Uma das cantoras mais celebradas da cena folk britânica, Sandy Denny que já cantava na banda Strawbs, ganhou respeito quando entrou em 1968 para a Fairport Convention, que na época a banda era considerada uma das maiores expoentes do folk music.
Apesar do imenso sucesso ao lado Fairport Convention, a cantora decidiu – influenciada e apaixonada por Trevor Lucas – abandonar o grupo para formar a banda Fotheringay, e lançam em 1970 o primeiro e único álbum da banda, Fotheringay.
O disco teve um ótimo resultado, mas com a vida tempestuosa do casal Sandy e Trevor – já casados – e pressionados pela gravadora, decidem por fim ao grupo. No ano seguinte, Sandy parte para carreira solo com a gravação do álbum The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, que não chega a ser um sucesso, e encontra tempo para aceitar um convite do cantor Robert Plant para participar da gravação de uma faixa do álbum Led Zeppelin IV. Sandy marca presença cantando em Battle of Evermore.
No final de 1971, Sandy se reuniu com membros da Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson e outros músicos para formar o grupo The Bunch, e gravar um disco só de covers. Aproveitando a companhia dos músicos do The Bunch, Sandy gravou o que seria considerado seu melhor álbum, e entrou em uma longa turnê pelo Reino Unido e Europa. Após a turnê do Sandy, Sandy Denny entra novamente em estúdio, as gravações do Like an Old Fashioned Waltz concluíram em agosto de 1973, mas o disco só seria lançado no ano seguinte. Após algumas andanças, a cantora volta aos braços da Fairport Convention e em 1976 deixa a banda novamente.
Em 1977, Sandy lançou seu ultimo álbum, Rendezvous foi produzido por Trevor Lucas e trouxe um som mais contemporâneo.
Em 1978, Sandy sofreu uma hemorragia cerebral após cair de uma escada, o que lhe levou ao estado de coma e a morte aos 31 anos.
Texto retirado do blog | Folk'n Blues
01. Late November
02. Blackwaterside
03. The Sea Captain
04. Down In The Flood
05. John The Gun
06. Next Time Around
07. The Oprimist
08. Let's Jump the Broomstick
09. Wretched Wilbur
10. North Star Grassman And The Ravens
11. Crazy Lady Blues
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01. It'll Take a Long Time
02. Sweet Rosemary
03. For Nobody to Hear
04. Tomorrow Is a Long Time
05. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
06. Listen, Listen
07. The Lady
08. Bushes and Briars
09. It Suits Me Well
10. The Music Weaver
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01. Solo
02. Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
03. Whispering Grass
04. Friends
05. Carnival
06. Dark the Night
07. At the End of the Day
08. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
09. No End
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01. I Wish I Was a Fool For You
02. Gold Dust
03. Candle In the Wind
04. Take Me Away
05. One Way Donkey Ride
06. I'm a Dreamer
07. All Our Days
08. Silver Threads and Golden Needles
09. No More Sad Refrains
10. Full Moon (Bonus Track)
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Disc One | IN SESSION
01. Fhir A' Bhata
02. Green Grow the Laurels
03. Hold On To Me Babe
04. Blues Run The Game
05. Late November
06. Late November
07. Crazy Lady Blues
08. The Lowlands Of Holland
09. It Suits Me Well
10. The Music Weaver
11. Bushes And Briars
12. It'll Take A Long Time
13. Solo
14. Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
15. Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
16. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
17. Whispering Grass
18. Dark The Night
19. Solo
Disc Two | IN CONCERT
01. The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
02. Sweet Rosemary
03. The Lady
04. Bruton Town
05. Next Time Around
06. Blackwaterside
07. John The Gun
08. The Lady
09. Bushes And Briars
10. It Suits Me Well
11. Blackwaterside
12. The Music Weaver
13. The Sea Captain
14. John The Gun
15. Dialogue - Interview (Tomorrow's People BBC World Service Programme 1972)
Disc Three | "OFF-AIR" RECORDING
01. This Train
02. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
03. The Last Thing On My Mind
04. You Never Wanted Me
05. Been On The Road So Long
06. The Quiet Land Of Erin
07. Sweet Nightingale
08. Blackwaterside
09. The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
10. The Lady
11. It'll Take A Long Time
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Alex Campbell and his Friends
01. The Bride
02. You Never Wanted Me
03. This Train
Sandy and Johnny
04. Milk and Honey
05. The Last Thing On My Mind
06. 3.10 to Yuma
07. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
08. Pretty Polly
09. Been On The Road So Long
10. My Ramblin' Boy
It's Sandy Denny
11. 3.10 to Yuma
12. Pretty Polly
13. Milk and Honey
14. The Last Thing On My Mind
15. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
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Sandy Denny & The Strawbs | All Our Own Work
01. On My Way
02. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
03. Tell Me What You See In Me
04. Stay Awhile With Me
05. All I Need Is You
06. Sail Away To The Sea
07. And You Need Me
Sandy Denny & The Strawbs (1991 Re-Issue with Strings)
08. Nothing Else Will Do (Sandy lead vocal)
09. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (strings)
10. And You Need Me (strings)
11. Tell Me What You See in Me (added sitar)
12. Stay Awhile with Me (strings)
13. Two Weeks Last Summer
Swedish Fly Girls (Film Soundtrack)
