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19 Disc Sandy Denny Boxset To Be Released

• 21st Oct 2010

Universal Music is pleased to announce the full track listing and final packaging for the much anticipated, strictly limited edition 19 CD box set, simply titled Sandy Denny. 11 of the CDs feature Sandy's complete commercial recordings with Alex Campbell, Johnny Silvo, Fotheringay, Strawbs, Fairport Convention and solo with additional content; outtakes, demos and live recordings. There are 8 further CDs of bonus material; unreleased songs, demos, unreleased BBC recordings, alternate takes, live recordings, acoustic versions, and rare radio interviews. In all, there are over 100 unreleased versions of Sandy’s recordings of which 64 are studio takes, 25 demos and 14 live recordings.

Highlights of the new material include;

Three unreleased songs: the long lost traditional song ‘Lord Bateman‘, pencilled in for her first solo album, The North Star Grassman and The Ravens.
An unidentified track ‘Ethusel‘ from her early pre-Fairport Convention solo career.
12th of Never, recorded for an unspecified Granada project, this abbreviated version of the song was never attempted again.

The alternate takes include;

• Acoustic masters of ‘Fotheringay’ and ‘She Moved Through The Fair‘.
• A solo version of ‘Mr Lacey‘;
• Blackwaterside’ with Richard Thompson, working out the arrangement of this traditional song, performed here without overdubs;
• The original duet of ‘The Way I Feel’ from Fotheringay;
• Unstrung alternate versions of songs from Like An Old Fashioned Waltz,
• Original masters and outtakes from Rendezvous including ‘Gold Dust‘,
• Her very last recording, an acoustic version of 'Moments'.

Unreleased demos include;

• A superb series of studio demos from throughout Denny's solo career with tracks from Fotheringay, Northstar Grassman, Like An Old Fashioned Waltz, Rendezvous and the entire Sandy album.
• A series of recordings made at home between 1966-68, restored in the main from the master reels including her first version of ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes?‘, performed in quite a different manner to previously released versions, and many other self penned, traditional and contemporary songs not recorded in the studio.
• Demos recorded at Sandy's home in Byfield between 1974-77 restored from the master reels including her final home demo 'Makes Me Think of You', which was also her last original composition. The lyrics (reproduced in this set) to the song are the final entry in her notebook.

Other highlights include;

• The first release of Sandy's live performance with Fairport Convention at the LA Troubadour in 1974, mixed from the master reels. These dates mark the only time Sandy ever performed ‘Crazy Lady Blues’ and ‘She Moved Through The Fair’ live with the 1974 Fairport line up, and the only time they performed Dylan’s Knocking on Heavens Door.
• First time on CD for Sandy's tracks from the Swedish Fly Girls soundtrack, produced by Manfred Mann.
• The full track listing and more complete descriptions of the unreleased recordings is available on request.

The set is lavishly packaged and features all new artwork. Each CD is housed in an individual gatefold digipack sleeve and comes in a beautiful box packed full of memorabilia including;

• 72 page hardback book containing rare and unseen photos
• A reproduction of one of her notebooks containing handwritten lyrics of some of her best know compositions and many unrecorded songs.
• Extensive biography and annotations to key new tracks found in the Island archive
• Reproduction of a rare A2 colour promo poster for Northstar Grassman and the Ravens
• Copy of the receipt for her first piano
• Copy of an original Island press kit containing press release and 4 press shots for Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
• A collection of bound postcards of never before seen photographs. Interviews and tributes from artists such as Richard Thompson, Judy Collins, John Renbourn, Bob Harris, Robert Plant, Bill Drummond, Marc Almond, Lee Ranaldo, Rachel Unthank and Jon Boden. A second edition, limited to 100 sets, is available only from the Island 50 web store. It comes with a framed print of the artwork, signed by the artist, Phil Smee, and individually addressed to each purchaser.

You can order the record from here: link

Tributes from friends and admirers;

Richard Thompson: Sandy was an original – she was carving an area of music that was really her own.

Bob Harris: Has there ever a better first song written than Who Knows Where The Time Goes? The insight in that song, it shows a wisdom way beyond her years and she write consistently great songs throughout her career.

Rachel Unthank: Her voice was so effortless, graceful and commanding. Don't listen to her! You'll realise that the rest of us are wasting your time.

Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth): Sandy always transports me to a unique musical place, and defines a certain time in music history to my ears. Her music and voice have been elevated to the top-most reverential rungs of all those I hold dear in my musical life.

Marc Almond: When I want to bring up certain emotions I listen to her, and she really is my very favourite female singer.

Bill Drummond: Other generations may have had Ian Curtis or Kurt Cobain, but for me the voice of Sandy Denny is enough for my life time.

SANDY DENNY BOXSET TRACKLISTING

CD ALBUM SONG TIME
1 Alex Campbell and His Friends 67 The False Bride 4.07
1 You Never Wanted Me 3.17
1 This Train 2.03
1
1 Sandy and Johnny 67 Milk and Honey 4.23
1 The Last Thing On My Mind 3.35
1 3.10 to Yuma 3.41
1 Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor 3.21
1 Pretty Polly 3.00
1 Been On The Road So Long 5.04
1 Bonus track My Ramblin’ Boy 3.44
1
1 It's Sandy Denny 70 3.10 to Yuma 3.19
1 Pretty Polly 2.35
1 Milk and Honey 4.26
1 The Last Thing On My Mind 3.22
1 Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor 3.08
51.05

2 All Our Own Work Sandy Denny and The Strawbs On My Way 3.02
2 Who Knows Where The Time Goes 4.03
2 Tell Me What You See In Me 3.38
2 Stay Awhile With Me 2.22
2 All I Need Is You 2.19
2 Sail Away To The Sea 3.23
2 And You Need Me 3.14
2 23.12
2 Sandy Denny and The Strawbs (91 re-issue) Nothing Else Will Do 2.13
2 Who Knows Where The Time Goes 4.05
2 And You Need Me 3.14
2 Tell Me What You See In Me 3.38
2 Stay Awhile With Me 2.23
2 Two Weeks Last Summer 2.04
2 Swedish Fly Girls (film Soundtrack) Water Mother 2.06
2 Swedish Fly Girls (film Soundtrack) What Will I Do Tomorrow? 2.40
2 Swedish Fly Girls (film Soundtrack) Are The Judges Sane Fly Girls, 3.15
2 Swedish Fly Girls I Need You 1.41
3 What We Did on Our Holidays 69 Fotheringay 3.04
3 Mr Lacey 2.52
3 Book Song 3.13
3 The Lord Is In This Place 1.58
3 I’ll Keep It With Mine 5.53
3 Eastern Rain 3.35
3 Nottamun Town 3.10
3 She Moves Through The Fair 4.11
3 Meet On The Ledge 2.49
3
3 Unhalfbricking 69 Genesis Hall 3.35
3 Si Tu Dois Partir 2.18
3 Autopsy 4.20
3 A Sailors Life 11.08
3 Cajun Woman 2.42
3 Who Knows Where The Time Goes 5.08
3 Percy’s Song 6.46
3 Million Dollar Bash 2.54
3 Unreleased Mr Lacey 2.57
3 Unreleased Autopsy 4.23
4 Liege and Lief Come All Ye 5.00
4 Reynardine 4.31
4 Matty Groves 8.08
4 Farewell Farewell 2.37
4 The Deserter 4.22
4 Tam Lin 7.11
4 Crazy Man Michael 4.37
4 Unreleased Come All Ye (take 1) 5.00
4 Unreleased Matty Groves (take 1) 10.31
5 Fotheringay Nothing More 4.35
5 The Sea 5.29
5 Winter Winds 2.10
5 Peace In The End 4.02
5 The Way I Feel 4.44
5 Pond and the Stream 3.16
5 Banks of The Nile 8.04
5 Fotheringay 2 John The Gun 5.07
5 Eppy Moray 4.45
5 Wild Mountain Thyme 3.51
5 Late November 4.40
5 Gypsy Davey 3.42
5 Silver Threads and Golden Needles 4.30
5 Two Weeks Last Summer 3.51
5 Gypsy Davey (alternate mix) 3.54
5 Late November (alternate mix) 4.34
5 Two Weeks Last Summer (alternate mix) 3.59
6 The North Star Grassman and the Ravens 71 Late November 4.28
6 Blackwaterside 4.12
6 The Sea Captain 3.09
6 Down In The Flood 3.20
6 John The Gun 4.38
6 Next Time Around 4.26
6 The Optimist 3.24
6 Lets Jump The Broomstick 2.42
6 Wretched Wilbur 2.38
6 Northstar Grassman and the Ravens 3.27
6 Crazy Lady Blues 3.22
6 Late November (El Pea version) 4.30
6 Unreleased Blackwaterside [Alternate take] 4.20
6 Next Time Around (Alternate take) 4.45
6 The Bunch: Rock On 72 That’ll Be The Day 2.20
