Credits:

Shirley Collins

Description:

An album that is a precious legacy of the British Folk Revival English folk singer Shirley Collins recorded 37 songs in two days in 1958, backed by American trad folk players. Eighteen of these songs were selected and released on Argo in 1959. The works heard here are a precious legacy of the British folk revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and represent the starting point of her flexible attitude toward the music of that era, from acoustic to electric, from old-time music to progressive folk-rock. It can be said to be her starting point.

Tracklisting:

01. SWEET ENGLAND
02. HARES ON THE MOUNTAIN
03. HORI-HORO
04. THE BONNY IRISH BOY
05. THE TAILOR AND THE MOUSE
06. THE LADY AND THE SWINE
07. TURPIN HERO
08. THE CUCKOO
09. THE BONNY LABOURING BOY
10. THE CHERRY TREE CAROL
11. SWEET WILLIAM
12. OMIE WISE
13. BLACKBIRDS AND THRUSHES
14. A KEEPER WENT HUNTING
15. POLLY VAUGHAN
16. PRETTY SARO
17. BARBARA ALLEN
18. CHARLIE