Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band, No Roses

Pegasus PEG 7 (LP, UK, 1971) - B&C CREST 11 (LP, UK, 1976) - Antilles AN-7017 (LP, US, 1976) - Mooncrest Crest CD 011 (CD, UK, 1991)

L'album originale edito dalla Pegasus ha una confezione apribile, arricchita dalle fotografie di Keith Morris e una leggendaria concezione grafica. Al disco, considerato l'esordio per la Albion band, ha partecipato un ampio gruppo di musicisti che in seguito non farà parte della band, si tratta insomma di un grande happening. La voce di Sherley Collins, bellissima in classici come "Murder of Maria Marten", è impreziosita di volta in volta dal violino di Nic Jones, dalla concertina di Tony Hall, dal piano della sorella Dolly.

Tracks Side A:

Claudy Banks (4:37) - The Little Gypsy Girl (2:16) - Banks of the Bann (3:38) - Murder of Maria Marten (7:28)

Tracks Side B:

Van Diemen's Land (4:59) - Just as the Tide Was A 'Flowin (2:13) - The White Hare (2:43) - Hal-An-Tow (2:54) - Poor Murdered Woman (4:17)

Produced by Ashley Hutchings and Sandy Roberton

All tracks Trad. Arr. Shirley Collins, published by Roberton Brown except [1] B&R Copper, published by Copper Songs

Musicians:

Shirley Collins: vocal - Ashley Hutchings: electric bass [1-7,9], percussion [7]
Richard Thompson: electric guitar [1,5,6,7,9], lead electric guitar [4], slide electric guitar [8], acoustic 12 string guitar [3] - Simon Nicol: electric guitar [1,2,4,9], acoustic guitar [3,5,6], vocal chorus [8] - Dave Mattacks: drums [4,9], sticks [2] - Ian Whiteman: piano [1,5] - Roger Powell: drums [1,2,5-8] - Tim Renwick: electric guitar [4], acoustic 12 string guitar [7] - Lol Coxhill: alto saxophone [1] - Maddy Prior: vocal harmony [6] - Dave Bland: concertina [1,5,6,9], hammer dulcimer [2,8] - Tony Hall: melodeon [2,8] - John Kirkpatrick: accordion [3] - Dolly Collins: piano [3,9] - Nic Jones: vocals and last fiddle solo [4] - Barry Dransfield: fiddle [4], vocal chorus [8] - Francis Baines: hurdy gurdy [4] - Alan Cave: bassoon [1] - Alan Lumsden: ophicleide [5] - Steve Migden: French horn [7] - Colin Ross: Northumbrian small pipes [5] - Royston Wood: vocal [7], vocal chorus [8] - Lal Waterson: vocals [7] - Mike Waterson: vocals [7] - Gregg Butler: serpent [8] - Trevor Cozier: Jew's harp [8]