Description

Title: The Time Has Come
Artist: Anne Briggs
Label: Earth Recordings
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 809236002860
Genre: Folk
Release Date: 2025-03-28
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: COLORED VINYL, GREEN

Offering some of her first original compositions, ‘The Time Has Come’ was a break from tradition in more ways than one for Anne Briggs. Where previous recordings displayed the unaccompanied melodies of her voice, this album – originally released by CBS in 1971 – brings additional instrumentation in the form of guitar and bouzouki. The result is that her vocals are not submerged but heightened – the plucked strings providing the perfect foil for her crystalline inflection. ‘The Time Has Come’ is a mix of Anne’s own songs alongside some notable covers (Lal Waterson, Steve Ashley, Stan Ellison, Henry McCulloch). All are graced with the quietly self-assured elegance of Anne’s playing, with sounds ranging from the breezy ‘Clea Caught A Rabbit’ to the terrible beauty of ‘Wishing Well’ – each song typifying the bouzouki or guitar style. To say that Anne was an accomplished picker is to do her something of an disservice – the intricacy of her finger-work rivals – and more often than not eclipses – any number of her contemporaries.

Tracks:
1.1 Sandman’s Song
1.2 Highlodge Hare
1.3 Fire and Wine
1.4 Step Right Up
1.5 Ride, Ride
1.6 The Time Has Come
1.7 Clea Caught A Rabbit
1.8 Tangled Man
1.9 Wishing Well
1.10 Standing On The Shore
1.11 Tidewave
1.12 Everytime
1.13 Fine Horseman