14. Water Mother
15. What Will I Do Tomorrow?
16. Are The Judges Sane Fly Girls,
17. I Need You
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Fairport Convention | What We Did on Our Holidays
01. Fotheringay
02. Mr Lacey
03. Book Song
04. The Lord Is In This Place
05. I'll Keep It With Mine
06. Eastern Rain
07. Nottamun Town
08. She Moves Through The Fair
09. Meet On The Ledge
Fairport Convention | Unhalfbricking
10. Genesis Hall
11. Si Tu Dois Partir
12. Autopsy
13. A Sailors Life
14. Cajun Woman
15. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
16. Percy's Song
17. Million Dollar Bash
Bonus tracks
18. Mr Lacey Unreleased (Sandy lead vocal)
19. Autopsy Unreleased (alternate take)
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Fairport Convention | Liege & Lief
01. Come All Ye
02. Reynardine
03. Matty Groves
04. Farewell Farewell
05. The Deserter
06. Tam Lin
07. Crazy Man Michael
Bonus tracks
08. Come All Ye (take 1)
09. Matty (take 1)
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Fotheringay | Fotheringay
01. Nothing More
02. The Sea
03. Winter Winds
04. Peace In The End
05. The Way I Feel
06. Pond and the Stream
07. Banks of The Nile
Fotheringay | Fotheringay 2
08. John The Gun
09. Eppy Moray
10. Wild Mountain Thyme
11. Late November
12. Gypsy Davey
13. Silver Threads and Golden Needles
14. Two Weeks Last Summer
15. Gypsy Davey (Joe Boyd mix)
16. Late November (Joe Boyd mix)
17. Two Weeks Last Summer (Joe Boyd mix)
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The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
01. Late November
02. Blackwaterside
03. The Sea Captain
04. Down In The Flood
05. John The Gun
06. Next Time Around
07. The Optimist
08. Lets Jump The Broomstick
09. Wretched Wilbur
10. Northstar Grassman and the Ravens
11. Crazy Lady Blues
Bonus tracks
12. Late November (El Pea version)
13. Blackwaterside (Alternate take)
14. Next Time Around (Alternate take without strings)
The Bunch | Rock On
15. That'll Be The Day
16. Love's Made A Fool of You
17. Willie and the Hand Jive
18. WhenWill I Be Loved?
19. Learning The Game
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Sandy
01. It'll Take A Long Time
02. Sweet Rosemary
03. For Nobody To Hear
04. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
05. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
06. Listen, Listen
07. The Lady
08. Bushes and Briars
09. It Suits Me Well
10. The Music Weaver
Bonus tracks
11. Ecoute, Ecoute (Listen, Listen French version)
12. For Nobody to Hear (original version)unreleased
13. The Music Weaver (without strings)unreleased
14. Here in Silence (From the short film Pass of Arms)
15. Man of Iron (From the short film Pass of Arms)
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Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
01. Solo
02. Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
03. Whispering Grass
04. Friends
05. Carnival
06. Dark The Night
07. At The End Of The Day
08. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
09. No End
Bonus tracks
10. Solo (no overdubs)
11. Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (without strings)
12. Friends (Alternate version)
13. Dark the night (Alternate take)
14. At the End of the Day (alternate take w/o strings)
15. No End (alternate take w/o strings)
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Fairport Convention | Fairport Live Convention (A Moveable Feast)
