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Thread #6772   Message #1585941
Posted By: Roberto
19-Oct-05 - 01:35 AM
Thread Name: Recording of Golden Vanity
Subject: RE: Recording of Golden Vanity
Among the many recordings of this ballad, The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity) (Child #286), I would suggest the following from traditional and revival singers:
Traditional singers:

The Golden Victory (Dodie Chalmers)
The Golden Vanity (Bill Cameron)
The Golden Vanity (Johnny Doughty)
The Golden Vanity (Duncan Williamson)
The Golden Willow Tree (Justus Begley)
A Ship Set Sail For North America (Ollie Jacobs)
Merry Golden Tree (Almeda Riddle)
Lowland Low (Frank Proffitt)
The Lowlands Low (Warde Ford)
The Golden Vanity (Doug Wallin)
The Merry Golden Tree (Jean Ritchie)
The Turkish Rebelee (Horton Barker)

Revival singers:
The Golden Vanity (A. L. Lloyd)
The Golden Vanitee (Tony Rose)
The Sweet Kumadee (Ewan MacColl)
The Sweet Kumadie (Ian Manuel)
The Sweet Kumadee (Tom Spiers – The Gaugers)
The Old Virginia Lowlands (Martin Carthy & John Kirkpatrick – Brass Monkey)
The Golden Vanity (Jez Lowe)
The Green Willow Tree (Brian Peters & Gordon Tyrrall)
The Turkish Revery (Daithi Sproule)
Turkey Reveille (Barbara Dane)
The Golden Vanity (Paul Wilson, Dead Maid's Land)
The Golden Vanity (Martyn Wyndham-Read)
The Turkish Revelee (Paul Clayton)
Sinking in the Lonesome Sea (The Carter Family)
Sinking in the Lonesome Sea (The New Lost City Ramblers)
The Golden Vanity (Jody Stecher)
The Golden Vanity (Alan Mills)