Anne Briggs

Topic Treasures series Deluxe CD issue/ Original album artwork. / Introduction by Anne Briggs / CD Notes from much respected Folk journalist and Anne Briggs authority Ken Hunt. / Rare photographs and track by track notation. A long overdue issue of the classic first album, widley regarded as a long-lost treasure and recorded in 1971. Anne Briggs began singing in local folk clubs in her teens. In 1962. Famously, Briggs taught Bert Jansch the song Blackwater Side, which he recorded on his classic 1965 debut album; the next year his pivotal traditional album Jack Orion largely comprised songs he learnt from Briggs who helped him understand the structure of folk song. Track listing: 1.Blackwater Side 2.The Snow It Melts The Soonest 3.Willie O Winsbury 4.Go Your Way (My Love) 5.Thorneymoor Woods 6.The Cuckoo 7.Reynardine 8.Young Tambling 9.Living By The Water 10.Maa Bonny Lad

Tracks

1~1~Blackwater Side (Remastered)
1~2~The Snow It Melts The Soonest (Remastered)
1~3~Willie O Winsbury (Feat. Johnny Moynihan) (Remastered)
1~4~Go Your Way (Remastered)
1~5~Thorneymoor Woods (Remastered)
1~6~The Cuckoo (Remastered)
1~7~Reynardine (Remastered)
1~8~Young Tambling (Remastered)
1~9~Living By The Water (Remastered)
1~10~Maa Bonny Lad (Remastered)

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Anne Briggs
Release Date: 29 March 2019
Genre: Folk
Label: Proper/Topic
Distributor: MGM Music