Artist: No Grey Faith
Title: Secrets All Told: The Songs of Sandy Denny
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Perfect Pitch
Genre: Folk Rock, Singer Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 41:29
Total Size: 106/276 Mb
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Title: Secrets All Told: The Songs of Sandy Denny
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Perfect Pitch
Genre: Folk Rock, Singer Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 41:29
Total Size: 106/276 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
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Tracklist:
- By January 1971 Richard Thompson had left Fairport Convention following Sandy Denny and Ashley Hutchings on to other projects leaving the band to be steered by Dave Swarbrick deeper into traditional English Folk and the next 3 Discs of the box set becoming generally a series of diminished returns unless you enjoyed the albums recorded after Full House.
- Maddy Prior, Jacqui McShee, and June Tabor all give her a run for her money, but the late Sandy Denny remains the pre-eminent British folk-rock singer. In addition to recording several albums of her own, Denny was an integral force behind the best work of the most respected British folk-rock band of all, Fairport Convention, and also.
- Fotheringay 2, though a good folk country/rock album is inconsistent but contains many fine Sandy Denny lead vocals. The live 3rd disc is an excellent set in reasonable stereo with a a mix of Sandy's tracks and those with vocals of the other band members and a moving version of Banks of the Nile (that's 3 versions of the epic in the boxed set).
01. Intro
02. Rising for the Moon
03. One Way Donkey Ride
04. Bushes and Briars
05. By the Time It Gets Dark
06. It'll Take a Long Time
07. Winter Winds
Box Set In Theatre
08. Interlude
09. Listen, Listen
10. Solo
11. I'm a Dreamer
12. Autopsy
13. Reprise
14. The Music Weaver
Line-up:
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Dobro, Accordion, Loops – Jim Fogarty
Box Set Stage
Backing Vocals – Jack McTamneyBass – Walt Rich
Drums – Roger Cox
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion – Iain Matthews
Vocals, Tin Whistle [pennywhistle] – Lindsay Gilmour
Written-By – Sandy Denny
For about a year, Ian Matthews and Sandy Denny shared the lead vocal duties with the British group Fairport Convention and were both instrumental in the recording of one of the true masterpieces of '60s folk-rock, 1969's What We Did on Our Holidays. Matthews left the band before their next album, moving on to his own career, while Denny stayed for two more records, reuniting with Matthews on his 1971 effort If You Saw Thro' My Eyes. Nearly 30 years later, Matthews, along with guitarist Jim Fogarty, singer Lindsay Gilmour, bassist Walt Rich, and drummer Roger Cox, under the name No Grey Faith, pays tribute to the music of his late ex-bandmate with Secrets All Told (The Songs of Sandy Denny). The record understandably concentrates on Denny's post-Fairport work, considering that they recorded just four of her tunes during her first stint with the band, though there are acknowledgments -- instrumental and vocal intros and interludes -- to her signature song, 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes,' along with Matthews' take on Unhalfbricking's 'Autopsy.' And though the selections are good ones, the difficulty with a project such as this is that you're dealing with a songwriter who was also a great singer, and whose voice is nearly inseparable from the material. That said, Matthews and Gilmour, who has a lovely, Joan Baez quality, do an admirable job, though it's tough hearing another female voice doing these songs without unfair comparisons. Gilmour is brave to try, and does a nice enough job, though her pristine folkiness occasionally betrays some of the more delicate qualities in Denny's writing. It's a bit easier to accept Matthews' vocal, which suits his choices quite well. His cuts, especially, 'Rising for the Moon' and 'Bushes and Briars,' are as successful as you could hope, which is a testament, not only to his voice, but to his understanding of Denny's material. Matthews has always had a reputation for his tasteful, but distinctive interpretations of others' work, and the band's acoustic-based arrangements here, for the most part, have that same mix of reverence and personality. Secrets All Told, which is available from his Perfect Pitch label, is recommended to fans of Ian Matthews, but Sandy Denny devotees should also be pleased with this loving tribute.
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