A Collection (Anne Briggs album)

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A Collection is an compilation album by Anne Briggs.

The recordings are drawn from various albums 1963 - 1971. Issued on CD in 1999. Anne Briggs sings solo on most tracks. Anne plays guitar on "Blackwater Side", bouzouki on "Living by the Water" and "Willie o Winsbury". Johnny Moynihan plays bouzouki on "Willie o Winsbury", Ray Fisher sings on "The Doffing Mistress". All titles traditional except "Go Your Way" and "Living by the Water" both written by Anne Briggs.

Running time 76 minutes 35 seconds.

  1. The Recruited Collier (Trad) (1963)
  2. The Doffing Mistress (Trad) (1963)
  3. She Moves Through The Fair (Trad) (1963)
  4. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Trad) (1963)
  5. Lowlands (Trad) (1964)
  6. My Bonny Boy (Trad) (1964)
  7. Polly Vaughan (Trad) (1964)
  8. Rosemary Lane (Trad) (1964)
  9. Gathering Rushes in the Month of May (Trad) (1966)
  10. The Whirly Whorl (Trad) (1966)
  11. The Stonecutter Boy (Trad) (1966)
  12. Martinmas Time (Trad) (1966)
  13. Blackwater Side (Trad) (1971)
  14. The Snow it Melts The Soonest (Trad) (1971)
  15. Willie o Winsbury (Trad) (1971)
  16. Go Your Way (Anne Briggs) (1971)
  17. Thorneymoor Woods (Trad) (1971)
  18. The Cuckoo (Trad) (1971)
  19. Reynardine (Trad) (1971)
  20. Young Tambing (Trad) (1971)
  21. Living By The Water (Anne Briggs) (1971)
  22. Maa Bonny Lad (Trad) (1971)