01. Matty Groves
02. John The Gun
03. Something you got
04. Down In The Flood
05. That'll Be The Day
Fairport Convention | Rising for the Moon
06. Rising For The Moon
07. Restless
08. White Dress
09. Stranger to Himself
10. What is True?
11. Dawn
12. After Halloween
13. One More Chance
Bonus tracks
14. White Dress (Alternate version)
15. Dawn (Alternate version)
16. One More Chance (alternate take)
17. Breakfast in Mayfair (from The Man They Couldn't Hang)
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Rendezvous
01. I Wish I Was A Fool For
02. Gold Dust
03. Candle In The Wind
04. Take Me Away
05. One Way Donkey Ride
06. I'm A Dreamer
07. All Our Days
08. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
09. No More Sad Refrains
Bonus tracks
10. Full Moon (Bonus track on US Hannibal release)
11. Still Waters Run Deep (‘Candle in the wind’ b-side)
12. I’m a Dreamer (Alternate take without strings)
13. All Our Days (full length version)
14. No More Sad Refrains (without strings)
15. Full Moon (Alternative version feat. Dave Swarbrick solo)
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Gold Dust: Live at the Royalty
01. I Wish I Was A Fool For
02. Stranger to Himself
03. I'm A Dreamer
04. Take Me Away
05. Nothing More
06. The Sea
07. The Lady
08. Gold Dust
09. Solo
10. John The Gun
11. It'll Take A Long Time
12. Wretched Wilbur
13. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
14. The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens
15. One More Chance
16. No More Sad Refrains
17. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
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The Early Home Demos
01. Blues Run The Game
02. Milk and Honey
03. Soho
04. It Ain't Me Babe
05. East Virginia
06. Geordie
07. In Memory (The Tender Years)
08. I Love My TRUE Love
09. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
10. Ethusel
11. Carnival
12. Setting of the sun
13. Boxful of Treasures
14. They Don't Seem to Know You
15. Gerrard Street
16. Fotheringay
17. She Moves Through The Fair
18. The Time Has Come
19. Seven Virgins
20. A Little Bit Of Rain
21. Go Your Own Way My Love
22. Cradle Song
23. Blue Tattoo
24. The Quiet Land of Erin
25. Who Knows Where The Time Goes (1st demo 1967)
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Solo & Fairport Convention
01. Who Knows Where the Time Goes (2nd demo 1968)
02. Motherless Children (home demo)
03. Milk and Honey (Live BBC, Cellarful of Folk 21/3/67)
04. Been on the Road So Long (Live BBC, My Kind of Folk 26/6/68)
05. Quiet Land of Erin (Live BBC, My Kind of Folk 26/6/68)
06. Autopsy (demo)
07. Now and Then (demo)
08. Fotheringay (Acoustic version)
09. She Moved Through the Fair (Acoustic version)
10. Mr. Lacey (live BBC, Stuart Henry Show 02/12/68)
11. Throwaway Street Puzzle
12. Ballad of Easy Rider
13. Dear Landlord
14. A Sailors Life (1st version without Swarb)
15. Sir Patrick Spens
16. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (take 1)
17. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (take 4)
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Fotheringay
01. The Sea (studio demo)
02. Winter Winds (studio demo)
03. The Pond and the Stream (studio demo)
04. The Way I Feel (original version)
05. Banks of the Nile (alternate take)
06. Winter Winds (alternate take)
07. Silver Threads and Golden Needles (1st album outtake)
08. The Sea (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970)
09. Two Weeks Last Summer (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970)
10. Nothing More (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970)
11. Banks of the Nile (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970)
12. Memphis Tennessee (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970)
13. Trouble (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970)
14. Bruton Town (band rehearsal)
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Northstar Grassman and the Ravens & Sandy
