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Shirley Collins: Archangel Hill

Shirley Collins: Archangel Hill (Domino WIGCD494)

Archangel Hill
Shirley Collins

Domino Recording WIGLP494XM/WIGCD494 (LP/CD, UK, 26 May 2023)

Produced by Ian Kearey;
Recorded and mixed by Al Scott at Metway Studio, Brighton, in 2022 except
Track 9 from a live performance at the Sydney Opera House in 1980, arr. Dolly Collins;
Mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering at Air Studios;
Artwork painting by Peter Messer;
Painting photographed by Peter Schueler;
Design by Matthew Cooper

Tradfolk review by Ian A. Anderson

Musicians

Shirley Collins: vocals [1-2, 4-10, 12-13];
Ian Kearey: 12-string resonator [1], The Instrument [1], acoustic guitar [2, 5, 8, 10-11, 13], acoustic 12-string guitar [7], electric guitar [6, 12], bottleneck electric guitar [8], bass [1, 3-5, 7, 11], celeste [2, 6], piano [8, 12], treated piano [13], tiple [12];
Pete Cooper: fiddle [3-5, 11], viola [1, 12], mandolin [3-4];
Dave Arthur: banjo [3-4], snare drum [3-4], harmonica [5], shruti box [10], melodeon [11], whistle [12];
Pip Barnes: electric guitar [5], acoustic guitar [12];
Glen Redman: drum [5, 11], dance [11];
Winsome Evans: harpsichord [9];
Archangel Hill: wind [13]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Fare Thee Well, My Dearest Dear (Roud 1035) (3.16)
  2. Lost in a Wood (Roud 288; Laws Q34) (3.00)
  3. The Captain With the Whiskers (Roud 2735, V12549; G/D 1:87; Henry H660) (2.46)
  4. June Apple Virginia reel (1.52)
  5. The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (3.11)
  6. High and Away (3.55)
  7. The Oakham Poachers (Roud 1686) (2.19)

Side 2

  1. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (3.08)
  2. Hand and Heart (2.47)
  3. The Bonny Labouring Boy (Roud 1162; Laws M14; Henry H576) (3.21)
  4. Swaggering Boney Morris tune (1.42)
  5. How Far Is It to Bethlehem? (2.06)
  6. Archangel Hill (4.33)

Probably all tracks trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Ian Kearey except
Track 3 words T.H. Bayley, Alfred Mullen, tune Shirley Collins arr. Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper;
Track 4 trad. arr. Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper;
Track 6 words Pip Barnes, tune Shirley Collins arr. Ian Kearey;
Track 9 words F.C. Ball (Shirley Collins’s uncle), music trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Dolly Collins;
Track 11 trad. arr. Lodestar Band;
Track 12 words Frances Alice Chesterton, tune Sweet England, trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Ian Kearey;
Track 13 words G.L. Collins, music Ian Kearey

Video

Shirley Collins sings High and Away: