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''The Power of the True Love Knot'' is an album by Shirley Collins. The theme of this collection of songs is "the idea of true love as a power outside society's control", as Shirley writes on the liner notes. If the first track sounds slightly like "Eleanor Rigby", this is because Bram Taylor plays cello on both of them. Two other guests are Mike Heron and Robin Williamson from The Incredible String Band. The relationship bore fruit on Shirley's next album. ''Anthems in Eden'' (1969) contains "God Dog", a song written by Robin Williamson. The title of this album comes from the song "Lady Margaret and Sweet William". On this song, Shirley accompanines herself on 5-string dulcimer, adapted to have a banjo neck. The sound is so charming that you wish she had used the instrument on later albums, but she never did. Three of the songs on this collection had previously been recorded on ''False True Lovers'' (1960) - "Just as the Tide Was Flowing", "Richie Story" and "The Unquiet Grave". Clearly, they were among her favourites. Dolly Collins puts her stamp on "Richie Story" in her pipe organ accompaniment, a stately march as the couple in the song progress through the street to church to marry. In 1964, Shirley had recorded ''Folk Roots, New Routes'', which introduced eastern rhythms to English folk song. On this album, there is a vaguely Indian flavour to "Seven Yellow Gipsies" with Robin Williamson's complicated clapping, and his chanter playing on the song "The Maydens Came". ==Track listing== # "Bonnie Boy" (Trad) # "Richie Story" (232 ) (Trad) # "Lovely Joan" (Trad) # "Just as the Tide Was Flowing" (Trad) # "The Unquiet Grave" (78 ) (Trad) # "Black-eyed Susan" (Trad) # "Seven Yellow Gipsies" (200 ) (Trad) # "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Trad) # "Greenwood Laddie" (Trad) # "Lady Margaret and Sweet William" (74 ) (Trad) # "The Maydens Came" (Trad) # "Polly Vaughan" (Words: Trad/ Tune: S Collins) # "The Barley Straw" (Trad) # "Barbara Allen" (84 ) (Trad) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Power of the True Love Knot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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