{"product_id":"various-artists-the-ballad-of-shirley-collins","title":"Various Artists - The Ballad Of Shirley Collins","description":"\u003ctable height=\"103\" style=\"width: 329px; height: 78.3752px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e13\/11\/2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eLP Pink\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eEARTH RECORDINGS\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 150.641px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eCatalogue Number\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 162.359px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eEARTHLP029X\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic Documentary Of The Year” – Louder Than War. “One of the great voices in British folk music” – The Guardian. Widely regarded as the 20th century’s\u003cbr\u003emost important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs. Alongside her sister Dolly, she stood at the\u003cbr\u003eepicenter of the folk music revival during the 1960s and ‘70s. But in 1980 she developed a disorder of the vocal chords known as dysphonia, which robbed her\u003cbr\u003eof her unique singing voice and forced her into early retirement. The Ballad Of Shirley Collins – which premiered at last year’s London Film Festival – tells this\u003cbr\u003estory, though to reduce it to that single aspect does everyone (not least of all Shirley!) something of a disservice. The story proves itself to be something of a\u003cbr\u003etime-travelling Transatlantic road-movie of sorts, utilising a motherlode of archive audio to recount the tale of her seminal 1959 song-collecting trip around\u003cbr\u003eAmerica’s Deep South alongside her then-lover (and legendary ethnomusicologist) Alan Lomax. As well as these songs (notably Alabama Sacred Harp\u003cbr\u003eConvention, Texas Gladden and Sidney Hemphill-Carter) there are more recent offerings, a home recording of Shirley’s sister Dolly Collins, and a BBC session\u003cbr\u003efrom 1958, “Eight Five Spiritual” which gets its first release, some 60 years after it was recorded. Shirley Collins spent her life in song. Even during her time\u003cbr\u003ewithout her performing voice she was telling the stories of others’ music. Not once has she dropped the baton in keeping these songs, these stories, these\u003cbr\u003epeople alive. The soundtrack to ‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ – though diverse – showcases just a fraction of the facets that make up an extraordinary career\u003cbr\u003eby anyone’s standards. Deliberately eschewing a straightforward biopic approach, Rob Curry and Tim Plester’s follow-up to their award-winning documentary\u003cbr\u003eWAY OF THE MORRIS, is a lyrical response to the life-and-times of this totemic musical figure. Granted intimate access to recording sessions for Shirley’s first\u003cbr\u003ealbum of new recordings in almost four decades, and featuring contributions from the comedian Stewart Lee and David Tibet of Current 93, what emerges is a\u003cbr\u003emeditative and carefully textured piece of portraiture. A timely delve into the arterial blood, loam and tears of our haunted island nation. The film was released\u003cbr\u003ein October 2018.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01 \"All I Ever Wanted\"\u003cbr\u003e02 Shirley Collins - Calvary Hill\u003cbr\u003e03 Ishman Williams \u0026amp; The Williams Singers – Got On My Travelling Shoes\u003cbr\u003e04 “Do You Want Me To Start, Alan\"\u003cbr\u003e05 Texas Gladden - I Never Will Marry\u003cbr\u003e06 Sid Hemphill and Lucius Smith - Come on Boys, Let's go to the Ball\u003cbr\u003e07 Horton Barker - A Rich Irish Lady\u003cbr\u003e08 Ian Kearey – The Poor Drowned Sailor\u003cbr\u003e09 Sidney Hemphill Carter - Pharoah\u003cbr\u003e10 “I Used To Could Sing\"\u003cbr\u003e11 Outtake (London 1959)\u003cbr\u003e12 \"Theres Never Been A Merry England\"\u003cbr\u003e13 Andy Hemsley and Hastings Jack in the Green - Seeds of Love\u003cbr\u003e14 N.J Brothers \u0026amp; The United Sacred Harp Musical Association - Calvary\u003cbr\u003e15 Lucius Smith - Make Lulu Behave Herself\u003cbr\u003e16 Ruby Vass - Single Girl, Married Girl\u003cbr\u003e17 “I Can’t Really Forget Them\"\u003cbr\u003e18 George Stoneman - Sally Anne\u003cbr\u003e19 Michael J York \u0026amp; Ossian Brown - The Cloud House \/ Cyclobe - Son Of\u003cbr\u003eSons of Light \/ George Collins – Dolly\u003cbr\u003e20 Dolly Collins - Missa Humana (excerpt)\u003cbr\u003e21 Shirley Collins - Wondrous Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cargo","offers":[{"title":"LP Pink - EARTHLP029X","offer_id":56489677422971,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/3020\/0134\/files\/BalladofshirleyCollinsCDstyle.jpg?v=1791290550","url":"https:\/\/www.mixeduprecords.com\/products\/various-artists-the-ballad-of-shirley-collins","provider":"Mixed Up Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}