Classic Anne Briggs
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Classic Anne Briggs is a compilation album by Anne Briggs
, released by Topic Records
in 1990.
The recordings are drawn from The Iron Muse (1963), The Hazards of Love (1964), The Bird in the Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs)
(1966) and Anne Briggs
(1971).
Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs is an English folk singer. Although she traveled widely in the 1960s and early 1970s, appearing at folk clubs and venues in England and Ireland, she never aspired to commercial success or to achieve widespread public acknowledgment of her music...
, released by Topic Records
Topic Records
Topic Records is a British folk music label, which played a major role in the second British folk revival. It began as an offshoot of the Workers' Music Association in 1939, making it the oldest independent record label in the world.-History:...
in 1990.
The recordings are drawn from The Iron Muse (1963), The Hazards of Love (1964), The Bird in the Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs)
The Bird In The Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs)
The Bird in the Bush is a folk album by A. L. Lloyd, Anne Briggs and Frankie Armstrong, released by Topic Records in 1966. The album is a collection of traditional erotic British folk songs, although the album's content is largely in the form of euphemism and does not contain explicit references...
(1966) and Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs (album)
Anne Briggs is a folk album released in 1971 by Anne Briggs.- Track listing :All songs are traditional.#"Blackwater Side"#"The Snow It Melts The Soonest"#"Willie O'Winsbury"#"Go Your Way"#"Thorneymoor Woods"#"The Cuckoo"#"Reynardine"...
(1971).
Track listing
- "The Recruited Collier" (The Iron Muse) (1963)
- "The Doffing Mistress" (The Iron Muse) (1963)
- "Lowlands Away" (The Hazards of Love) (1964)
- "My Bonny Boy" (The Hazards of Love) (1964)
- "Polly VaughanPolly Vaughn-Synopsis:A man, sometimes called Johnny Randle, goes out hunting for birds. Usually this is described as being in the evening or by moonlight in the rain. He sees something white in the bushes. Thinking this is a swan, he shoots. To his horror he discovers he has killed his true love, Polly...
" (The Hazards of Love) (1964) - "Rosemary LaneRosemary Lane (song)Rosemary Lane is an English folksong: a ballad that tells a story about the seduction of a domestic servant by a sailor. This song, and the related sea shanty Bell Bottom Trousers, are Roud #269.-Synopsis:One variant of the song begins with the words:...
" (The Hazards of Love) (1964) - "Gathering Rushes" (The Bird in the BushThe Bird In The Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs)The Bird in the Bush is a folk album by A. L. Lloyd, Anne Briggs and Frankie Armstrong, released by Topic Records in 1966. The album is a collection of traditional erotic British folk songs, although the album's content is largely in the form of euphemism and does not contain explicit references...
) (1966) - "The Whirly Whorl" (The Bird in the Bush) (1966)
- "The Stonecutter Boy" (The Bird in the Bush) (1966)
- "Martinmas Time" (The Bird in the Bush) (1966)
- "Blackwater Side" (Anne BriggsAnne Briggs (album)Anne Briggs is a folk album released in 1971 by Anne Briggs.- Track listing :All songs are traditional.#"Blackwater Side"#"The Snow It Melts The Soonest"#"Willie O'Winsbury"#"Go Your Way"#"Thorneymoor Woods"#"The Cuckoo"#"Reynardine"...
) (1971) - "The Snow It Melts the Soonest" (Anne Briggs) (1971)
- "Willie o WinsburyWillie o WinsburyWillie O Winsbury is Child Ballad #100, existing in several variants. It is a traditional Scottish ballad that dates from at least 1775, and is known under a number of different names, including Lord Thomas of Winesberry.-Synopsis:...
" (Anne Briggs) (1971) - "Go Your Way" (Anne Briggs) (1971)
- "Thorneymoor Woods" (Anne Briggs) (1971)
- "The Cuckoo" (Anne Briggs) (1971)
- "ReynardineReynardineReynardine is a traditional old English ballad; in versions most commonly sung and recorded today, Reynardine is a werefox who attracts beautiful women to him so that he can take them away to his castle...
" (Anne Briggs) (1971) - "Young TambingTam LinTam Lin is the hero of a legendary ballad originating from the Scottish Borders. The story revolves around the rescue of Tam Lin by his true love from the Queen of the Fairies...
" (Anne Briggs) (1971) - "Living by the Water" (Anne Briggs) (1971)
- "Maa Bonny Lad" (Anne Briggs) (1971)
Personnel
- Anne BriggsAnne BriggsAnne Briggs is an English folk singer. Although she traveled widely in the 1960s and early 1970s, appearing at folk clubs and venues in England and Ireland, she never aspired to commercial success or to achieve widespread public acknowledgment of her music...
– Vocals, GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, BouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but... - Johnny MoynihanJohnny MoynihanJohn "Johnny" Moynihan , is a folk singer based in Dublin, Ireland. He is often credited as being responsible for introducing the bouzouki and the Irish bouzouki into Irish music in the mid 1960s. Known as "The Bard of Dalymount", as a young man he played in the band Sweeney's Men with Andy Irvine,...
– Bouzouki