Gathered here are some magical performances of Shirley and Dolly Collins recorded in concert in the late 1970's and a handful of demo recordings from the 1960s. These recordings all came to light after the release of Within Sound our monumental and widely acclaimed 4CD overview of Shirley's recording career. As you might imagine we're very proud to have the opportunity to release this collection on Fledg'ling Records.

“Like an album of old photos, Snapshots is poignant and full of love.” Songlines



track list:
All Things Are Quite Silent
Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear
The Captain With The Whiskers
The Bonny Bunch Of Roses
Lovin' Hannah
Two Brethren
All Flowers In Broome
Just As The Tide Was Flowing
Tyburn Tree
Poor Murdered Woman
Greenwood Laddie
Is It Far To Bethlehem
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping
Rockley Firs
Come All You Little Streamers
The Gypsy's Wedding Day
Black-Eyed Susan
The Banks Of Sweet Primroses
Bonny Cuckoo
Black White Yellow and Green
The Bonny Labouring Boy
The Merry Milkmaids

Release date: 20th March 2006
Barcode number: 5020393 305723

more information can be found at: www.shirleycollins.co.uk

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

Another classic record from 1965. An experimental recording conceived by Austin John Marshall bringing together Shirley's haunting traditional song with Davy's guitar improvisations. Folk Roots, New Routes opened the door for Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief and Pentangle's debut. For this carefully remastered edition Fledg'ling have restored the original artwork, added a new sleeve-note essay and previously unpublished photographs.

“An extraordinary album…that opened people’s minds and shaped a few careers along the way.” fROOTS



track list:
Nottamun Town
Proud Maisrie
The Cherry Tree Carol
Blue Monk
Hares On The Mountain
Reynardine
Pretty Saro
Rif Mountain
Jane, Jane
Love Is Pleasin'
Boll Weevil, Holler
Hori Horo
Bad Girl
Lord Greggory
Grooveyard
Dearest Dear

Release date: 25th July 2005
Barcode number: 5020393 305228

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

A remarkable companion CD to Joe Boyd's best selling autobiography 'White Bicycles'. This collection traces the story of Joe Boyd and his Witchseason production company during London's swinging 'sixties. The CD includes many rare and previously unreleased tracks, all carefully remastered, with extensive sleeve notes and previously unpublished photographs.

Voted Compilation of the Year at the 2007 MOJO Awards.



track list:
Crossroads: ERIC CLAPTON & the POWERHOUSE
Way Back In The 1960s: The INCREDIBLE STRING BAND
Because It Wouldn't Pay: JOHNNY HANDLE
Spanish Ladies Medley: DAVE SWARBRICK, MARTIN CARTHY & DIZ DISLEY
Arnold Layne: PINK FLOYD
Granny Takes A Trip: The PURPLE GANG
She's Gone: SOFT MACHINE
If I Had A Ribbon Bow: FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Seven Yellow Gypsies: SHIRLEY COLLINS
Chinese White: The INCREDIBLE STRING BAND
Autopsy: FAIRPORT CONVENTION
The Deserter: FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Poor Boy: NICK DRAKE
The Sea: FOTHERINGAY
Flowers Of The Forest: MIKE HERON
Come Wind Come Rain: VASHTI BUNYAN
Primrose Hill: JOHN & BEVERLEY MARTYN
I Don't Mind: The NEW NADIR (previously unreleased)
Church Mouse: DUDU PUKWANA & SPEAR (previously unreleased)
Andromeda: CHRIS McGREGOR'S BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH
Afraid: NICO
Way To Blue: NICK DRAKE
Brazil: GEOFF & MARIA MULDAUR

Barcode number 5020393 306126
Release date 29th May 2006

more Joe Boyd information will be found at: www.joeboyd.co.uk
the publisher can be contacted at: www.serpentstail.com

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

Another classic Shirley Collins recording, this time from 1974 and long out of print. Beautiful interpretations of Southern English songs and toasts with some fine arrangements by her sister - Dolly Collins. Contributing musicians include Dolly Collins, Simon Nicol, Terry Potter, Ian Holder, Geoff Singleton and John Watcham.

