Anne Briggs (album) explained

Anne Briggs
Type:	studio
Artist:	Anne Briggs
Cover:	Annebriggscover1971.jpg
Recorded:	1970–71
Studio:	City of London Recording Studios
Genre:	Folk
Label:	Topic
Producer:	A. L. Lloyd
Prev Title:	The Hazards of Love
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	The Time Has Come
Next Year:	1971

Anne Briggs is a folk album released in 1971 by Anne Briggs. The songs are Traditional apart from two Briggs originals, "Go Your Way" and "Living By The Water". The front cover photograph was taken by Pat Delap on Little Bealings Heath, Suffolk either in 1969 or 1970.^[1]

Release history

In 2009, "Blackwater Side" was included in Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten as track four of the second CD in the set.

On Record Store Day 2015 Topic records re-released the album on 180g vinyl.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are traditional; arranged by Anne Briggs; except where noted.

1. "Blackwater Side" - 3:53
2. "The Snow It Melts The Soonest" - 2:23
3. "Willie O'Winsbury" - 5:31
4. "Go Your Way" (Anne Briggs, Bert Jansch) - 4:14
5. "Thorneymoor Woods" - 3:36
6. "The Cuckoo" - 3:11
7. "Reynardine" - 3:01
8. "Young Tambling" - 10:44
9. "Living By The Water" (Anne Briggs) - 3:55
10. "Ma Bonny Lad" - 1:17

Personnel

• Anne Briggs - vocals, guitar, bouzouki
• Johnny Moynihan - bouzouki on "Willie O'Winsbury"

Technical

• Sean Davies - recording
• Humphrey Weightman - sleeve design
• Patrick Delap - photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anne Briggs – Anne Briggs . www.discogs.com . August 10, 2022.
2. Web site: Album re-release for Record Store Day 2015. 18 April 2015. Topic Records. 17 April 2015.