Shirley Collins - Lodestar - VINYL LP

Produced by Ian Kearey - Shirley Collins' musical director - the arrangements were shared between Collins, Kearey, Pip Barnes, as well as Dave Arthur and Pete Cooper, players from The Lodestar Band. All of the songs on Archangel Hill were recorded last year except for InchHand And HeartInch, which was taken from a live performance at the Sydney Opera House in 1980 and features an arrangement by Shirley's beloved and talented sister Dolly Collins.

'Sweet England' along with it's sister album 'False True Lovers', was recorded in the spring of 1958 when I was twenty-two years old. I had been living for the previous two years in London with Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, working for him as editorial assistant on his book The Folk Songs of North America and on his field recordings from America, Great Britain, Italy and Spain. The tracks that make up these two albums were recorded by Peter Kennedy and Alan in two days at Peter's home 'studio' in Belsize Park. English traditional music, at it's best, expresses and provides everything in song that I need and feel, both musically and emotionally. Sweet England represents the first shaky steps of a journey that I have been on all my life, and that, happily, I still am.Inch (Shirley Collins)Limited to 800 LPs, remastered and with restored original artwork, LP with postcard inserts. Recorded 67 years ago, reissued in Shirley's 90th year in this universe.Shirley Collins - voice John Hasted - banjo Ralph Rinzler - guitar Guy Carawan - guitar

Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 . Heart's Ease follows 2017's Lodestar, Shirley Collins' first record in 38 years, and one that brought Shirley's widely missed voice back to fans. An album broader and brighter in tone than Lodestar, it finds Shirley exploring warmer themes and features three songs less rooted within the folk tradition.