recorded in the nineteen twenties and early thirties. Taken from original 78rpm recordings of the time and remastered to the highest standards, this collection features among others the legendary Umm Kulthum. Between 1890 and 1920, theatres and European-style cabarets sprang up all over Egypt. Performers flocked there from all over the Arab world and from Europe. Isadora Duncan, Pavlova and Mistinguette included Cairo in their world tours. At their peak, the most famous female Arabic women singers were earning as much, if not more, than their male counterparts. The 1920s was the heyday of this music and its recordings and these performers can be seen as having struck a blow for the emancipation of women. The Wall Street crash and the associated economic downturn marked the end of the recording industries' boom years, leaving us a legacy of remarkable performances of imme
 Bagpipes of Greece - various $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-930) An collection of authentic Greek bagpipes recorded across the entire country over the last thirty years. Many of the musicians are shepherds and peasants and have been recorded in their homes or local environments. Currently, Greece appears to have no bagpipe revival (perhaps due to the lack of bagpipe makers) so these recordings chronicle a rare traditional culture. Recorded and annotated by Wolf Dietrich.
 Songs From The Steppes: Kazakh Music Today - various $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-929) Invited to judge a classical piano competition in the Kazakh capital, Astana, music critic Michael Church stumbled on a parallel competition for players on the flute and horse-hair fiddle, and for ballad singers self-accompanied on the lute. Realising that the cultural heritage of this vast and politically crucial land was unknown in the West, Church went back to record Kazakh nomad music in both Astana and in the old capital, Almaty, near the border with Kyrgystan. Church's recordings reflect the vigour of Kazakhstan's present-day bardic tradition, and the virtuosity of the horse-hard fiddlers. It also reveals the music young musicians are creating with ancient instruments like the jew's harp and zither which combine with the richness of Kazakhstan's vocal music. A unique look at a culture not often heard from.
 Blowers From The Balkans: Classic Historic Recordings - various $temp out of stock-19.99 (cdRoots# topic-928) Classic Historic Recordings featuring clarinet, tárogató, nai, bagpipes, kaval - A remarkable collection of recordings from players of wind instruments from the countries that make up the Balkans: Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and the former Yugoslavia. The recordings were made from 1906 through the mid 1940s. All have been nicely re-mastered. The featured instruments include clarinets (and related reed instruments), panpipes, bagpipe and flutes with a variety of backings. Includes detailed notes from the compiler Risto Pekka Pennanen as well as historic photographs.
 Out Of Cuba: Latin American Music Takes Africa By Storm - Various Cuban $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-927) This HMV GV series is a catalogue of roughly 250 double sided 78rpm discs issued between 1933 and about 1958, comprising almost entirely Latin music, mainly from Cuba but also from Puerto Rico and Brazil. It drew on recordings originated by Gramaphone and Victor (hence the GV prefix). The series was aimed initially at the West African market, but subsequently reached and became very popular across the entire African continent, particularly in the Congos. This CD provides a snapshot of what African musicians heard as they listened to the GV recordings on record, on the radio and live in local bars.
 Vocal Duels From The Streets Of Lima - Jarana's Four Aces $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-926) This recording from Peru, produced in 1958 by the late Latin American literary historian, Professor José Durand Flórez (Peru, 1925-1990) is unique in that it features Manuael Quintana Olivares and Augusto Ascuez Villanueva, two of the most important practitioners of jarana who have ever lived, singing canto de jarana with Elías Ascuez Villanueva and Luciano Huambachano Temoche (both also playing guitars), known locally as the four aces. This CD tells a fascinating story of the emergence of the genre jarana, with the development of perhaps Latin America's most intriguing capital city and the people who lived there and created this exceptional music.
