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A Boxful of Treasures

A Boxful of Treasures Sandy Denny Fledg’ling Records NEST 5002 (4+1 CD, UK, 11 October 2004)

This 5 CD set was compiled by David Suff and music historian Tim Chacksfield. Four CDs trace Sandy’s career with many rare and previously unreleased songs including

• Silver Threads and Golden Needles (a previously unknown session out-take from Fotheringay),
• Losing Game (a previously unreleased duet with Jess Roden),
• She Moves Through the Fair (duet with Dave Swarbrick live in Los Angeles),
• many alternative takes and early demo versions.

A fifth bonus CD with mainly demo versions is supposed to be only included with the first pressing.

The 56 page full colour booklet has a foreword by Richard Thompson (which was to be the foreword to Pamela Murray winter’s unpublished Sandy Denny biography), a biographical essay by Jim Irvin (remember his Sandy Denny article in MOJO June 1998?) and a coda by Dick Gaughan. It contains many rare and previously unpublished photographs, drawings and lyrics from Sandy’s notebooks and full discographical track details.

Fledg’ling’s web page for this compilation

Tracks

All songs written by Sandy Denny unless stated otherwise; * = previously unreleased

CD 1

1. 3:10 to Yuma [George Dunning, Ned Washington] (3.37)
   from Sandy and Johnny
2. * She Moves Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (4.01)
3. * Boxful of Treasure (1.41)
4. * They Don’t Seem to Know You (2.23)
   all three demos recorded at home during 1967
5. Go Your Way My Love [Anne Briggs] (4.09)
   demo recorded at home during 1968; from The Attic Tracks Vol. 3
6. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.42)
   demo recorded at home during 1967; from The Attic Tracks Vol. 3
7. Been on the Road So Long [Alex Campbell] (5.01)
   from Sandy and Johnny
8. Alex Campbell & Friends: You Never Wanted Me [Jackson C. Frank] (3.21)
9. —: This Train (Roud 6702) (2.04)
   both from Alex Campbell and His Friends
10. Sandy Denny & the Strawbs: Sail Away to the Sea [Dave Cousins] (3.22)
11. —: Tell Me What You See In Me [Dave Cousins] (3.36)
12. —: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (4.12)
    all three from All Our Own Work
13. * Autopsy (4.25)
    demo recorded at Sound Techniques in December 1968
14. Now and Then (3.48)
    demo recorded at Sound Techniques in December 1968; from Who Knows Where the Time Goes
15. Fairport Convention: I Don’t Know Where I Stand [Joni Mitchell] (3.37)
    BBC radio session on 28 May 1968; from Heyday
16. —: Bird on a Wire [Leonard Cohen] (3.27)
    BBC radio session on 2 December 1968; from Heyday
17. —: Fotheringay (3.03)
18. —: Nottamun Town (Roud 1044) (3.09)
19. —: Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (2.53)
    all three from What We Did on Our Holidays

CD 2

1. Fairport Convention: Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan] (2.19)
2. —: Cajun Woman [Richard Thompson] (2.42)
   both from Unhalfbricking
3. —: The Ballad of Easy Rider [Roger McGuinn] (4.54)
   from the Liege & Lief recording sessions
4. —: A Sailor’s Life (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (11.08)
   from Unhalfbricking
5. —: Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.31)
6. —: Farewell Farewell [Richard Thompson] (2.37)
7. —: Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (7.11)
   all three from Liege & Lief
8. —: Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.37)
   BBC radio session on 23 September 1969; from From Past Archives
9. Fotheringay: The Pond and the Stream (3.16)
10. —: The Sea (5.29)
11. —: The Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (8.02)
    all three from Fotheringay
12. * —: Silver Threads and Golden Needles (4.29)
    from the Fotheringay recording sessions
13. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.18)
    BBC radio session on 24 August 1971; from The BBC Sessions 1971-73
14. Fotheringay: Nothing More (4.52)
    live in Rotterdam on 28 June 1970; from Who Knows Where the Time Goes
15. —: Gypsy Davey (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.51)
16. —: Late November (4.33)
    both from Who Knows Where the Time Goes

