1. The Original Sandy Denny ( recordings 67-68 with Alex Campbell and others ) - Mooncreest 1978 -
Tracks:
1. This Train / 2. To Yuma / 3. Pretty Polly / 4. You Never Wanted Me / 5. Milk and Honey / 6. My Ramblin' Boy / 7. The Last Thing on My Mind / 8. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor / 9. The False Bride / 10. Been on the Road So Long
Rating :
2. All Our Own Work ( with Strawbs ) - Hallmark 1973 (1968)
Tracks:
1. On My Way / 2. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? / 3. Tell Me What You See in Me / 4. Always on My Mind / 5. Stay Awhile With Me / 6. Wild Strawberries / 7. All I Need Is You / 8. How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite / 9. Sail Away to the Sea / 10. Sweetling / 11. Nothing Else Will Do / 12. And You Need Me
Rating : 7
3. What We Did in Our Holidays ( Fairport ) - Island 1969
Tracks:
1. Fotheringay / 2. Mr. Lacey / 3. Book Song / 4. Lord Is in This Place...How Dreadful Is This Place / 5. No Man's Land / 6. I'll Keep It With Mine / 7. Eastern Rain / 8. Nottamun Town / 9. Tale in Hard Time / 10. She Moves Through the Fair / 11. Meet on the Ledge / 12. End of a Holiday / 13. Throwaway Street Puzzle [*] / 14. You're Gonna Need My Help [*] / 15. Some Sweet Day [*]
Rating : 8
4. Unhalfbricking - ( Fairport ) - Island 1969
Tracks:
1. Genesis Hall / 2. Si Tu Dois Partir / 3. Autopsy / 4. Sailor's Life / 5. Cajun Woman / 6. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? / 7. Percy's Song / 8. Million Dollar Bash / 9. Dear Landlord [*] / 10. Ballad of Easy Rider [*]
Rating : 8
5. Liege and Lief ( Fairport ) - Island 1969
Tracks:
1. Come All Ye / 2. Reynardine / 3. Matty Groves / 4. Farewell, Farewell / 5. Deserter / 6. Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunters' Jig/Toss the F / 7. Tam Lin / 8. Crazy Man Michael / 9. Sir Patrick Spens [#] / 10. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood [#]
Rating : 9
6. Hey Day ( Fairport ) - Hannibal 1987 ( 68-69 )
Tracks:
1. Close the Door Lightly When You Go / 2. I Don't Know Where I Stand / 3. Some Sweet Day / 4. Reno, Nevada / 5. Suzanne / 6. If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong / 7. I Still Miss Someone / 8. Bird on a Wire / 9. Gone, Gone, Gone / 10. Tried So Hard / 11. Shattering Live Experience / 12. Percy's Song / 13. You Never Wanted Me [*] / 14. Nottamun Town [*] / 15. Fotheringay [*] / 16. Si Tu Dois Partir [*] / 17. Cajun Woman [*] / 18. Autopsy [*] / 19. Reynardine [*] / 20. Tam Lin [*]
Rating : 6
My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
1. Fotheringay ( Denny ) What We Did In Our Holidays
2. The Deserter ( Trad. ) Liege and Lief
3. Crazy Man Michael ( Thompson/Swarbrick ) Liege and Lief
4. Farewell. Farewell ( Thompson ) Liege and Lief
5. Percy´s Song ( Dylan ) Unhalfbricking
6. Matty Groves ( Trad. ) Liege and Lief
7. Genesis Hall ( Thompson ) Unhalfbricking
8. On My Way ( Cousins ) All Our Own Work
9. Close The Door Lightly When You Go ( Anderson ) What We Did In Our Holidays
10. Tell Me What You See ( Cousins ) All Our Own Work
11. Stay Awhile ( Cousins/Hooper ) All Our Own Work
12. Who Knows Where The Time Goes ( Denny ) Unhalfbricking
13. Come All Ye ( Denny/Hutchings ) Liege and Lief
14. Tam Lin ( Trad ) Liege and Lief
15. Autopsy ( Denny ) Unhalfbricking
16. Eastern Rain ( Mitchell ) What We Did In Our Holidays
17. All You Need Is Me ( Cousins ) All Our Own Work
18. Sail Away To Sea ( Cousins ) All Our Own Work
19. All I Need Is You ( Cousins ) All Our Own Work
20. Si Tu Dois Partir ( Dylan ) Unhalfbricking
21. I Don´t Know Where I Stand ( Mitchell ) Hey Day
