i got her book on the subject, "america over the water," it was a decent read but surprisingly un-literary i thought.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
it was a memoir! i read it on my honeymoon.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i guess i mean it wasn't esp. well-written or vivid. you can have "literary memoirs," in fact that's kind of a recognized genre.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
i finished it thinking that she was a bit reserved about her personal deets, but i appreciate that in a person.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
yeah, no james salter-like extended descriptions of making love to alan lomax
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
would love to read it but it's a tad pricey on amazon
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
lol, gross
i got impression that she enjoyed the experience of assisting in the field recordings way more than she enjoyed being his companion.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
got *the* impression
what is wrong with me today!? geez.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
it's ok, when you leave out the article i just imagine you speaking in some eastern-european accent
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
This is fun to flick through and read in your best inner Shirley voice:
A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect (1875)
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 6 June 2014 09:38 (nine years ago) link
(written by a vicar so alas no saucy language)
this is superb. there is a meal called beever?! highlights from skimming through:
'bishop-barnaby' for a ladybird'blobtit' (tell-tale)'grummut' (an awkward boy)'foundle' for anything you find'january butter' (mud)'oration' for fuss'peter-grievous' (fretful)'radical' for tiresome'snudge' (walking with head down)
my favourite thing though was this idea of 'the sheeres' which is everywhere that's not kent or sussex, so hampshire & wiltshire but also china & australia.
also:
Bodger. [Corruption of Badger.]
― ogmor, Friday, 6 June 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
what a charming look!1957
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10392318_10203046383911895_6314538899765499742_n.jpg
― La Lechera, Monday, 9 June 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
foxy
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 9 June 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
Chanced upon this poster of a 1979 Irish folk festival w/Shirley and Dolly on the bill:
http://i.imgur.com/PpTIHxU.jpg
― goth colouring book (anagram), Monday, 9 June 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
so cool!!
― La Lechera, Monday, 9 June 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
looks like a good time. curious to know what tipsy sailor sounded like.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 June 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
http://mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/images/largerec/heroesinlove_top95.jpg
Shirley Collins @shirleyeCollins 13m
News from @TopicRecords Coming soon - ltd edition 7” vinyl facsimile of this early recording from @shirleyeCollins
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 20 June 2014 10:09 (nine years ago) link
Shirley Collins - Heroes in Love (1963) EP Topic Records TOP95Side A 1. The False Bride (Roud 154) 2. Locks and Bolts (Roud 406 / Laws M13)Side B 3. Rambleaway (Roud 171) 4. A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816)All songs Traditional
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 20 June 2014 10:11 (nine years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o8xEQUMYkUA/TMbnLoR37ZI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/Hq2FNAfarAE/s1600/vic+smith%27s+photo+of+shirley+collins.jpg
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 20 June 2014 10:13 (nine years ago) link
awesome! the reissue of anne briggs' hazards of love ep topic put out recently was very nicely done.
― no lime tangier, Friday, 20 June 2014 11:51 (nine years ago) link
Anyone kicked on on this yet?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shirleycollins/the-ballad-of-shirley-collins
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 23 June 2014 04:16 (nine years ago) link
"...special edition of a new book Shirley is currently writing. Part songbook, part travelogue, part psychogeography, By the Mark On His Hand will explore her relationship with the English countryside she so dearly loves."
um! still need to track down a copy of ameica over the water.
― no lime tangier, Monday, 23 June 2014 04:43 (nine years ago) link
Anyone kicked on on this yet?https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shirleycollins/the-ballad-of-shirley-ppcollins
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shirleycollins/the-ballad-of-shirley-ppcollins
Anyone kicked on on this yet?https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shirleycollins/the-ballad-of-shirley-collins
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shirleycollins/the-ballad-of-shirley-collins
― Tim, Monday, 23 June 2014 05:53 (nine years ago) link
Oops, sorry.
― Tim, Monday, 23 June 2014 05:54 (nine years ago) link
totally looking forward to the new book! will pre-order!
― La Lechera, Monday, 23 June 2014 12:54 (nine years ago) link
13 days left on this Kickstarter and not even halfway to goal! Whatta bummer! Cmon people! I'm pledging 50 - lotsa great stuff in that tier
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 10 July 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
Shirley O)))
― Call the Cops, Thursday, 10 July 2014 11:26 (nine years ago) link
America Across The Water was a great read so would love another volume of memoir.