CD 3

1. The North Star Grassman and the Ravens (3.25)
   from The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
2. * Next Time Around (4.44)
   alternative take to the one on The North Star Grassman and the Ravens without strings
3. Blackwaterside (Roud 312; Laws O1; Henry H811) (4.09)
4. The Sea Captain (3.07)
   both from The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
5. Ian Matthews: If You Saw Thro’ My Eyes [Ian Matthews] (2.35)
   from If You Saw Thro’ My Eyes
6. The Bunch: Learning the Game [Buddy Holly] (2.06)
   from Rock On
7. Here in Silence [Peter Elford, Don Fraser] (3.50)
   from the soundtrack to the film Pass of Arms
8. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.37)
   BBC radio session on 16 March 1972; from Who Knows Where the Time Goes
9. Sweet Rosemary (2.57)
10. After Halloween (2.55)
    both demos recorded in spring 1972; from Who Knows Where the Time Goes
11. * The Lady (2.55)
    demo recorded in spring 1972
12. The Music Weaver (3.18)
    from Sandy
13. Ecoute Ecoute (3.56)
    from The Attic Tracks Vol. 4
14. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood [Richard Fariña] (4.25)
15. It’ll Take a Long Time (5.12)
    both from Sandy
16. No End (4.09)
    live solo version recorded 3 December 1972; from The Attic Tracks Vol. 1
17. Bushes and Briars (2.35)
    BBC radio session on 25 October 1972; from The BBC Sessions 1971-73
18. Walking the Floor Over You [Ernest Tubb] (4.20)
    from Who Knows Where the Time Goes

CD 4

1. Whispering Grass [Fred & Doris Fisher] (3.43)
   BBC radio session on 14 November 1973; from The BBC Sessions 1971-73
2. Solo (4.25)
   from Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
3. * At the End of the Day (6.28)
   alternative take without strings
4. Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (4.11)
   from Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
5. Until the Real Thing Comes Along [Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman] (4.07)
   BBC radio session on 14 November 1973; from The BBC Sessions 1971-73
6. * Fairport Convention: John the Gun (5.39)
7. * —: She Moves Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (3.27)
   both live at the L.A. Troubadour on 1 February 1974
8. * One More Chance (3.53)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1974; from The Attic Tracks Vol. 4
9. King and Queen of England (3.52)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1974; from Island Life
10. Fairport Convention: Rising for the Moon (4.06)
11. —: White Dress (3.42)
    both from Rising for the Moon
12. I’m a Dreamer (4.45)
    from Rendezvous
13. * By the Time It Gets Dark (4.06)
    from the Rendezvous recording sessions
14. No More Sad Refrains (2.48)
    from Rendezvous
15. * Losing Game [James Carr, Denny Weaver] (3.14)
    from the Rendezvous recording sessions
16. Easy to Slip [Lowell George, Fred Martin] (3.25)
    from The Attic Tracks Vol. 1
17. Full Moon (4.28)
    from Who Knows Where the Time Goes
18. Moments [Bryn Haworth] (3.43)
    Sandy’s last studio recording; from The Attic Tracks Vol. 1

CD 5 (Bonus CD)

1. * One Way Donkey Ride (4.11)
2. * I’m a Dreamer (4.14)
   both demos recorded at home in Byfield in March 1976
3. * Take Me Away (3.57)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1975
4. Rising for the Moon (3.06)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield in summer 1974; from The Attic Tracks Vol. 4
5. * Still Waters Run Deep (3.57)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1975
6. * All Our Days (3.37)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield
7. * No More Sad Refrains (3.05)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1975
8. * By the Time It Gets Dark (3.30)
   demo recorded at home in Byfield in March 1976
9. * The Music Weaver (3.14)
   demo recorded at The Manor in March 1972
10. What Is True? (3.43)
    demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1974; from Who Knows Where the Time Goes
11. Stranger to Himself (3.43)
    demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1974; from No More Sad Refrains
12. Take Away the Load (1.40)
    demo recorded at home in Byfield in March 1976; from Who Knows Where the Time Goes
13. * By the Time It Gets Dark (3.38)
    alternative take from the Rendezvous recording sessions
14. * Full Moon (3.30)
    demo recorded at home in Byfield in December 1975
15. * Fairport Convention: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door [Bob Dylan] (5.25)
    live at the L.A. Troubadour in February 1974
16. —: It’ll Take a Long Time (5.43)
    live at the L.A. Troubadour in February 1974; from The Airing Cupboard Tapes
17. —: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (6.35)
    live at the L.A. Troubadour in February 1974; from Who Knows Where the Time Goes