Had she never taken Lloyd Webber’s shilling and sung for The Two Ronnies, the musical theatre star Barbara Dickson might have remained a folk scene phenomenon.
This raw double set of reel to reel recordings from 1969-73 finds Dickson’s precision engineered phrasing and perfectly poised voice, an egoless vessel that contains the old songs’ sentiments, set against her stark acoustic guitar in audibly rapt pub back rooms.
This alternate earth Barbara Dickson is a shadowy legend, ripe for rediscovery alongside forgotten folk contemporaries Mandy Morton and Shelagh McDonald.
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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