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

"British" folk, folk rock, folk pop, trad, w/e female singers of the 1960s & 70s

aha, i thought it had been done...

I got th ehard back version of America Across The Water last week read 1/2 of it6 between last night nad this morning. Very enjoyable read. Wish there wasa further volume of her memoir, this one covers th erecording trip with Alan Lomax in the late 50s in alternating chapters with her growing up in wartime/postwar Hastings.
So woul dbe great to get somethng that covered the time from her return from the recording trip to her retiring from recording or later. I would love that in her own words.

I stress that i [picked up the hardback version since this seems to be the one version styill around. A softback was available initially but seems to have very rising price. Not sure if Book Depositary who I got it through just happen to have a backlogof hardbacks or what the story is.
In short if you want a copy I'd grab one sooner rather than later
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/America-Over-Water-Shirley-Collins/9780946719662

huh, is the paperback a valuable book? i got it at a local shop for $3 less than two yrs ago.

I have the first hardback edition. Dunno if it's valuable, but I enjoyed reading it!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/America-Over-Water-Shirley-Collins/dp/0946719918/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1363599514&sr=1-1
paperback.

Get the picture?

SAF seem to have ceased printing & several titles that they put out are becoming scarce. Shame since thye put out some very interesting stuff. Do wish some other label woul dreprint several of them.
The Soft Machine & INcredible String Band ones spring to mind immediately, but there are a few others.

This is old news I'm afraid but it was new to me - our Shirley does the voice of a snail making her way home in Nick Abrahams' short film Ekki Mukk:

http://www.nicholasabrahams.com/ekki-mukk.htm

Okay, you might not want to watch the scene of putrefaction that starts at about 7 minutes in.

Putrefaction of what?

I didn't want to say in case I ruined the film for you

I watched like 30 sec of it and it was too poignant so I decided to wait! It'll pass and I'll try again, I'm not worried about the putrefaction.

WOuldn't nomarlly bother me either but I'm a big fan of ________ :0

o no

uh huh :(

shirley collinses in the news

Union County man donates $50,000 to school in honor of late wife
Posted: May 06, 2013 3:13 PM CDT

The $50,000 donation will be used to build a new media center at the school. The $50,000 donation will be used to build a new media center at the school.

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MAYNARDVILLE (WATE) - A Union County school got a major boost Monday thanks to a donation in memory of a local woman.

Horace Maynard Middle School in Maynardville received a $50,000 donation in honor of Shirley Collins - a former student who attended classes in the building when it still housed the high school.

Freddie Brasfield said the money is to honor Shirley, the love of his life, and create a living memorial to her.

"This is a perpetual program. The Shirley Lynn Collins Media Center is perpetual. We do not ever see it ending, and we will do whatever it takes to keep it at the top of its game," said Brasfield.

The school's library will be converted into a state-of-the-art media center with the funds, including upgraded computers and iPads.

Brasfield says Shirley dedicated her life to helping children achieve their goals.

Good day for a thread revival - it's May 8, Helston Furry Dance Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Fm6cfdNSg

Summer is a coming
And winter is a gone-o

They should have called it the False True Learner's School.

Jolly rumble-o! I organized my Shirley Collins CD section today and also earlier this week hung my poster in my new home!

also lol @ False True Learner's School
hehehehe

The Etchingham College of Steam Technology

not sure if this will show up or not, but poster from 1976 albion country dance band featuring a funny little illustrated tree with a squeezebox
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/983654_10151976405632598_741147351_n.jpg

i would snuggle w/that cartoon tree

totally. sort of irritates me that there's not more cool shirley footage on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBxtQhql0N4

it's weird, i used to search for her all the time on youtube, find nothing, and one day i gave up and set up a google alert, thinking that it would tell me when there was anything shirley related!
and really it hasn't been particularly fruitful. i do find the odd thing, but maybe i have it set up wrong or something.
still, that makes it more beautiful when something does come up. scarcity can be good.

The spoken intro to this live "Poor Murdered Woman" is essential esp since Harking Back seems to be ridiculously hard to find.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpGfQ0EUgWk

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151972147412139&l=ff4a785c33

omg

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/q84/s720x720/539793_10151972147412139_1532932372_n.jpg

awesome.

haha wow

she has the most beautiful hair of all hairs

wah!

wondering if they saw her copper-coloured hair as a good fit for their brand identity

Sellout! What year's that from?

HOLY SHIT EVERBODY. HOLY SHIT!

Just got back from seeing Current 93 in London and just before they took the stage, Shirl the Pearl came on and sang two songs!!!

Got an amazing reception, everyone was cheering and clapping like crazy even before she sang a note. She did All The Pretty Little Horses with Ian Kearey on some old stringed thing like a rebec or something, the she sang Death & The Lady with Ian switching to bluesy bottleneck guitar. Her voice was understandably a little rusty and she forgot the words to Death & The Lady bless her, but oh my, so great! And she was quite overcome by the reception too.

As a side note, Ian's a friend who I hadn't seen for a very long time and you could have knocked me down with a feather when he walked out on stage with her. He's had his ups and downs for the last few years so it was so fucking great to see him playing again.

Anyhow, FUCKING HELL!

Wow! That's awesome

I know! Beggining to wonder if it was even real!

btw i lied, it wasn't a rebec, it was more like an appalachian dulcimer, a very old looking long skinny plucked instrument.

Current 93 line itself was quite surreal too actually - James Blackshaw, Bobby from Comus, Jack Barnett from These New Puritans, TONY FUCKING MCPHEE from the Groundhogs...

A picture emerges

:-0 & :-) !!!

WOW!

omg

she sang Death & The Lady

i would have passed out, so happy i tangentially know someone who has heard her sing. amazing. so so so envious but also happy for everyone who saw her.

also i listened to "lovely joan" today and it sounded so great

Sorry to rain on this parade but I heard her sing at a folk club in Lewes around 2000 or so, she only sang one song though

Great post

I was there nick! That was amazing aye. She said she wouldn't have done it for anyone except Tibet.