No Roses - Track Listing

Track Listing

All songs are arrangements of traditional folk songs. Claudy Banks stems from Ron and Bob Cooper. The line-up is according to the folk database Mainly Norfolk.

1. Claudy Banks (4:37)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar; Roger Powell - drums; Simon Nicol - electric guitar; Richard Thompson - electric guitar; Ian Whiteman - piano; Dave Bland - concertina; Alan Cave - bassoon; Lol Coxhill - alto saxophone
2. Little Gipsy Girl (2:16)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar; Roger Powell - drums; Dave Mattacks - sticks; Simon Nicol - electric guitar; Dave Bland - hammered dulcimer; Tony Hall - melodeon
3. Banks of The Bann (3:38)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar; Dolly Collins - piano; Simon Nicol - acoustic guitar; Richard Thompson - acoustic 12-string guitar; John Kirkpatrick - accordeon
4. Murder of Maria Marten (7:28)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Nic Jones - backing vocals and fiddle; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar; Richard Thompson - electric guitar; Simon Nicol - electric guitar; Tim Renwick - electric guitar; Dave Mattacks - drums; Barry Dransfield - fiddle; Francis Baines - hurdy gurdy
5. Van Dieman's Land (4:59)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar; Ian Whiteman - piano; Simon Nicol - acoustic guitar; Richard Thompson - electric guitar; Roger Powell - drums; Dave Bland - concertina; Colin Ross - Northumbrian smallpipes; Alan Lumsden - ophicleide
6. Just As The Tide Was A-Flowing (2:13)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Maddy Prior - backing vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar; Roger Powell - drums; Simon Nicol - acoustic guitar; Dave Bland - concertina
7. The White Hare (2:43)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar, percussion; Roger Powell - drums; Tim Renwick - acoustic 12-string guitar; Richard Thompson - electric guitar; Royston Wood - backing vocals; Lal and Mike Waterson - backing vocals; Steve Midgen - French horn
8. Hal-An-Tow (2:54)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar, percussion; Roger Powell - drums; Tim Renwick - acoustic 12-string guitar; Richard Thompson - slide guitar; Dave Bland - hammered dulcimer; Tony Hall - melodeon; Royston Wood - backing vocals; Simon Nicol - backing vocals; Gregg Butler - serpent; Trevor Cozier - jew's harp
9. Poor Murdered Woman (4:17)
   • Shirley Collins - lead vocals; Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar; Dave Mattacks - drums; Dolly Collins - piano; Richard Thompson - electric guitar; Simon Nicol - electric guitar; Tin Renwick - electric guitar; Dave Bland - concertina