Shirley Collins
"False True Lovers" 1960
As a key figure in the British folk revival, this recording originally produced for Folkways in 1959 presents Shirley Collins at a tender age of 23 recording under the eye of legendary Folkways producer and then partner Alan Lomax assisted by pragmatic engineer Peter Kennedy. Recorded in London in a two-day marathon, the most distinctive voice in British folk song interpretation recorded this album of a cappella renditions of British and Irish tunes. Inflecting the collection with Appalachian gems she and Lomax had discovered in one of their legendary research jaunts the same year, False True Lovers is as vital a collection of this astonishing singer that exhibits the full spectrum of her interest and research into folk music tradition. As with the Sweet England collection re-issued in 2000 on Topic, her voice is captured in intimacy and naïveté that carried through her '60s landmarks Love, Death and the Lady and Anthems in Eden. This album is as striking as either masterpiece, a work of profound beauty. ~ Skip Jansen, All Music Guide
As a key figure in the British folk revival, this recording originally produced for Folkways in 1959 presents Shirley Collins at a tender age of 23 recording under the eye of legendary Folkways producer and then partner Alan Lomax assisted by pragmatic engineer Peter Kennedy. Recorded in London in a two-day marathon, the most distinctive voice in British folk song interpretation recorded this album of a cappella renditions of British and Irish tunes. Inflecting the collection with Appalachian gems she and Lomax had discovered in one of their legendary research jaunts the same year, False True Lovers is as vital a collection of this astonishing singer that exhibits the full spectrum of her interest and research into folk music tradition. As with the Sweet England collection re-issued in 2000 on Topic, her voice is captured in intimacy and naïveté that carried through her '60s landmarks Love, Death and the Lady and Anthems in Eden. This album is as striking as either masterpiece, a work of profound beauty. ~ Skip Jansen, All Music Guide
posted by Lizardson at 12:52 AM
4 Comments:
Looking forward to this - I'm a big fan. I'm not even sure I've seen it before.
Thanks (for this and other wonderful stuff)
Many thanks for this!
Thanks for this. Excellent stuff.
She's doing her show based on her American excursion at the Arundel festival in September. Worth a look if you're nearby.
A couple of friends of mine worked with her in the Civil Service.
Not too long ago I heard Shirley Collins for the first time. The only album i've heard is "The Power of the True Love Knot", and many times throughout that album I found myself wishing it was a little more stripped down. Between her unique voice, and the instruments it was too much at times.
This album is exactly the type of context I was wishing to hear her voice in, and I can't think of a better instrument to hear behind her voice than this humble banjo.
Very, very beautiful, thank you for uploading this!
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