View basket “Rosewood Almanac” has been added to your basket. The Ballad Of Shirley Collins Various Artists SKU: EARTHLP029X Barcode: 809236172969 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Earth Recordings Released Date: 21st March 2018 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs. Alongside her sister Dolly, she stood at the epicenter of the folk music revival during the 1960s and ‘70s. But in 1980 she developed a disorder of the vocal chords known as dysphonia, which robbed her of her unique singing voice and forced her into early retirement. The Ballad Of Shirley Collins – which premiered at last year’s London Film Festival – tells this story, though to reduce it to that single aspect does everyone (not least of all Shirley!) something of a disservice. The story proves itself to be something of a time-travelling Transatlantic road-movie of sorts, utilising a motherlode of archive audio to recount the tale of her seminal 1959 song-collecting trip around America’s Deep South alongside her then-lover (and legendary ethnomusicologist) Alan Lomax. As well as these songs (notably Alabama Sacred Harp Convention, Texas Gladden and Sidney Hemphill-Carter) there are more recent offerings, a home recording of Shirley’s sister Dolly Collins, and a BBC session from 1958, “Eight Five Spiritual” which gets its first release, some 60 years after it was recorded. Shirley Collins spent her life in song. Even during her time without her performing voice she was telling the stories of others’ music. Not once has she dropped the baton in keeping these songs, these stories, these people alive. The soundtrack to ‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ – though diverse – showcases just a fraction of the facets that make up an extraordinary career by anyone’s standards. Deliberately eschewing a straightforward biopic approach, Rob Curry and Tim Plester’s follow-up to their award-winning documentary WAY OF THE MORRIS, is a lyrical response to the life-and-times of this totemic musical figure. Granted intimate access to recording sessions for Shirley’s first album of new recordings in almost four decades, and featuring contributions from the comedian Stewart Lee and David Tibet of Current 93, what emerges is a meditative and carefully textured piece of portraiture. A timely delve into the arterial blood, loam and tears of our haunted island nation. “One of the great voices in British folk music” – The Guardian Artist Various Artists Genre Folk Label Earth Recordings Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 01 "All I Ever Wanted" 02 Shirley Collins - Calvary Hill 03 Ishman Williams & The Williams Singers – Got On My Travelling Shoes 04 “Do You Want Me To Start, Alan" 05 Texas Gladden - I Never Will Marry 06 Sid Hemphill and Lucius Smith - Come on Boys, Let's go to the Ball 07 Horton Barker - A Rich Irish Lady 08 Ian Kearey – The Poor Drowned Sailor 09 Sidney Hemphill Carter - Pharoah 10 “I Used To Could Sing" 11 Outtake (London 1959) 12 "Theres Never Been A Merry England" 13 Andy Hemsley and Hastings Jack in the Green - Seeds of Love 14 N.J Brothers & The United Sacred Harp Musical Association - Calvary 15 Lucius Smith -Make Lulu Behave Herself 16 Ruby Vass - Single Girl, Married Girl 17 “I Can’t Really Forget Them" 18 George Stoneman- Sally Anne 19 Michael J York & Ossian Brown -The Cloud House?/?Cyclobe -Son Of Sons of Light / George Collins – Dolly 20 Dolly Collins - Missa Humana (excerpt) 21 Shirley Collins - Wondrous Love Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Various Artists View Product Quick View Various Artists Piano That Rocks Metal / Classic Rock | Earache | 1LP Released 23rd August 2024 £27.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Piano That Rocks £27.00 Genre: Metal / Classic Rock Label: Earache SKU: MOSH691LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd August 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Bristol Post Punk Explosion (1978-1982) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bristol Archive | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th July 2024 £22.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Bristol Post Punk Explosion (1978-1982) £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bristol Archive SKU: ARC384V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th July 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists 80’s Pop Stars Collected Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 28th June 2024 £34.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists 80’s Pop Stars Collected £34.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3724C Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 28th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Now Playing Disco Soul / Funk | Rhino (Pure) | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 7th June 2024 £30.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Now Playing Disco £30.00 Genre: Soul / Funk Label: Rhino (Pure) SKU: 0603497825202 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 7th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists 60’S Soul Classics Soul / Funk | Spectrum | 2LP Released 21st June 2024 £30.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists 60’S Soul Classics £30.00 Genre: Soul / Funk Label: Spectrum SKU: 5399831 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 21st June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Lovely Ugly Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Repeat | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 31st May 2024 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Lovely Ugly £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Repeat SKU: MBRR166 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 31st May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Bristol Punk Explosion Vol 2 (1977-1981) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bristol Archive | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th May 2024 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Bristol Punk Explosion Vol 2 (1977-1981) £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bristol Archive SKU: ARC383V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents ‘Balearic Breakfast’ Volume 3 Electronica | Heavenly | 2LP Released 7th June 2024 £31.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents ‘Balearic Breakfast’ Volume 3 £31.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Heavenly SKU: HVNLP224 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 7th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Psych! 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