First transmitted on the BBC Home Service 5th of November 1959.
Comes with a 20 page booklet of notes on this and the other 7 radio ballads originally broadcast by the BBC between July 1958 and April 1964.

Originally issued on Argo

A radio-ballad is a sound tapestry woven of four basic elements: songs, instrumental music, sound effects, and the recorded voices of those with whose lives each programme deals. The radio-ballads were a joint creation by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger. These programmes were revolutionary at the time, using as they did the actual spoken words of the 'informants'. Up until this time, this 'actuality' (as the trio dubbed it) was transcribed and then interpreted by trained radio speakers. The radio-ballads led you effortlessly from song to music to sound effect to the spoken word and back again, revealing the effort of a way of life upon those who lead it. They are entertaining, informative, musical, poetic and educational. There were eight radio-ballads, created between 1957 and 1964. They are now reissued for the first time on CD by Topic.

The Fight Game was originally released in 1967.

Originally transmitted on the BBC Home Service 13 February 1963.
Originally issued on LP in 1970 on Argo Records [DA136].

Packaging: standard plastic jewel box case, off-black tray, 20 page stapled cover booklet.

Total time: 58:46

The fifth of the series of Radio Ballads originally transmitted on the BBC Home Service 27th of March, 1962. This is the first time this radio ballad has been released in any format.