22. Some Sweet Day ( Bryant ) Hey Day
23 Reno Nevada ( Farina ) Hey Day
The Seventies
1. Fotheringay - Island 1970
Tracks:
1. Nothing More / 2. Sea / 3. Ballad Of Ned Kelly / 4. Winter Winds / 5. Peace In The End / 6. Way I Feel / 7. Pond & The Stream / 8. Too Much Of Nothing / 9. Banks Of The Nile / 10. Two Weeks Of Summer (*) / 11. Nothing More (*) / 12. Banks Of The Nile (*) / 13. Memphis Tennessee (*)
Rating : 7
2. Fotheringay 2 - Fledg'ling 2008 (70-71)
Tracks:
1. John The Gun / 2. Eppie Moray / 3. Wild Mountain Thyme / 4. Knights Of The Road / 5. Late November / 6. Restless / 7. Gypsy Davey / 8. I Don't Believe You / 9. Silver Threads And Golden Needles / 10. Bold Jack Donahue / 11. Two Weeks Last Summer
Rating : 7
3. The North Star Grassman and The Ravens - Island 1971
Tracks:
1. Late November / 2. Blackwaterside / 3. The Sea Captain / 4. Down In The Flood / 5. John The Gun / 6. Next Time Around / 7. The Optimist / 8. Lets Jump The Broomstick / 9. Wretched Wilbur / 10. The North Star Grassman And The Ravens / 11. Crazy Lady Blues
Rating : 7
4. Sandy - Island 1972
Tracks:
1. It'll Take a Long Time / 2. Sweet Rosemary / 3. For Nobody to Hear / 4. Tomorrow Is a Long Time / 5. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood / 6. Listen, Listen / 7. Lady / 8. Bushes and Briars / 9. It Suits Me Well / 10. Music Weaver / 11. Here in Silence / 12. Man of Iron / 13. Sweet Rosemary (demo) / 14. Ecoute Ecoute / 15. It´ll Take a Long Time (live)
Rating : 7
5. Rock On With The Bunch - Island 1972
Tracks:
1. Crazy Arms / 2. That'll Be the Day / 3. Don't Be Cruel / 4. Loco-Motion / 5. My Girl in the Month of May / 6. Love's Made a Fool of You / 7. Willie and the Hand Jive / 8. Jambalaya / 9. When Will I Be Loved? / 10. Nadine / 11. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller / 12. Learning the Game / 13. Let There Be Drums [*] / 14. Twenty Flight Rock [*] / 15. High School Confidential [*] / 16. Bamba [*]
Rating : 7
6. Like an Oldfashioned Waltz - Island 1973
Tracks:
1. Solo / 2. Like an Old Fashioned Waltz / 3. Whispering Grass / 4. Friends / 5. Carnival / 6. Dark the Night / 7. At the End of the Day / 8. Until the Real Thing Comes Along / 9. No End
Rating : 9
7. Rising For The Moon - Island 1975
Tracks:
1. Rising for the Moon / 2. Restless / 3. White Dress / 4. Let It Go / 5. Stranger to Himself / 6. What Is True? / 7. Iron Lion / 8. Dawn / 9. After Halloween / 10. Night-Time Girl / 11. One More Chance
Rating : 9
8. Rendezvous - Island 1977
Tracks:
1. I Wish I Was A Fool For You / 2. Gold Dust / 3. Candle In The Wind / 4. Take Me Away / 5. One Way Donkey Ride / 6. I'm A Dreamer / 7. All Our Days / 8. Silver Threads And Golden Needles / 9. No More Sad Refrains / 10. Still Waters Run Deep / 11. Full Moon / 12 I´m a Dreamer (demo) / Easy to Slip / 14. Moments
Rating : 8
9. Attic Tracks 72-84 - Raven 1995
Tracks:
1. Moments / 2. Ballad of Ned Kelly / 3. Ecoute, Ecoute / 4. One More Chance / 5. Rising for the Moon / 6. Tears / 7. Easy to Slip / 8. Losing Game / 9. Girls on the Avenue * / 10. Breakaway * / 11. Still Waters Run Deep / 12. King and Queen of England / 13. No End / 14. Town I Loved So Well * / 15. Forever Young * / 16. Gold Dust / 17. Stranger to Himself / 18. Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Rating :
10. Gold Dust ( Live 77 ) - Island 1998
Tracks:
1. I Wish I Was a Fool for You / 2. Stranger to Himself / 3. I'm a Dreamer / 4. Take Me Away / 5. Nothing More / 6. Sea / 7. Lady / 8. Gold Dust / 9. Solo / 10. John the Gun / 11. It'll Take a Long Time / 12. Wretched Wilbur / 13. Tomorrow Is a Long Time / 14. North Star Grassman and the Ravens / 15. One More Chance / 16. No More Sad Refrains / 17. Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Rating : 7
