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Shirley Collins: Lodestar
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Lodestar Domino Recording WIGLP389/WIGCD389X (LP/CD, UK, 4 November 2016) |
English, American and Cajun songs dating from the 16th Century to the 1950s
Recorded at Shirley’s cottage in Lewes, East Sussex, in 2015 by Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown of Cyclobe;
Pre-production by Stephen Trower and Ossian Brown;
Produced and musically directed by Ian Kearey;
Final mix by Jamie Johnson;
Mastered by Darrel Sheinman and Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Records;
Song notes by Shirley Collins;
Sleeve notes by Stewart Lee;
Front cover image, portrait and sextant photography by David Newton;
Session photos by Ian Kearey;
Photos of Ian by Ossian Brown;
Design by Matthew Cooper
Musicians
Shirley Collins: vocals [1ac, 2-10];
Pip Barnes: vocals [1a],
guitar [2];
Ian Kearey: mandolin [1ab],
the instrument (half mountain dulcimer attached to an English Victorian 5-string banjo neck) [3, 6, 9],
12-string resonator [4],
bottleneck guitar [5],
Ampeg bass [5],
guitar [8],
harmonium [10],
musical director;
Ossian Brown: hurdy-gurdy [1ab, 3];
church organ pipe [1ab];
Alex Neilson: percussion [1a],
drums [6];
Michael J. York: English half-long pipes [1a];
John Watcham: concertina [1cd];
Glen Redman: drum [1cd],
dancing [1d];
Elle Osborne: cello [2];
birds in Shirley's garden [3];
Dave Arthur: guitar [7],
vocals [7],
banjo [9];
Pete Cooper: fiddle [7, 9],
vocals [7];
Derrick Hughes: serpent [7];
Rivka Zoob: viola [10]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Ian Kearey except
Track 1b Ossian Brown;
Tracks 1c, 5 tune Shirley Collins;
Track 1d Glen Redman;
Track 2 trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Pip Barnes;
Track 7 trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper;
Track 9b trad. arr. Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper;
Track 10 after Orlando Gibbons, ca. 1611