 The Kings Musicians: Royalist Music Of Buganda-Uganda - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-925) Possibly no other African rulers maintained such a rich variety of musical ensembles at their courts as the Kabakas (kings) of Buganda. Here is a unique sample of this musical richness, featuring the two different xylophone ensembles, the royal flute band, the songs of the king's harpist and lyre players, as well as praise drumming and dancing.
 the soup which is sweet draws the chairs in closer - Ewe Drumming From Ghana $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-924) The Ewe people of Ghana and Togoare reknowned for their polyrhythmic drumming and beautiful call and response singing. Travelling through this region, one is struck by the way in which they have preserved their traditional music alongside the new cultural ideas brought by globalisation. The Dzigbordi group is a community dance drumming group that people from all age groups can join. On this CD they perform several classic dances from the Ewe repertoire before moving on to their own 'proprietary' dance - The Dzigbordi (Patience) Dance. Usually these dances are performed live at funerals and religious ceremonies, but for this recording, the group chose a secluded courtyard outside the town, resulting in a crystal clear sound that showcases both the drums and the songs.
 Gumboot Guitar: Zulu Street Guitar Music From South Africa - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-923) Rootsy guitar from the streets of Durban. In the late 19th century, music previously played on Zulu musical bows was transferred in the new urban environment to the guitar and often concertina and violin too. Musicians often joined miners' gumboot dance teams to accompany this exhilarating genre, which mostly traditionally takes place on the streets of single-sex hostel compounds. These recordings from 1988 and 1996 feature musicians and gumboot players who live in one such hostel outside Durban.
 Drumming and Chanting In God's Own Country: The Temple Music Of Kerala In South India - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-922) Recordings in and around the Hindu temples of Kerala in Southern India between 1995 and 1997, which demonstrate the vast range of performance genres. The huge percussion orchestra performances, the ancient styles of devotional singing, and the small music ensembles featuring rare traditional instruments like the huge C-shaped horn, the kombu, are some of these electrifying styles.
 Before the Revolution - Various Asian Artists $temp out of stock-19.99 (cdRoots# topic-921) Back in stock: A 1909 Recording Expedition In The Caucasus And Central Asia By The Gramophone Company, music from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya and other culture groups in the northern Caucasus, as well as Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang in Central Asia
 The Yemen Tihama (Topic World Series 920) - various Artists $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-920) Tibbal music from the Tihama, Red Sea coastal plain of the Yemen, is an Afro-Arabian amalgam featuring lyres, reeds and virtuosic drumming. It is performed by members of the akhdam, an outcast group with a reputation for sorcery.
 The Moken: Sea Gypsies Of The Andaman Sea - Various Artists $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-919) Field recordings of the Moken, sea-faring gypsies of the Andaman Sea, who have been sailing up and down the west coast of the Malay Peninsula for hundreds of years.
 Healing Feasting and Magical Ritual: Papua New Guinea - Topic World Series $temp out of stock-19.99 (cdRoots# topic-918) Songs and dances of hunting, war, work, totemistic ritual, cannibalism, myth, initiation, courtship, rain-making, funerals, magical healing, shark catching and marathon feasting, recorded in remote coastal and inland villages in five far-flung regions of Papua New Guinea, to the north of Australia.
 Zanzibar: Music Of Celebration - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-917) Taarab is the most common style of music performed at weddings on the island of Zanzibar - a unique blend of musical elements from the Middle East, India and the West, combined with, to varying degrees, local African musical practices. It is an essential ingredient of most celebrations. And when Zanzibaris are not playing taarab, they are playing maulidi. Although this is primarily a sober religious performance style (celebrating the birth of the Prophet Mohammed) it is also becoming common at wedding celebrations, albeit in a more extrovert guise.
 Music Of Makran - Topic World Series 916 $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-916) MIDDLE EAST/INDO-PAKISTAN : This remote coastal area's musical tradition and fusion of cultures has developed over centuries. Vocal and instrumental genres demonstrate a high level of musicianship and improvisational artistry, and much of this selection is performed during healing ceremonies as music designed to aid the state of trance. Adopting "another way of listening" will be highly rewarding.
 Instrumental Music From Greece - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-915) The benchmark compilation of Greek folk music.
 Gypsy Music From Macedonia - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-914) The essential collection; all the fire and depth of expression captured in Wolf Dietrich's field recordings.