11. Who Knows Where The Time Goes ( Box ) - Island 1985 ( 67-78 )
Tracks:
1. The Lady / 2. Listen, Listen / 3. Next Time Around / 4. Farewell, Farewell / 5. The Music Weaver / 6. Tomorrow Is A Long Time / 7. The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood / 8. The Pond And The Stream / 9. One Way Donkey Ride / 10. Take Away The Load / 11. One More Chance / 12. Bruton Town / 13. Blackwaterslide // 1. Tam Lin / 2. The Banks Of The Nile / 3. Sail Away To The Sea / 4. You Never Wanted Me / 5. Sweet Rosemary / 6. Now And Then / 7. Autopsy / 8. It'll Take A Long Time / 9. Two Weeks Last Summer / 10. Late November / 11. Gypsy Davey / 12. Winter Winds / 13. Nothing More / 14. Memphis, Tennessee / 15. Walking The Floor Over You // 1. When Will I Be Loved? / 2. Whispering Grass / 3. Friends / 4. Solo / 5. After Halloween / 6. For Shame Of Doing Wrong / 7. Stranger To Himself / 8. I'm A Dreamer / 9. John The Gun / 10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door / 11. By The Time It Gets Dark / 12. What Is True? / 13. The Sea / 14. Full Moon / 15. Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
Rating : 8
12. A Box Full of Treasures - Fledg'Ling UK 2004
Tracks:
1. 3.10 To Yuma / 2. She Moves Through The Fair (Home Rec.) / 3. Boxful Of Treasure (Home Reco.) / 4. They Don’T Seem To Know You (Home Rec.) / 5. Go Your Way My Love (Home Rec.) / 6. Geordie (Home Rec.) / 7. Been On The Road So Long / 8. You Never Wanted Me (Alex Campbell & Friends) / 9. This Train (Alex Campbell & Friends) / 10. Sail Away To The Sea ( The Strawbs) / 11. Tell Me What You See In Me ( The Strawbs) / 12. Who Knows Where The Time Goes (The Strawbs) / 13. Autopsy (Demo) / 14. Now & Then (Demo) / 15. I Don’T Know Where I Stand (Radio Session) (Fairport) / 16. Bird On A Wire (Radio Session) (Fairport) / 17. Fotheringay (Fairport) / 18. Nottamun Town (Fairport) / 19. Meet On The Ledge (Fairport) / 20. Si Tu Dois Partir (Fairport ) / 21. Cajun Woman (Fairport ) / 22. Ballad Of Easy Rider (Fairport ) / 23. Sailor’S Life (Fairport) / 24. Reynardine (Fairport ) / 25. Farewell Farewell (Fairport) / 26. Tam Lin (Fairport) / 27. Sir Patrick Spens (Radio Session) (Fairport) / 28. Pond & The Stream (Fotheringay) / 29. Sea (Fotheringay) / 30. Banks Of The Nile (Fotheringay) / 31. Silver Threads & Golden Needles (Fotheringay) / 32. Lowlands Of Holland (Radio Session) / 33. Nothing More (Fotheringay) / 34. Gypsy Davey (Fotheringay) / 35. Late November (Fotheringay) / 36. North Star Grassman & The Ravens /37. Next Time Around (Alt.) / 38. Blackwaterside / 39. Sea Captain / 40. Thro' My Eyes (Ian Matthews) / 41. Learning The Game (The Bunch) / 42. Here In Silence / 43. Bruton Town (Radio Session) / 44. Sweet Rosemary (Demo) / 45. After Halloween (Demo) / 46. Lady (Demo) / 47. Music Weaver / 48. Ecoute Ecoute / 49. Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood / 50. It’ll Take A Long Time / 51. No End (Solo Alt.) / 52. Bushes & Briars (Radio Session) / 53. Walking The Floor Over You / 54. Whispering Grass (Radio Session) / 55. Solo / 56. At The End Of The Day (Alt.) / 57. Like An Old Fashioned Waltz / 58. Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Radio Session) / 59. John The Gun (Live) (Fairport) / 60. She Moves Through The Fair (Live) (Fairport) / 61. One More Chance (Demo) / 62. King & Queen Of England (Home Rec.) / 63. Rising For The Moon (Fairport) / 64. White Dress (Fairport ) / 65. I’m A Dreamer / 66. By The Time It Gets Dark / 67. No More Sad Refrains / 68. Losing Game / 69. Easy To Slip / 70. Full Moon / 71. Moments (Final Studio Rec.) / 72. One Way Donkey Ride (Demo) / 73. I’m A Dreamer (Demo) / 74. Take Me Away (Demo) / 75. Rising For The Moon (Demo) / 76. Still Waters Run Deep (Demo) / 77. All Our Days (Demo) / 78. No More Sad Refrains (Demo) / 79. By The Time It Gets Dark (Demo) / 80. Music Weaver (Demo) / 81. What Is True? (Demo) / 82. Stranger To Himself (Demo) / 83. Take Away The Load (Demo) / 84. By The Time It Gets Dark (Alternate Take) / 85. Full Moon (Home Rec.) / 86. Knockin’ On Heaven’S Door (Live) (Fairport) / 87. It’ll Take A Long Time (Live) (Fairport) / 88. Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (Live) (Fairport)
Rating :
My Suggestion For a 2 CD 160 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
1. Rising For The Moon ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
2. One Way Donkey Ride ( Denny ) Rendezvous
3. Learning The Game ( Holly ) Rock On
4. Solo ( Denny ) Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
5. When Will I Be Loved ( Everly ) Rock On
6. Blackwaterside ( Trad. ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
7. Take Away The Load ( Denny ) Who Knows Where The Time Goes (76)
8. I´m a Dreamer ( Denny ) Rendezvous
9. One More Chance ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
10. Friends ( Denny ) Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
11. Tomorrow Is a Long Time ( Dylan ) Sandy
12. Late November ( Denny ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
13. The Sea Captain ( Denny ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
14. The North Star Grassman and The Raven ( Denny ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
15. Crazy Lady Blues ( Denny ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
16. It´ll Take a Long Long Time ( Denny ) Sandy
17. Sweet Rosemary ( Denny ) Sandy
18. Listen, Listen ( Denny ) Sandy
19. Bushes and Briars ( Denny ) Sandy
20. It Suits Me Well ( Denny ) Sandy
21. White Dress ( Swarbrick ) Rising For The Moon
22. What Is True ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
23. Still Waters Run Deep ( Denny ) Rendezvous
24. Bruton Town ( Trad. ) Who Knows Where The Time Goes ( 72 )
25. After Halloween ( Denny ) Who Knows Where The Time Goes ( 72 )
26. Take Me Away ( Denny ) Rendezvous
27. Moments ( Haworth ) Rendezvous
28. I Wish I Was a Fool For You ( Thompson ) Rendezvous
29. Stranger To Himself ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
30. The Lady ( Denny ) Sandy
31. Wretched Wilbur ( Denny ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
32. The Pond and The Stream ( Denny ) Fotheringay
33. Next Time Around ( Denny ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
34. Gypsy Davey ( Trad. ) Who Knows Where The Time Goes (70)
35. The Optimist ( Denny ) The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
36. Like An Old Fashioned Waltz ( Denny ) Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
37. No More Sad Refrains ( Denny ) Rendezvous
38. Silver Threads and Golden Needles ( Rhodes/Reynolds/Campbell ) Rendezvous
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - December 25 - 2005
22 Liege and Leaf - 1969
25 Unhalfbridking - 1969
46 What We Did on Our Holidays - 1969
64 Fotheringay - 1970
104 Sandy - 1972
143 The North Star Grassmen and the Ravens - 1971
186 Rising for the Moon - 1975
211 Gold Dust - 1998
219 Sandy Denny & the Strawbs - 1968
278 Like an Old Fashioned Waltz - 1973
413 Rendezvous - 1977
419 Rock On - 1972
503 Sandy Denny - 1970
787 The Attic Tracks - 1995
613 BBC - 1997
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