No Roses
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No Roses
- Artist: Shirley Collins
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- Release Date: 1971
- Total Time: 34:58
- Type: Instrumental
- Genre: Folk
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Shirley Collins' collaboration with the Albion Country Band for No Roses is considered a major event in the history of British folk and British folk-rock. For it was the first time that Collins, roundly acknowledged as one of the best British traditional folk singers, sang with electric accompaniment, and indeed one of the first times that a British traditional folk musician had "gone electric" in the wake of Dave Swarbrick joining Fairport Convention and Martin Carthy joining Steeleye Span. The album itself doesn't sound too radical, however. At times it sounds something like Fairport Convention with Shirley Collins on lead vocals, which is unsurprising given the presence of Ashley Hutchings on all cuts but one, and Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol on most of the selections (Dave Mattacks plays drums on a few tracks for good measure). The nine songs are almost wholly traditional tunes with Collins' arrangements, with perhaps a jauntier and folkier mood than that heard in early-'70s Fairport, though not much. It's more impressive for Collins' always tasteful smoky vocals than for the imagination of the material, which consolidates the sound of the more traditional wing of early-'70s British folk-rock. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi| No Roots [Japan Bonus Tracks] (2004 Album by Faithless) | |
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| Studio album by Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band | |||||
| Released | October 1971 | ||||
| Recorded | Summer 1971 | ||||
| Genre | folk rock | ||||
| Length | 33:30 | ||||
| Label | Pegasus Records | ||||
| Producer | Sandy Roberton, Ashley Hutchings | ||||
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No Roses is an album by Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band. It was recorded at Sound Techniques, and Air Studios in London, in the summer of 1971. It was produced by Sandy Roberton and Ashley Hutchings (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. It happened because people simply dropped in during recording sessions and were asked to join in. At the time, the most unusual sound was the hurdy-gurdy, now heard much more frequently. "The Murder of Maria Marten" is broken into segments, with a heavy-rock alternating with Shirley's voice accompanied by a simple drone. Shirley had used a similar technique on "One Night As I Lay on My Bed" on "Adieu To Old England".
Personnel
- Shirley Collins - vocals
- Ashley Hutchings - electric bass guitar
- Richard Thompson - electric guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar
- Maddy Prior - vocals
- Colin Ross - Northumbrian small pipes
- Simon Nicol - electric guitar
- Lal and Mike Waterson - vocals
- Royston Wood - vocals
- Barry Dransfield - fiddle
- Dave Bland - concertina, hammer dulcimer
- Ian Whiteman - piano
- Roger Powell - drums
- Lol Coxhill - alto saxophone
- Alan Cave - bassoon
- Tony Hall - melodeon
- Dave Mattacks - sticks, drums
- Dolly Collins - piano
- John Kirkpatrick - accordion
- Nic Jones - vocals and fiddle
- Tim Renwick - electric guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar
- Francis Baines - hurdy-gurdy
- Alan Lumsden - ophicleide
- Steve Migden - French horn
- Trevor Crozier - jaw harp
Track listing
- Claudy Banks (Trad, from Ron and Bob Copper)
- Little Gipsy Girl (Trad)
- Banks of The Bann (Trad)
- Murder of Maria Marten (Trad)
- Van Dieman's Land (Trad)
- Just As The Tide Was A'Flowing (Trad)
- White Hare (Trad)
- Hal-An-Tow (Trad)
- Poor Murdered Woman (Trad)
Miscellany
- Murder of Maria Marten (Trad) is about the Red Barn Murder
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