Hadn't heard about this new thing until I just saw updates on this thread
― Stevolende, Thursday, 10 July 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I'm in for 50 too. Personally I'm not sure the rewards are properly described or pitched correctly tbh - 50 is a fair bit for the first really worthwhile tier, noting the 30 tier was added quite recently, which feels too high for a generic entry cost.
(See also the GBP-O Vodun film KS, which has ridiculous tiers.)
― Rabona not glue (aldo), Thursday, 10 July 2014 12:11 (nine years ago) link
I wanted to get a tier for my dad as a present but explaining to him that the present I just bought him, means he gets a book in 2015 that I paid £30 for and he doesn't even get a copy of the film he has backed would derail any inclination I might have of backing this
I agree that the rewards, how they are communicated and the reason for the money is fuzzy as all hell.
If they want backing for the film, the rewards need to be tied to the film, not books/compilation CDs/ 7" repressings.
do a download of the compilation for £5, an ebook for £10 and a blu ray of the doc for £15.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 12 July 2014 14:00 (nine years ago) link
I had to unfollow the movie on twitter because I was starting to feel really irritated with the persistent requests/retweeted requestsshirley is one of my favorite singers in the whole world ever and seeing her name over and over and over and over with a request for money was bumming me out
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
they've added a new £15 tier for a d/l of the film, but yeah the reward structure is a bit of a mess. I backed at £30 for the book a few days back… but I have no recollection of how I decided that was the tier for me. I like books I guess.
― woof, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
I see Tibet's weighed in today on his mailing list with a plea for more backers.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
They're getting closer, ~£5k to go. I backed for £30 too, would have been nice to get the film download included with that but oh well a book may or may not appear through my door long after I've forgotten about it.
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
They made it.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Friday, 18 July 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
And have said the first stretch goal is at £50k. This is a really badly run KS.
― Alex In Complete Agreement (aldo), Friday, 18 July 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
I never thought they would make it. Did loads of people pile in or was it a minority who paid the bulk?
I only just got my first taste (aside from Current 93 guest star stuff) a week ago with the Shirley & Dolly Harvest 2-disc collection. Really loving Anthems In Eden.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 18 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
Sold two £1000 pledges and a £2500 one. A couple of days ago someone paid £800 or thereabouts for a £200 reward.
― Alex In Complete Agreement (aldo), Friday, 18 July 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
i too am fatigued by the kickstarter folks' constant stream of email and facebook updates. i still gave them money because why not.
but why are they still soliciting money after having reached their goal?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 19 July 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link
Shirley en español!!
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2015/02/17/actualidad/1424198534_860391.html
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
track listing for that shirley tribute
Track Listing
SIDE ABitchin Bonnie Billy Bajas - Pretty SaroTrembling Bells - Richie's StoryStewart Lee & Stuart Estell - Polly On The ShoreJohnny Flynn - RambleawayLee Ranaldo - The Plains Of Waterloo
SIDE BAlasdair Roberts and David McGuinness - A Blacksmith Courted MeGraham Coxon - Cruel MotherMeg Baird - Locks And BoltsAngel Olsen - The BlacksmithEla Stiles - The Murder Of Maria Marten
SIDE CStuart Estell - Just As The Tide Was FlowingBonnie Dobson and The Lords of Thyme - Hares On The MountainRachael Dadd - Polly VaughanJosephine Foster - Love Is PleasingThe Owl Service and Laura Cannell - Edi BeoJackie Oates - Banks Of The Bann
SIDE DCrying Lion - Shepherd's AriseNed Oldham - The BlacksmithUlver - Poor Murdered WomanSally Timms With The Mini Mekons - Go From My WindowC Joynes - It Was Pleasant And DelightfulSharron Kraus - Gilderoy (Heart's Delight)
SIDE EJoe Murphy - Adieu To All Judges And JuriesSlate Islands - Proud MaisrieSophie Williams - CharlieRozi Plain - Long Years AgoPaul Smith - GeordieOlivia Chaney - Oxford Girl
SIDE FOrlando and Tom Furse - My False True LoveBarbarossa - Dearest DearBelbury Poly - Cambridgeshire May CarolEric Chenaux - Just As The Tide Was FlowingTunng and Farao - Never AgainFindlay Brown - Sweet England
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
