(Shirley Collins has record with the Albion band, The Etchingham Steam Band, The Young Tradition and solo) (Dolly Collins has recorded with the Young Tradition and as a duo with Shirley) (Dolly Collins has recorded as a session musician/arranger with the Incredible String Band, Ian Matthews, Mark Ellington, Chris Darrow and Tony Rose. She has also written classical music) (She collaborated with Peter Bellamy in the Ballad-opera "The Transports") (John Sothcott has recorded with several of the musicians as "St John's Canzona") (John Kirkpatrick has recorded with Steeleye Span, Brass Monkey and solo) (Ashley Hutchings and Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks have recorded with Fairport Convention and Albion) (Terry Potter has also recorded with the Etchingham Steam Band) (David Munrow recorded with the Early Music Consort) (Christopher Hogwood has recorded with The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and other orchestras)
Title. | year. | Label. | number. |
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Anthems in Eden | 1969 | EMI/Harvest | SHVL 754 |
[reissued as "Amaranth" (*)] | 1976 | EMI/Harvest | SHSM 2008 |
[reissued as "Anthems in Eden"(**)] | 1993 | Harvest | CDEMS 1477 |
Love, Death and the Lady | 1970 | EMI/Harvest | SHVL 771 |
[reissue] | 1994 | Harvest | CZ 534 |
[reissue with bonus tracks] | 2003 | Fledg'ling | FLED 3039 |
Harking Back (live 1978/9) | 1998 | DURTRO | CD 046 |
(*) The 1976 "Amaranth" contains some of the tracks from the 1969 "Anthems in Eden" plus new recordings made in 1976 with the Albion Band. (**) The 1993 "Anthems in Eden" contains all the tracks of the 1969 "Anthems in Eden" plus the additional tracks from 1976 "Amaranth".
Title. | year. | Label. | No |
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The Holly Bears the Crown | 1969 | Fledgling | FLED3006 |
Title. | year. | Label. | No |
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Troubadours of British Folk Volume 1 - Unearthing the Tradition | 1995 | Rhino | 72160 |
"Anthems in Eden" The first eight tracks were recorded in 1969 and released on vinyl in 1969. In 1976 tracks 9 to 14 were recorded with musicians mainly from the Albion Band. A vinyl album was issued in 1976 with track one on side one and the newly recorded tracks on side two. In 1993 a CD with all the tracks was issued. Track one is a suite lasting 28 minutes 07 seconds. The whole album lasts 69 minutes 56 seconds. The musical arrangement is strikingly original, and nothing like it has been recorded since.
Tracks 1 to 8: Settings by Dolly Collins, directed by David Munrow. Shirley Collins (vocals), Adam Skeaping (bass viol), Roderick Skeaping (rebec, treble and bass viol), Oliver Brookes (bass viol), Michael Laird (cornett), Richard Lee (descant and treble recorder), Alan Lumsden (sackbut), Christopher Hogwood (hapsichord), Dolly Collins (portative organ), Gillian Ried (bells), David Munrow (soprano and alto crumhorn, bass rackett, tenor sordun, treble recorder) Chorus: "The Home Brew"(Michael Clifton, Ray Worman, John Fordham) plus Royston Wood, Steve Ashley and John Morgan.
Tracks 9 to 14: Shirley Collins (vocals), John Rodd (anglo-concertina), Chris Hogwood (virginals), Simon Nicol (acoustic and electric guitar), Pat Donaldson (electric bass guitar), Dave Mattacks (regal, drums), Roger Brenner (alto suckbut), Colin Sheen (tenor sackbut), Paul Beer (tenor sackbut), Martin Nichols (bass sackbut), John Sothcott (viele, recorder), John Kirkpatrick (melodeon, button accordion), Terry Potter (mouth-organ), Ashley Hutchings (acoustic and electric bass guitar), John Watcham (anglo-concertina), chorus and bells by Albion Morris Men (David Busby, Mike Clifton, Dots Daultry, Stuart Hollyer, Roger Rigden, Ada Turnham).
Title. | Author. |
1. "A song-story" (A Beginning/ A Meeting/A
Courtship/ A Denying/ A Forsaking/ A Dream/ A Leavetaking/ An Awakening/ A
New Beginning)
The songs are: "Searching for Lambs", "The Wedding Song", "The Blacksmith", "Our Captain Cried", "Lowlands", "Pleasant and Delightful", "Whitsun Dance", "Stains Morris" | All traditional apart from "Whitsun Dance" (words by A J Marshall) |
2. Rambleaway | Trad |
3. Ca' The Yowes | Robert Burns |
4. God Dog | Robin Williamson |
5. Bonny Cuckoo | Trad |
6. Nellie The Milkmaid | Trad |
7. Gathering Rushes In The Month Of May | Trad |
8. The Gower Wassail | Trad |
9. Fare The Well My Dearest Dear | Trad |
10. C'Est La Fin/ Pou Mon Cuer | Anon (French 12th/13th Cent) |
11. Bonny Kate | Trad |
12. Adieu To All Judges and Juries | Trad |
13. Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene | Anon (Eng 13th Cent) |
14. Black Joker/Black, White, Yellow & Green | Trad |
"Love, Death and the Lady". Recorded 1970. Running time 65 minutes 21 seconds (including the bonus tracks)
Shirley Collins (vocals), Chris Hogwood (harpsichord), Alan Lumsden (sackbut), Adam Skeaping (bass viol, violene), Roderick Skeaping (bass viol), Eleanor Sloan (rebec), John Fordham (recorder), Dolly Collins (flute-organ and piano), Terry Cox (percussion), Peter Wood (concertina). Uncredited male chorus includes John Fordham and Royston Wood
Title. | Author. |
1. Death & the Lady | Trad |
2. Glenlogie | Trad |
3. The Oxford Girl | Trad |
4. Are You Going To Leave Me? | Trad |
5. The Outlandish Knight | Trad |
6. Go From My Window | Trad arranged Collins and Wood |
7. Young Girl Cut Down In Her Prime | Trad |
8. Geordie | Trad |
9. Salisbury Plain | Trad |
10. Fair Maid of Islington | Trad |
11. Six Dukes | Trad |
12. Polly on the Shore | Trad arranged Collins and Wood |
13. Plains of Waterloo | Trad |
14. Sailor From Dover (*) | Trad |
15. Young John (*) | Trad arranged Shirley and Dolly Collins |
16. Short Jacket & White Trousers (*) | Trad |
17. The Bold Fisherman (*) | Trad arranged Bob Copper |
(* Bonus tracks not available on the original LP. They were recorded during the original studio sessions)
Last updated on 30/01/2011