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No Roses 
Studio album by Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band Released October 1971 Recorded Summer 1971 Genre folk rock Length 33:30 Label Pegasus Records Producer Sandy Roberton, Ashley Hutchings Shirley Collins chronology Love, Death and The Lady
(with Dolly Collins)
(1970)No Roses
(1971)A Favourite Garland
(1973)The Albion Country Band chronology No Roses
(1971)Battle of the Field
(1976)No Roses is an album by Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band. It was recorded at Sound Techniques, and Air Studios in London, in the summer of 1971. It was produced by Sandy Roberton and Ashley Hutchings (Shirley Collins' husband at the time). It was released in October 1971 on the Pegasus label.
It is very unusual to have 27 musicians and singers on an album of traditional folk songs. It happened because people simply dropped in during recording sessions and were asked to join in. At the time, the most unusual sound was the hurdy-gurdy, now heard much more frequently. "The Murder of Maria Marten" is broken into segments, with a heavy-rock alternating with Shirley's voice accompanied by a simple drone. Shirley had used a similar technique on "One Night As I Lay on My Bed" on "Adieu To Old England".
Personnel
- Shirley Collins - vocals
- Ashley Hutchings - electric bass guitar
- Richard Thompson - electric guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar
- Maddy Prior - vocals
- Colin Ross - Northumbrian small pipes
- Simon Nicol - electric guitar
- Lal and Mike Waterson - vocals
- Royston Wood - vocals
- Barry Dransfield - fiddle
- Dave Bland - concertina, hammer dulcimer
- Ian Whiteman - piano
- Roger Powell - drums
- Lol Coxhill - alto saxophone
- Alan Cave - bassoon
- Tony Hall - melodeon
- Dave Mattacks - sticks, drums
- Dolly Collins - piano
- John Kirkpatrick - accordion
- Nic Jones - vocals and fiddle
- Tim Renwick - electric guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar
- Francis Baines - hurdy-gurdy
- Alan Lumsden - ophicleide
- Steve Migden - French horn
- Trevor Crozier - jaw harp
Track listing
- Claudy Banks (Trad, from Ron and Bob Copper)
- Little Gipsy Girl (Trad)
- Banks of The Bann (Trad)
- Murder of Maria Marten (Trad)
- Van Dieman's Land (Trad)
- Just As The Tide Was A'Flowing (Trad)
- White Hare (Trad)
- Hal-An-Tow (Trad)
- Poor Murdered Woman (Trad)
Miscellany
- Murder of Maria Marten (Trad) is about the Red Barn Murder
Albion Band Francis Baines · Phil Beer · Martin Bell · Dave Bland · Joe Broughton · Pete Bullock · Bill Caddick · Simon Care · Martin Carthy · Dolly Collins · Shirley Collins · Lol Coxhill · Trevor Crozier · Barry Dransfield · Howard Evans · Trevor Foster · Tony Hall · Sue Harris · Keith Hinchcliffe · Eric Hine · Ashley Hutchings · Nic Jones · John Kirkpatrick · Chris Leslie · Cathy Lesurf · Alan Lumsden · Neil Marshall · Dave Mattacks · Julie Matthews · John Maxwell · Steve Migden · Doug Morter · Ken Nicol · Simon Nicol · Gillie Nicholls · Philip Pickett · Roger Powell · Maddy Prior · Brian Protheroe · Jean-Pierre Rasle · Ashley Reed · Tim Renwick · John Rodd · Colin Ross · Ric Sanders · Steve Saunders · John Shepherd · Martin Simpson · John Sothcott · Roger Swallow · John Tams · Graeme Taylor · Linda Thompson · Richard Thompson · Eddie Upton · Lal and Mike Waterson · Dave Whetstone · Chris While · Kellie While · Ian Whiteman · Royston Woods · Pete Zorn
DiscographyStudio albums Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band: No Roses (1971) · The Albion Country Band: Battle of the Field (1976) · The Albion Dance Band: The Prospect Before Us (1977) · The Albion Band: Rise Up Like the Sun (1978) · Keith Dewhurst & The Albion Band: Lark Rise to Candleford (1980) · The Albion Band: Light Shining (1983) · Shuffle Off (1983) · Under The Rose (1984) · A Christmas Present from the Albion Band (1985) · Stella Maris (1987) · The Albion Band with Chris Baines: The Wild Side of Town (1987) · I Got New Shoes (1988) · Give Me a Saddle, I'll Trade You a Car (1989) · The Best of 1989/90 (1990) · Songs from the Shows, v. 1 (1990) · Songs from the Shows, v. 2 (1991) · Acousticity (1993) · Captured (1995) · Albion Heart (1995) · Demi Paradise (1996) · Songs From The Shows (1997) · Happy Accident (1998) · BBC Sessions (1998) · Before Us Stands Yesterday (1999) · Christmas Album (1999) · Road Movies (2001)
Singles Hopping Down in Kent / Merry Sherwood Rangers (1976) · The Postman's Knock / La Sexte Estampie Real (1977) · Poor Old Horse / Ragged Heroes (1978) · Pain and Paradise / Lay Me Low (1979) · Wings (1998)
Live albums The Albion Band Live in Concert (1993) · Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival (1998) · An Evening with The Albion Band (2002) · Acousticity on Tour (2004) · Albion Heart on Tour (2004) The Albion Band Live in Concert (2007) Vintage Albion Band (2007)
Compilations The Acoustic Years 1993-97 (1997) · Along the Pilgrims Way (1998) · The Best of 89/90 (1998) · Albion Heart (1999) · The HTD Years (2000) · No Surrender (2003) · Albion Sunrise - HTD Recordings: 1994-1999 (2004)
Related articles Categories:- 1971 albums
- The Albion Band albums
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