Recorded and mixed Summer 1979 & Summer 1980. Piano on B5 recorded at the home of Beatrice Quennell. This record is based on the score for 'The Song of the Shirt" (1979), a film about the London needlewomen whose sweated labour built the metropolitan garment industry during the mid-nineteenth century. Score commissioned by its directors with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. Comes with 20-page booklet containing information and pictures pertinent to the subject matter of the record, along with song lyrics. Catalog no. on spine: Arc 1. Catalog no. on back cover: RRF 001. Label, covering other text on back cover, added with "Cut and pressed by Nimbus."
