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Anne Briggs

Anne Briggs: Anne Briggs (Topic 12T207)

Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs

Topic Records 12T207 (LP, UK, April 1971)
Water 199 (CD, USA, October 2008)
4 Men with Beards 4M164LP (LP, USA, October 2008)

 Anne Briggs: Anne Briggs (Water 199)
Anne Briggs: Anne Briggs (Topic TTSCD002)

Topic Records 12T2207 (LP, UK, Record Store Day 18 April 2015)
Topic Records TTSCD002 (CD, UK, 22 March 2019)
Topic Records TTSLP002 (LP, gold vinyl, UK, 12 April 2019)
Topic Records TTSLP003 (LP, UK, 5 March 2021)
Topic Records TTSLP006 (LP w/ bonus 7" single The Lost Tape, UK, Record Store Day 20 April 2024)
Topic Records (DL w/ bonus tracks from The Lost Tape, UK, 26 April 2024)
P-Vine PCD 25391 (CD w/ bonus tracks from The Lost Tape, Japan, 24 April 2024)

Anne Briggs: Anne Briggs (Topic TTSLP006)

Produced by A.L. Lloyd;
Recorded by Sean Davies in 1971;
Notes by A.L. Lloyd;
Notes on the 2019 CD reissue and the 2024 vinyl and CD reissues by A.L. Lloyd and Ken Hunt;
Sleeve design by Humphrey Weightman;
Photography by Patrick Delap

Musicians

Anne Briggs: vocals, guitar [1, 4, 12], bouzouki [3, 9];
Johnny Moynihan: bouzouki [3]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Blackwater Side (Roud 312; Laws O1; Henry H811) (3.48)
  2. The Snow It Melts the Soonest (Roud 3154) (2.18)
  3. Willie o’ Winsbury (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221) (5.25)
  4. Go Your Way (4.07)
  5. Thorneymoor Woods (Roud 222) (3.30)

Side 2

  1. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.05)
  2. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (2.53)
  3. Young Tambling (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (10.32)
  4. Living by the Water (3.47)
  5. Maa Bonny Lad (Roud 204) (1.15)

2024 Download and CD Bonus Tracks

  1. Sovay (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35) (2.54)
  2. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.26)
  3. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (4.41)
  4. Three Maidens A-Milking Did Go (Roud 290) (2.52)

All tracks traditional except
Tracks 4, 9 Anne Briggs

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The Lost Tape

Anne Briggs: The Lost Tape (Topic STOP2024)

The Lost Tape
Anne Briggs

Topic Records STOP2024 (7" single, UK, Record Store Day 20 April 2024)
released as a bonus single with the album Anne Briggs (TTSLP006)

Produced by A.L. Lloyd;
Recorded by Sean Davies in 1971, probably during the Anne Briggs recording sessions;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Sleeve notes by Anne Briggs;
Illustration: “Annie” by Eamonn O’Doherty, c. 1967;
Sleeve design by Humphrey Weightman

Musicians

Anne Briggs: vocals, guitar [2]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Sovay (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35) (2.54)
  2. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.26)

Side 2

  1. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (4.41)
  2. Three Maidens A-Milking Did Go (Roud 290) (2.52)

All tracks trad.

Note: Anne Briggs also recorded Sovay and Three Maidens A-Milking Did Go (as The Bird in the Bush) in 1973 for her album Sing a Song for You, which was then shelved; it was finally released in 1996.