6 Love’s Made A Fool of You 3.25
6 Willie and the Hand Jive 3.38
6 WhenWill I Be Loved? 3.11
6 Learning The Game 2.09
7 Sandy 72 It’ll Take A Long Time 5.13
7 Sweet Rosemary 2.29
7 For Nobody To Hear 4.15
7 Tomorrow Is A Long Time 3.57
7 Quiet Joys of Brotherhood 4.27
7 Listen, Listen 3.59
7 The Lady 4.01
7 Bushes and Briars 3.53
7 It Suits Me Well 5.06
7 The Music Weaver 3.18
7 unreleaesd Ecoute, Ecoute 3.59
7 unreleased For Nobody to Hear 4.39
7 unreleased The Music Weaver 3.25
7 Here In Silence 3.54
7 Man of Iron 7.38
8 Like an Old Fashioned Waltz 74 Solo 4.24
8 Like An Old Fashioned Waltz 4.09
8 Whispering Grass 3.56
8 Friends 3.31
8 Carnival 5.44
8 Dark The Night 4.27
8 At The End Of The Day 6.28
8 Until The Real Thing Comes Along 3.40
8 No End 6.36
8 Unreleased Solo 4.48
8 unreleased Like An Old Fashioned Waltz 4.10
8 Unreleased Friends [alternate version] 3.31
8 Unreleased Dark the night [alternate take] 4.34
8 At The End of The Day (alternate take) 6.31
8 Unreleased No End (alternate take) 6.39
9 Fairport Live Convention (A Moveable Feast) 74 Matty Groves 7.32
9 John The Gun 5.03
9 Something you got 2.44
9 Down In The Flood 3.14
9 That’ll Be The Day (live) 3.19
9 Rising for the Moon 75 Rising For The Moon 4.09
9 Restless 4.01
9 White Dress 3.44
9 Stranger to Himself 2.53
9 What is True? 3.34
9 Dawn 3.43
9 After Halloween 3.39
9 One More Chance 7.53
9 Unreleased White Dress [alternate version] 3.52
9 Unreleased Dawn [alternate version] 4.12
9 Unreleased One More Chance [alternate take] 3.46
9 Breakfast in Mayfair 3.59
66.26
10 Rendezvous 77 I Wish I Was A Fool For You 4.31
10 Gold Dust 3.56
10 Candle In The Wind 4.10
10 Take Me Away 4.28
10 One Way Donkey Ride 3.38
10 I’m A Dreamer 4.49
10 All Our Days 7.29
10 Silver Threads And Golden Needles 3.44
10 No More Sad Refrains 2.51
10 Full Moon 4.30
10 unreleased Still Waters Run Deep 2.56
10 unreleased I’m A Dreamer [alternate take] 4.49
10 unreleased All Our Days (alternate version) 8.44
10 unreleased No More Sad Refrains (alternate version) 2.51
10 unreleased Full Moon (alternative version) 4.30
11 Gold Dust: Live at the Royalty 98 I Wish I Was A Fool For You 4.32
11 Stranger to Himself 3.45
11 I’m A Dreamer 4.53
11 Take Me Away 4.42
11 Nothing More 4.16
11 The Sea 5.10
11 The Lady 3.45
11 Gold Dust 3.53
11 Solo 4.46
11 John The Gun 4.47
11 It’ll Take A Long Time 4.59
11 Wretched Wilbur 2.59
11 Tomorrow Is A Long Time 3.57
11 The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens 3.46
11 One More Chance 8.21
11 No More Sad Refrains 2.27
11 Who Knows Where The Time Goes 6.38
Bonus Tracks
Disc ORIGINAL RELEASE SONG TIME
The Early Home Demos
12 Unreleased Blues Run The Game 3.26
12 Unreleased Milk and Honey 3.39
12 Unreleased Soho 3.12
12 Unreleased It Ain’t Me Babe 3.40
12 Unreleased East Virginia 3.23
12 Geordie 3.42
12 Unreleased In Memory (The Tender Years) 2.31
12 Unreleased I Love My True Love 2.25
12 Unreleased Let No Man Steal Your Thyme 2.24
12 Unreleased ‘Ethusel’ (unknown track) 4.51
12 Unreleased Carnival 3.15
12 Unreleased Setting of the sun 2.34
12 Boxful of Treasures 1.41
12 They Don’t Seem to Know You 2.23
12 Unreleased Gerrard Street 1.49
12 Unreleased Fotheringay 1.58
12 She Moves Through The Fair 4.03
12 Unreleased The Time Has Come 4.01
12 Unreleased Seven Virgins 2.54
A Little Bit Of Rain 2.30
12 Go Your Own Way My Love 4.09
12 Unreleased Cradle Song 2.28
12 Unreleased Blue Tattoo 2.58
12 Unreleased The Quiet Land of Erin 3.20
12 Unreleased Who Knows Where The Time Goes (1st demo 1967) 4.31
73.07