 Flute And Gamelan Music Of West Java - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-913) Fascinating recordings of the beautiful and varied sounds of Southern Indonesia, with excellent notes.
 Music Of The Tatar People - Topic World Series 912 $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-912) From the Central-Volga region between Moscow and the Ural Mountains; wonderful recordings of traditional songs and melodies, featuring Tatar forms of the flute, Jew's harp and violin.
 Music From The Shrines Of Ajmer And Mundra - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-911) Classical and popular nuabat recorded at festivals and weddings in Northern India. An indispensible record of a unique outdoor tradition of music.
 Folk music of Ethiopia (Topic 910) - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-910) Re-edited for CD from three volumes of classic recordings by Tangent Records in 1970; fascinating and varied music by the Desert Nomads, and from the Central Highlands and Eritrea.
 Vocal and instrumental music of Mongolia - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-909) The peoples of Mongolia prize singing and sung poetry, and this album, collected by Jean Jenkins, includes remarkable examples of highly ornamented lyrical song. The accompaniments and instrumental music are chiefly on the morinxuur (two-stringed fiddle) or limbe (flute), but there are also recordings of the yatga (zither), yenchin (hammered dulcimer) and jew's harp. (Special order item... e-mail for info)
 folk music of Turkey (Topic 908) - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-908) Excellent representative cross-section of Turkish Anatolian music which remained unique and unaffected by western European influence.
 folk music of Greece (Topic 907) - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-907) Recorded in 1966, '67 and '69 by Wolf Dietrich, presenting a stunning collection of both instrumental and ceremonial music, and lyrical songs and ballads.
 folk music of Yugoslavia - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-906) Visiting the Yugoslav republics of Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia and Macedonia, the collector Wolf Dietrich recorded these fascinating vocal solos and duets and tunes played on bagpipes, fiddles, flutes and clarinets. The raw part-singing of amateur village performers is of particular beauty.
 folk music of Bulgaria (Topic 905) - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-905) Few countries can match Bulgaria for wealth and brilliance in folk music; ancient survivals abound, while new songs are made daily. Collected by A.L. Lloyd.
 Folk Music Of Albania - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-904) Reissues of classic archive material on CD. Remarkably rich, varied and original music, sampled in 1965 from virtually every region and tradition.
 Music in the world of Islam (Topic 903) - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-903) Reeds and Bagpipes, Drums and Rhythms'
 Islam Strings - Flutes &Trumpets - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-902) Two of the original Tangent 'Music In The World Of Islam' albums on one CD. Intriguing and beautiful music from parts of Africa, Europe and Asia which are, or have been, Islamic. Recorded at weddings, religious festivals
 Music in the world of Islam (Topic 901) - Topic World Series $19.99 (cdRoots# topic-901) Human Voice / Lutes - Two of the original Tangent 'Music In The World Of Islam' albums on one CD. Intriguing and beautiful music from parts of Africa, Europe and Asia which are, or have been, Islamic. Recorded at weddings, religious festivals.
 Borrowed Moments - Bob Fox $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-544) Described by Ralph McTell as one of England’s best voices,' Bob Fox makes his first recording for Topic. His voice and guitar have a lightness of touch and a sureness of purpose that go straight to the heart of the song, be it traditional or contemporary. Bob's guitar and bouzouki is accompanied by an ensemble of acoustic bass, accordion, trumpet, whistle, flute and viola.
 Rough Music - Eliza Carthy $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-554) A powerful, vital, multi-layered collection full of dark rhythms in Eliza's vision of English Traditional Music for the new millennium. Her backing band, The Ratcatchers, includes her long time collaborator Ben Ivitsky, and two of the fastest rising stars of the folk scene, Jon Boden and John Spiers. The album features dense arrangements of traditional songs as well as spirited, highly original performances of English instrumental music. Billy Bragg's 'King James Version' and Eliza's own 'Mohair 'complete the unique blend of old and new.
