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| BOB DAVENPORT
& THE RAKES |
Fellside FECD 122 |
The Red Haired Lad |
● CD $16.98 |
New recordings from two English folk institutions - singer
Davenport and dance band The Rakes who have been performing together for
more than 40 years. A collection of mostly traditional songs and tunes.
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| THE DEIGHTON FAMILY |
Philo 1120 |
Acoustic Music To Suit Most Occasions |
● CD $14.98 |
A delightfully diverse collection of music by Yorkshireman
Dave Deighton, his Dutch-Indonesian wife Josie and their four children
Rosalie, Kathleen, Arthur and Maya. Between them they play a wide variety
of instruments including melodeon, harmonica, acoustic guitar, bodhran,
tin whistle, flute, mandolin, fiddle, percussion and, in spite of the
album title, electric guitar. The material includes unusual and
effective arrangements of rock & r&b standards like All Shook Up, Money,
Blue Suede Shoes and others plus traditional country (Handsome
Molly/ Going Down The Road), traditional songs and music from the
British Isles (Two Little Boys/Give The Fiddler A Dram and more.
Some fine and enjoyable singing and playing.
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| THE DEIGHTON FAMILY |
Philo 1130 |
Mama Was Right |
● CD $14.98 |
Second delightful album by this family from South Yorkshire
featuring Yorkshireman Dave Deighton, his Indonesian wife Josie and their
son and 4 daughters on a wide variety of instruments including acoustic
& electric guitar, melodeon, bodhran, whistle, flute, mandolin,
fiddle,
percussion, etc. The material is mostly American country and old
timey but with a decided English flavor. All, in all, most entertaining
music. (FS)
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| SANDY DENNY |
Hannibal HNCD 1328 |
The Best Of Sandy Denny |
● CD $15.98 |
16 of her greatest recordings.
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| SANDY DENNY |
Hannibal 4423 |
Rendezvous |
● CD $15.98 |
1973 solo recording with Jerry Donahue, Dave Mattacks, Steve
Winwood, Richard Thompson and more. 10 cuts.
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| SANDY DENNY |
Island 524 493-2 |
"Gold Dust" Live At The Royalty |
● CD $11.98 |
17 tracks, 78 mins, highly recommended Recorded live at
Sandy's last concert in November, 1977 just five months before her sudden unexpected
death in a household fall at the age of 31 reminds us, if we
need reminding, that that fall stilled one of the greatest voices to
emerge from the English folk scene. The last of a series of concerts that
marked her return to live performing after a two year hiatus she is joined
on stage by her "friends" - and what friends - guitarist Jerry
Donahue, husband Trevor Lucas on guitar and backup vocals, steel guitarist
Pete Wilsher, bassist Pat Donaldson and Dave Mattacks on drums. Except for
Richard Thompson's For Shame Of Doing Wrong and Bob Dylans' Tomorrow
Is A Long Time, the rest is all original songs drawn from throughout
her career - Stranger To Himself/ Take Me Away/ The Sea/ Gold Dust/
Wretched Wilbur/ The North Star Grassman/ No More Sad Refrains/ John The
Gun/ Who Knows Where The Time goes and other gems. Years of smoking
have taken a toll on her voice but it is still one of the most beautiful
and expressive instruments you will ever hear. Live sound quality isn't
perfect and some of the guitar parts and backing vocals were added
recently but it still remains a magnificent set. "No more sad
refrains"? I don't think so! (FS)
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| SANDY DENNY |
Mooncrest 002 |
The Original Sandy Denny |
● CD $15.98 |
Sandy Denny was truly one of the great voices on the British
folk scene and her death in 1978 at the age of 30 robbed the world of a
remarkable talent. She came to the attention of most listeners when she
joined Fairport Convention in 1968 but prior to that she had been active
on the London club scene for several years. The recordings here were
originally made in 1967 for the Saga label and feature Sandy accompanied
by her own guitar and an unnamed second guitarist and bas player on a
selection of American and British traditional songs along with
contemporary songs from Jackson Frank, Tom Paxton, Alex Campbell and
others. Although her greatest years were ahead of her and the material and
arrangements are rather dull the breathtaking crystalline purity of her
voice is evident and, while not essential, this is certainly worth a
listen. (FS)
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| SANDY
DENNY, TREVOR LUCAS & FRIENDS |
Raven 46 |
The Attic Tracks, 1972-1984 |
● CD $17.98 |
18 tracks, 75 mins, highly recommended A wonderful
collection of mostly previously unissued or very rare material featuring
the wonderful voices of Sandy Denny and her husband Trevor Lucas. The
title of the set refers to the fact that these recordings were stored in
Trevor's attic at his home in Sidney, Australia and were previously made
avilable on a series of limited edition cassettes. Among the highlights
are the previously unissued song Moments from Sandy's last session
for Island in May 1977, Trevor's ferocious live version of The Ballad
Of Ned Kelley, Sandy does Listen, Listen from her 1972 album
"Sandy" in French (!), a couple of piano accompanied demos for
the "Rising For The Moon" album, Tevor's rocking Breakaway
and his moving versions of Town I Loved So Well and Forever
Young and three songs from 1977 live show including a stunning 6 1/2
minute version of Who Knows Where The Time Goes. There's lots more
good stuff here too. Sound quality is superb and the 20 page booklet has
extensive notes by John Penhallow, details on all the performances and
some terrific photos. Royalties generated from the sale of this disc will
be used to fund the education and/or welfare of Sandy & Trevor's
children and Trevor's widow. There's lot's more material available so if
this disc is a success we can look forward to more. (FS)
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| ROBIN & BARRY
DRANSFIELD |
Free Reed 18 |
Up To Now |
● CD $22.98 |
Two CD set - 39 tracks - retrospective of recordings by this
superb brother duo, 1970-1996. Includes many long out of print tracks and
unissued radio recordings.
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