& the details:
An album of Shirley Collins covers featuring contributions from Graham Coxon, Lee Ranaldo, Bitchin Bonnie Billy Bajas (Bonnie Prince Billy), Stewart Lee, Eric Chenaux, Josephine Foster, Johnny Flynn, Stuart Estell, Trembling Bells and many more.. "Her music did kick off for me a whole sort of... renewed passion or interest or love of my own country's music. Thank you Shirley!" - Graham Coxon "Shirley has kept us in the loops of unexpired lyric power, sibling collaboration, and musical continuance and heritage. And what a smile." - Will Oldham "Even though I am a folk fan, I like lots of different music and Shirley's in the top ten of all artists for me, irrespective of what they're supposed to be classified as.”- Stewart Lee "Shirley is deserving of every accolade that's thrown at her... she's the best."- Linda Thompson "There are these unique voices, these unique songs that would not have survived if it were not for Shirley... she has kept that entire tradition alive." - Alan Moore Earth Recordings are extremely proud to announce the release of ‘Shirley Inspired’. July 2015 will see Shirley Collins celebrate her 80th year - an age that would seem frankly ridiculous for a woman as spritely as her, had it not been for all she's achieved. From her seminal field-recording trip to America to her lauded musical career; from her role as historian and protector of the folk tradition, to the very fact that this record can exist - more than half a century after her career began - all of these things are testament to the breadth of her influence.
And so we arrive at 'Shirley Inspired'. It would be almost lazy to the talk about the resurgence of folk music or the 'new folk' sound - the recordings found here are so much more than that. This is the very essence of folk - songs handed down from person to person, interpreted by modern musicians - as a way of keeping these songs alive. Make no mistake these are modern versions; we've the soulful dirge of Bitchin Bonnie Billy Bajas' 'Pretty Saro'; the rabble-rousing minimalism of Stewart Lee (yes him) and Stuart Estell's 'Polly On The Shore'; the prism-like vocals of Ela Stiles' 'Murder of Maria Marten'... even Graham Coxon's traditional affair evokes something altogether more rebellious, his clawing, feral style is much in evidence here. This compilation was an inheritance of sorts: borne to us from the kickstarter appeal that funded 'The Ballad of Shirley Collins' - a film that is currently being made about the First Lady of Folk Music's life. We here at Earth now have the privilege of giving these songs a tangible existence in the shape of this special recording. The woman herself had this to say: "I've been overwhelmed by the generosity of the singers and musicians who responded to the invitation to be part of the Shirley Inspired collection. Their choice of songs is fascinating, the interpretations of them fresh and various, beautiful and sometimes challenging! Listening to these recreations shows me again that English folk music has timeless power and significance." Proceeds of this album go directly towards the production of 'The Ballad of Shirley Collins', a film by Fifth Column. Tracks kindly donated by the musicians involved.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
As someone pointed out upthread these are not "Shirley Collins covers", they are new recordings of traditional English folk songs which Shirley Collins also happens to have recorded. No-one, least of all Shirley herself, would claim that these are "her" songs.
not a dig at you tylerw but at whoever wrote that blurb
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
finally we get bitchin bajas, ulver and the mekons on the same comp
― adam, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
hey that's fine by me.and yeah, obviously not "covers" -- i guess "an album of traditional English folk songs inspired by the Shirley Collins repertoire" isn't catchy enough for a press release.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
well presumably they'll be emulating collins et al's arrangements of these traditional songs which were not always the most strict trad interpretations
― adam, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 16:08 (nine years ago) link
where's david tibet?!
also what are owl service like
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
For some reason (envy?) I can't stomach the thought of listening to this tribute album. I think it's also bc I'm emotionally attached to the original arrangements and I am too emotionally feeble to let new ppl perform those arrangements. "Love is Pleasin" is perfect for J Foster though, that's for sure.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
listening to a promo of it -- it's good! meg baird an early highlight. lee ranaldo a lowlight. and i love lee ranaldo. graham coxon is pretty convincing in this mode, too. is his solo stuff along these lines?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link