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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 12/04/2010 : 18:22:57
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Alexandra "Sandy" Elene McClean Denny (1947-1978)
I have lovely Sandy's 1972 ST solo LP on now. So good.
What a wonderful track list!
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
1)Listen, Listen
2)The Lady
3)Bushes and Briars
4)It Suits Me Well
5)The Music Weaver
Doesn't get any better. Sandy Denny lovers unite here!
I was listening to her vinyl just now and thought "The Music Weaver" was so perfect a way to describe her....guess I'm not alone as I just saw the double CD at amazon by the same title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haVapOCplc ...this tune can bring a tear to my eye...anytime I need one.
I hope you all enjoy Sandy, the MUSIC WEAVER.....too.
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John9
Old Love
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Posted - 12/04/2010 : 18:39:51
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Right on LK - it's like listening to the singing of the angels. She has been revered by so many...including Kate Bush on her affecting and complex 1980 composition Blow Away (For Bill). In it she glimpses a beautiful afterlife.... and meets some of her deceased musical heroes...except they are no longer deceased. The last line reads:
"Bolan and Moony are heading the show tonight"  |
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 14:10:48
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| I don't know..maybe the greatest singer of her generation?? She's a little like Nick Drake now I think. People are really coming into her music after all these years. Yeah, who knows here the time goes, eh? And note she's on Zep's "Battle of Evermore"... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 15:05:51
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Originally posted by rocker
I don't know..maybe the greatest singer of her generation?? She's a little like Nick Drake now I think. People are really coming into her music after all these years. Yeah, who knows here the time goes, eh? And note she's on Zep's "Battle of Evermore"...
Remarkably, "Evermore" is included along with her many great works, solo and with all the bands, on "THe Music Weaver" double CD.
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John9
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 19:45:42
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Also check out Sandy's early work with the The Strawbs....one of Britain's very first folk rock bands. Later on (in 1972 or 73 I think), they had a big hit over here with Lay Down....something about that one just seemed to match the mood of the moment. An extended version of Sandy's album with them from 1967 is about to be released:
http://www.spincds.com/archives.asp?id=17615
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 21:27:09
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Originally posted by John9
Also check out Sandy's early work with the The Strawbs....one of Britain's very first folk rock bands. Later on (in 1972 or 73 I think), they had a big hit over here with Lay Down....something about that one just seemed to match the mood of the moment. An extended version of Sandy's album with them from 1967 is about to be released:
http://www.spincds.com/archives.asp?id=17615
I have nothing by the Strawbs....do they sound much like Fairport? Or more traditional?
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 22:05:43
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| Strawbs...what an interesting band too..there's no end to all that good English trad/folk stuff in the vaults...and speaking of are there any contemporary bands worth mentioning in that genre that you guys know about???..I'm all ears..... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 22:18:14
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Originally posted by rocker
Strawbs...what an interesting band too..there's no end to all that good English trad/folk stuff in the vaults...and speaking of are there any contemporary bands worth mentioning in that genre that you guys know about???..I'm all ears.....
Because the Strawbs' album wasn't released until "72 (?) I always assumed they were a 70's band, not a pre-Fairport 1967 band!
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 14/04/2010 : 03:57:35
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didn't Nick Drake tour with Fotheringay?
Fairport still tours, though I've YET to hear Liege and Lief (!)
LOVE Unhalfbrickling though, especially the Dylan covers (Si tu dois partir!) |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 14/04/2010 : 16:58:01
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Originally posted by Joe Morris
didn't Nick Drake tour with Fotheringay?
Fairport still tours, though I've YET to hear Liege and Lief (!)
LOVE Unhalfbrickling though, especially the Dylan covers (Si tu dois partir!)
And "What We Did On Our Holiday"...brilliant! All three at least are MUST-HAVES, Joe!
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boombox
Old Love
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Posted - 22/04/2010 : 14:40:44
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Sandy Denny was a wonderful singer, agreed - 'The Boxful of Treasures' collection comes highly recommended from this corner. Have been getting back into her stuff again recently as the new singer in the band is a big fan too. Great news about an expanded version of 'All Our Own Work' too.
As for the Strawbs, shame on anyone for not knowing them - easily the best folk-rock band after Fairport, though for a while they did branch out a little more towards prog in the mid-70s. Still making excellent music today, they are well worth seeing live - it's currently basically the line-up which produced 1974's Hero & 'Heroine', but with Oliver Wakeman on keys.
Recommended album starting points:
From The Witchwood
Bursting At the Seams
Hero & Heroine |
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 23/04/2010 : 14:18:04
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| joe....Liege and Lief....arguably the record to kind of kick start a new genre.....a classic..the songs are absolutely first rate.... |
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lemonade kid
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lemonade kid
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 26/04/2010 : 17:47:55
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AND MAYBE ONE OF EH MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER!
(I'LL BE THERE) AT THE END OF THE DAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SqYIZygbqc
Oh...to thank Sandy for her vocal work on Zep IV, Sandy was given the
symbols of three pyramids...pretty cool..her own Led Zep secret name.
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Cristino
First Love
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Posted - 27/04/2010 : 07:19:54
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The Music Weaver.....' is the fantastic and first ever definitive cross-label anthology celebrating the work of Sandy Denny as well as containing the cream of Sandy's sol o work. Track list really contains wonderful songs. I love to hear them.
http://www.free-mp3.ca/
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