SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ False True Lovers FLED 3029 compact disc

Description

Our campaign to see all of Shirley’s albums reissued on compact disc finally comes to an end with this release of her debut album. Probably her rarest album, False True Lovers was first released in 1959 on the prestigious Folkways label and has never been released outside of North America. With the help of Washington’s Smithsonian Institute we were able to return to the original Alan Lomax produced tapes to produce this sparkling transfer to cd. Recorded when Shirley was just eighteen, ‘False True Lovers’ is a stunning collection of British and American traditional song, capturing a turning moment in the English folk song revival of the 1950’s.

track list:

I Drew My Ship
The Irish Boy
The Spermwhale Fishery
Dennis O’Reilly
My Bonny Miner Lad
Just As The Tide Was Flowing
Bobby Shaftoe
Richie Story
The Unquiet Grave
The Swapping Song
Poor Old Horse
The False True Love
The Foggy Dew
Mowing The Barley
Scarborough Fair
The Cruel Mother
The Bonny Cuckoo
The Queen Of May
Died For Love

Release date: 10th June 2001
Barcode number: 5020393 302920