It was recorded at Sound Techniques, and Air Studios in London, in the summer of 1971. No Roses is an album by Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band. One comment on “ PEG 7 – Shirley Collins ” Oldfolkie on Februat 11:05 am said: The couple in the inner gatefold are Shirley Collins and her then husband, Ashley “Tyger” Hutchings – former founding member of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and now the Albion Band.
Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelves are crowded with. Nature without check with original energy. I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard. Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten. The songs they selected are a smart match for their combined talents and musical vision. Barbara Allen Shirley Collinsīlending Shirley Collins' chamring voice and brilliant interpretive skills with Ashley Hutchings' bold approach to traditional songs, No Roses is one of the most significant albums of the early Electric Folk movement in England. Performing together again with the Lodestar band, Shirley sings songs of love and songs of the land in this most beautiful and extraordinary of places.
Now the journey continues as Shirley Collins makes a pilgrimage to the heart of the landscape that fuels her work. Lodestar in 2018 was a reawakening of one of folk music’s most important voices.
