Fountain Of Snow

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Label: Durtro

There is a similar release with no SID codes; this is a reissue with SID codes.

Released in a standard jewel case; includes a 20-page booklet with lyrics.
Track durations do not appear on the release.

[Booklet, foreword]
This CD is a re-issue of most of the music recorded by my sister Dolly and me for Topic Records from 1963 to 1978. [...]
Every songs is credited to the person from whom it was collected.[...]
My sister and I would like to dedicate this collection to our mother, Dorothy Florence Ball, for her love, support and encouragement all through our lives.

Shirley Collins, Brighton, December 1991

[Booklet, printed information below track lyrics]
"False Bride" : From the Copper family of Sussex
"A Blacksmith Courted Me" : Learnt from Phoebe Smith, a Suffolk traveller (c.1950)
"Locks And Bolts" : An Appalachian song from Rosie Hensley of Carmen, North Carolina (1916)
"Rambleaway" : Learnt from John Pearse
"Cambridgeshire May Carol" : This was learnt from Jean Ritchie, collected by Russel Wortley in Cambridgeshire (c.1950)
"All Things Are Quite Silent" : From Ted Baines of Sussex. Collected by Ralph Vaughan-Williams
"Lord Allenwater" : From E.A. Stears of Horsham, Sussex (1904)
"Polly Vaughan" : The word are from Harry Cox; the tune was written by Shirley
"The Cruel Mother" : From Ewan McColl
"Streets Of Derry" : From Mrs. Sarah Makem
"Brigg Fair" : From Joseph Taylor of Briggs, Lincolnshire
"Higher Germanie" : From Phoebe Smith, a Suffolk traveller
"The False True-love" : Collected by Cecil Sharp from Jeff Stockton of Flag Pond, Tennessee in 1916
"George Collins" : Collected by Peter Kennedy from Enos White of Sussex
"Down In Yon Forest" : Collected by Peter Kennedy from Mrs. Hall of Castleton, Derbyshire
"The Sweet Primeroses" : Collected from the Copper family of Sussex
"Down By The Seaside" : From George Maynard of Copthorne, Sussex
"Adieu To Old England" : From Jacob Giblett, of West Hay, Somerset. Collected by Cecil Sharp
"I Sing Of A Maiden" : The tune was composed by Dolly; the words are from the Sloane Manuscript (1400-1500)
"One Night As I Lay On My Bed" : From Mrs. Nation of Baytree Cottage, Bath Pool, Somerset
"The Moon Shines Bright" : From the Goby Family, travellers in Sussex and Surrey (c.1900)
"Lancashire Lass" : From Mrs. Overs of Langport, Somerset (1904)
"Gilderoy" : Dedicated to Pip Barnes who is Gilderoy. From Henry Burstow of Horsham, Sussex (1903). Noted down by Lucy Broadwood

[Booklet, track details]
1-11 are taken from "The Sweet Primeroses", originally released in 1967 (Topic 12T 170).
12-15 are from "Adieu To Old England", originally issued in 1974 (Topic 12TS 238).
16-20 are taken from Shirley and Dolly Collins "For As Many As Will" (Topic 12TS 380) released in 1978.
21-24 consist of the four tracks from the 1963 "Heroes In Love" 7" EP (Topic 95).

All tracks are stereo, except 9, 10 and 21-24. ℗ Topic Records 1963, 1967, 1974, 1978. © Durtro 1992. Released under licence from Topic Records.

[Booklet, afterword]
Since I first heard Shirley some seven years ago, I have been captivated by her voice and her approach to the songs she loves.
These songs remain everfresh in her, and it is an honour to have been able to release this compilation. The True Love Knot lives on...
I would like to thank the following people for their help:
Starfish for typesetting and more; Steven Stapleton for advice; Bans Santini for the cover and lettering; James Mannox; Tony Engle; Dave Kenny; Phil Wilson; Nick Saloman; Cyke Bancroft; and - most of all - Shirley...
This selection was compiled by Shirley Collins and David Tibet in December 1991, and remastered from the original tapes at Tpic Studios in the same month [...]. It was cut at Porky's by Denis - thanks yet again.
David Tibet, London, March 1992.

[Disc label]
℗ Topic Records 1963, 1967,
1974, 1978
World Serpent Distribution
© Durtro 1992

[Spine]
Current 93 present Shirley Collins [...]

[Back sleeve]
World Serpent Distribution
Made In England

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