Love, Death & the Lady

by Shirley & Dolly Collins

Love, Death & the Lady cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1970
  • Label: Harvest
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:56
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Austin John Marshall, Dolly Collins, Roderick Skeaping, Peter Wood, Terry Cox, Adam Skeaping, Shirley Collins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The masterful sister duo delved into deeply traditional British folklore with this profoundly melancholic and unadorned collection of acoustic ballads. Dolly's delicate pipe organ arrangements provide a stark, almost medieval backdrop for Shirley's austere, perfectly pitched vocal interpretations. It stands as a pinnacle of the British folk revival, celebrated for its uncompromising devotion to historical authenticity and dark romanticism.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Early, death, history, female-vocals, traditional, folk, piano, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Death and the Lady (4:09)
  2. Glenlogie (3:48)
  3. The Oxford Girl (1:59)
  4. Are You Going to Leave Me? (2:53)
  5. The Outlandish Knight (5:05)
  6. Go from My Window (2:35)
  7. Young Girl Cut Down In Her Prime (3:42)
  8. Geordie (4:59)
  9. Salisbury Plain (2:40)
  10. Fair Maid of Islington (2:17)
  11. Six Dukes (2:29)
  12. Polly On the Shore (3:10)
  13. Plains of Waterloo (8:03)

Credits

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