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Thumb-nail sketch:A painfully shy person in front of an audience, Anne's singing was hypnotic and from all accounts had a profound influence on other UK folk notables such as June Tabor, Maddy Prior and Sandy Denny. Sandy's song The Pond and the Stream (track 7, Fotheringay album) was inspired by Anne Briggs:
Annie wanders on the land
She loves the freedom of the air....Anne was shy of her own recordings. She "delayed" the release of her 1974 recordings with the impromptu group Ragged Robin for a mere 22 years. (see Sing a Song For You below).
Well, we have four album's worth of songs, and for that we must be very thankful.
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T I T L E | DATE | LABEL | REFERENCE | TYPE |
| ANNE BRIGGS | 1971 | Topic | 12T207 | LP | |
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01 Blackwater Side 02 The Snow It Melts The Soonest 03 Willie O Winesbury(Child 100) 04 Go Your Way (Anne) 05 Thorneymoor Woods 06 The Cuckoo 07 Reynardine 08 Young Tambling (Child 39) 09 Living By The Water (Anne) 10 Maa bonny lad See next album below for links. |
| This is Anne's first album, though she had already cut the Topic extended play The Hazards of Love (TOP 94), and had been a contributor to The Bird in the Bush and The Iron Muse (Topic 12T86). This is a fine album, now available on CD (see below). It contains 8 classic folk songs (Willie O' Winesbury is particularly charming) and 2 of Anne's own compositions, Living by the Water and Go Your Way. The majority of tracks are unaccompanied. Anne plays guitar and bouzouki; John Moynihan plays second bouzouki on track 3. There are decent sleeve notes by Bert Lloyd. All the tracks are now available on the 1999 CD ANNE BRIGGS : A COLLECTION. | |
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CLASSIC ANNE BRIGGS ANNE BRIGGS : A COLLECTION |
1990 1999 |
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FECD78 TSCD504 |
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21 The Recruited Collier (1963 From The Iron Muse) 21 The Doffing Mistress (1963 From The Iron Muse) 21 She Moves Through the Fair (1963 see note 1) 21 Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (1963 see note 1) 05 Lowlands Away (1964 From The Hazards of Love) 06 My Bonny Boy (1964 From The Hazards of Love) 21 Polly Vaughan (1964 From The Hazards of Love) 21 Rosemary Lane (1964 From The Hazards of Love) 09 Gathering Rushes (1966 From The Bird in the Bush) 10 The Whirly Whorl (1966 From The Bird in the Bush) 11 The Stonecutter Boy (1966 From The Bird in the Bush) 12 Martinmas Time (1966 From The Bird in the Bush) 21 Blackwater Side (1971 From Anne Briggs) 21 The Snow It Melts The Soonest (1971 From Anne Briggs) 21 Willie O Winesbury (Child 100) (1971 From Anne Briggs) 16 Go Your Way (Anne) (1971 From Anne Briggs) 17 Thorneymoor Woods (1971 From Anne Briggs) 21 The Cuckoo (1971 From Anne Briggs) 21 Reynardine (1971 From Anne Briggs) 21 Young Tambling (Child 39) (1971 From Anne Briggs) 21 Living By The Water (Anne) (1971 From Anne Briggs) 22 Maa bonny lad (1971 From Anne Briggs) |
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Note 1 : These two tracks are not on the 1990 CD CLASSIC ANNE BRIGGS.
They were orginally issued on the Decca Edinburgh Folk Festival 1 & 2 albums (LK4546
and LK4563).
The 1999 CD ANNE BRIGGS : A COLLECTION has 32 pages of historical notes and 7 pages of A.L.Lloyd's track notes from the earlier issues. A few archive photographs are also included. This album is an essential purchase. It may be obtained from Musikfolk Limited and other outlets. A lengthy review of A COLLECTION is currently on the Musical Traditions site. This site cautions that URLs may move, so go to the home page and navigate to either 'current reviews' or 'previous reviews'. For 1999, I guess it'll be 'current reviews'. | |
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T I T L E | DATE | LABEL | REFERENCE | TYPE |
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SING A SONG FOR YOU Anne Briggs with Ragged Robin |
1974/96 | Fledgling | FLED3008 | | |
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Anne continues to play guitar and bouzouki, and Barry Dransfield contributes
violin. But Anne is also backed on some tracks by
Ragged Robin,
who were:
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T I T L E | DATE | LABEL | REFERENCE | TYPE |
| THE TIME HAS COME | 1998 | COLUMBIA | - | | |
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ACOUSTIC ROUTES SOUNDTRACK FROM THE FILM |
1999 | Demon | 97 | | |
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01 Chasing Love Bert Jansch & Jacqui McShee 02 Running From Home Bert Jansch 03 Don't Pity Me Brownie McGhee & Bert Jansch 04 Needle Of Death Bert Jansch 05 Go Your Way My Love Anne Briggs & Bert Jansch 06 40 Ton Parachute Davey Graham 07 Sitar Ram Davey Graham 08 The First Girl I Loved Wizz Jones 09 Happiness Was Free Wizz Jones 10 The Elfin Knight (She Moved Through The Fair) Martin Carthy & Bert Jansch 11 The Blood Of The Lamb Duck Baker 12 Blues Run The Game Bert Jansch & Al Stewart 13 Let Me Sing Bert Jansch & Peter Kirtley 14 That'll Do Babe Ralph McTell 15 High Emotion Bert Jansch 16 Heartbreak Hotel Bert Jansch & Albert Lee 17 If I Were A Carpenter Bert Jansch & Albert Lee 18 Parcel Post Blues Brownie McGhee & Bert Jansch 19 Walk On Brownie McGhee & Bert Jansch 20 Country Blues Billy Connolly & Bert Jansch |
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WHERE TO GET INFORMATION |
| You Tube | Rare black and white footage with the Watersons. Hopefully more soon. |
See also
ANNE BRIGGS | BERT LLOYD | CARA DILLON | CYRIL TAWNEY | DAVE & TONI ARTHUR | ELIZA CARTHY | FRANK PURSLOW | HILARY JAMES | JANE THRELFALL & CARL HOGSDEN | JO FREYA | JOHN GOODLUCK | JOHN PEARCE | JON SCAIFE & BOB BRAY | KATE RUSBY | KATHRYN ROBERTS | MARIANNE FAITHFULL | NANCY & SANDRA KERR | NIC JONES | PETER BELLAMY | SHIRLEY COLLINS | TONY ROSE | TREES | VIKKI CLAYTON | HOME | BALLADS | TIMELINE | LINKS | MAILFORM
