A Collection by Martin Carthy is collected on this page with album-level details It is meant to give search engines and visitors a fuller explanation of the release without adding invented review claims.

The visible catalog facts for this release include release year 1999, genre area Folk, 12 tracks, total running time 45:47, and cover artwork available. This gives the page enough context to describe the release in a natural catalog style.

A quick look at the track list shows Still Growing (Trees They Do Grow High), Lady Franklin's Lament (Lord Franklin), Bloody Gardener, Poor Murdered Woman, Raggle Taggle Gypsies (Seven Yellow Gypsies), Bold Poachers, Cambric Shirt (Scarborough Fair), and Lowlands Of Holland. These titles make the page specific to this album rather than a generic music category.

The page can also be read through the track durations: Raggle Taggle Gypsies (Seven Yellow Gypsies) is one of the longer tracks at 5:14 and Poor Murdered Woman is one of the shorter tracks at 2:53. The duration notes keep the text factual and tied to the actual track table.

As a catalog entry, A Collection is described through its visible facts, its tracks and the metadata already available on the page. Because the text is stored after the first visit, the page keeps a consistent description over time.