Solo & Fairport Convention
13 unreleased Who Knows Where The Time Goes (home demo) 3.36
13 unreleased Motherless Children (home demo) 2.31
13 unreleased Milk and Honey (Live BBC, Cellarful of Folk 21/3/67) 3.24
13 BBC Session Been On The Road So Long (Live BBC, My Kind of Folk 26/6/68) 2.43
13 BBC Session Quiet Land of Erin(Live BBC, My Kind of Folk 26/6/68) 3.43
13 Autopsy (demo) 4.28
13 Now and Then (demo) 3.51
13 unreleased Fotheringay (acoustic version) 3.06
13 unreleased She Moved Through the fair (acoustic version) 5.06
13 unreleased Mr Lacey (live BBC, Stuart Henry Show 02/12/68) 2.52a
13 Throwaway Street Puzzle 3.26
13 Ballad of Easy Rider 4.55
13 Dear Landlord 4.06
13 A Sailors Life (alternate version) 11.22
13 Lieg & Lief re-issue Sir Patrick Spens 3.59
13 Lieg & Lief re-issue Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (take 1) 7.50
13 Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (take 4) 5.59
14 Fotheringay
14 Unreleased The Sea [Studio demo] 5.34
14 Unreleased Winter Winds [studio demo] 2.24
14 Unreleased The Pond and the stream [studio demo] 3.10
14 Unreleased The Way I Feel [alternate version] 4.03
14 Unreleased Banks of the Nile [alternate take] 7.50
14 Unreleased Winter Winds [alternate take] 2.27
14 Silver Threads and Golden Needles (outtake) 4.32
14 Unreleased The Sea (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970) 6.00a
14 Two Weeks Last Summer (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970) 4.30
14 Nothing More (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970) 4.38
14 Banks of the Nile (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970) 7.41
14 Memphis Tennessee (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970) 3.44
14 Unreleased Trouble (live Holland Festival, Rotterdam 1970) 4.00a
14 Unreleased Bruton Town (band rehearsal) 4.45a
62.36
15 Northstar Grassman and the Ravens & Sandy
15 unreleased The Sea Captain [demo] 3.14
15 unreleased Next Time around [demo] 5.06
15 unreleased The Optimist [demo] 4.31
15 unreleased Wretched Wilbur [demo] 2.38
15 unreleased Crazy Lady Blues [demo] 3.39
15 unreleased Lord Bateman [demo] 6.20
15 unreleased Walking The Floor Over You [duet with Richard Thompson] 4.21
15 unreleased Losing Game 3.28
15 unreleased Northstar Grassman and the Ravens (Live, BBC One in Ten) 3.24
15 unreleased Crazy Lady Blues (Live, BBC One in Ten) 1.56
15 unreleased Late November (Live, BBC One in Ten) 3.43
15 If You Saw Thru My Eyes (duet with Ian Matthews) 2.37
15 Tommy
As Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra 72 It’s A Boy 0.44
15 BBC Session Northstar Grassman and the Ravens (Live, BBC Bob Harris Show 06/09/71) 2.52
15 Unreleased 12th of Never 2.46
15 Sweet Rosemary (demo) 3.00
15 The Lady (demo) 3.40
15 After Halloween (demo) 2.58
16 Sandy/Waltz
16 Unreleased It’ll Take A Long Time [demo] 5.21
16 Sweet Rosemary ( demo) 2.44
16 Unreleased For Nobody To Hear [demo] 4.39
16 Unreleased Tomorrow is a long time [demo] 3.55
16 Unreleased Quiet Joys of Brotherhood [demo] 2.58
16 Unreleased Listen, Listen (demo) 5.17
16 Unreleased The Lady (demo) 3.01
16 Unreleased Bushes and Briars [demo] 3.55
