Sandy Denny - North Star Grassman and The Ravens - 2CD 2011

Sandy Denny (6 January 1947 - 21 April 1978), born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described by Allmusic's Richie Unterberger as 'the pre-eminent British folk rock singer'.
After briefly working with British folk band The Strawbs, Denny joined Fairport Convention in 1968, remaining with that band until the end of 1969. She formed the short-lived band Fotheringay in 1970, releasing one album with them (another unreleased album would surface some three decades later), before focusing on a solo career. Between 1971 and 1977, Denny released four solo albums: The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, Sandy, Like an Old Fashioned Waltz, and Rendezvous. She is also noted as the only guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin studio album, when she shared a duet with Robert Plant for The Battle of Evermore on Led Zeppelin IV (1971).
Music publications Sunday Express, Uncut and Mojo have each called Denny Britain's finest female singer-songwriter. Her composition Who Knows Where the Time Goes? has been recorded by many artists as diverse as Judy Collins, Nina Simone and Cat Power. (wikipedia)

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Sandy Denny's debut solo album from 1971 has now been expanded to 2CDs and given the Deluxe treatment. Disc One contains the original album plus 4 Bonus tracks including the Previously Unreleased instrumental version of Lord Bateman. Disc Two contains 12 Bonus Tracks including 5 demo versions of songs which were previously only available in the lavish 19CD box set plus 2 songs recorded for BBC Radio's Bob Harris show in September 1971 plus Backwaterside from the BBC's Sounds On Sunday from November 1972 and 4 songs recorded live at the Paris Theatre on March 25th, 1972. This 2CD set comes with a 16-page booklet including previously unseen photographs and sleeve-notes by Sandy Denny authority, Patrick Humphries. (amazon.com)

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Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and The Ravens 1971 - deluxe edition
(2CD London Universal Music Operations 2011)

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. Let's jump the broomstick.
9. Wretched Wilbur.
10. The North Star grassman and the ravens.
11. Crazy lady blues
12. Next time around (demo)
13. Walking the floor over you (duet with Richard Thompson)
14. Lord Bateman (instrumental)
15. If you saw thru' my eyes (duet with Ian Matthews)
16. The sea captain (demo)
17. The optimist (demo)
18. Wretched Wilbur (demo)
19. Crazy lady blues (demo)
20. Lord Bateman (demo)
21. Late November (BBC Session Bob Harris)
22. The Lowlands of Holland (BBC Session Bob Harris)
23. Blackwaterside (BBC Session Sounds on Sunday)
24. The North Star grassman and the ravens (BBC in Concert)
25. Bruton Town (BBC in Concert)
26. Next time around (BBC in Concert)
27. John the Gun (BBC in Concert)