01. The Sea Captain (demo)
02. Next Time Around (demo)
03. The Optimist (demo)
04. Wretched Wilbur (demo)
05. Crazy Lady Blues (demo)
06. Lord Bateman (demo)
07. Walking the Floor Over You (duet with Richard Thompson)
08. Losing Game
09. Northstar Grassman and the Ravens (Live, BBC One in Ten)
10. Crazy Lady Blues (Live, BBC One in Ten)
11. Late November (Live, BBC One in Ten)u
12. If You Saw Thru My Eyes (duet with Ian Matthews)
13. It’s A Boy (Tommy As Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra 1972)
14. Northstar Grassman and the Ravens (Live, BBC Bob Harris Show 06/09/71)
15. 12th of Never
16. Sweet Rosemary (Manor demo alternate take)
17. The Lady (Manor demo)
18. After Halloween (Manor demo)
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Sandy & Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
01. It’ll Take a Long Time (demo)
02. Sweet Rosemary (Manor demo)
03. For Nobody to Hear (demo)
04. Tomorrow is a Long Time (demo)
05. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (demo)
06. Listen, Listen (Manor demo)
07. The Lady (demo)
08. Bushes and Briars (demo)
09. It Suits Me Well (demo)
10. The Music Weaver (demo)
11. No End (piano version alternate take with studio chat)
12. Whispering Grass (studio demo)
13. Until the Real Thing Comes Along (studio demo)
14. Walking the Floor Over You (1973 version)
15. No End (solo piano version)
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Fairport Live at The LA Troubadour 1974 & Interviews
01. Down in the Flood (live at the LA Troubadour)
02. Solo (live at the LA Troubadour)
03. It’ll take a Long Time (live at the LA Troubadour)
04. She moved through the Fair (live at the LA Troubadour)
05. Knockin’ on Heavens Door (live at the LA Troubadour)
06. Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (live at the LA Troubadour)
07. John the Gun (live at the LA Troubadour)
08. Crazy Lady Blues (live at the LA Troubadour)
09. Who Knows Where the Time Goes (live at the LA Troubadour)
10. Matty Groves (live at the LA Troubadour)
11. That’ll be the Day (live at the LA Troubadour)
12. What is True (studio demo)
13. Sandy interviewed about Like An Old Fashioned Waltz. BBC radio, John Peel Sounds on Sunday 06/01/1974
14. Sandy interviewed in 1974 to promote Like An Old Fashioned Waltz and her return to Fairport Convention
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Rendezvous
01. Blackwaterside (live Marc Time 1975)
02. No More Sad Refrains (live Marc Time 1975)
03. By The Time It Gets Dark (acoustic studio demo)
04. One Way Donkey Ride (acoustic version)
05. Losing Game (with Jess Roden)
06. Easy to Slip
07. By The Time It Gets Dark (studio demo)
08. No More Sad Refrains (live at Basing Street 25/04/76)
09. I’m a Dreamer (live at Basing Street 25/04/76)
10. All Our Days (Choral version)
11. By The Time It Gets Dark (studio take with full band)
12. Still Waters Run Deep (Acoustic version)
13. Full Moon (acoustic version)
14. Candle in the Wind (piano version)
15. Moments
16. I Wish I Was a Fool for You (Original Gold Dust LP version)
17. Gold Dust (Original Gold Dust LP version)
18. Still Waters Run Deep (Original Gold Dust LP version)
19. Moments (Acoustic version) actual final studio recording
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The Byfield demos 74-77
01. King And Queen of England (demo with piano introduction)
02. Rising For the Moon (demo)
03. One More Chance (demo)
04. King and Queen of England (take 1, demo)
05. After Halloween (demo 1974)
06. What Is True (demo)
07. Stranger to Himself (demo)
08. Take Away the Load (demo)
09. By the Time It Gets Dark (demo)
10. I’m a Dreamer (demo)
11. Full Moon (demo)
12. Take Me Away (demo)
13. All Our Days (demo)
14. No More Sad Refrains (demo)
15. Still Waters Run Deep (demo)
16. One Way Donkey Ride (demo)
17. I’m a Dreamer (2nd demo)
18. Full Moon (2nd demo)
19. Makes Me Think of You (demo)
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