 Apples - June Tabor $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-568) A 2007 release by Tabor focuses on the traditions again, with Andy Cutting, Mark Emerson and Tim Harries providing a slender, beautiful backing. fRoots says: 'Every bit as mouth-watering as you hoped it would be. June sounds transformed and there’s a lightness in her touch we haven’t heard for a long time. 'The Dancing' is a stunning opening which immediately grabs you and keeps you there throughout the rest of the album. Her understated performance of Lester Simpson’s shudderingly powerful anti-war song 'Standing in Line' merits comparison with her classic recording of 'No Man’s Land'……at her simmering best on another great traditional song, The 'Rigs of Rye.' Ultimately she re-emerges as one of the great song interpreters on an album that puts her squarely back in the folk field.'
 Game Set Match - Nic Jones $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-566) Live recordings from the late 1970s. 15 remastered tracks, including Bonny Light Horseman," "Billy Don't Weep For Me," "Seven Yellow Gypsies," "Master Kilby," " and more.
 Straws In The Wind - Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-556) Their 2006 recording (how many is this now!?) features 17 traditional songs and instrumentals, including "Jacky Tar," "Death of Queen Jane." Kevin Dempsey guests on fiddle on "My Heart's In New South Wales."
 Stiffs Lovers Holymen Theives - Tim Van Eyken $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-565) Tim Van Eyken is one of the outstanding members of the newgeneration who have taken the folk tradition as inspiration. A member of the English band, Waterson:Carthy, he has also made his name in solo and duo projects in the last few years. fRoots says: An album full of thought, variety and surprises ... but a real sense of history and tradition is its essential heartbeat.
 Stepping Up - various $special order (cdRoots# topic-752) A history of the new wave of English Country Dance Music - 23 of the most exciting English roots dance bands with 44 tunes drawn from the English tradition. Compiled and annotated by Ian Anderson, the editor of fRoots magazine, this is both a great listening album and also a definitive anthology and history of the English folk musical movement. All the great artists and legendary players of the New Wave Of English Country Music from its very beginnings to the present day in 23 tracks.
 The Reckoning - John Tams $15.99 (cdRoots# topic-551) The noted British songwriter returns, accompanied by Andy Seward, Steve Dawson, Roger Wilson, Barry Coope, Graeme Taylor and Keith Angel.
 Waiting for Angels - Martin Carthy $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-527) The 2004 recording by one of Britain's most important singers, and it is everything a six year wait would make you hope it would be. Produced by Eliza Carthy and Ben Ivitsky, with four solo tracks and the others backed up by a marvelous bunch of friends. A must have for Brit folk fans.
 Landfall - Martin Carthy $14.99 (cdRoots# topic-345) 1971 recording by the great English singer and guitarist, reissued on Topic in 1996
 Round Cape Horn - various - sea songs $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-499) Traditional Songs of Sailors, Ships and The Sea' - Not shanties but sailors' ballads and forebitters, the songs sung when off-duty to entertain fellow seamen. , in renditions by Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd, Frankie Armstrong, Roy Harris, Lou Killen, Peter Bellamy, Cyril Tawney and various Watersons, all outstanding interpreters of sailors' songs.
 The Silver Bow - Tom Anderson and Aly Bain $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-469) Tom Anderson, fiddler, composer, folklorist and teacher, was a profoundly influential figure in Shetland music. He and Aly Bain, with Trevor Hunter and Davie Tulloch, spanning three generations of music-making in the islands, play fiddle duets and quartets in the distinctive Shetland idiom.
 At The Wood's Heart - June Tabor $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-557) 2005 release is mostly traditional songs, featuring Martin Simpson on guitar, Andy Cutting on accordion, pianist Huw Warren and others.
 Always - June Tabor $63.95 (cdRoots# topic-4003) Topic records presents a 4-CD box set with 67 tracks from one of England's most revered singers. It includes many rare, live, and previously unreleased recordings, plus a 48-page booklet with historical photos, an extensive biographical essay with many quotations and notes on each song from Tabor herself.