16 Unreleased It Suits Me Well [demo] 5.05
16 The Music Weaver (demo) 3.07
16 unreleased No End [alternate take] 14.24
16 Unreleased Whispering Grass [demo] 4.14
16 unreleased Until the real thing comes along [demo] 3.22
16 Walking The Floor Over You (alternate version) 4.21
unreleased No End (alternate version) 7.35
73.02
Fairport Live at the LA Troubadour 1974
17 unreleased Down in the flood (live at the LA Troubadour) 3.24
17 unreleased Solo (live at the LA Troubadour) 5.33
17 unreleased It’ll Take A Long Time (live at the LA Troubadour) 6.13
17 She Moved Through The Fair (live at the LA Troubadour) 4.19
17 Knockin’ on Heavens Door (live at the LA Troubadour) 4.26
17 Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (live at the LA Troubadour) 4.25
17 unreleased John the Gun (live at the LA Troubadour) 5.08
17 unreleased Crazy Lady Blues (live at the LA Troubadour) 4.48
17 unreleased Who Knows Where The Time Goes (live at the LA Troubadour) 8.31
17 unreleased Matty Groves (live at the LA Troubadour) 7.15
17 unreleased That’ll be the Day (live at the LA Troubadour) 3.02
17 55.44
17 unreleased What is True [demo] 3.20
17 unreleased Sandy interviewed about Like An Old Fashioned Waltz. BBC radio, John Peel Sounds on Sunday 06/01/74 4.53
17 unreleased Sandy interviewed in 1974 to promote Like An Old Fashioned Waltz and her return to Fairport Convention. BBC Manchester Piccadilly 8.08
72.37
18 Rendezvous
18 Unreleased Blackwaterside (live Marc Time TV show 1975) 3.41
18 Unreleased No More Sad Refrains (live Marc Time TV show 1975) 3.22
18 Unreleased By The Time It Gets Dark [demo] 3.36
18 Unreleased One Way Donkey Ride [alternate version] 3.39
18 Losing Game (with Jess Roden) 3.17
18 unreleased Easy To Slip 3.28
18 By The Time It Gets Dark (demo) 3.41
18 unreleased No More Sad Refrains (demo) 3.09
18 unreleased I’m A Dreamer (demo) 5.34
18 unreleased All Our Days (Choral version) 3.38
18 By The Time It Gets Dark (demo) 4.12
18 unreleased Still Waters Run Deep (alternate version) 2.56
18 unreleased Full Moon [alternate version] 4.30
18 unreleased Candle In The Wind (alternate version) 4.30
18 unreleased Moments 3.43
18 unreleased I Wish I Was A Fool For You [Original Gold Dust lp version] 4.31
18 unreleased Gold Dust [Original Gold Dust lp version] 4.23
18 unreleased Still Waters Run Deep [alternate version] 2.57
18 unreleased Moments [alternate version] 3.45a
72.32
Home demos 74-77
19 King And Queen of England (demo) 3.55
19 unreleased Rising For The Moon (demo) 3.08
19 One More Chance (demo) 3.49
19 Unreleased King And Queen of England (demo) 3.12
19 Unreleased After Halloween (demo) 3.04
19 What Is True (demo) 3.46
19 Stranger To Himself (demo) 2.20
19 Take Away The Load (demo) 1.43
19 By The Time It Gets Dark (demo) 3.24
19 I’m A Dreamer (demo) 4.17
19 Full Moon (demo) 5.01
19 Take Me Away (demo) 4.00
19 All Our Days (demo) 3.40
19 No More Sad Refrains (demo) 3.07
19 Still Waters Run Deep (demo) 3.10
19 One Way Donkey Ride (demo) 4.14
19 Unreleased I’m A Dreamer (demo) 4.51
19 Unreleased Full Moon (demo, incomplete) 4.01
19 Unreleased Makes Me Think Of You (demo) 2.38
64.40