[a615404] created eight radio-ballads between 1957 and 1962 in collaboration with [a755522] and the radio producer [a1392434]. This one was originally transmitted on the BBC Home Service on 16 August 1960. It won the Prix d'Italia in October 1960.
This is the 2008 re-issue - with the BBC logo on the rear cover and disc; a release date of 2008 noted on the rear cover and CD; and the wording "A BBC Recording" inserted into the bottom left of the front cover when compared against the [url=https://www.discogs.com/Ewan-MacColl-Charles-Parker-2-and-Peggy-Seeger-Singing-The-Fishing-A-Radio-Ballad-About-Britains-Her/release/3421280]1999[/url] re-issue.
1. Up Jumped The Herring, The King Of The Sea... (2:03)
2. Come All You Gallant Fishermen... (1:54)
3. It's Up With The Drawn... (4:45)
4. Years Ago, You Started Very Young... (4:24)
5. I Started To Go To Sea In 1892... (1:49)
6. So It's Off With A Boiler Full Of Steam... (3:55)
7. When The Wind Is Freshening... (5:00)
8. What Shall It Profit A Fisherman... (2:54)
9. It's Busk Ye, My Lads, Get You Up On The Deck... (2:30)
10. There's No Feeling Like Coming Into Harbour... (3:15)
11. Came A'Ye Fisher Lassies... (3:32)
12. Up Jumped The Herring... (10:26)
13. Cwa, Ye Herring Fishermen... (4:36)
14. A' The Week Your Man's Away... (3:55)
15. Wi' Our Nets And Gear... (2:05)
16. Our Ships Are Small... (2:43)
