Adrian Mitchell & Leon Rosselson: A Laugh, A Song & A Hand-Grenade

Two progressive poets on one damned disc! Adrian Mitchell was a poet and playwright, a socialist and a pacifist. He wrote lyrics for the songs in the Royal Shakespeare Company's original English-language production of Marat / Sade, as well as the film’s screenplay. Leon Rosselson is a children’s book author and singer/songwriter whose extensive catalogue is full of folk, satire, and protest. In 1968 the two went on tour together performing poems and tunes, and this LP released the same year on Transatlantic Records is taken from live recordings at the Universities of Bradford and Lancaster. Funny and dangerous and poignant and crackling with the spirit of ’68.

Leon Rosselson: Flower Power=Bread

Adrian Mitchell: Take Stalk Between Teeth / Pull Stalk From Blossom / Throw Blossom Over Arm Towards Enemy / Lie Flat And Await Explosion

Leon Rosselson: She Was Crazy, He Was Mad

Adrian Mitchell: A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Burial Party

Leon Rosselson: Judgements

Adrian Mitchell: An Oxford Hysteria of English Poetry

Adrian Mitchell: To Whom It May Concern

Leon Rosselson: Jumbo the Elephant

Adrian Mitchell: Ode on the Assassination of President Johnson

Leon Rosselson: History Lesson

Adrian Mitchell: Vroomph

Leon Rosselson: Palaces of Gold

Adrian Mitchell: To You

Leon Rosselson: The Rules of the Game

LP audio & artwork

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