The Iron Muse
| The Iron Muse | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by Anne Briggs, Bob Davenport, Ray Fisher, Louis Killen, A. L. Lloyd, Matt McGinn, The Celebrated Working Man's Band | |
| Released | March 1963 |
| Recorded | 17 November 1962 |
| Genre | Industrial folk |
| Length | 48:39 |
| Label | Topic |
| Producer | A. L. Lloyd: 30 |
The Iron Muse is the title of two albums of industrial folk music released by Topic Records. Subtitled A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music, the first album came out in 1963 as a long-play vinyl record, and the second in 1993 as a CD.
The 1963 album received several favourable reviews at the time, and is referred to in the book accompanying Topic Records' 70th anniversary boxed set, Three Score & Ten, "as one of the most stimulating and satisfying records in the Topic catalogue.": 30
Later commentary has focused on how the songs were chosen for inclusion in the vinyl album, the extent to which some of them are truly traditional, and the role played by the album in the second British folk revival.