No Roses (CD)
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band
Amoeba Review
Tiffany Anders 10/19/2010
Traditional folk vocalist Shirley Collins made a bold move when she joined forces with The Albion Band to release her first folk-rock album No Roses in 1971. With a sound similar to British folk-rock pioneers The Fairport Convention (which is not surprising as both Richard Thompson and Ashley Hutchings make an appearance here), Collins uses all traditional material, and for the first time uses electric instruments blended with traditional folk instrumentation (accordion, harmonium, and fiddle). While some songs are more steeped in tradition than what The Fairport Convention were doing, particularly on tracks like “The White Hare” and “The Little Gypsy Girl,” and Collins lilting soprano voice remains authentic to the folk music of the Renaissance era, the overall feel of the album is shockingly similar to The Fairport Convention and should very much please fans of that brand of British folk rock.
Track Listing
Disc 1 Titles |
Artist |
Length |
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1.
Claudy Banks
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 04:36 |
2.
The Little Gypsy Girl
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 02:15 |
3.
Banks Of The Bann
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 03:38 |
4.
Murder Of Maria Marten
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 07:24 |
5.
Van Dieman's Land
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 04:58 |
6.
Just As The Tide Was A 'Flowing
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 02:12 |
7.
The White Hare
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 02:43 |
8.
Hal-An-Tow
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 02:53 |
9.
Poor Murdered Woman
|
Shirley Collins , The Albion Country Band | 04:19 |