 Fire of Flame - Brass Monkey $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-550) More Deep English Folk from the quintet. Is there ever too much of this stuff? I think not! Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick, Howard Evans, Richard Cheetham and Martin Brinsford continue the tradition.
 An Echo of Hooves - June Tabor $17.99 (cdRoots# topic-543) 2003 release by this English singer, featuring Huw Warren on piano and cello, Mark Emerson on violin and viola, Tim Harries on double bass, Martin Simpson on guitar and Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian pipes
 Bright Shining: The Songs of Lal and Mike Waterson - various artists $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-519) The songs of this important pair of British songsters are interpreted by Norma Waterson, Dayteller, Maddy Prior, Richard Thompson, Eliza Carthy, Blue Murder, Dick Gaughan, Linda and Teddy Thompson, Helen Watson, Billy Bragg and The Blokes, Martin Carthy, Christy Moore, Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin, Christine Collister and Oliver Knight
 Going and Staying - Brass Monkey $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-531) The brass, guitar and accordion team returns with yet another vital reinterpretation of the tradition: John Kirkpatrick, Martin Carthy et al
 Home - John Tams $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-533) There may be no greater writer of English songs on the current folk scene than John Tams. His writing and performance grow with each new project and he and the band assembled for the previous album are now a fully integrated unit: Tams -acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, melodeon, vocal / Graeme Taylor -acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, lap steel / Barry Coope -keyboards, string synth, crematorium organ, harmonium, vocal / Andy Seward -electric bass / Alan Dunn- hammond organ, piano accordion, keyboards, whistle, anglo concertina / Keith Angel -drums, marimba, mbira, surdo, congas, djembi, tambourine, percussion / Rosie Tams -backing vocals
 Come Write Me Down - The Copper Family $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-534) Early recordings by this most important of traditional song families, in a special packagewith a 60-page booklet of extensive history, biography and social context as well as a 36-page booklet of song texts. Both booklets also contain historic photographs.
 A Dark Light (2002) - Waterson:Carthy $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-536)
 Anglicana - Eliza Carthy $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-539) Eliza Carthy presents a great new traditional album re-affirming her as one of the most important artists of her generation
 Song of the Road - MacColl, Seeger and Parker $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-802) Devised by Ewan MacColl, radio producer Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger, the Radio-Ballads series set out to crystallise in words and music the experience of different ways of life. Volume 2 of the Radio-Ballads series tells the story of the making of the M1, Britain's first motorway. Among the songs Ewan MacColl created for this radio-ballad was Hot Asphalt.
 The Body Blow (Radio Ballads) - MacColl, Seeger and Parker $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-805) The Body Blow was originally conceived as an exploration of the psychology of pain, but the project eventually focused on the subject of polio myelitis, through 'a journey into the minds of two partially and three totally disabled people'. Inspired partly by the montage sequences in Alain Resnais' film, Last Year in Marienbad, the programme was made in a much shorter time and with a considerably smaller budget than the previous radio-ballads. Despite scepticism in the print media before its transmission, the critics hailed it as a tour de force. It was never released as an LP.
 The Fight Game - MacColl, Seeger and Parker $18.99 (cdRoots# topic-807) The radio-ballad team turned its attention to professional boxing, 'in an attempt to escape from the huge canvas of industry and the intensely private world of the sick and the adolescent'. Thinking that the subject might lend itself to a more a light-hearted approach, they found that everyone involved insisted on comparing the ring to the world outside, and that boxers saw themselves as latter-day gladiators, forcing the team to re-think the objectives.
 The Definitive Collection - Martin Carthy $10.98 (cdRoots# topic-carthy) A career spanning sampler at a very nice price.
 The Acoustic Folk Box (4 CD set) - Various Artists (British) $54.99 (cdRoots# topic-folkbox) Four decades of the very best acoustic folk music from the British Isles, 4 CDs, 85 tracks
 Mighty River of Song - The Watersons $NO LONGER AVAILABLE (cdRoots# topic-4002)
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