No Roses
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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 Mooncrest 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".
[edit] 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 Whitman (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)
- Royston Woods (vocals)
- Steve Migden (French horn)
- Roger Powell (drums)
- Trevor Crozier (Jew's harp)
[edit] Track listing
- Claudy Banks (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)