Released by arrangement with our pals at Topic Records.
track listing:
Mistress's Health : Lumps Of Plum Pudding
Down By The Seaside
Chiner's Song
Adieu To Old England
Ashen Faggot Wassail
I Sing Of A Maiden That Is Makeless
The Banks Of The Mossom
The Ram Of Derbish Town
Portsmouth
Horkstow Grange
Come All You Little Streamers
paniards Cry : Sherborne Jig
One Night As I Lay On My Bed
The Death Of Nelson
Coronation Jig

SHIRLEY COLLINS with
Albion Morris Men : dancing
Dolly Collins : flute organ
John Harrington : concertina
Ian Holder : accordion
Bill Molan : melodeon,
Simon Nicol : electric guitar
Terry Potter : mouth organ
Geoff Singleton : fiddle
Bob Stewart : plucked psaltery
Roger Swallow : drums
John Watcham : anglo concertina
Bill Molan, Geoff Singleton & John Harrington : vocals & percussion

release date: May 24th 1999
barcode number: 5020393 302326

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

Classic 1967 recording finally appears on CD. Produced by Joe Boyd with exquisite arrangements by Dolly Collins and contributions from Robin Williamson and Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band, and Bram Martin (cellist on the Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby'). "The songs on this record belong to ladies fair and tender, the ballad-heroines with lily hands, riding through meadows distracted, saving or losing their virtue, getting pregnant, eloping with gypsies, dying of remorse, twined in the True-Lover's Knot".





track list:
Bonnie Boy
Richie Story
Lovely Joan
Just As The Tide Was Flowing
The Unquiet Grave
Black-Eyed Susan
Seven Yellow Gipsies
Over The Hills And Far Away
Greenwood Laddie
Lady Margaret And Sweet William
The Maydens Came
Polly Vaughan
The Barley Straw
Barbara Allen

Release date: 30th October 2000
Barcode number: 5020393 302821

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

Our campaign to see all of Shirley's albums reissued on compact disc finally comes to an end with this release of her debut album. Probably her rarest album, False True Lovers was first released in 1959 on the prestigious Folkways label and has never been released outside of North America. With the help of Washington's Smithsonian Institute we were able to return to the original Alan Lomax produced tapes to produce this sparkling transfer to cd. Recorded when Shirley was just eighteen, 'False True Lovers' is a stunning collection of British and American traditional song, capturing a turning moment in the English folk song revival of the 1950's.



track list:
I Drew My Ship
The Irish Boy
The Spermwhale Fishery
Dennis O'Reilly
My Bonny Miner Lad
Just As The Tide Was Flowing
Bobby Shaftoe
Richie Story
The Unquiet Grave
The Swapping Song
Poor Old Horse
The False True Love
The Foggy Dew
Mowing The Barley
Scarborough Fair
The Cruel Mother
The Bonny Cuckoo
The Queen Of May
Died For Love

Release date: 10th June 2001
Barcode number: 5020393 302920

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00

A collection of seasonal songs from some of the finest voices of the 1960's English folk revival. The majestic, uplifting vocals of the YOUNG TRADITION - Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy and Royston Wood - are joined by Shirley and Dolly Collins.

Legendary, long lost recordings from 1969. A collection of seasonal songs from some of the finest voices of the 1960's English folk revival.

Voted a Folk Roots top ten reissue of 1995.


track list:
Prologue from ‘Hamlet’
The Boar’s Head Carol
Is It Far To Bethlehem
Lullay My Liking
The Cherry Tree Carol
Shepherds Arise
I Sing Of A Maiden That Is Makeless
Interlude from ‘The Great Frost’
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
A Virgin Most Pure
The Coventry Carol
The Holly Bears The Crown
March The Morning Sun
Bring Us In Good Ale

PETER BELLAMY - vocals
SHIRLEY COLLINS - vocals
DOLLY COLLINS - vocals, piano
ADAM SKEAPING - vocals
RODERICK SKEAPING - vocals
HEATHER WOOD - vocals
ROYSTON WOOD - vocals

Released 30th October 1995
Barcode number: 5020393 300629

Price: £12.00
UK PnP: £0.00