SHIRLEY AND DOLLY COLLINS – LOVE, DEATH AND THE LADY LP – Nr MINT UK 1970 FOLK

Shirley and Dolly Collins – Love, Death And The Lady
(Harvest Records  1970  SHVL771)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

G&L Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– when gatefold opened there is a discolouration mark in the middle at the bottom edge

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE (born 5 July 1935) is an English folk singer who was a significant contributor to the British Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s. She often performed and recorded with her sister Dolly, whose accompaniment on piano and portative organ created unique settings for Shirley’s plain, austere singing style.

Dorothy Ann Collins (6 March 1933 – 22 September 1995), was an English folk musician, arranger and composer. She was the older sister of Shirley Collins.

Love, Death and the Lady is an album by Shirley and Dolly Collins.

This is a companion-piece to Anthems In Eden (1969), but with a darker tone to it. Arrangements are provided by Dolly Collins (Shirley’s sister), who plays flute-organ and piano, and gives a minor key accompaniment to some songs. It is almost as if the singer and the instrumentalists are in different worlds. On the tracks which have harpsichord accompaniment (Christopher Hogwood), the contrast lies in the intricacy of the instrumental line, compared to the straightforward vocal presentation of tragic events.

Track listing

All tracks are traditional.

1. “Death and the Lady”
2. “Glenlogie”
3. “The Oxford Girl”
4. “Are You Going to Leave Me?”
5. “The Outlandish Knight”
6. “Go From My Window” (Traditional; arranged Collins and Wood)
7. “Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime”
8. “Geordie”
9. “Salisbury Plain”
10. “Fair Maid of Islington”
11. “Six Dukes”
12. “Polly on the Shore” (Traditional; arranged Collins and Wood)
13. “Plains of Waterloo”

• Shirley Collins – vocals
• Christopher Hogwood – harpsichord
• Alan Lumsden – sackbut
• Adam Skeaping – bass viola, violone
• Roderick Skeaping – bass viol
• Eleanor Sloan – rebec
• John Fordham – recorder
• Dolly Collins – flute-organ and piano, arrangements
• David Munrow – additional arrangements
• Terry Cox – percussion (7,8,13)
• Peter Wood – concertina (6,12)
• Uncredited male chorus on 17 includes John Fordham and Peter Wood