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Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and The Ravens (2011)

Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and The Ravens (2011)

BAND/ARTIST: Sandy Denny

  • Title: The North Star Grassman and The Ravens
  • Year Of Release: 1971 / 2011
  • Label: Island Remasters – 533 405-8 / 2 x CD, Deluxe Edition
  • Genre: Acoustic, Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter
  • Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log artwork)
  • Total Time: 1:46:02
  • Total Size: 375 / 672 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Late November (4:32)
02. Blackwaterside (4:12)
03. The Sea Captain (3:09)
04. Down In The Flood (3:20)
05. John The Gun (4:38)
06. Next Time Around (4:25)
07. The Optimist (3:26)
08. Let's Jump The Broomstick (2:43)
09. Wretched Wilbur (2:36)
10. The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (3:29)
11. Crazy Lady Blues (3:26)
12. Next Time Around [Demo] (5:06)
13. Walking The Floor Over You [Duet With Richard Thompson] (5:10)
14. Lord Bateman [Instrumental] (4:28)
15. If You Saw Thru' My Eyes [Duet With Ian Matthews] (2:37)

CD 2

01. The Sea Captain [Demo] (3:14)
02. The Optimist [Demo] (4:31)
03. Wretched Wilbur [Demo] (2:37)
04. Crazy Lady Blues [Demo] (3:33)
05. Lord Bateman [Demo] (6:16)
06. Late November [BBC Session, 'Bob Harris', 1971] (5:11)
07. The Lowlands Of Holland [BBC Session, 'Bob Harris', 1971] (3:18)
08. Blackwaterside [BBC Session, 'Sounds On Sunday', August 1972] (3:38)
09. The North Star Grassman And The Ravens [BBC 'In Concert', Paris Theater, 16th March 1972] (3:43)
10. Bruton Town [BBC 'In Concert', Paris Theater, 16th March 1972] (4:45)
11. Next Time Around [BBC 'In Concert', Paris Theater, 16th March 1972] (4:43)
12. John The Gun [BBC 'In Concert', Paris Theater, 16th March 1972] (3:15)

Two original compositions from the aborted Fotheringay 2 sessions, ‘Late November’ and ‘John the Gun’ were re-worked for the album and supplemented by a further six self penned songs and two cover versions, Bob Dylan’s ‘Down in the Flood’ and Brenda Lee’s ‘Lets Jump the Broomstick’.

The first songs recorded were the traditional ‘Blackwaterside’ and ‘Let’s Jump the Broomstick’ in March 1971 at Sound Techniques. Sessions continued the following month until the end of May at Island studios, where the album was completed with the cutting of the title track. A number of other songs were attempted and discarded during the course of the sessions including ‘Honky Tonk Women’, ‘Walking the Floor over You’ and the traditional ‘Lord Bateman’. (‘Walking the Floor over You’ was re-recorded during the Like an Old Fashioned Waltz album sessions, and the demo of ‘Lord Bateman’ was released on the Sandy Denny Boxset.)

Sessions had begun for the album with Andy Johns at the helm, but in the end the album was produced by Denny herself, current bandmate Richard Thompson and John Wood. It was John Wood who recommended the film-score arranger Harry Robinson to Denny, and he was brought in to add strings to ‘Next Time Around’ and ‘Wretched Wilbur’; Robinson would also go on to add string arrangements to Denny’s remaining solo albums.




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