Sandy Denny - A Boxful Of Treasures [2004] (5 x CD's)

SANDY DENNY

Sandy Denny - A Boxful Of Treasures [2004] (5 x CD's)

The most comprehensive portrait of one of England's finest singer/songwriters. A deluxe five CD long format box-set. Includes such previously unreleased gems as 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles' (outtake from 'Fotheringay'), 'Losing Game' ((Duet with Jess Roden), 'She Moves Through The Fair' (live duet with Dave Swarbick), plus many alternate takes & demo versions, with & without Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, & more. 56-color booklet with a forward by Richard Thompson plus pieces & remembrances from Jim Irvin (MOJO), Joe Boyd, John Renbourn, Linda Thompson, Pete Townshend, & more. (Amazon)

Sandy Denny is one of the best artists the UK produced in the 60's and 70's, yet so few people have heard of her in the USA that it borders on disgrace. IF people know her, they know her as the one guest vocalist Led Zeppelin ever used (on The Battle of Evermore). This underrated woman, whose second written song was "Who Knows Where The Time Goes", was a popular folk singer by the time she joined up with the Strawbs for an album, and shortly thereafter, the Fairport Convention for 3 albums (all considered classics) before starting her own highly acclaimed group Fotheringay, following that with 4 solo albums and a brief return to Fairport. This box set covers all of this ground, though it may find you scrambling to locate the original releases to hear the tracks that could not be included due to space reasons. It includes alternate versions of several songs, and many unreleased versions, including 3 of "By The Time It Gets Dark", a song that should have seen the light of day when her fourth solo LP, Rendevous, was released, which nevertheless has been covered by several artists to date.

Who knows why Sandy is not well-known. She died tragically young at a time when her career was in a lull. There was a tendency on the part of her producers to add a lot of ornamental flourishes to her music, and some of that causes these works to age more than they would have, which may be contributing to reluctance of radio stations to air the songs. But to hear the songs and realize that their quality is so good, and they're being sung by quite possibly the best female singer to sing popular music (and that is NOT an exaggeration), it's easy to forgive added strings and other similar indulgements. To help offset this, disc 5 is made up of almost entirely simple demos of Sandy with guitar or piano, mostly unreleased.

As Richard Thompson put it in the liner notes, practically every artist he knows whose work he respects highly has Sandy's music in their personal collections. There is a very good reason for that. Some of Sandy's work can correctly be called some of the best popular music has ever had to offer. (Amazon)

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Sandy Denny - A Boxful Of Treasures [2004] CFD1+CD2

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Track lists

CD1

01    3.10 To Yuma    3:40
02    She Moves Through The Fair    4:04
03    Boxful Of Treasure    1:43
04    They Don't Seem To Know You    2:25
05    Go Your Way My Love    4:12
06    Geordie    3:45
07    Been On The Road So Long    5:03
08    You Never Wanted Me    3:24
09    This Train    2:07
10    Sail Away To The Sea    3:25
11    Tell Me What You See In Me    3:38
12    Who Knows Where The Time Goes    4:14
13    Autopsy    4:28
14    Now And Then    3:51
15    I Don't Know Where I Stand    3:40
16    Bird On A Wire    3:30
17    Fotheringay    3:06
18    Nottamun Town    3:11
19    Meet On The Ledge    2:53

CD2

01    Si Tu Dois Partir    2:22
02    Cajun Woman    2:45
03    The Ballad Of Easy Rider    4:57
04    A Sailor's Life    11:11
05    Reynardine    4:33
06    Farewell Farewell    2:40
07    Tam Lin    7:13
08    Sir Patrick Spens    3:47
09    The Pond And The Stream    3:19
10    The Sea    5:32
11    The Banks Of The Nile    8:05
12    Silver Treads And Golden Needles    4:32
13    The Lowlands Of Holland    3:21
14    Nothing More    4:54
15    Gypsy Davey    3:54
16    Late November    4:33

CD3

01    The North Star Grassman And The Ravens    3:28
02    Next Time Around    4:47
03    Blackwaterside    4:12
04    The Sea Captain    3:10
05    Thro' My Eyes    2:37
06    Learning The Game    2:09
07    Here In Silence    3:53
08    Bruton Town    4:50
09    Sweet Rosemary    3:00
10    After Halloween    2:58
11    The Lady    3:40
12    The Music Weaver    3:21
13    Ecoute Ecoute    3:59
14    Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood    4:28
15    It'll Take A Long Time    5:15
16    No End    7:36
17    Bushes And Briars    2:38
18    Walking The Floor Over You    4:20

CD4

01    Whispering Grass    3:45
02    Solo    4:24
03    At The End Of The Day    6:31
04    Like An Old Fashioned Waltz    4:13
05    Until The Real Thing Comes Along    4:10
06    John The Gun    5:39
07    She Moves Through The Fair    3:30
08    One More Chance    3:56
09    King And Queen Of England    3:55
10    Rising For The Moon    4:09
11    White Dress    3:45
12    I'm A Dreamer    4:48
13    By The Time It Gets Dark    4:12
14    No More Sad Refrains    2:51
15    Losing Game    3:17
16    Easy To Slip    3:28
17    Full Moon    4:31
18    Moments    3:43

CD5

01    One Way Donkey Ride    4:14
02    I'm A Dreamer    4:17
03    Take Me Away    4:00
04    Rising For The Moon    3:09
05    Still Waters Run Deep    3:10
06    All Our Days    3:40
07    No More Sad Refrains    3:08
08    By The Time It Gets Dark    3:32
09    The Music Weaver    3:17
10    What Is True    3:46
11    Stranger To Himself    2:20
12    Take Away The Load    1:43
13    By The Time It Gets Dark    3:41
14    Full Moon    5:01
15    Knockin' On Heaven's Door    5:25
16    It'll Take A Long Time    5:43
17    Who Knows Where The Time Goes    6:35

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