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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 [1-9, 11-13];
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 (Roud 27717) (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 (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: