Shirley Collins. Classic. Dud is not an option here, I'm afraid.

had never heard her, but picked up the new Harvest Years comp as an introduction...have to admit, took a little while to "adjust" my ears (some of this stuff is so archaic as to make Fairport Convention sound like dubstep..I know, I know: what did I expect?), but now that I'm into it, I'm into it!...(she was quite the looker, too)...

Yeah I don't know how that comp is sequenced (or what exactly is on it) but I could see some of her stuff being a bit "unadorned" for ears trained by folk rock. I have almost every album (not the boxed set though.) Love, Death & The Lady is my favorite, probably.

Happy birthday Shirley! 75 today.

Happy birthday Shirley!

Tomorrow is Shirley's birthday!!

Jul 5th * �7.00 * SHIRLEY COLLINS' BIRTHDAY PARTY

Now here is something really special!
In the first half, Shirley will be presenting a shortened version of her latest multi-media show, You Never Heard So Sweet.
In the second half she will introducing performances by friends including some of the best known names on the folk scene:-
THE COPPER FAMILY
MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ & IRIS BISHOP
RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE
NAOMI BEDFORD & PAUL SIMMONDS
IAN KEAREY & DAN QUINN (of DUCK SOUP)

Happy happy happy happy birthday, Shirley!

Oh shit, that's my friend Ian. Whereabouts is this thing happening?

ROYAL OAK
3 Station Street,
Lewes
BN7 2DA

If you go, please tell Shirley happy birthday for me!

listening to love, death & the lady: happy birthday shirley collins and may there be many more!

That venue is only about 3 miles away from where I'm sat right now, which makes me feel all the more lame for inevitably not going.

When I lived in Brighton I used to go there quite a lot for the folk nights with Shirley, the Copper Family, Martin Carthy and so on. Great little place.

Never been! The thought of bowling up by myself to that sort of cosy, intimate space gives me the willies.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/intro.jpg

"Here, budge up a bit Norma would you..."

I only ever went on my own, primarily because no-one else would go with me...

Damn, you should've given me a shout.

Not going = not cool

If I had a zillion dollars, I would fly across the ocean to celebrate Shirley Collins' birthday with her and the Copper family in a tiny intimate venue.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIRLEY!

She's 77 today btw.

She looks about 10 years younger though! There were some nice birthday celebration photos of her online somewhere or other.

Her beauty always shines forth like a fountain of snow!

Oh yeah, her 70th birthday:
http://www.shirleycollins.co.uk/birthday.htm

happy b-day shirley!
reading electric eden made me angry at ashley hutchings for being a jerk to shirley.

reading electric eden made me angry at ashley hutchings for being a jerk to shirley.

I didn't know what but, uh, doesn't surprise me tbh

i'm still miffed that she doesn't get more credit for the alan lomax "sounds of the south" recordings. she gets one line in the box set liner notes, iirc. her book about that trip is great btw. it's sentimental, but i have no problem with that.

Seems like she could have made better choices when it came to men!

Who among us can claim a clean slate on that front?

When courting the boys, don't be easy and free.

precious booty from one of those Royal Oak evenings a few years back:

http://i.imgur.com/aej60.jpg

Cool

my face looks kinda weird in this picture and the room is messy, but you can see two of my framed & signed anthems in eden poster!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/7508668582_ca06eefb0f.jpg

haha!
i have no signed collins memorabilia, but listening to the shirley/dolly harvest years comp RIGHT NOW.
https://search.mog.com/v2/albums/15406939/image.jpeg?size=800

I got a Christmas card from her once. It resides in the boxed set to this day.

Tomorrow at Cecil Sharp House: http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/news/story.asp?nid=6503

At Cecil Sharp House on 1 November 2012 Shirley Collins, EFDSS President, who was herself a collector and whose voice has enchanted folk music audiences all over the world, will present an illustrated talk about Bob Copper's song collecting, to be followed by some songs and stories from the Copper Family themselves.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8029993454_7b938b8883_z.jpg
shirley and nic jones awww

listening to the albion band - no roses! this is great, like whole nother awesome fairport convention record you haven't heard basically

great album!

my favorite yard sale find remains a NM vinyl copy (w/some acceptable front cover damage) of 'adieu to old england' for $1.

murder of the maria marten - wow!

not that shirley is involved bu the first steeleye span record, that's basically like another fairport record you haven't heard, too.

Yes and don't forget battle of the field by Albion Country Band

yeah is that hark the village wait? that's great too....been listening to a lot of this stuff...reading the book which you guys should read if you haven't:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibTQpJa_o6s/TfO6Q7KQQlI/AAAAAAAACaI/JNvnyNDpM54/s1600/eden+1.jpg

it's kinda like the "this band could be your life" of UK folk/folk rock/witchy music

yeahhh, great book. guess he just put a sdtk out too http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Eden-Unearthing-Britains-Visionary/dp/B008KGWWKM/ref=pd_sim_b_2 -- though there was spotify playlist that had tons more stuff too.

yeah i was gonna say, spotify has pretty much revolutionized reading music books for me, that's all i've been reading lately, i just finished a history of the blues book too, it's so great to be able to go through the evolution step by step and actually hear all the songs that are reference while you're reading.

fuck, i just looked up that playlist! damn! i almost want to start this book over

ha, yeah, it is a great resource for that kind of thing. so many of those bands, 5-10 years ago, i'd be like, hmmm i wonder if i'll ever hear that. now you type in mr. fox or heron and you've got the whole discography. a little bit scary!

Trees aren't on Spotify, though (at least not last time I checked) (Trees the electric folkies not the more recent one).

Isn't there a David Keenan book along similar lines?

Did the CD companion to Electric Eden ever come out?

I found the book kinda dry myself.

I should have read above. Thanks for the link!

xxp yeah there are definitely holes. in fact, last time i looked, spotify was kind of short on davey graham records. don't know about the keenan book? electric eden is definitely one of the best music books i've read in a long while.

my favorite yard sale find remains a NM vinyl copy (w/some acceptable front cover damage) of 'adieu to old england' for $1.

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murder of the maria marten - wow!

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omar - no WAY -- you cannot be serious! that's just unfair.
UMS - are you familiar with the story of maria marten? i recommend reading about the red barn murder/looking at the broadsheet/losing at least a few hours to the saga of maria marten. it's one of my favorites!!