Shirley Collins No Roses Rare

AndReleasedOctober 1971Recorded1971,Length33: 30PegasusSandy Roberton,chronology(with )(1970)No Roses(1971)A Favourite Garland(1973)chronologyNo Roses(1971)(1976)Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingNo Roses is an by and the. It was recorded at, and in London, in the summer of 1971. It was produced by Sandy Roberton and (Shirley Collins' husband at the time). It was released in October 1971 on the Pegasus label.It is very unusual to have 27 musicians and singers on an album of traditional folk songs.

1. Shirley Collins

It happened because people simply dropped in during recording sessions and were asked to join in. 'The Murder of Maria Marten', a lengthy song about the, is broken into segments, with parts of British folk rock alternating with more traditional parts featuring Shirley Collins' voice and a hurdy-gurdy drone.

Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins had used a similar technique on 'One Night As I Lay on My Bed' on 'Adieu to Old England'.Some songs, for instance Poor Murdered Woman and Murder of Maria Marten, feature large parts of the line-up of late 1969 ( ). In fact, Fairport Convention member Ashley Hutchings appears on all, Simon Nicol and Richard Thompson on eight, and Dave Mattacks on three of the nine songs on this album.Claudy Banks includes a composed duo performance by Alan Cave on bassoon and British saxophonist – his only performance ever in the context of British folk music. Hal-An-Tow features members of the two acclaimed folk vocal groups (Lal and Mike Waterson) and (Royston Wood). Both drummer Roger Powell and pianist Ian Whiteman previously played together in the band.The album title No Roses are the last words of the first verse of the folk song The False Bride ( I went down to the forest to gather fine flowers, but the forest won't yield me no roses.), which Shirley Collins sang on her EP in 1963.Track listing All the tracks are arrangements of traditional folk songs. Claudy Banks stems from.

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