Shirley Collins, False True Lovers, LP US Folkways Records - FG3564

A collection of British songs about love, adapted and sung by Shirley Elizabeth Collins with guitar and five string banjo accompaniment by John Hasted, Ralph Rinzler, Guy Carawan. 'False True Lovers' was Shirley Collins' first full length album, recorded in London by Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy and released on the prestigious American Folkways label. The choice of repertoire and arrangements capture a turning moment in the English folk song revival of the 1950's, and in the recording career of one of England's finest interpreters of traditional song.

Una raccolta di canzoni britanniche sull'amore, adattate e cantate da Shirley Elizabeth Collins con accompagnamento di chitarra e banjo a cinque corde di John Hasted, Ralph Rinzler, Guy Carawan. "False True Lovers" è stato il primo album completo di Shirley Collins, registrato a Londra da Alan Lomax e Peter Kennedy e pubblicato dalla prestigiosa etichetta American Folkways. La scelta del repertorio e degli arrangiamenti cattura un momento di svolta nel revival della canzone popolare inglese degli anni '50 e nella carriera discografica di una delle migliori interpreti inglesi di canzoni tradizionali.

Tracks Side 1: I Drew My Ship (Roud 402; G/D 4:792) (2.22) - The Irish Boy (Roud 5684) (1.36) - The Spermwhale Fishery (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (2.43) - Dennis O’Reilly (Roud 676) (2.06) - My Bonny Miner Lad (Roud 2599) (1.51) - Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (1.20) - Bobby Shaftoe (Roud 1359) (1.24) - Richie Story (Roud 97; Child 232; G/D 5:1051) (4.07) - The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (4.14) - Side 2: The Swapping Song (Roud 469; G/D 8:1696; Henry H732; TYG 58) (1.30) - Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60) (1.11) - The False True Love (Roud 419) (3.51) - The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495) (2.26) - Mowing the Barley (Roud 922) (0.56) - Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (1.40) - The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (7.04) - The Bonny Cuckoo (Roud 24351) (1.30) - The Queen of May (Roud 594) (1.49) - Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) (1.50)