On May 21st 2012, Universal is set to release the last three solo albums which Sandy Denny recorded for Island Records during her lifetime. The release coincides with a special tribute tour \u2013 \u201cThe Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny\u201d – which commences on May 19th.<\/p>\n
Each of the three albums is now presented as a deluxe two-disc edition: SANDY, was released in September 1972 and celebrates its 40th anniversary this year; LIKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALTZ, from June 1974 and RENDEZVOUS which was released in May 1977, less than a year before her death in April 1978. In the intervening years Sandy Denny\u2019s reputation has escalated and it is largely down to this sequence of solo albums (which are built mostly around her own compositions), that she is now widely regarded by musicians and critics alike as Britain\u2019s finest female singer songwriter. <\/p>\n
The expansive bonus material includes home and studio demos, alternate takes and live recordings pertaining to each release. Of special note is an radio broadcast on Disc Two of SANDY, containing eight unadorned songs recorded live on a tour of the US at Ebbets Field, featuring tracks from the SANDY, and THE NORTH STAR GRASSMAN AND THE RAVENS albums, as well as the only live performance of \u201cAt the End of The Day\u201d from LIKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALTZ. There is also a previously unreleased band version of \u201cThe Lady\u201d and a live version of \u201cWhispering Grass\u201d from Dutch Television and an alternate take of the R n\u2019 B tinged \u201cTake Me Away\u201d from the RENDEZVOUS sessions among many other rare or deleted extra tracks.<\/p>\n
All three albums contain a wealth of well-known guest musicians including the likes of Richard Thompson, Jerry Donahue, Allen Toussaint, Steve Winwood, Diz Disley, \u2018Sneaky\u2019 Pete Kleinow and John Kirkpatrick to name a few.<\/p>\n
SANDY, widely regarded as Sandy\u2019s finest solo album, features such memorable Denny compositions as \u201cThe Lady\u201d, \u201cIt\u2019ll Take A Long Time\u201d and \u201cListen, Listen\u201d plus \u201cThe Quiet Joys of Brotherhood\u201d, the last traditional tune she recorded, underpinning an astonishing multi-tracked vocal arrangement of a Richard Farina lyric.<\/p>\n
LIKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALTZ is Sandy\u2019s most romantic sounding record; built around her own compositions it includes the exceptional \u201cSolo\u201d, and \u201cNo End\u201d, \u201cCarnival\u201d and \u201cAt The End Of The Day\u201d as well as two sumptuous jazz standards, \u201cWhispering Grass\u201d and \u201cUntil The Real Thing Comes Along\u201d.<\/p>\n
RENDEZVOUS shows a departure in style for Sandy, with several more up-tempo recordings, like \u201cTake Me Away\u201d and a cover of Richard Thompson\u2019s \u201cFor Shame of Doing Wrong\u201d. The album also includes an unusual session cut live with the band and strings which yielded gems like \u201cI\u2019m A Dreamer\u201d and \u201cNo More Sad Refrains\u201d, the haunting, orchestral \u201cAll Our Days\u201d, and \u201cOne Way Donkey Ride\u201d. <\/p>\n
These new editions coincide with a UK tour entitled \u201cThe lady: A homage to Sandy Denny\u201d which will present an evening of classic songs by Sandy featuring Joan Wasser (aka Joan As Policewoman), Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue, Dave Swarbrick, Green Gartside, PP Arnold and Thea Gilmore, who last year succeeded in bringing to life a selection of Sandy Denny\u2019s unrecorded songs on the album DON\u2019T STOP SINGING.<\/p>\n
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